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A Guide to the Maury Maverick, Jr. Research Papers, 1857-1964
Biographical NoteMaury Maverick, Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas, on 1921 January 3, the son of Democratic Congressman Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) and Terrell Louise Dobbs (1901-1994). His great-grandfather Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) signed the Texas Declaration of Independence; his paternal grandparents were Albert and Jane Lewis Maury Maverick. After graduating from the Texas Military Institute (1938) and receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin (1942), Maverick served in the U.S. Marines during World War II, rising to the rank of major. He attended Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, and in 1949 received a law degree from St. Mary's University in San Antonio Influenced by his father, Maverick began a career in politics. He represented San Antonio as a liberal Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives from 1951 to 1957. During his three terms, Maverick contested Jim Crow laws, supported labor unions, and derailed an effort by the legislature to extend the death penalty to Communist Party members. In 1960, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Lyndon B. Johnson. Disgusted with politics, Maverick focused on his law career and specialized in civil rights, civil liberties, and pro bono cases. He represented civil rights protestors, communists, and atheists; won a Supreme Court case against the FBI's seizure of publications from a Texas bookstore on charges that they were seditious (Stanford v. Texas); and during the Vietnam War defended conscientious objectors and draft protestors. An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, he also served as co-chair of its national advisory council. In 1991, the American Bar Association presented him with the John Minor Wisdom Public Interest and Professional Award for his handling of more than 300 pro bono cases. In addition to his law practice, Maverick taught political science at St. Mary's University and Incarnate Word College, both in San Antonio. In 1980, he became a columnist for the San Antonio Express-News. Maury Maverick married Julia Orynski, an artist from Dallas, on 1966 December 25; the couple had no children. Maverick died in San Antonio on 2003 January 28 at the age of eighty-two. References Maury Maverick, Jr. biographical file, DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Express-News (San Antonio, Texas). Obituary of Maury Maverick, Jr. 2003 January 30. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe collection contains Maury Maverick's research material on Texas history. Included are notes, copies and transcriptions of source material, and correspondence gathered into notebooks on specific research topics. Subject matter includes experimental use of camels in Texas, Mormon settlements in Texas, and the Gutierrez-Magee expedition. Some items in the collection are photocopies. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsNo restrictions. The collection is open for research. Usage RestrictionsPlease be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred Citation[Identification of item], Maury Maverick, Jr. Research Papers, 1857-1964, Col 10841, DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Acquisition InformationGift of Maury Maverick, Jr., 1964 May. Processing InformationProcessed by Warren Stricker. Finding aid edited and encoded by Tom D'Amore, 2011 September. Updated to EAD3 by Rebeka Delgado, 2021 March. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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