Box 10
Container
Contains 107 Collections and/or Records:
RWY - WGH personal correspondence re gubernatorial election, Fall 1953
File — Box: 10, Folder: 71
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
Fall 1953
Campaign for governor - 1954 - RWY vs. Shivers, 1954
File — Box: 10, Folder: 72
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
1954
RWY - 1954; WGH to RWY (3) re loan, 1954
File — Box: 10, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
1954
RWY re loan from Citizens State Bank, May, 1955, 1955
File — Box: 10, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
1955
RWY correspondence with WGH re appreciation for support in 1954, 1955
File — Box: 10, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
1955
RWY correspondence with WGH re organization of a building and loan association, July - Aug. 1955
File — Box: 10, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
July - Aug. 1955
RWY to WGH asking his support in the 1956 gubernatorial campaign, March 24, 1956, 1956
File — Box: 10, Folder: 77
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
1956
RWY - Opening speech by RWY - 1956 campaign, June 1, 1956
File — Box: 10, Folder: 78
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
June 1, 1956
RWY - Campaign material, 1956
File — Box: 10, Folder: 79
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
1956
RWY clipping with note from RWY to WGH, Aug. 4, 1956
File — Box: 10, Folder: 80
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Gardner Hall has been a man of many parts--most of them seemingly incongruous. He has been a successful banker and a champion of the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He has had important social and business ties with the conservative Houston establishment and at the same time has been a close friend of such anti-establishment figures as John Henry Faulk. Through the political wars of the 1950's and 1960's, Hall managed to remain on good...
Dates:
Aug. 4, 1956