Abstract William "Bill" Roark Ratliff was a Texas senator representing Senate District 1 from 1989-2003, who was elected President Pro Tempore Ad Interim of the 75th Legislature and then lieutenant governor of Texas in December of 2000. In addition to chairing the Senate Education Committee, Ratliff, a civil engineer, played a role in getting legislative approval of an engineering program at The University of Texas at Tyler. Materials in this collection consist of correspondence, issue research,...

Abstract Billy Williamson was a Democratic state legislator and judge who resided in Smith County, Texas and who was instrumental in the founding of Tyler State College (later called Texas Eastern University and The University of Texas at Tyler).  Materials in this collection consist of constituent correspondence, issue research, legislative files and research, newspaper clippings from 1965-1974. Arrangement Materials are arranged in five series: (1)...

Abstract This collection contains an assortment of Texas political campaign memorabilia. Items include buttons, matchbooks, bumper stickers, lapel stickers, brochures, flyers, and yard signs which promote local, state, and national campaigns from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Arrangement No original order discernible. Buttons, matchbooks, pens, and miscellaneous objects are housed in glass-front display cases roughly grouped...

Abstract This collection contains the papers of W. Allen Martin Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Tyler from 1977-2011. Materials found herein range in subject from sociological research to the joint Masters of Science in Social Work program between The University of Texas at Arlington and The University of Texas at Tyler. The primary subject documented in this collection is Martin's work to reform university intellectual property rights policy in connection with distance...