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Texas Crime Investigating Committee:An Inventory Its Records, 1950-1953, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Biographical SketchThe Texas Crime Investigating Committee was formed by the Texas House of Representatives, 52nd legislature, to investigate organized crime activities including bootlegging and bribery in Texas during the early 1950s. Waggoner Carr, who was at the time the Lubbock County Attorney (1951) and a member of the Texas House of Representatives (1951-1960), served on this committee. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThe Texas Crime Investigating Committee Records contains correspondence, legal documents, testimonies, reports, and photographs relating to the Committee’s investigations throughout the state of Texas, including West Texas, Galveston and Houston, and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It bulks with testimony of witnesses (1951-1952). Of special interest are a report on Mickey Cohen and his associates containing photographs, news clippings, police records, and a history of the Mafia containing a list of its prominent members. The final report of the committee deals with financial matters, findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the committee. Lastly, there are audio recordings of Committee proceedings as well as testimonies and interviews with investigators and suspects on both Soundscriber discs and other audio media. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsOpen for research Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationTexas Crime Investigating Committee Records, 1950-1953, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas AcquisitionGift, 1962 Processed byn/a, 1962; Robert Weaver, 2014 Return to the Table of Contents Collection Inventory
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