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Title: Copy of article End Discrimination to Hold Onto Federal Funding with handwritten note
Identifier: camh-dob-017014
Dates: 1971-05
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: A handwritten note and an enclosed copy of the article 'End Discrimination to Hold Onto Federal Funding' by Mary F. Powers from College Management.

Title: Copy of article from Austin American-Statesman: "John Hargis, 1st Black to earn bachelor’s degree at UT, dies"
Identifier: e_uta_00194
Topic: Civil rights, Social justice
Dates: 1986-11-14
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Copy of article from Austin American-Statesman: "John Hargis, 1st Black to earn bachelor’s degree at UT, dies."

Title: Copy of letter written by three members of the School of Law faculty to the Daily Texan
Identifier: e_uta_00388
Topic: College students--Political activity
Dates: 1969-03-17
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Copy of letter written by three members of the School of Law faculty to the Daily Texan with cc to Dr. Norman Hackerman.

Title: End discrimination to hold on to federal funding
Identifier: camh-dob-026599
Topic: Affirmative action programs, Universities and colleges
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Copy of the article 'End Discrimination to Hold Onto Federal Funding' by Mary F. Powers from the May 1971 issue of College Management magazine.

Title: Faculty forum, August 26, 1971 (Number 17)
Identifier: camh-dob-026593
Creator: Spurr, Stephen H., 1918-1990
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights, Universities and colleges--Admission
Dates: 1971-08-26
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Memorandum from University of Texas at Austin President Stephen H. Spurr in Faculty Forum regarding admissions policy as it pertains to race. Spurr proposes a debate on admissions policies, suggesting reliance on national tests and previous academic performance, opposing race-specific admissions, advocating for opportunity programs for environmentally disadvantaged students, and emphasizing the need for financial aid, within the framework of non-discrimination policies and increased state support.

Title: Letter from J. Neils Thompson and Darrell Royal to Stephen H. Spurr, August 11, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-026595
Creator: Royal, Darrell, Spurr, Stephen H., 1918-1990
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights, College students--Recruiting
Dates: 1971-08-11
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Letter from J. Neils Thompson, Chairman of the Athletics Council, and Darrell Royal, Athletics Director, to Stephen H. Spurr, President of the University of Texas at Austin, regarding diversity in student athlete recruitment, August 11, 1971.

Title: Letter from Jack Maguire to Stephen H. Spurr, August 3, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-026594
Creator: McGuire, Jack R., Spurr, Stephen H., 1918-1990
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights, College students--Recruiting
Dates: 1971-08-03
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Letter from Jack Maguire of the Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas to Stephen H. Spurr, President of the University of Texas at Austin, regarding a letter from Clarence Laws, Deputy Director of the Office of Civil Rights, about student recruiting practices, August 3, 1971.

Title: Letters and memorandums to and from Stephen Hopkins Spurr
Identifier: camh-dob-017013
Dates: 1971-08-31
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Letters and memorandums to and from Stephen Hopkins Spurr regarding the Civil Rights Compliance Review.

Title: Memo from Jack McGuire to Mr. Rex Jackson and Mr. Roy Vaughan, August 3, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-026589
Creator: McGuire, Jack R.
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights, College students--Recruiting
Dates: 1971-08-03
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Memorandum from Jack McGuire, Executive Director of the Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas, to Mr. Rex Jackson, Associate Director of Admissions, and Mr. Roy Vaughan, Associate Director of the Ex-Students' Association regarding records concerning high school visitations, August 3, 1971. The memo explains that Clarence A. Laws, deputy director of the Office of Civil RIghts, will require statistics on high-school recruitment efforts, including numbers of minority students interviewed.

Title: Memo from Robert D. Mettlen, August 31, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-026591
Creator: Mettlen, Robert D., 1936-2020, Spurr, Stephen H., 1918-1990
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights
Dates: 1971-08-31
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Memorandum from Robert D. Mettlen to Peter T. FLawn, James H. Colvin, Ron Brown, Lorene Rogers, Byron Shipp, James Duncan, and Sal Levantino regarding a meeting with Stephen H. Spurr about Civil Rights Compliance, August 31, 1971.

Title: Memo from Robert Mettlen, July 29, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-026590
Creator: Mettlen, Robert D., 1936-2020, Spurr, Stephen H., 1918-1990
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights
Dates: 1971-07-29
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Memorandum from Robert Mettlen to University of Texas at Austin President Stephen H. Spurr, Dr. Peter T. Flawn, Mr. James H. Colvin, Dr. Ronald M. Brown, Dr. Stanley Ross, D. Lorene Rogers, and Mr. Sal Levatino regarding an extension granted by the Office of Civil Rights to reply to the Compliance Review Team, July 29, 1971.

Title: Memo from Robert Mettlen, July 29, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-026596
Creator: Mettlen, Robert D., 1936-2020, Spurr, Stephen H., 1918-1990
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights
Dates: 1971-07-29
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Memorandum from Robert Mettlen to University of Texas at Austin President Stephen H. Spurr, Dr. Peter T. Flawn, Mr. James H. Colvin, Dr. Ronald M. Brown, Dr. Stanley Ross, D. Lorene Rogers, and Mr. Sal Levatino regarding an extension granted by the Office of Civil Rights to reply to the Compliance Review Team, July 29, 1971.

Title: Photocopy of letter from Mrs. Marguerite Oswald regarding the sale of Lee Harvey Oswald's papers to the University of Texas
Identifier: e_uta_00956_002
Topic: Academic libraries, Universities and colleges--Archives
Dates: 1969-03-15
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Xerox copy of handwritten letter from Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, to Mr. Walt W. Rostow regarding the sale of Lee Harvey Oswald's papers to the University of Texas.

Title: Photocopy of reply card from President Lyndon B. Johnson
Identifier: e_uta_00948_002
Topic: Buildings
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Xerox copy of President Lyndon Johnson's reply card indicating that he will attend the dedication of the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center on October 30, but that Mrs. Johnson will not.

Title: Press release from the University of Texas News & Information Service about admissions policy.
Identifier: camh-dob-026597
Creator: University of Texas at Austin. News and Information Service
Topic: Diversity in higher education, Civil rights, Universities and colleges--Admission
Dates: 1971-07-26
Resource: UT President's Office records
Description: Press release by the University of Texas News & Information Service about admissions policy, including minority admissions, July 26, 1971. The release contains a statement by University of Texas at Austin President Stephen H. Spurr covering his philosophy on policies.