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Douglas Harlan Texas & National Politics collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 538
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles, political campaign materials, Texas and national Republican Party ephemera and publications reflecting the research interests of lawyer, author, scholar and Rice alumnus Douglas Harlan (Hanszen '64).

Dates

  • 1970-1999

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be arranged with the Woodson Research Center, woodson@rice.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Rice University alumnus Douglas S. Harlan (Hanszen, '64)donated $1.1 million for a Rice program dedicated to studying state and local politics. The Douglas S. Harlan Program in State Elections, Campaigns and Politics will bring together Rice scholars from various disciplines and will have three components: an archive collection, research, and outreach and training. Lyn Ragsdale, dean of social sciences and a professor of political science, will administer the program.

After majoring in English at Rice, Harlan earned a master’s from Duke University along with a doctorate in political science and a law degree from the University of Texas. Later, he entered local politics, serving as deputy campaign manager for Paul Eggers in the Texas gubernatorial race and manager for D.C. Norwood’s congressional campaign. In addition to running his own campaigns for Congress in the early 1970s, Harlan served on the Alamo Community College District board and as Justice of the Peace in Bexar County Precinct 3. Harlan practiced law for 22 years, taught political science, served at senior levels of the federal government and with the city of San Antonio and published more than 600 articles in publications such as the Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, the American Journal of Criminal Law, Texas Bar Journal, the Ripon Forum and various Texas daily newspapers.

Harlan passed away in November, 2008.

Excerpted from http://the.ricethresher.org/news/2007/11/16/political_research_donation and http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2008/spring/sallyport/StudyPoliticalCampaigns.html, both accessed on Dec. 21, 2009.

Extent

13 Linear Feet ( (22 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Newspaper articles, political campaign materials, Texas and national Republican Party ephemera and publications reflecting the research interests of lawyer, author, scholar and Rice alumnus Douglas Harlan.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Rick Wilson, July 2008.

Record Groups

Related Names

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Douglas Harlan Texas & National Politics collection, 1970-1999
Status
Unprocessed
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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