J. Edwin Smith Collection
Scope and Contents
Photographs, correspondence and political campaign literature comprise the bulk of this collection. Dates range from 1958-1992.
Dates
- 1958-1992, undated
Creator
- Smith, J. Edwin (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Please contact the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, for reprints or permission to publish these photographs.
Biographical Notes
Noted Texas attorney James Edwin Smith, who won a U.S. Supreme Court case striking down an election primary system that excluded black voters, was born in Sonora, Texas on October 18, 1911. He ran for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas in 1958, as a member of the Democratic Party. Publicity photographs for this campaign were taken by Russell Lee. Smith lived and worked in Houston for much of his life. He died on February 1, 2001.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
1 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- The descriptive data created for this finding aid is licensed under the CC0 Creative Commons license and is free for use without restriction.
Abstract
Photographs, correspondence and political campaign literature comprise the bulk of this collection. Dates range from 1958-1992.
Physical Location
Materials may be stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use: https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/makearesearchappointment.html.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of J. Edwin Smith, 1992.
- Title
- Guide to the J. Edwin Smith Collection
- Author
- Amanda Oates
- Date
- 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2010: Finding aid revised by Alan Schaefer as part of the Wittliff's Collection Numbering Project
- 2021: Revised for ArchivesSpace by Susannah Broyles.
Repository Details
Part of the The Wittliff Collections Repository
