Chris Miller Papers

Dorothy June ("Chris") Miller was born on June 15, 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Charles Dana Crisman. She attended Wheaton College, Mills College, and later Texas Christian University. Shortly after her marriage in 1944, she moved to Texas and by 1948 had settled in Fort Worth, where she maintained a residence for the rest of her life. She had two sons--Gerald and Louis.

Her divorce in 1965 marked a turning point in her life. This event, according to her son Louis, inspired her. He described her as a pioneer in the women's rights movement and said she sought involvement with any minority movement devoted to providing equal opportunity. "She saw a lot of injustices in the world after the divorce. She had a lot of obstacles to fight."

Her interest in social justice was reflected in her many civic activities as well as in her later accomplishments as a state legislator. She is recognized as the founder (in November, 1971) of the Texas Women's Political Caucus, which she initially financed and helped to organize. She likewise helped to organize a regional subdivision, the North Central Texas Women's Political Caucus and served as secretary for the Fort Worth Human Relations Commission. She was the public relations consultant for the Greater Fort Worth Housing Opportunity, Inc., the 1971 American College Theater Festival, and the Minorities Cultural Arts Association, which produced Fort Worth's first major black musical production in February, 1971.

Other groups with which Chris Miller was affiliated include the Fort Worth Human Relations Commission, 1970-1972; the Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women, 1972-1973; advisory board of the Texas Women's Equity Action League, American Women in Radio and Television, Women in Communications, Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, National Organization for Women, League of Women Voters, Press Club of Fort Worth, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Operation Diploma, Women's Haven, the Institute for Women, and Zonta.

Although she was "a person of some financial means," Chris Miller entered the job market after her divorce. She worked as a moderator on the Channel 11 show Voters' Digest in 1965, was employed as advertising manager of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce from 1967-1968, and as neighborhood services and community health coordinator of the Tarrant County Community Action Agency from 1968-1969. From 1969-1972, she owned and operated Chris Public Relations, a public relations and advertising agency in Fort Worth.

When Mrs. Miller entered the Democratic Primary for the Texas House of Representatives in 1972, her support came from an incongruous group: aging hippies, women who had never worked in politics, African-Americans and Hispanics. Her opponent stated that the only way a women could get elected to the House from Tarrant County was if her name was Joan of Arc. "On May sixth" said Chris Miller, recalling the day she defeated the incumbent Cordell Hull by 12,000 votes, "I became Saint Joan." She trounced her Republican opponent in November by an even larger plurality and became the first woman to win a legislative election in Tarrant County. Asked why she chose to hold public office, she stated simply, "I want to help others."

And help others she did. During the first of her three terms in the House, Chris Miller authored a single adult homestead amendment, which was approved by the voters in 1973. She also coauthored a campaign finance reform bill. In addition, she served on the Human Resources Committee, the Reapportionment Committee, and the Environmental Affairs Committee, was vice chairman of a pollution sub-committee, served on the Joint Committee on Prison Reform and on the Joint Subcommittee on Public Health. In 1973 she was co-winner of the Female Newsmaker of the Year, awarded by the Fort Worth Press Club.

Running for re-election to the 64th Legislature, Chris Miller easily defeated her Republican opponent Courtney Roberts with a 6040 plurality. Her accomplishments during the 1975 session included passage of legislation repealing portions of "taxes (state) on taxes (federal excise)", imposing stronger penalties for hit-andrun accidents on lakes and rivers, and providing eligibility for federal funding for urban counties in Texas. She served as vice chairman for the Constitutional Revision Committee and the Committee on Health and Welfare, served on an ad hoc Committee on Utility Regulation and on a committee on parks in North Central Texas. She was also a member of a state affairs subcommittee on the status of women. During this period she received the 1974 Eminent Individual Award from the Fort Worth Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television.

In the fall of 1976, Chris Miller trounced her Republican opponent, pathologist Dr. Dorothy Patras, and returned to the House for her third term. Because the Governor called two special sessions, the 65th legislature met from January, 1977 until December, 1978. During this session, Representative Miller served on three committees: the Rules Committee of which she was vice chairperson, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Health and Welfare. She was chairperson of a health subcommittee and a member of the Committee on Aging. She also was a member of the House Study Group. Her successful legislative bills included the following: state funded assistance for hemophiliacs, use of school buses by senior citizens and the handicapped during non-school hours, work release for prisoners jailed for non-payment of child support, and assistance for displaced homemakers.

In 1976 Chris Miller was named Humanitarian of the year by the Fort Worth Humane Society and in 1977 was named Legislator of the Year by the National and Texas Hemophilia Associations. That same year she also received "Very Special Recognition" from the Sierra Clubs of Texas and was cited for outstanding service by the Texas Licensed Child Care Association.

The May, 1978,Democratic primary put an end to the legislative career of Chris Miller, a victim of redistricting, who lost 70o of the vote to Gib Lewis. Representative Miller said she was proud of her accomplishments during her three terms in office. "I was always accessible, outspoken and honest in all that I did, particularly with those whom I felt had not been represented--the elderly, the working corps, women, and minorities, and various handicapped and children who are abused by adults or neglected by their nation."

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Sources:

Voter's Guide, 1972
Unpublished biographical fact sheets
Various newspaper articles
H.S.R. No. 26 (65th Legislature), 1978

Series Description

The Chris Miller Papers are arranged in Four series:

Series I. Files relating to business and civic activities,1964-1972. 7.5 inches (1 1/2 mss. boxes). Arranged alphabetically. Correspondence, newspaper articles, press releases and statistics.

Series II. Files relating to the 63rd Legislature, 1972-1973. 5.83 feet (14 mss. boxes). Arranged alphabetically. Correspondence, campaign material, invitations, copies of bills sponsored by Chris Miller, newspaper articles, telegrams, news releases, questionnaires.

Series III. Files relating to the 64th Legislature, 1974-1975.12 feet (29 mss. boxes). Arranged alphabetically. Correspondence, campaign material, newspaper articles, reports, news releases, working papers, newsletters, invitations, speeches, amendments.

Series IV. Files relating to the 65th Legislature, 1976-1978. 7.25 feet (17 1/2 mss. boxes). Arranged alphabetically. Correspondence, campaign material, newspaper articles, copies of bills sponsored by Chris Miller, invitations, news releases, certificates, photographs, newsletters, reports.

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Scope and Content Note

The Chris Miller Papers were received in six separate donations between 1976 and 1979. The donation originally consisted of 52 linear feet of records, but extensive culling reduced the size of the collection to its present 62 mss. boxes, or nearly 26 linear feet. Items removed from the collection include two shipping crates (approximately 4 feet) of Texas documents, two feet of bound volumes of the Texas House Journal, action reports on House and Senate bills, weekly lists of bills by author and by subject, master lists of bills, copies of bills not sponsored by Chris Miller, invoices, and duplicates.

The papers were in partial disarray when received. Some cartons contained file folders of documents, but other boxes contained loose papers from various years that had to be sorted item by item and placed in new file folders with appropriate headings. These folders then had to be arranged by date and filed, along with other material, under the legislative session to which they pertained.

The collection, which covers the period 1964-1979, has been arranged in four series as follows:

Series I. Pre-1972. This series is the smallest of the four and contains files relating to Chris Miller's business and civic activities. Of particular interest are the files for women's groups in which she was active: League of Women Voters, Business and Professional Women's Club of Fort Worth, and the Texas Women's Political Caucus (a group Mrs. Miller founded in 1971). There are also files from organizations where Mrs. Miller was employed: Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (1967-1979), Greater Fort Worth and Tarrant County Community Action Agency (1968-1969), and Chris Public Relations (1969-1971).

Series II. 63rd Legislature, 1972-1973. The series contains material for the 63rd legislative session, which met from January 9 to May 28, 1973, and in a called session from December 18-20, 1973, as well as material related to Mrs. Miller's campaign activities prior to the session. Included in the campaign files are news releases, financial statements, flyers, statements of contributions and expenses, and radio and newspaper publicity. The series also contains many files on pending legislation, including abortion, constitutional revision, and prison reform, as well as the usual files containing constituent correspondence and invitations. Representative Miller's continuing interest in women's issues is reflected in the files for American Women in Radio and Television, the League of Women Voters, Commission on the Status of Women, National Organization for Women (NOW), National Women's Political Caucus, Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., and the Women's Equity Action League.

Series III. 64th Legislature, 1974-1975. This series consists of 29 mss. boxes, making it the largest of the four series in the collection. Included here is material from Chris Miller's re-election campaign, files for the session itself, which extended from January 14 to June 2, 1975, and 4-1/2 mss. boxes of material for the Texas Constitutional Convention (contained in Subseries A), where Mrs. Miller served as vice chairman of the Constitutional Revision Committee. In addition to general correspondence, invitations, copies of legislation, and newspaper articles, the series contains extensive correspondence files on the Child Care Facility Act and the Equal Rights Amendment as well as numerous files for the Joint Committee on Prison Reform, the Joint Subcommittee on Public Health, school finance, the Texas Board/Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the Texas Commission on the Status of Women. Material relating to women may be found under the headings: Abortion, American Women in Radio and Television, Commission on the Status of Women, Democratic Women's Seminars, Texas Commission on the Status of Women, Texas Women's Political Caucus, Women's Issues, and Women's Rights.

Series IV. 65th Legislature, 1976-1978. The Series is comprised of 17-1/2 mss. boxes of records, including files for Mrs. Miller's 1976 re-election campaign against Dr. Dorothy Patras and her unsuccessful race against Gib Lewis in 1978. In addition to the usual quantity of correspondence and invitations, there are files covering all the issues that were important to the 65th legislature: alcohol and drug abuse, assistance for displaced homemakers, blue laws, dog coursing, state-funded financial assistance for hemophiliacs, mental health and mental retardation, regulation of midwifery, nursing home regulation, pari-mutuel betting, school finance, and taxes. Chris Miller's keen and continuing interest in women's organizations and women's issues is reflected in the following files: American Women in Radio and Television, Inc., Commission on the Status of Women, Dallas Commission on the Status of Women, Displaced Homemakers, Federal Women's Program, Fort Worth Women's Center, International Women's Year, League of Women Voters, the Martha Movement, Midwives, National Order of Women Legislators, National Organization for Women, National Women's Conference, Texas Women's Political Caucus, Washington Institute for Women in Politics, Women in Communications, Inc., Women's Haven, and Woman's Week Program at TCU.

This collection would be of value to students and researchers who are interested in Texas politics in the 1970's. It also contains useful information for anyone researching women's organizations or women's issues during that decade.

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Provenance Statement

The Chris Miller Papers were donated to The University of Texas at Arlington in six separate donations between 1976 and 1979.

Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from the Chris Miller Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Division.

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Container List
Series I. Pre-1972

Box 1
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Abortion - Correspondence, 1971
Business and Professional Women's Club of Fort Worth - Correspondence, 1969, 1971, n.d.
Chamber of Commerce - Newspaper articles, correspondence, list of events/activities, memoranda, brief statement of operating policy, list of contracts, newsletter, lists of clubs and organizations, announcement, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, n.d.
Chris Public Relations - Newspaper article, correspondence, announcements, 1969, 1970, 1971, n.d.
Citizens Conference on State Legislatures - Bibliography list of publications, annual report, research report, 1971, 1972.
Correspondence - 1961, 1966-1971.
Democratic Party - Excerpt from Congressional Record, 1971
Election (Hilliard - Andujar) - Statistics, 1970
Election (Willis-Darwin) - Statistics, 1968
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Articles (by Chris Miller), 1970, n.d.
Greater Fort Worth and Tarrant County Community Action Agency - Correspondence, press releases, newspaper articles, 1968 1969, n.d.
Hospitalization Contracts - Correspondence, 1970, 1971, 1972.
House of Representatives - Map of Texas, 1971.
Human Relations Commission - Correspondence, newspaper articles, 1969, 1971.
Japanese Youth Goodwill Mission - Booklet, Christmas card, article, memorandum, 1971, n.d.
Kennard, Don - Program, invitations, announcement, newspaper articles, correspondence, bumper sticker, leaflets, grocery price list, 1969, 1970, n.d.
Kiwanis Club of East Fort Worth - Correspondence, certificates, bulletins, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970.
League of Women Voters - Newspaper articles, correspondence, itinerary, essay, memorandum, 1964, 1971, n.d.
League of Women Voters (Voter's Digest TV Series) - Spot announcements, correspondence, list of members, list of programs, newspaper article, lists of candidates, board minutes, list of members' addresses, memorandum, questionnaire, lists of personnel and policies, 1936, 1966-1970, n.d.
Miscellaneous - Photocopy of order issued in 1776 by George Washington, newspaper articles, invitation, nomination for award, 1966, 1969, 1971, n.d.
Miss Teenage Fort Worth Pageant - Correspondence, newspaper articles, news release, memorandum, 1969.
National Organization for Women (NOW) - News releases, newspaper article, memorandum, 1971.
Newspaper Clippings, 1971.
Personal - Certificate, correspondence, agreement, invoice, newspaper articles, 1964, 1968-1972, n.d.

Box 2
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Television (KFWT & KTVT) - Correspondence, announcements, 1967, n.d.
Texas Consumer Association - Newspaper articles, news releases, invoice, leaflet, itinerary, 1970, n.d.
Texas Women's Political Caucus - Correspondence, news release, newspaper articles, agenda, 1971, n.d.
Voters (Registered), 1968.
Voters (Registered), 1972.
Windmill Dinner Theater - List, correspondence, news releases, newspaper articles, announcement, schedule, statement of account, photograph, 1971.
Women's Rights - Report, newsletters, fact sheet, bulletins, correspondence, minutes, press release, newspaper articles, pamphlets, notes, answers to ERA, 1967, 1970, 1971.8 Women's View - Salary comparison, 1968

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Series II. 63rd Legislature, 1972-1973

Box 2
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Abortion - Memoranda, copies of acts, newspaper articles, statistics, fact sheet, correspondence, notes, form letter, 1970-1973, n.d.
Abortion (Against)- Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Abortion (For) - Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Agency Shop (Against HB 1374) - Telegrams, correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Agency Shop (For HB 1374) - Telegram, correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Alcoholism - Memoranda, correspondence, statistic, essays, agenda, articles, list of members, 1973, n.d.
American Women in Radio and Television - Newspaper article, certificate, program, 1973, n.d.
Animal Health Commission - Correspondence, proposed regulations, 1973, n.d.
Appropriations - Photograph, correspondence, telegram, 1973
Articles, 1973.
Articles (by Chris Miller), 1970.
Asbestos and Fiberglass - Memoranda, correspondence, telegrams, 1973, n.d.
Automotive Repairs Dealers (H.B. 781) - Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Banking (Miscellaneous) - Correspondence, telegram, 1973.
Barron, Frank - Correspondence, 1973.
Bentsen, Senator Lloyd - Correspondence, 1973.
Big Thicket National Park - Articles, maps, memorandum, correspondence, list of members, property acquisition form, resolution, 1965, 1972, 1973, n.d.

Box 3
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Bilingual Education (H.B. 145) - Correspondence, 1973.
Bills Co-signed by Miller - Resolutions, memorandum, correspondence, bills, 1973, n.d.
Bills (Republican, 63rd Legislature), 1973.
Biographical Data - Correspondence, forms, fact sheet, 1973, n.d.
Biographical Material - Newspaper article, fact sheet, 1972, n.d.
Blue Laws - Correspondence, 1973.
Briscoe, Dolph - Correspondence, newspaper article, 1973.
Budget - Newspaper articles, article, hearing schedule, memorandum, pamphlet, 1971, 1972, n.d.
Bunch's Green Acres - Newspaper article, correspondence, memoranda, assignments list, lists of board members, news release, article, program, resumes, waiver of notice sheet, information sheet, 1972, 1973, n.d..
Busing - Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Calendar, 1972.
Campaign - Handout, statements, correspondence, brochures, lists of workers, candidates application, newsletters, news releases, newspaper articles, flyers, photograph, automobile policy statement, certification, editorials, financial statement, list of materials, invitation, amendment, 1971, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Committee - Correspondence, lists, news releases, agenda, notes, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Contribution and Expenditures - Lists, statements, notes, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Finance - Correspondence, newspaper article, bills, booklet on licensing of child care facilities, 1973, n.d.
Campaign Material, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Publicity (Chris Miller) - Newspaper articles, programs, correspondence, newsletter, announcement, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Publicity (Other candidates) - Newspaper articles, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Publicity (Radio) - Order forms, agreement forms, announcement, 1972, n.d.
Campaign Reporting and Disclosure Act (H.B. 4) - Copy of Model Campaign Finance Act, House bills, amendments, bill analysis, 1972-1973

Box 4
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Campaign Reporting and Disclosure Act (H.B. 4) - Finance Act, bill analysis, correspondence, bills, reports, amendments, n.d.
Cartoons, 1973, n.d.
Certification for Secretaries - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Child Care - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Chiles, H.E. - Correspondence, 1973
Chiropractors - Newsletter, 1972
Chris Miller (Personal) - Correspondence, newspaper articles, financial statement, memorandum, invitation, form, photograph, leaflet, notes, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Chris Public Relations - Correspondence, newspaper articles, agreements, invoices, campaign advertising, 1972, n.d.
C.A.R.E. (Citizen Association for Reform) - News release, platform issues, reform issues, 1971, n.d.
Civil Air Patrol - Correspondence, booklet, 1973, 1975
Commission on the Status of Women - Newsletter, address list, 1973, n.d.
Committee on Human Resources - Confidential statement, newspaper articles, memorandum, correspondence, notes, minutes, 1960, 1973, n.d.
Committee on Human Resources (Rebekah Home for Girls) - Witness affidavits, newsletters, reports, newspaper articles, correspondence, 1972, 1973
Committee on Human Resources (Rebekah Home for Girls) - Newspaper articles, interviews, witness affidavit, form, list of foods, excerpts from Bible, reports, petition, judgment, article, schedule, copy of airline tickets, n.d.
Committee to Restore the Constitution - Bulletin, leaflet, memorandum, 1973, n.d.
Common Cause - Newspaper article, correspondence, pamphlet, 1973, n.d.
Comptroller - Correspondence, 1973
Constituent Problems - Correspondence, form, 1972, 1973

Box 5
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Constitution (Texas) - Booklets, correspondence, journal, newspaper article, 1967, 1971, 1972
Constitutional Amendments - Newspaper article, booklet, data sheet, list leaflet, 1972, n.d.
Constitutional Convention - Booklets, correspondence, report, schedule, news release, petition, 1961, 1973, n.d.
Constitutional Revision - Booklet, forms, analysis, letter, newspaper articles, newsletter, instructions for interviews with candidates, calendar, leaflet, brief history of constitution, league position, paper, sample speech, fillers for spot announcements, agenda, sample press release, excerpts, open letter, resolution, notes, 1966, 1971, 1972, n.d.
Constitutional Revision - Memorandum, booklet, news release, newspaper articles, pamphlet, schedule of hearings and meetings, correspondence, bulletin, resolution, notes, 1970, 1973, n.d.
Constitutional Revision Commission - Correspondence, newsletters, news release, newspaper articles, editorial, remarks of advisory committee member, list of constitutional revision materials, memorandum, pamphlet, article, notes, 1973, n.d.
Constitutional Revision History, 1973
Constitutional Revision Publications, 1972-1973
Consumer Bills - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Contingent Expense, 1973; Contraception (See Abortion)

Box 6
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Contractor Bills - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Coordinating Board (UT System) - Correspondence,
Cordell Hull (See also Campaign 1972) - Newspaper articles, correspondence, notes, proceedings (House Journal), list of events, list of House bills, newsletter, voting record, statements, note cards, voting analysis, script, fact sheet, 1966-1969, 1971, 1972, n.d.
Correspondence, January - August 1972
Correspondence, September - December 1972
Correspondence, January - June 1973
Correspondence, July - September 1973
Correspondence, October - November 1973
Correspondence, December 1973, n.d.
Correspondence (Constituent), 1973

Box 7
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Correspondence (Non-constituent), 1973, n.d.
Correspondence, Political, 1972, 1973, n.d.
County Employee Bills - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Crime - Newspaper articles, 1973
Daily House Calendar, 1973
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Dedication - Invitations, Fact sheet, 1973
Democratic National Committee - Resolution, newsletter, list of regions, agenda, speech, memorandum, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Democratic Organizations - Announcements, correspondence, program, 1973
Democratic Party - News release, bulletin, announcements, correspondence, guidelines, appendix, speech, newspaper article, 1973, n.d.
Dental Bills - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Department of Public Safety - Correspondence, 1973
District Judge Pay Raise - Correspondence, 1973
Dog Racing - News release, newspaper articles, 1973
Driver Education - Correspondence, telegrams, 1973
Drug Abuse - Executive Order, position paper, recommendations of Advisory Council, correspondence, summary of activities of TDCA/DAPD, statement from Mayor Bernis Sadler, 1973, n.d.
Drugs (Generic Substitution) - Newsletter article, notes, 1973
Duty Free Lunch (HB 116)- Correspondence, telegrams, 1973
Education - List of minority enrollment, 1973
Education (Adult) - Newspaper article, 1973
Education (Learning Disabilities)- Newspaper articles, correspondence, telegram, bill analysis, form, articles, 1973, n.d.
Eighteen-Year-Old Legal Rights - Correspondence, 1973
Election (Democratic Primary) - Statistics, 1972
Endorsements - Correspondence, newsletter, calendar of Democratic, newspaper article, notes, voting analysis, voting record, pamphlet, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Energy Crisis - Booklet, reports, House Journal, 1973, n.d.
Environmental Bills - Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
Environmental Protection Act 0(HB 205)- Correspondence, telegrams, 1973
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)- Memorandum, booklet, telegram, pamphlet, 1971, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Ethics - Booklet, newspaper articles, correspondence, newsletters, report, 1972, 1973

Box 8
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Family Code - Correspondence, 1973
Farenthold, Francis T. - Newspaper article, correspondence, biographical information, 1973, n.d.
Fire-Police Employees Relations (HB 185) - Correspondence, telegram, 1973, n.d.
Firefighters - Correspondence, 1973
Floodplain (HB 347) - Newsletters, notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, bills, magazine article, resolution, notes, analysis, 1969, 1973
Floodplain (HB 347) - Correspondence, notes, bills, n.d.
Food Stamp Program - Correspondence, newspaper article, 1972
Form Letters, n.d.
Fort Worth Independent School District -Correspondence, 1973
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Correspondence, 1973
Fort Worth Urban Ministries - Correspondence, 1973
Governor's Office - Newsletter, correspondence, memorandum, 1973, n.d.
Gun Control - Correspondence, editorial, newspaper articles, 1973, n.d.
Health Maintenance Organizations (HB 1488) - Correspondence, 1973
Hill, John (Attorney General) - Correspondence, 1973
Hobby, William P. (Lieutenant Governor) -Correspondence, 1973
Homestead Exemption - Correspondence, newspaper articles, joint resolution, bills, memoranda, calendar, ballot, pamphlet, notes, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Honors - Form, correspondence, 1971, 1973
House Journal Mailing - Lists, correspondence, 1973
House of Representatives - Seniority roster, certificate, seating chart, booklet, 1972 - 1973
Housing - Newspaper article, 1973
Human Resources Committee - Correspondence, memoranda, appendix, 1973, n.d.
Insurance (Miscellaneous) - Report, correspondence, telegram, 1973
International Good Neighbor Council - Correspondence, invitation, 1972
Interview - Correspondence, 1972
Invitations, 1971, 1972

Box 9
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Invitations, January-September 1973
Invitations, October-December 1973, n.d.
Issues- Study guide, statements, questionnaire, flyers, announcement, list of amendments, 1972, n.d.
Joint Committee on Prison Reform - Order, memoranda, interviews, correspondence, reports, essay, 1973, n.d.
Joint Committee on Prison Reform - Transcript of Meeting 11/15/73 (See also: Prisons/Prison Reform)
Judicial Reform - Newspaper articles, correspondence, note, journal, report, pamphlet, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Kidney Disease - Correspondence, telegram, petition, 1973, n.d.
Kindergartens (HB 787)- Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Martin Luther King Holiday (HB 118) (Co-signed)- Correspondence, memorandum, list of addresses, bill, 1972, 1973, n.d.
KOOK- Correspondence, booklet, bulletin, telefax, 1973
Landscape Architect Board - Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
League of Women Voters - Booklet, correspondence, voter materials, questionnaire, newspaper article, membership directory, 1955, 1972, 1973
Legislation (Miscellaneous)- Newspaper articles, newsletter, amendments, report, correspondence, news and notes, press release, 1973, n.d.

Box 10
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Letters of Congratulation, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Letters of Recommendation, 1973
The Liberator - Newsletters, correspondence, 1972, 1973 (See also: National Organization for Women)
Lindsey, Martha - Newsletter, n.d.
Lobbyists - Correspondence, bulletin, memorandum, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Marijuana- Correspondence, telegrams, statement, 1973
Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women - Correspondence, invitation, pamphlets, list, aims and objectives, constitution and by-laws, 1972, n.d.
Medical Care - Correspondence, excerpt from Congressional Record containing speech of Senator Edward Kennedy, pamphlets, comparison of proposals for health insurance, benefits and distribution of payments, article, list of members on Committee for National Health Insurance, 1972, n.d.
Medical Examiners Board - Newspaper articles, correspondence, memoranda, resolution, mailgram, telegrams, newsletter, statement, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Meier, Bill (Senator) - Correspondence, 1973
Mental Health - Correspondence, speech, newspaper article, information on Advisory Committee for Mental Retardation, data on expenditures for mental health care in Texas and other states, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Chris Miller (Personal) - Grand Jury Subpoena, financial statement, correspondence, 1972, 1973
Minimum Wage (HB 669) - Correspondence, 1973
Miscellaneous - News release, programs, postcard, form, certificates, memoranda, booklets, list of women candidates, newsletters, notes, indexing, reference manual, handkerchief, symbolic felt collage, cards, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Motor Vehicles - Correspondence, 1973
Moudy, Dr. J.M. - Correspondence, 1973
National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) - News release, newspaper articles, newsletters, announcement, correspondence, pamphlet, list of officers, 1972, n.d. (See also: The Liberator)
National Women's Political Caucus - Correspondence, newspaper articles, newsletter, list, 1973

Box 11
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Newspaper Articles, January-April 1972
Newspaper Articles, May-December 1972
Newspaper Articles, January-April 1973
Newspaper Articles, May-December 1973, n.d.
North Central Texas Council of Governments - Memorandum, booklets, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper article, 1972, 1973
Nurses' Aides Licensing (HB 413) - Correspondence, pamphlet, 1973, n.d.
Nursing Homes - Statistics on poverty by county, correspondence, newspaper article, minimum standards for custodial care homes, list, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Occupational Safety and Health - Correspondence, resolution, pamphlet, fact sheet, 1973, n.d.
Office File - Correspondence, employment request form, office lease contract, memoranda, 1973, n.d.
Open Meetings (HB 3) - Telegrams, correspondence, 1973
"Opinion '73" - Correspondence, 1972
Optometrics (HB 50) - Correspondence, newspaper articles, 1973
Pari-Mutuel Betting (HB 47)- Correspondence, form, 1973, n.d.
Parks and Wildlife - Correspondence, 1973
Penal Code Revision - Correspondence, 1973
Permanent University Fund - Memorandum, 1973
Personnel - Correspondence, memorandum, 1973
Peters, Grace - Certificate, memorandum, notes, 1968, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Pharmacy Bills - Correspondence, telegrams, bill, 1973, n.d.
Photographs - Snapshots, 5" x 7", 8" x 10", black an white and color, 1970, 1972, 1975, n.d.
Physical Therapy - Correspondence, telegrams, 1973

Box 12
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Physicians - Statistical profile, 1972
Podiatry - Correspondence, bill, 1973, n.d.
Police - Correspondence, offense reports, 1973
Pollution Subcommittee - Remarks by Honorable Russell Train, 1973
Prairie View College - Telegrams, correspondence, invitation, 1973, n.d.
Precinct Statistics and Maps, 1971, 1972, n.d.
Precincts - Statistics, leaflet, 1972, n.d.
Press Releases, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Press Shield (HB 10) - Correspondence, telegrams, 11
Prison Art - Memorandum, newspaper articles, 1971, 1973
Prison Reform - Correspondence, brief chronology, newspaper article, newsletter, Texas Department of Corrections reports, 1973, n.d.
Prisons/Prison Reform - Newspaper articles, pamphle report of accreditation visit, journal article, rules and regulations, correspondence, book review, 1972, January-September 1973
Prisons/Prison Reform - Correspondence, proposed outline, formal statement, bills, research on women prisons, working paper on prison disciplinary procedures, articles, memorandum, pamphlets, newspaper articles. October-December 1973, n.d.
Professional Contract and Consultation Bills (HB 370 and 371) - Correspondence, telegrams, 1973
Psychotherapist Bills - Correspondence, telegram, health summary, 1973, n.d.
Public Employees - Correspondence, 1973
Public Health, Aid to Families with Dependent Children -Correspondence, 1973

Box 13
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Public Health, Child Care - Statement, memoranda, newspaper articles, correspondence, news release, reports of John L. Hill, notes, article, diagram, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Public Health, Foreign Medical Students - Diploma, correspondence, newspaper article, memorandum, 1970, 1972, 1973
Public Health, Health Maintenance Organizations - Brief analysis, journal, personal testimony, 1973, n.d.
Public Health, Practice Health Insurance - Brief analysis, newsletter, 1973
Public School Finance (HB 946) - Newsletter, journals, newspaper article, reports of the Texas Advisory Commission, report on public school financing, correspondence, telegrams, 1972, 1973
Public Welfare - Correspondence, schedules, 1972, 1973
Questionnaire - Correspondence, background statement on Texas State Teachers Association, list of legislative candidates, questionnaires for candidates, memorandum, journal, article, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Radiation Health and Safety Act - Correspondence, 1973, n.d.
A. Phillip Randolph Institute - News release, ribbon, 1972
Real Estate (Miscellaneous) - Correspondence, 1973
Reapportionment - Maps, bills, notice of public hearing, newspaper articles, correspondence, statement on redistricting, statistics, amendments, report on minorities, 1971, 1972, 1973, n.d. Rebekah Home for Girls (See: Committee on Human Resources)
Redistricting - Newspaper articles, maps, correspondence, telegrams, 1972, 1973
Reform - Bill analysis, list of names, bills, staff reports, calendars, amendments, newspaper articles, list of bills, correspondence, 1973, n.d.

Box 14
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Revised Uniform Abortion Act, 1973
Rosenthal, Arlene - Memoranda, articles, correspondence, draft of operating procedures, speech, flyer, notes, newspaper article, statement on tenure, biographical data, outline, petition, questionnaire, 1971, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Russell, Rusty - Newspaper article, correspondence, transcript, press conference, newsletter, statement, announcement, biographical data, 1972, n.d.
School Bus - Essay, pamphlets, accident data, manual, survey, statistics, notes, bill analysis, 1972, 1973, n.d.
School Bus Safety - Copy of law on motor vehicle safety standards, statistics, booklet, photographs, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971
Scott, Fred - Correspondence, 1973
Secretary of State - Correspondence, 1973
Senior Citizens Bills - Correspondence, 1973
Seven Seas, Arlington - Correspondence, newspaper articles, 1973
Sex Discrimination (HB 784) - Press release, bills, agenda, copy of law concerning public schools, bill analysis, notes, draft, 1973, n.d.
Speaker of the House - Statements, 1973
Speaker of the House ( Candidates) - Newspaper articles, correspondence, statements, bills, press release, contribution and expenditure statement, memoranda, biographical data, report, newsletter, notes, rules concerning campaign finance, 1972, 1973, n. d.
Speech Pathologist, Audiologist - Memorandum, correspondence, mail-o-gram, petition, 1973, n.d.
Speeches, 1972
Staff - Correspondence, appointment, resume, photographs, 1973, n.d.
Standards of Schools, Kindergarten and Above - Minimum standards for schools and recommended changes, 1975
State Bar of Texas - Correspondence, 1973
State Employees - Correspondence, newspaper articles, newsletter, memorandum, announcement, surveys, 1973, n.d.
Sterilization, Women and Minors - Correspondence, telegrams, envelope stuffer, 1973, n.d.

Box 15
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Summers, Dorothy D. - Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper articles, negatives, 1966, 1970-1973, n.d.
Taebel, Kay and Dale - Correspondence, 1973
Tarrant County Democratic Executive Committee -Correspondence, 1973
Tarrant County District Judge's Pay Raise - Newspaper articles, correspondence, resolution, bills, 1973
Tarrant County Junior College (Class Response to Lecture), 1973, n.d.
Tarrant County Junior College (Letters from Students), n.d.
Tarrant County Officials - Correspondence, expense analysis,1973, n.d.
Taxes - Newspaper articles, statement, newsletter, news release, correspondence, Corporate Tax Laws, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Teacher Groups (TSTA, TSCTA) - Program, 1973
Teacher Retirement (HB 591) - Correspondence, telegrams, 1973
Texas Commission on the Status of Women - Press release, agenda, 1970
Texas Conference of Churches - Letter concerning Farah strike, program, news release, 1973, n.d.
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers - Letter, legislative program, 1973
Texas Education Agency - Correspondence, 1973
Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. - Correspondence, bulletin, news releases, 1972, 1973
Texas League of Conservation Voters - Correspondence, 1972
Texas Legislative News - Newspaper articles, 1973
Texas Public Employees Association - Correspondence, 1973
Texas State Board of Health - Correspondence, telegrams, 1973
Texas Vocational Technical Association - Letter, newsletter, 1972
Texas Women's Political Caucus - Newspaper article, correspondence, newsletters, notice, statistics, legislative report, invitation, agenda, historical overview, memoranda, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Texas Youth Council - Newspaper articles, correspondence, resolution, 1973, n.d.
Tower, John (Senator) - Correspondence, 1973
Transportation - Fact-finder, newspaper articles, certificate of public convenience, newsletters, memorandum, correspondence, news releases, Texas Highway data sheet, summary of school bus accidents, bulletin, reports, list, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Travel Seminar - Letter, 1973
Tuition Equalization Grants - Correspondence, telegrams, pamphlet, 1973
Unitization (Oil) - Correspondence, article, biographical data, booklet, 1972, 1973, n.d.
University of Texas - Correspondence, 1973
VIP - Meier, Bill (Senator) - Letter, resolution, calendar, 1973, n.d.
VIP - Vandergriff, Tom - Letter, 1973
Visitors Register, 1973-1978

Box 16
Folder Title, Dates, and Description

Welfare - Correspondence, telegram, 1973
Windmill Dinner Theater - News release, correspondence, photograph, memoranda, announcement, 1972, n.d.
Women for Change - Correspondence, newsletters, 1972
Women in Communications, Inc. - Letter, 1973
Women's Equity Action League - Letter, newsletters, proposed slate of nominees for national offices, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Women's Issues (Miscellaneous) - Correspondence, newspaper article, 1973
Women's Rights - Correspondence, newspaper articles, pamphlet, federal laws and regulations, news release, 1972, 1973, n.d.
Workmen's Compensation - Correspondence, telegrams, pamphlet, newspaper article, 1973
World Meeting of Women Journalists and Writers, Israel - Map, programs, notes, newspaper article, 1967, 1973
Youth Services - Correspondence, newspaper article, 1973

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