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The seeds of the TMSL Special Collections were sown in 2002 under the auspices of the then Dean of the Law School McKen Carrington and Director of the Law Library Marguerite Butler. It has since grown to encompass a wide range of topics from local politics to world history.    However, the thrust of the Special Collections serves as a repository of information that directly and indirectly analyzes, interprets, discusses, and comments on the legal, political, social, and historical forces that have shaped and impacted people of African descent in the State of Texas and abroad. Additionally, a division of the Special Collections solely focuses on Civil Rights issues in the United States.  Materials are generally non-circulating and must be viewed in the Law Library.  Access to the Special Collections is available to the public Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, weekends by appointment only.  For more information, please contact Mr. Richard Clark or Mr. Karim Rand at 713.313.1109 or 713.313.1005 respectively; or by Email: rclark@tmslaw.tsu.edu; kaldridgerand@tmslaw.tsu.edu.

The following list highlights selected microform titles from the Special Collections:

• Black Abolitionist Papers, 1831-1865
• Civil Rights during the Johnson Administration, Parts I-V
  • Part 1-3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
• Civil Rights during the Kennedy Administration, Parts I & II
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Civil Rights during the Nixon Administration, Part I
  • Part 1
• Federal Surveillance of Afro-Americans (1918-1925): First World War, Red Scare, and Garvey Movement
• Federal Writers’ Project
• The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company: Letters Received by the Commissioners, 1870-1914
• The Freedmen’s Hospital, 1872-1910: Correspondence and Memoranda
• The Martin Luther King Jr. FBI Files, Parts I & II (King-Levison File)
• New Deal Agencies and Black America
• Papers of the American Slave Trade (selected series and parts)
• President Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights
• Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Parts I (Petition to Southern Legislatures, 1777-1867) & II (Petition to Southern County Courts, 1775-1867)
• Records of the National Negro Business League
• Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War (selected series and parts)
• Records of the Tuskegee Airmen, Part I (Records of the Army Air Forces)
• Records of U.S. Colored Troops, Part I (Letters Related to Recruitment of African Americans, 1863-1865)

For a complete list of microform titles, click here.

Special Collections materials are generally non-circulating and must be viewed in the Law Library. Annotated bibliographies, finding aids, and guides are currently in progress. Located in Room B30 of the Law Library Basement, the hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. For more information, please contact the Circulation Desk 713.313.7125.

 

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