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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...

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Article on Senator Tower in The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega discussing his speech at a luncheon. Article highlights points made by Senator Tower in his speech including his views on Civil Rights legislation and the affect on the Greek system. Includes specific mention on Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Waggoner Amendment, and Title IX.

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...