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Title: Charles W. Randolph Interview
Identifier: e_toi_0334
Creator: Randolph, Charles W., Owens, William A., 1905-1990
Dates: 1955
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Reel 168: Charles W. Randolph reminisces about experiences in oil fields of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana.

Title: Fanny M. Andrews
Identifier: e_toi_0369
Creator: Andrews, Fanny M., 1869-1960
Dates: 1955
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Reel 194: Fanny M. Andrews discusses the participation of the University of Texas in the Texas oil boom.

Title: John Henry Faulk Training Goat
Identifier: e_rap_0378
Topic: Performing arts, Entertainment events
Dates: 1955
Resource: John Henry Faulk papers
Description: CBS publicity photograph of humorist John Henry Faulk with his trained goat, "Katy Gonzalez," dated 1955

Title: Letter from H. Y. McCown regarding the cancellation of his acceptance to UT
Identifier: e_uta_00075_a
Topic: College integration, Civil rights
Dates: 1955
Resource: UT Chancellor's Office records
Description: Letter from H. Y. McCown, Registar and Dean of Admissions to Mr. John Willis Hargis regarding the cancellation of his acceptance to UT.

Title: Letter to constituents reporting on Congressional accomplishments, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001062
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1955
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks reports to his district on the McGee Bend Dam, an Air Force Radar Station in Lufkin, rice and cotton acreage, and other district issues.

Title: Memorandum in support of S.1077 as amended by House Judiciary Committee, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001449
Topic: Federal aid, Industrial accidents
Dates: 1955
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum discussing Jack Brooks's support for amending Senate legislation regarding financial relief for those affected by the Texas City disaster. The disaster was the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The Senate drafted legislation to provide compensation for the victims in 1955 after the Supreme Court ruled against a class action lawsuit brought on their behalf. Brooks worked to make the victims the beneficiaries of the legislation, rather than insurance companies and large corporations.

Title: Miss Ima Hogg Interview
Identifier: camh-dob-004010
Creator: Hogg, Ima, 1882-1975, Cotner, Robert C.
Dates: 1955
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Ima Hogg reminiscences about Governor James Stephen Hogg. Hogg reminisces about the founding of Texas Company and Early Days of Spindletop, plus supplementary statements by Miss Ima Hogg about the oil industry in Texas.

Title: Miss Ima Hogg Interview [part 1 of 5]
Identifier: e_toi_0324
Creator: Hogg, Ima, 1882-1975, Cotner, Robert C.
Dates: 1955
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Reel 158: Ima Hogg reminiscences about Governor James Stephen Hogg.

Title: Miss Ima Hogg Interview [part 2 of 5]
Identifier: e_toi_0325
Creator: Hogg, Ima, 1882-1975, Cotner, Robert C.
Dates: 1955
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Reel 159: Ima Hogg reminiscences about Governor James Stephen Hogg.

Title: Miss Ima Hogg Interview [part 3 of 5]
Identifier: e_toi_0326
Creator: Hogg, Ima, 1882-1975, Cotner, Robert C.
Dates: 1955
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Reel 160: Ima Hogg reminiscences about Governor James Stephen Hogg.

Title: Mr. Rayburn speaks at REA Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Rayburn speaks at REA Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia
Identifier: dv_00011
Dates: 1955
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: VHS copy of a 16mm film of Sam Rayburn speaking

Title: Photograph of Alexander Abian and A. A. Albert, 1955
Identifier: e_ph_00006
Creator: Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006
Dates: 1955
Resource: Paul R. Halmos photograph collection
Description: Alexander Abian, A. A. [Abraham Adrian] Albert, and unidentified woman, possibly in Chicago, Illinois

Title: Photograph of Andre Weil (on couch); Serge Lang (on floor left); Peter Swinnerton-Dyer (floor right); E. Christopher "Chris" Zeeman (right holding lamp)
Identifier: e_ph_08038
Creator: Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006
Dates: 1955
Resource: Paul R. Halmos photograph collection
Description: Andre Weil; Serge Lang; Peter Swinnerton-Dyer; E. Christopher "Chris" Zeeman

Title: Photograph of Edwin Spanier (2nd from left), Klaus Krickeberg, and Robert Hermann
Identifier: e_ph_02785
Creator: Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006
Dates: 1955
Resource: Paul R. Halmos photograph collection
Description: Edwin Spanier (2nd from left), Klaus Krickeberg, and Robert Hermann