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Title: "Brown Wins Labor Battle"
Identifier: e_rap_0322
Topic: History
Dates: 1961-08-03
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Austin American article dated August 3, 1961, about events in Galveston, Texas. It discusses how Hank Brown was elected president after it was decided the Secretary-Treasurer didn't have equal executive powers, as contended by Fred Schmidt

Title: Committee Vote Favors Sulphur Probe, pages 1 and 3
Identifier: e_rap_0071
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1937-02-04
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: On February 4, 1937, The Daily Texan reported that the activities of Roy Miller, lobbyist for the Texas Sulphur Gulf Company, would be investigated by the Texas Legislature

Title: Communists? U.T. Students Don't Know Any, page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0061
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-01
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The front page for the Daily Texan on August 1, 1940, records the results of a poll regarding students' understanding of communism and its purported presence on the UT campus

Title: "Controversial scholarship bill reaches Bush's desk"
Identifier: e_rap_1279
Creator: Associated press
Topic: Sports
Dates: 1997-06-02
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Daily Texan article describes a state bill to require Texas public schools to admit student athletes under the same GPA guidelines as non-athletes, dated June 2, 1997

Title: "Crowd Applauds Witnesses as Technicalities Raised During First Red Hearings"
Identifier: e_rap_0107
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: McCully, John
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-14
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Page 1 of the October 14, 1936, issue of the Daily Texan contains an article about the investigations of the Texas Legislature into Communism at the University of Texas.

Title: "Dies Gets Double Trouble", pages 1-2
Identifier: e_rap_0062
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: Sinclair, William Boyd
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-04
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Articles and editorials appearing in the August 4, 1940 issue of the Daily Texan, chronicle and question the Dies Committee's assertion that Stalinist and Trotskyite forces were battling for control of UT

Title: Dies Hearing Called Illegal, pages 1 and 4
Identifier: e_rap_0064
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-11
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: After being questioned by the Dies Committee, University of Texas senior, Emil Barwis questioned the legality and ethics of the Texas Congressman's investigations

Title: Dr. Rainey Believes U.T. Can Take Educational Leadership, pages 1-8
Identifier: e_rap_0081
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Dates: 1939-01-03
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: This issue of the Daily Texan, dated January 3, 1939, presents President Homer Rainey's vision for the University of Texas

Title: "Foes of Consumer Tax Urge Letter Campaign"
Identifier: e_rap_0233
Creator: Castlebury, Glen
Topic: Politics and government, History
Dates: 1969-08-14
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Austin American article dated August 14, 1969, discusses a possible tax on food

Title: "Herring Urged to Ballot Against New Tax Plan"
Identifier: e_rap_0219
Topic: Politics and government, History
Dates: 1969-08-25
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Austin American article dated August 25, 1969, discusses Human Opportunities Corporation's objections to proposed sales tax, calling the sales tax a tax on the poor

Title: House Clears University of Communism Charges 67-38, pages 1 and 6
Identifier: e_rap_0070
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-28
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: On October 28, 1936, the Daily Texan reported that a sizable majority of legislators voted to exonerate the University of Texas from the accusations that some of its professors promoted communism and fascism

Title: House Resolution Hits Communism, page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0066
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-09-30
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: During the October 1936 special legislative session, freshman representative Joe Caldwell introduced a resolution calling for an investigation into the alleged propagation and teaching of communism at UT

Title: Legislator Charges Texas Schools With Red Teaching, page 1 and 7
Identifier: e_rap_0067
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: International News Service
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-02
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The October 2, 1940, issue of the Daily Texan expanded on Representative Joe Caldwell's accusation of professors indoctrinating students into communism and atheism

Title: Off Goes the Blindfold, page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0065
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-06-25
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The June 25, 1936, issue of the Summer Texan included an editorial titled Off Goes the Blindfold, which reported on efforts to investigate and tax the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.

Title: One Solon Says Demos Red, Another Says Fascistic as Students Nearly Riot, pages 1 and 5
Identifier: e_rap_0069
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: Lester, Sam
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-15
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Daily Texan journalist Sam Lester reported on October 15, 1936, that Texas lawmakers differed as to whether the Progressive Democrats were fascistic or communistic

Title: "Pearce Johnson Jones Win Jester Elected"
Identifier: e_rap_0190
Creator: Austin American-statesman
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1946-08-25
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Article discussing election results, including the governor's race between Beauford Jester and Homer Rainey, Austin American-Statesman, dated August 25, 1946

Title: Rainey Fired, pages 1-4
Identifier: e_rap_0060
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Dates: 1944-11-01
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The Daily Texan for November 1, 1944, covers the firing of President of Homer Price Rainey

Title: "Red Probe Witness Says His Files Were Robbed" and "This Is So Bad-Maybe Red Probers Ought to Hang Him"
Identifier: e_rap_0068
Creator: Austin American (Newspaper)
Contributor: Williamson, Hugh
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-14
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Pages 1 and 11 of the October 14, 1936, issue of the Austin American contains articles, which recount testimony of Dr. R. H. (Bob) Montgomery and others before a state legislative committee about communism at the University of Texas.

Title: "Regents Dismiss Foster, Gordon, Peach," pages 1 and 4
Identifier: e_rap_0083
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Dates: 1942-07-02
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Dated July 2, 1942, this issue of the Daily Texan chronicles the Board of Regents dismissal of economics professors Fagg Foster, Wendell Gordon, and W.N. Peach

Title: "Republicans Sweeping to Big Gains in Congress; All Amendments Carry"
Identifier: e_rap_0189
Creator: Austin American-statesman
Contributor: Associated press
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1946-11-06
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Article discussing national election results, Austin American-Statesman, dated November 6, 1946

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