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Judge Sarah T. Hughes Papers, 1910-1982 | Manuscripts

Collection Overview

Title:	Judge Sarah T. Hughes Papers, 1910-1982
ID:	01/HM.58
Extent:	79.0 Boxes
Arrangement:	At the series level, the materials in this collection are arranged according to the subject matter and intellectual contents of the materials: 1) Personal Files; 2) Organization Files; 3) Political Files; and 4) Judicial Files. The collection is further divided into subseries (boxes) based on the type and/or content of the materials.
Languages:	English, Spanish;Castilian
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Abstract

This collection consists of primarily textual materials documenting the legal, political, judicial, and activist career of Sarah Tilghman Hughes (1896-1985). Among her accomplishments, Hughes practiced law in Dallas, served in the Texas House of Representatives (1931-1935), was appointed as the first female state district judge in Texas (1935-1961), was the first woman to serve as a federal district judge in Texas (1961-1975; senior status until 1982), and championed various human and women's rights causes. Notably, as a federal district judge, Judge Hughes administered the presidential oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963.

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Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of materials documenting the legal, political, judicial, and activist career of Sarah Tilghman Hughes (1896-1985) (see Collection Historical Note below for further biographical information).

The contents of the materials in the collection represent significant topics and events in Judge Hughes's career and lifetime, including her three terms (1931-1935) in the Texas House of Representatives (one of the first women elected to the state legislature following the passage of the 19th Amendment); her appointment in 1935 to the 14th District Court of Texas in Dallas (as the first female state district judge in Texas); her membership in and term (1950-1952) as President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs; her appointment in 1961 to the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas (as the first female federal district judge in Texas); the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and subsequent swearing-in of Lyndon B. Johnson as President (conducted by Judge Hughes); and Judge Hughes's involvement in various other issues including human rights, treatment of prisoners, women's rights, and female equality.

It should be noted that the bulk of the collection consists of files - including correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, publications, and other printed materials - documenting Judge Hughes's involvement in various organizations including the International, National, and Texas federations of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas United Nations Association, the United Nations, and the World Peace Through Law Center.

The materials in the collection are largely textual, including correspondence, memoranda, typescripts, publications, speeches, court case papers, legal documents, notes, reports, travel itineraries, appointment books, meeting minutes and agendas, clippings, and related printed materials. Ephemera such as pamphlets, brochures, flyers, and certificates are also included. The collection contains several boxes of assorted photographs and portraits of Judge Hughes and other political figures, as well as photograph albums.

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Collection Historical Note

Sarah T. Hughes, jurist, politician, and feminist, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 2, 1896, daughter of James Cooke and Elizabeth (Haughton) Tilghman. Her parents were descended from colonial families that immigrated to North America in the 1660s. She attended public schools in Baltimore and in 1917 graduated from Goucher College with an A.B. in biology. After two years of teaching science at Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she enrolled in the George Washington University Law School, from which she received an LL.B. degree in 1922. During this period she was a member of the Washington, D.C., police force, a job in which she worked primarily with juveniles. She married George Ernest Hughes of Palestine, Texas, a classmate, on March 13, 1922. The same year, the Hugheses moved to Dallas, where her husband began a private law practice. In 1923 Mrs. Hughes joined the firm of Priest, Herndon, and Ledbetter. She remained with the firm until 1935, when Governor James Allred appointed her to the bench of the Fourteenth District Court in Dallas. She was the first woman state district judge in Texas. In 1936 she was elected in her own right and was reelected on six subsequent occasions, the last in 1960.

Before her appointment as district judge, Sarah Hughes had served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives. She was among the first women elected to the legislature after the granting of woman suffrage and was active in debates over major issues of the day-oil proration laws, penal-system reform, and public school land usage. In 1933 newspaper reporters in Austin named her the state's most effective representative. In 1946 she was beaten in the Democratic primary when she ran for the United States Congress. She claimed her liberal views caused her defeat. In 1952 she received a token nomination for the vice presidency of the United States at the Democratic national convention but withdrew her name before the vote was taken. At the time, she was national president of the Business and Professional Women's Club. She was also defeated when she ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1958. In 1961 she asked Senator Ralph Yarborough and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to recommend her for the federal judgeship of the northern district of Texas. Her age, sixty-five, caused the American Bar Association and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to oppose her selection. At her request, the Business and Professional Women's Club undertook a letter-writing campaign in support of her candidacy, and Yarborough, Johnson, and Speaker of the House Samuel T. Rayburn lobbied effectively on her behalf. When President John F. Kennedy appointed her in October 1961, she became the first woman to serve as a federal district judge in Texas.

Judge Hughes was known for her speedy and impartial administration of justice. While serving the Fourteenth Judicial District of Texas she played an important part in the construction of Dallas's first juvenile detention center (1950) and in securing an amendment to the Texas constitution allowing women to serve as jurors (1953). Among her most well-known decisions as a federal judge were Roe v. Wade, 1970 (the legalization of abortion in the United States), Shultz v. Brookhaven General Hospital, 1969 (equal pay for equal work for women), and Taylor v. Sterrett, 1972 (upgrading prisoner treatment in the Dallas County jail). She was also involved with several cases related to Billie Sol Estes and to the Sharpstown stock fraud scandal.

She became a national figure as a result of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, after which she administered the oath of office to Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One at Love Field. She said she liked to believe that President Johnson chose her for the honor because of their friendship but was realistic enough to know that his feelings towards other federal judges in Dallas made her the most acceptable choice.

Judge Hughes and her husband were Episcopalians. He died on June 1, 1964, after many years (1928–62) as an attorney for the United States Veterans Administration in Dallas. They had no children. After several years of illness, Judge Hughes died on April 23, 1985. She was interred at Hillcrest Mausoleum and Memorial Park in Dallas.

Source: Robert S. La Forte, "HUGHES, SARAH TILGHMAN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhu68), accessed September 06, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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Administrative Information

Repository:	Manuscripts
Access Restrictions:	This collection is not restricted.
Use Restrictions:	Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Archives and Rare Books department. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Physical Access Note:	Collection is housed in the UNT Archives and Rare Book department vault. The UNT Archives and Rare Book department requires a 24 hour notice from patrons in order to page materials from vault and ready the materials for use. Please contact the UNT Archives and Rare Book department for further information.
Related Materials:	The following sources provide additional information on Judge Sarah T. Hughes’s personal and professional life. University of North Texas Libraries - Archives and Rare Books Department: CONSTANCE DUDLEY PAPERS (AR0729) - http://findingaids.library.unt.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=62&q=dudley GWEN GRAUL PAPERS (AR0161) - http://findingaids.library.unt.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=58&q=graul NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION Number 27 Interview with Judge Sarah T. Hughes 15 January 1969 7 February 1969 28 February 1969 21 March 1969 11 April 1969 16 May 1969 27 May 1969 Number 489 Interview with Judge Sarah T. Hughes 23 August 1979
Preferred Citation:	Judge Sarah T. Hughes Collection, University of North Texas Archives and Rare Books

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Box and Folder Listing

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Series 4: Judicial Files

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence

Box 1944: General Correspondence, 1952-1971

Barcode: 704481

Folder 1: 1952
Folder 2: January - April 1961
Folder 3: May - July 1961
Folder 4: August 1961
Folder 5: September 1, 1961 - September 5, 1961
Folder 6: September 6, 1961 - September 12, 1961
Folder 7: September 13, 1961 - September 29, 1961
Folder 8: October 1961
Folder 9: November - December 1961
Folder 10: 1961
Folder 11: 1962 - 1964
Folder 12: 1965, 1971

Box 1945: Law Clerks Applications, undated

RESTRICTED

Barcode: 708171

Box 1946: Law Clerks Applications, Magistrates, undated

RESTRICTED

Barcode: 708172

Box 1947: Official Cases, Business, Probation Office, undated

RESTRICTED

Barcode: 708173

Box 1948: Official [Recommendations], Official [U.S. District Court of Wichita Falls], undated

RESTRICTED

Barcode: 708174

Box 1949: Official, Judges, undated

RESTRICTED

Barcode: 708175

Box 1950: Minutes, Proceedingsm Financial Documents, undated

RESTRICTED

Barcode: 708176

Sub-Series 2: Legal Documents

Box 1951: Cases : Cates v. LTV

Barcode: 704483

Folder 1: Inalouise Cates, et al. vs. LTV, et al., 1972-03 - 1972-06: Correspondence
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1972-08
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1972-09-12
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1972-09-12 (continued)
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1972-09-12 (continued)
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1972-12 - 1974-02
Folder 7: Filed Case Papers, 1972-02-08 - 1973-07-13
Folder 8: Filed Case Papers, 1974-07-23 - 1975-07-10
Folder 9: Attachments (Operation and Inspection Log ; 12C)
Folder 10: Attachments (16 & 17)
Folder 11: Attachments (18)
Folder 12: Attachments (23)
Folder 13: Attachments (32)
Folder 14: Miscellaneous Case Papers, 1969-1974

Box 1952: Cases : Taylor v. Sterrett : Correspondence - Case Papers

Barcode: 704482

Folder 1: Cases : Joseph Taylor et al. vs. W. L. Sterrett et al. : Correspondence, 1968-07 - 1974-12
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1975-01 - 1975-02
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1975-04 - 1975-10
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1976-01 - 1976-07
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1976-08 - 1976-12
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1978-03 - 1978-12
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1979-01 - 1979-05
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1979-06 - 1980-12
Folder 9: Notes, 1975-1977, undated
Folder 10: Filed Case Papers, 1971-11-08 - 1972-06-05
Folder 11: Filed Case Papers, 1972-06-04 - 1973-02-01
Folder 12: Filed Case Papers, 1974-06-07 - 1974-08-28
Folder 13: Filed Case Papers, 1974-09-30 - 1974-11-27

Box 1953: Cases : Taylor v. Sterrett : Case Papers

Barcode: 706210

Folder 1: Joseph Taylor et al. vs. W.L. Sterrett et al. - Filed Case Papers, 1974-12-10 - 1975-05-27
Folder 2: Filed Case Papers, 1975-06-23 - 1975-10-10
Folder 3: Filed Case Papers, 1976-01-08 - 1976-02-02
Folder 4: Filed Case Papers, 1976-02-03 - 1976-07-08
Folder 5: Filed Case Papers, 1976-07-14 - 1976-07-19
Folder 6: Filed Case Papers, 1976-07-10 - 1976-09-01
Folder 7: Filed Case Papers, 1976-09-09 - 1977-03-29
Folder 8: Filed Case Papers, 1977-04-07 - 1977-04-08
Folder 9: Filed Case Papers, 1977-04-12 - 1977-07-29
Folder 10: Filed Case Papers, 1977-08-01 - 1978-05-22
Folder 11: Filed Case Papers, 1978-07-25 - 1979-04-02

Box 1954: Cases : Taylor v. Sterrett : Case Papers, Reports

Barcode: 706211

Folder 1: Joseph Taylor et al. vs. W.L. Sterrett et al. - Filed Case Papers, 1979-04-16 - 1979-11-02
Folder 2: Related Miscellaneous Filed Case Papers, 1972, 1974
Folder 3: Case Papers, 1974-08-15 - 1976-02-05
Folder 4: Case Papers, 1976-03-02
Folder 5: Case Papers, 1976-04-12 - 1977-04-14
Folder 6: Case Papers, 1977-04-27 - 1978-07-25
Folder 7: Case Papers, 1979-01-30 - 1979-10-29
Folder 8: Case Papers, 1980-03-27
Folder 9: Related Miscellaneous Case Papers, 1976
Folder 10: Reports, 1971-1972
Folder 11: Reports, 1974
Folder 12: Reports, 1974?
Folder 13: Reports, 1975, 1975?, 1976
Folder 14: Reports, ca. 1973-1979

Box 1955: Cases : Taylor v. Sterrett : Exhibits

Barcode: 706212

Folder 1: Joseph Taylor et al. vs. W.L. Sterrett et al. - Exhibits #1, 1974-11-21
Folder 2: Exhibits #2, 1975-02-21
Folder 3: Exhibits #3, 1975-05-21
Folder 4: Exhibits AD, volume 1, #4, 1976-01
Folder 5: Exhibits AD, volume 2, #5, 1976-01
Folder 6: Exhibits AD, volume 3, #6, 1976-01
Folder 7: Exhibits AE, #7, 1976-01
Folder 8: Exhibits #8, 1977-01-20
Folder 9: Exhibits #9, 1977-06
Folder 10: Exhibits #10, 1977-11

Box 1956: Cases : Taylor v. Sterrett : Miscellaneous - Opinions, Printed Material, Photographs

Barcode: 706213

Folder 1: Cases : Joseph Taylor et al. vs. W.L. Sterrett et al.
Folder 2: House Bill #344, 1975
Folder 3: Opinions, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981
Folder 4: Opinions : Miscellaneous Cases, 1973-1976
Folder 5: Jail Standards Manual #1, 1978
Folder 6: Jail Standards Manual #2, 1978
Folder 7: Jail Standards Manual #3, 1978
Folder 8: Jail Standards Manual, 1979
Folder 9: Poem ; Magazines, 1972, 1977-1978, undated
Folder 10: Printed Material - Miscellaneous, 1977, 1981, undated
Folder 11: Printed Material - Clippings, 1972-1977
Folder 12: Printed Material - Clippings, 1978-1979, undated
Folder 13: Photograph - Dallas County Jail, pre-1869
Folder 14: Photograph - Dallas County Jail, 1869
Folder 15: Photograph - Dallas County Courthouse, ca. 1900
Folder 16: Photograph - Dallas County Criminal Courts Building, post-1914
Folder 17: Dallas County Jails Health Care Notebook, 1977-1978
Folder 18: Dallas County Jails Health Care Notebook #2, 1977-1978
Folder 19: Dallas County Jails Health Care Notebook #3, 1977-1978
Folder 20: Dallas County Jails Health Care Notebook - Photographs - #4
Folder 21: Dallas County Jails Health Care Notebook - Photographs - #5

Box 1957: Miscellaneous : Acts, Marriage, Naturalization, Oaths, U.S. District Court - New Orleans Division

Barcode: 706214

Folder 1: Indigent Representation Plan / Criminal Justice Act, 1964
Folder 2: Speedy Trial Act of 1974 : Public Law 93-619 ; Memoranda, 1975
Folder 3: Speedy Trial Act of 1974 : District Courts Plans, 1975
Folder 4: Speedy Trial Act of 1974 : Report of Implementation, 1980
Folder 5: Marriages : Correspondence, Vows, 1973, undated
Folder 6: Naturalizations : Correspondence, Acts, Oaths, Address, Printed Material, 1963, undated
Folder 7: Oaths of Office, undated
Folder 8: Supreme Court of Texas Card Number
Folder 9: U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Louisiana - New Orleans Division : Cases, 1943-1964: Verdicts, Interrogatories, Dockets

Box 1958: U.S. Codes (8 USC 1324 - 18 USC 472)

Barcode: 706215

Folder 1: U.S. Codes - 8 USC 1324: Entry and Transportation of Aliens into the U.S.
Folder 2: U.S. Codes - 15 USC 77q (a): Anti-fraud Provisions of the Securities Act of 1933
Folder 3: U.S. Codes - 15 USC 77q (a): Anti-fraud Provisions of the Securities Act of 1933
Folder 4: U.S. Codes - 15 USC 714 m (a): Commodity Credit Corporation
Folder 5: U.S. Codes - 15 USC 902 (e) (g): Firearms : Ship and Transport
Folder 6: U.S. Codes - 15 USC 1644: Use of Fraud to Obtain Credit Card
Folder 7: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 111: Assault on Federal Officer
Folder 8: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 152: Bankruptcy - Fraudulent Concealment
Folder 9: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 201 (c): Bribery by Air Force Personnel
Folder 10: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 242: Violation of Civil Rights
Folder 11: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 287: Claims Against U.S. : False, Fictitious, Fraudulent
Folder 12: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 371: Conspiracy
Folder 13: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 371: Conspiracy (2)
Folder 14: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 401: Contempt
Folder 15: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 472: Counterfeiting

Box 1959: U.S. Codes (18 USC 474 - 18 USC 1001)

Barcode: 706216

Folder 1: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 474: Counterfeiting
Folder 2: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 490: Counterfeiting Minor Coins, Possessing
Folder 3: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 495: Government Check : Forgery / Uttering
Folder 4: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 641: Stealing from U.S. Department or Agency
Folder 5: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 656: Embezzlement from National Bank
Folder 6: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 659: Stealing from Freight Dock, Depot, etc. ; Goods Moving in Interstate Commerce
Folder 7: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 659: Stealing from Freight Dock, Depot, etc. ; Goods Moving in Interstate Commerce (2)
Folder 8: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 751: Escape : or Attempt from Federal Custody - Institution
Folder 9: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 871: Threats Against Life of President
Folder 10: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 876: Extortion Through Mail
Folder 11: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 912: False Personation as Government Office Employee
Folder 12: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 922: Making False Statement on Purchase of Firearm
Folder 13: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 922 (h): Receiving Firearm that has Passed in Interstate Commerce
Folder 14: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1001 (1): False Statement
Folder 15: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1001 (2): False Statements to U.S. Department or Agency
Folder 16: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1001 (3): False Statement to U.S. Department or Agency

Box 1960: U.S. Codes (18 USC 1001 - 18 USC 3500)

Barcode: 706217

Folder 1: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1001 (4): False Statements to U.S. Department or Agency
Folder 2: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1010: False Statements to Federal Housing Administration to Obtain Loan
Folder 3: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1014: False Statement for Federally Insured Bank Loan
Folder 4: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1201: Kidnapping
Folder 5: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1341: Mail Fraud
Folder 6: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1341: Mail Fraud
Folder 7: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1702: Obstructing Correspondence in Mail
Folder 8: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1708: Possession of Stolen Mail
Folder 9: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1708: 2 ; Possession of Stolen Mail
Folder 10: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1709: Embezzlement of Mail
Folder 11: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 1915: Extortion
Folder 12: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 2113 (b, c): Possession of Bank Property / Deposits
Folder 13: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 2113 (d): Bank Robbery
Folder 14: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 2312: Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle
Folder 15: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 2312: 2 ; Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle
Folder 16: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 2314: Interstate Transportation of Forged Securities
Folder 17: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 2511: Interception of Wire Communication
Folder 18: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 3150: Failure to Appear
Folder 19: U.S. Codes - 18 USC 3500: Production of Statements and Reports of Witnesses

Box 1961: U.S. Codes (21 USC 174 - 42 USC 408e)

Barcode: 706218

Folder 1: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 174: Narcotics - Transportation, Concealment, Sale
Folder 2: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 176 (a): Marijuana Transportation
Folder 3: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 841 (a) (1): Controlled Substance Manufacture and Distribution
Folder 4: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 841 (a) (1): Controlled Substance Manufacture and Distribution
Folder 5: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 844 (a): Controlled Substance Possession
Folder 6: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 846: Controlled Substance Possession / Conspiracy to Distribute
Folder 7: U.S. Codes - 21 USC 846: 2 ; Controlled Substance Possession / Conspiracy to Distribute
Folder 8: U.S. Codes - 26 USC 5205 (a) (2): Transportation of Distilled Spirits
Folder 9: U.S. Codes - 26 USC 5861 (d) and 5871: Unlawful Possession of Firearms
Folder 10: U.S. Codes - 26 USC 7201: Income Tax Evasion
Folder 11: U.S. Codes - 26 USC 7203: Failure to File Income Tax Returns
Folder 12: U.S. Codes - 26 USC 7206: Filing False Income Tax Return
Folder 13: U.S. Codes - 26 USC 7206: 2 ; Filing False Income Tax Return
Folder 14: U.S. Codes - 42 USC 408 (e): Converting Social Security Payments

Box 1962: Legal Definitions (A - M)

Barcode: 706219

Folder 1: Accessory After the Fact
Folder 2: Accomplices
Folder 3: Accounts, Summaries, Charts - Opinion Evidence
Folder 4: Accusatory Statements
Folder 5: Action on Advice of Counsel
Folder 6: Admissions
Folder 7: Agent of Accused
Folder 8: Aid and Abet
Folder 9: Alibi
Folder 10: Care, Custody, Control, and Management
Folder 11: Character Evidence
Folder 12: Charge
Folder 13: Charge - One Defendant
Folder 14: Charge - One Defendant, Other Defendants Named
Folder 15: Charge to Jury
Folder 16: Coercion - Compulsion
Folder 17: Comments by Court
Folder 18: Evidence of Acts / Declarations of a Confederate
Folder 19: Conceal
Folder 20: Confession
Folder 21: Credibility
Folder 22: Criminal Charge Checklist
Folder 23: Criminal Law and Procedure
Folder 24: Convert
Folder 25: Testimony of Defendant
Folder 26: Elements of the Offense, Aiding and Abetting
Folder 27: Embezzlement
Folder 28: Entrapment
Folder 29: Evidence - Direct and Circumstantial
Folder 30: Evidence of Previous Felony Conviction
Folder 31: Exculpatory Statements - False
Folder 32: Expert Witness - Opinion
Folder 33: Failure to Testify
Folder 34: Feloniously
Folder 35: Felony
Folder 36: Fingerprints
Folder 37: Flight, Concealment
Folder 38: Force
Folder 39: Fraudulent
Folder 40: General Instructions - Criminal
Folder 41: Handwriting
Folder 42: Hung Juries - Additional Instructions
Folder 43: Ignorance of the Law
Folder 44: Impeachment - Felony
Folder 45: Impeachment - Prior Inconsistent Statement
Folder 46: Insanity
Folder 47: Intent - Act, Omission, Specific Intent
Folder 48: Evidence of Intent
Folder 49: Proof of Intent
Folder 50: Proof of Intent by Statements, Acts, or Omissions
Folder 51: Intent to Defraud
Folder 52: Joint Operation of Act and Intent
Folder 53: Joint Possession
Folder 54: Knowledge of Unlawful Conduct
Folder 55: Knowingly Act or Omission
Folder 56: Murder - El Paso Plane Case

Box 1963: Legal Definitions (P - W), Legal Issues, Notes

Barcode: 706220

Folder 1: Legal Definitions : Possession
Folder 2: Legal Definitions : Possession of Property Recently Stolen
Folder 3: Legal Definitions : Possession of Property Recently Stolen / "Recently"
Folder 4: Legal Definitions : Prima Facie Evidence
Folder 5: Legal Definitions : Principal
Folder 6: Legal Definitions : Prior Inconsistent Statements
Folder 7: Legal Definitions : Reasonable Doubt
Folder 8: Legal Definitions : Reasonable Doubt - From Lack of Evidence
Folder 9: Legal Definitions : Reputation in Community
Folder 10: Legal Definitions : Self Defense
Folder 11: Legal Definitions : Specific Intent
Folder 12: Legal Definitions : Stipulation
Folder 13: Legal Definitions : Stolen
Folder 14: To Take by Intimidation
Folder 15: Legal Definitions : Types of Evidence
Folder 16: Legal Definitions : "Unlawfully", "Knowingly", "Willfully"
Folder 17: Legal Definitions : Value of Property Stolen
Folder 18: Legal Definitions : Verdict - Final Instructions
Folder 19: Legal Definitions : Verdict - Single / Multiple Counts
Folder 20: Legal Definitions : Special Verdict
Folder 21: Legal Definitions : Violence
Folder 22: Legal Definitions : Willfully
Folder 23: Legal Definitions : Wire Communication
Folder 24: Legal Issues : Accounting for Rent Collected
Folder 25: Legal Issues : Attractive Nuisance - Pecuniary Aid - Non Child
Folder 26: Legal Issues : Cash Market Value
Folder 27: Legal Issues : Conspiracy
Folder 28: Legal Issues : Damages
Folder 29: Legal Issues : Discovered Peril
Folder 30: Legal Issues : Emergency - Heedless Disregard
Folder 31: Legal Issues : Federal Employer's Liability Act, 1958
Folder 32: Legal Issues : Fraud
Folder 33: Legal Issues : Gross Negligence
Folder 34: Legal Issues : Insurance - Sound Health / Accidental Death
Folder 35: Legal Issues : Malice
Folder 36: Legal Issues : Mutual Mistake
Folder 37: Legal Issues : Narcotics Rehabilitation Act, 1966
Folder 38: Legal Issues : Negligence
Folder 39: Legal Issues : Nuisance
Folder 40: Legal Issues : Perjury
Folder 41: Legal Issues : Personal Injury - Fall
Folder 42: Legal Issues : Personal Injury - Surgical Operation
Folder 43: Legal Issues : Products Liability
Folder 44: Legal Documents : Notes, 1975

Sub-Series 3: Literary Productions

Box 1964: Miscellaneous : Articles, Reports, Speeches, Typescripts

Barcode: 706221

Folder 1: Publications / Articles, 1942-1949
Folder 2: Publications / Articles, 1951-1953
Folder 3: Publications / Articles, 1964
Folder 4: Reports, 1941, 1944
Folder 5: Reports, 1981: Annual Report - U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas - Probation Office
Folder 6: Speeches by Sarah T. Hughes, 1945, 1962, 1965, undated
Folder 7: Speeches (Others), 1943, 1965, undated
Folder 8: Typescripts (1)
Folder 9: Typescripts (3)
Folder 10: Typescripts (2)

Box 1965: Research Subject Files : Capital Punishment - Court Administration

Barcode: 706222

Folder 1: Capital Punishment, 1959-1966, undated
Folder 2: Citizenship, 1939-1940, 1951, undated: Speeches, Typescripts, Articles, Printed Material
Folder 3: Connally Amendment, 1959-1960
Folder 4: Connally Amendment (2), 1961
Folder 5: Connally Amendment (3), undated
Folder 6: Court Administration : Articles, 1954-1965
Folder 7: Court Administration (2) : Articles, undated
Folder 8: Court Administration (3) : Reports, 1958, 1962
Folder 9: Court Administration (4) : Speeches, 1962-1964, undated
Folder 10: Court Administration (5) : Typescripts, undated
Folder 11: Court Administration (6) : Publications, 1958-1959
Folder 12: Court Administration (7) : Publications, 1962-1964
Folder 13: Court Administration (8) : Clippings, 1962, undated

Box 1966: Research Subject Files : Desegregation - Jury Reform

Barcode: 706223

Folder 1: Desegregation, 1958-1960, undated
Folder 2: Divorce #1: Correspondence
Folder 3: Divorce #2: Legal Notes
Folder 4: Divorce #3, 1961, undated: Typescript / Notes
Folder 5: Divorce #4, undated: Typescripts / Bibliography
Folder 6: Divorce #5, 1952: Report
Folder 7: Divorce #6, 1940-1969, undated: Articles
Folder 8: Divorce #7: Clippings
Folder 9: 14th District Court History, 1899, 1961-1963, undated: Correspondence, Speeches, Notes, Printed Material
Folder 10: Homestead Law Narrative, undated
Folder 11: Judicial Selection Report, 1959
Folder 12: Jury Reform #1, 1943-1952, undated: Correspondence, Notes
Folder 13: Jury Reform #2, 1942-1955, undated: Speeches, Reports, Articles
Folder 14: Jury Reform #3, 1947-1952, undated: Printed Material

Box 1967: Research Subject Files : Juvenile Delinquency

Barcode: 706224

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1957-1976
Folder 2: Notes, Poems, etc., undated
Folder 3: Declaration, Act, 1953, 1957
Folder 4: Radio Talks, 1953
Folder 5: Speeches, undated
Folder 6: Articles, 1949-1963, undated
Folder 7: Articles by Sarah T. Hughes, 1959 - ca. 1960, undated
Folder 8: Reports, 1941-1956
Folder 9: Reports - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1957
Folder 10: Reports, 1957-1963, undated

Box 1968: Research Subject Files : Juvenile Delinquency

Barcode: 706225

Folder 1: Annual Reports, Dallas County Juvenile Department, 1958, 1960
Folder 2: Annual Reports, Dallas County Juvenile Department, 1961
Folder 3: Annual Reports, Texas State Youth Development Council, 1956-1957
Folder 4: Annual Reports, Texas Youth Council, 1958-1960
Folder 5: Handbooks, 1958, undated
Folder 6: Pamphlets, 1943-1945
Folder 7: Pamphlets, 1953-1957
Folder 8: Clippings, 1943-1959, undated

Box 1969: Research Subject Files : Marriage and Family - Women's Legal Status

Barcode: 706226

Folder 1: Marriage and Family : Correspondence, Notes, Articles, Pamphlet, 1944-1957, undated
Folder 2: Poll Tax : Speeches, Pamphlet, 1942-1943, undated
Folder 3: Pre-Trial Conference : Correspondence, Speeches, 1937, 1940, 1961
Folder 4: Pre-Trial Conference : Articles, 1933-1957, undated
Folder 5: Pre-Trial Conference : Handbooks, Reports, 1938-1955
Folder 6: Prison Population Reduction : Speech, 1977
Folder 7: Sentencing : Speech, 1962
Folder 8: Texas Judicial Reform : Letter, Reports, Proposed Amendments, Speech, 1942-1952, undated
Folder 9: Women's Legal Status : Correspondence, 1966
Folder 10: Women's Legal Status : Legal Documents, 1965-1966, undated
Folder 11: Women's Legal Status : Notes, Speeches, Articles, Pamphlets, 1943-1947, 1965, undated

Sub-Series 4: Printed Material and Scrapbooks

Box 1970

Barcode: 706227

Folder 1: Printed Material - Campaign for 14th District Court #1, 1944: Endorsements
Folder 2: Printed Material - Campaign for 14th District Court #2, 1944: Radio Announcements, Cards, Clippings
Folder 3: Printed Material - Campaign for 14th District Court, 1956: Memo, Newspaper
Folder 4: Printed Material - Campaign for Texas Supreme Court #1, 1958: Cards, Brochures, Flyer, Media Releases, Vote Tabulations
Folder 5: Printed Material - Campaign for Texas Supreme Court #2, 1958: Clippings
Folder 6: Printed Material - Federal Judicial Appointment, 1961: Clippings
Folder 7: Printed Material - Miscellaneous, 1925, 1944-1946, undated: Clippings
Folder 8: Printed Material - Miscellaneous, 1962-1975: Clippings
Folder 9: Printed Material, 1973-1978: Pamphlets
Folder 10: Scrapbooks - "A Red Notebook", 1962-1971: Correspondence, Speeches, Directories

Box 1971: George E. Hughes - Legal Documents, Memorial Book, Obituaries and Photographs

Barcode: 642574

Box 1971O: Speech Files, Printed Material, Goucher College

Barcode: 706473

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