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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Speeches were found scattered throughout the papers in individual folders, in thick folders with labels such as "Speeches, 1963-1981," and in a separate subject series. This subseries now falls into two groups. The first(1961-1984) pulls together the first two categories, which are now arranged chronologically and individually refoldered and labeled by speech title or topic, event, and date. The earliest speech is a June 1961 address to the Young Republicans National Federation in which...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The first five boxes in this subseries contain correspondence, memoranda, statements, and speeches, reports, a 1977 travel briefing book, hearings, bills, acts, amendments, press releases, telegrams, and clippings. Several legislative staff names appears throughout the files are Ron Smith, Jim Bayless, Carolyn Bacon, Win Skiles, and Gil Bray. The majority of the files deal with energy issues during the 1970s, especially as relate to oil and gas. Found here is report published in 1973 titles...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Tower papers, when received at Southwestern University, contained two large boxes labeled “General Files” that held folders related to the senator’s office administration, conferences, and a few other topics. The remaining items in this series are miscellaneous files and microfilm that were found scattered throughout the papers.The first folders in Box 1 contain biographical information about Senator Tower including photocopies of photographs from his high school yearbook....

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries includes typescripts and articles written by or attributed to Senator Tower and interviews that were published in national and Texas magazines, newspapers, and special interest publications. Occasionally correspondence accompanies the materials, and a few typescripts have editorial revisions, usually minor. A number of the publications are for conservative publication, such as New Guard, Forewarned, Battle...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Speeches were found scattered throughout the papers in individual folders, in thick folders with labels such as "Speeches, 1963-1981," and in a separate subject series. This subseries now falls into two groups. The first(1961-1984) pulls together the first two categories, which are now arranged chronologically and individually refoldered and labeled by speech title or topic, event, and date. The earliest speech is a June 1961 address to the Young Republicans National Federation in which...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The first five boxes in this subseries contain correspondence, memoranda, statements, and speeches, reports, a 1977 travel briefing book, hearings, bills, acts, amendments, press releases, telegrams, and clippings. Several legislative staff names appears throughout the files are Ron Smith, Jim Bayless, Carolyn Bacon, Win Skiles, and Gil Bray. The majority of the files deal with energy issues during the 1970s, especially as relate to oil and gas. Found here is report published in 1973 titles...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries includes typescripts and articles written by or attributed to Senator Tower and interviews that were published in national and Texas magazines, newspapers, and special interest publications. Occasionally correspondence accompanies the materials, and a few typescripts have editorial revisions, usually minor. A number of the publications are for conservative publication, such as New Guard, Forewarned, Battle...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The “Campaign/Political Series” of the John Tower Papers is a rich source for documenting Congressional campaigns of the late twentieth century. Senator Tower started his campaign career in the early 1960s with a personal effort and a small campaign staff that operated out of the Republican Party Headquarters in Houston. His later campaigns were increasingly sophisticated and well-organized, with professional campaign staff and paid consultants. Because the files span 20 years, they...

Scope and Contents From the Series: During his 24 years in office, Senator Tower received thousands of letters from Texans and other citizens that revealed their concerns with the issues of the day: Communism, social welfare programs, Vietnam, environmental issues, women’s rights, foreign policy—and the price of wool in the Texas Hill Country and the closing of the local post office. By far the most correspondence is with constituents, but congressional colleagues, foreign dignitaries, government officials, representatives of...

Scope and Contents From the Series: During his 24 years in office, Senator Tower received thousands of letters from Texans and other citizens that revealed their concerns with the issues of the day: Communism, social welfare programs, Vietnam, environmental issues, women’s rights, foreign policy—and the price of wool in the Texas Hill Country and the closing of the local post office. By far the most correspondence is with constituents, but congressional colleagues, foreign dignitaries, government officials, representatives of...