TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Mullinax (Otto) Papers,
1935-1998.
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Creator: |
Mullinax, Otto |
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Title: |
Otto Mullinax
Papers |
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Dates: |
1935-1998 |
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Abstract: |
Otto Mullinax was a
Dallas lawyer who participated in labor and segregation litigation. The bulk of
the papers are subject files related to notable cases regarding free speech,
communist, labor and union activity, segregation, etc; democratic and
progressive causes and politics; activities of friends and colleagues; and
progressive publications. |
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Accession No.: |
2008-158 |
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Extent: |
(1 foot, 7
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Language: |
Materials are written in
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Otto Mullinax was born in Clearwater, TX
on June 28, 1912. He attended the University of Texas and received a BA and
LL.B degree in 1937. While at the University of Texas, he became involved in
progressive politics and ran for Texas public office as a student. He went on
to found and participate in many progressive organizations, including the
Progressive Democrats, Chaparral Club, and others. He co-founded the Dallas law
firm Mullinax & Wells in 1947, which participated in labor and segregation
litigation. It also served as general counsel to the Texas State Federation of
Labor. He represented cases for the ACLU and was one of the founders of the
progressive biweekly journal, Texas Observer. He is considered by many to have
played a leading role in progressive politics in Texas. Otto Mullinax died in
Dallas, TX on March 14, 2000.
Biographical note prepared using material from the collection and
biographical information published in Marquis Who’s Who
on the Web.
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The bulk of the papers are subject files
related to notable cases regarding free speech, communist, labor and union
activity, segregation, etc; democratic and progressive causes and politics;
activities of friends and colleagues; and progressive publications. One file
contains correspondence and notes to be used for a planned published history of
the Progressive Democrats. The subject files contain clippings, correspondence,
drafts, printed material, legal documents, and a few photographs. In addition,
there are several scrapbooks with clippings documenting similar topics. There
is a small amount of published government reports.
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Mullinax, Otto -- Archives. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Texas observer. |
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Subjects |
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Liberalism -- Texas -- History -- 20th
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Otto Mullinax Papers, 1935-1998, Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Subject Files: |
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Dr. R.H. Montgomery,
1936-1938 |
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Young Democrats,
1939 |
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Progressive Democrats,
1982 |
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Clay Cochran (includes letter from Lyndon B. Johnson),
1936-1941 |
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In Fact: For the Millions Who Want a
Free Press newspaper,
1941-1942 |
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Progressive Democrats,
1993 |
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Yarborough, Ralph (letter and ephemera),
1938 |
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The Texas Citizen, 1939 |
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Rapoport & Adams,
1983-1984 |
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Chaparral Club,
1938-1939 |
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1936 Campaign for Legislature |
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Labor (clippings, excerpts from Congressional Record,
speech draft),
1937-1939 |
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham,
1965-1975, 1994-1995 |
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American Vigilant Intelligence Federation (with 1989
annotation),
1936 |
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[Utilities & Southern Conference for Human Welfare]
(clippings, printed matter),
1938-1939 |
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“Personnel File”,
1938-1947 |
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Houston Social Hygiene Committee,
1938 |
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Division Orientation Officer (contains drafts and
clippings from column, “The Best Informed Soldier…”),
1944 |
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Equalization File,
1936 |
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My References for Bar Admission,
1935-1943 |
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Democratic Politics & Candidates-Texas and national
(clippings and ephemera),
1915, 1935-1937 |
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Herman Wright, Clay Cochran, Creekmore Fath, Chris
Dixie,
1984- 1988 |
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S.S. Barbaria vs. Otto B. Mullinax (Partnership
Agreement),
1947- 1948 |
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Campus Life,
1987-1989 |
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Irvin Boarnet (includes assorted clippings,
correspondence, report cards, etc. unrelated to original folder title),
1926-1939 |
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Lindley Beckworth,
1936-1938 |
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Jeffrey-Maverick [Maury],
1937-1939 |
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Mullinax & Son, cattle (receipts),
1946 |
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[Judge Clarence Guittard],
1981 |
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[Republican Senatorial Inner Circle] (letter from Dan
Quayle),
1989 |
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[Oral History Interview],
1985, 1993 |
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[Enlargement of Supreme Court] (clippings, etc.),
1937 |
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Creekmore Fath,
1938-1939 |
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Progressive Democrats Research File,
1935-1995 |
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Manuscript, “The Historical Jesus and His Beloved
Disciple,”
1998 |
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Report on the Economic Conditions of Texas (edited
draft) |
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Printed Government Reports, |
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Report on Economic Conditions of the South,
1938 |
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Police and Allied Powers of Municipalities in Texas,
1938 |
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Hearings Before the Committee on Education and Labor US
Senate,
1936 |
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Violations of Free Speech & Rights of Labor,
1939 |
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Scrapbooks |
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labor and other cases,
1938-1941 |
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Democratic Primary-Mullinax running for county judge,
1940 |
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Texas Legislative Investigation of Communism at
University of Texas,
1936 |
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Herman Wright,
1936 |
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Wallace for President,
1948 |
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