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Box 10

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

“3 Blasts Rock Texas City,” Jackson Daily News, newspaper, April 17, 1947

 Item — Box: 10, item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of materials related to Bill Minutaglio’s book City on Fire, chronicles the explosion of two ships in 1947 that devastated Texas City, Texas and his biography on Molly Ivins. Most of the material is related to research for these two books, but there are some documents related to the production of the books including drafts. Original titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: April 17, 1947
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-07019, Bill Minutaglio Accessions / Accession 2011-122 / City on Fire: Newspapers

“The Explosion: 50 Years Later, Texas City Still Remembers,” Houston Chronicle, newspaper-two copies , April 13, 1997

 Item — Box: 10, item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of materials related to Bill Minutaglio’s book City on Fire, chronicles the explosion of two ships in 1947 that devastated Texas City, Texas and his biography on Molly Ivins. Most of the material is related to research for these two books, but there are some documents related to the production of the books including drafts. Original titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: April 13, 1997
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-07019, Bill Minutaglio Accessions / Accession 2011-122 / City on Fire: Newspapers