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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79016592
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Thomas Terry Connally, United States Senator from Texas, were given to the Library of Congress by Connally in 1952 and 1953. Small additions were given by his wife, Lucile Sanderson Sheppard Connally, and others between 1977 and 1994.
The Connally Papers were processed prior to 1958, when the Library published
A press release on the Connally Papers was issued by the Library of Congress on 20 March 1953. A note on the collection also appeared in the Library's
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Tom Connally in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The Connally Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of the scrapbooks in the Connally Papers is available on sixty-one reels. The originals of the scrapbooks no longer exist. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Tom Connally Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) span the years 1896-1952, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929 to 1952. The papers relate primarily to Connally's years in the United States Senate and include correspondence, speeches, press releases, scrapbooks, voting records, printed matter, and photographs. The collection is organized largely as received in two parts. Part I contains twenty series: Diary , Correspondence , Political File , Legislation File , Texas File , Servicemen , Veterans , Postmasters , Current Jobs , Nominations , Thank You Letters , Commendatory File , Callers File , Mexican Claims , Speech File , Voting Records , Miscellany , Clippings , Scrapbooks , Addition , and Oversize .
The Correspondence series is lacking for the years 1932-1938, 1941, and 1944, and the file is fragmentary for the years 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943 and 1945. Prominent topics in the Correspondence and other series include veterans concerns and affairs, political campaigns, immigration, tidelands oil, the American Mexican Claims Commission, defense, and atomic energy. The Speech File includes speeches, remarks, and press releases primarily from Connally's years in the Senate. The papers indicate the senator's support for such issues as the United Nations, the European Recovery Program, the North American Treaty Organization, aid to China, and his participation in inter-American relations and in the tidelands oil controversy.
Scrapbooks documenting Connally's career from 1915 to 1952 are available only on microfilm. With the exception of the scrapbooks, there are very few papers in this collection from Connally's service in the Texas legislature or in the United States House of Representatives. Among his Senate papers is a Legislation File consisting primarily of public reaction to Connally's legislative program on foreign affairs and on such domestic issues as tidelands oil, taxes, national defense, rivers and harbors, labor bills, and anti-lynching legislation.
A file on atomic energy records Connally's service as a member of the Senate Atomic Energy Committee. A Texas File relates to patronage, federal aid to Texas, veterans, and servicemen. Other files include constituent mail, personal correspondence, voting records, clippings, photographs, and pamphlets.
Correspondents include James A. Farley, Alger Hiss, Cordell Hull, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pat McCarran, Harlan Fiske Stone, and Harry S. Truman.
The collection is arranged in twenty-one series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79016592
A diary kept by Connally.
Letters sent and received.
Organized in two parts, correspondence by subject arranged alphabetically, and general correspondence arranged chronologically by year and therein alphabetically by name of correspondent. Correspondence for the period 1918-1928 is arranged chronologically.
Chiefly letters sent and received divided into five chronological groups. The first group, 1916-1929, is mainly arranged alphabetically by name of Texas county, except for Containers 61-64 and 85-86 that are in rough chronological arrangement. The second group, 1930-1931, is arranged alphabetically from A to H by name of Texas county. The third, 1930-1939, is arranged alphabetically by subject. The fourth, 1940-1942, is arranged alphabetically by name of Texas county. The fifth group, 1940-1952, is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Chiefly letters sent and received.
Organized in three groups. The first covers the period 1903-1929 and is arranged chronologically. The second covering the period from the 71st to the 78th Congresses is arranged alphabetically by subject. The third group spans the period from the 79th to the 82nd Congresses and is arranged alphabetically by subject within each Congress.
Chiefly letters sent and received.
Organized in eight subject groups and therein alphabetically by subject or name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of serviceman.
Letters sent and received. Primarily correspondence with Texas veterans seeking help in obtaining veteran's benefits.
Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by locality in Texas.
Letters sent and received. Correspondence with Texans seeking federal government jobs.
Arranged alphabetically by name of applicant.
Letters sent and received. Includes constituent correspondence concerning nominations for federal appointments and Cabinet positions, correspondence with nominees, and supporting material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of nominee.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received. Primarily constituent mail praising Connally's service in the Senate.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Correspondence with and notes about visitors and telephone callers to Senator Connally's office. Notes and letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or caller.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of claimant.
Speeches, articles, remarks, press releases, and related correspondence.
Arranged chronologically.
Connally's Congressional voting records for the 65th, 71st-77th and 80th-82nd Congresses and miscellany.
Partially arranged by Congress.
Biographical material, diplomas, certificates, photographs, printed matter, and undated fragments.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
Unarranged.
Clippings mounted in thirty-nine scrapbooks.
Arranged chronologically by volume and in general chronological order within each volume.
Correspondence, a speech, lists of constituents with accompanying letters, appropriations lists, passports and related material, payroll vouchers, printed matter, and miscellany.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Diary, diplomas, certificates, and photographs.
Arranged and described according to the series and container from which the material was removed.