The collection of art/ prints includes political cartoons, portraits of the senator, maps, and Texas and Southwestern art. Among the works are an oil painting of bluebonnets; a watercolor of the USS City of Corpus Christi; autographed original political cartoons by Jimmy Marhulies, Herc Fincklen, Ben Sargent and others. Among the certificates are a Freedom Award from the Hungarian Freedom Fighters' Federation, a "Guardian of Berlin's Freedom" certificate, a permanent appointment as a Master Chief Boatswain's Mate in the U. S. Navy, and a commendation from the Documents Section of he Committee on Armed Services upon his retirement. Ephemeral items include several Communist propaganda leaflets dropped during the Vietnam War as well as various political flyers and pamphlets. There are three oversized scrapbooks, two of which concern Mexico. One contains photos and clippings about the Chazimal Treaty and the other covers a trip to Mexico that the senator made with the Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Butz. Other memorabilia are flags, bookends, gifts from foreign dignitaries, city keys, plaques, models of ships and planes, and a collection of elephants.
The majority of campaign memorabilia was received at Southwestern University
within Tower Senate Club Files and other political files. The campaign
literature and ephemera have been pulled from their original location,
replaced with photocopies, and place in the Memorabilia Series. The bulk
of this collection concerns the various Tower campaigns, from his 1954
race for the State Representative for the 81st District to groundwork for
the 1984 Senate race. There are also items from Richard Nixon's three presidential
campaigns, George Bush's Texas congressional campaign and several state
and federal campaigns. Types of materials include brochures, newsletters,
pamphlets, posters, photographs, flyers for fund-raisers and appearances,
sound sheets, bumper stickers, press kits, manuals, volunteer packets,
scrapbooks, buttons, pins, name tags, T-shirts, and items that appear to
be for presentation to workers and contributors.
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