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Identifier: e_cle_004681
Title: Letter from Attorney General Mark White to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding possible litigation with Prairie View A&M University, July 23, 1982
Description: Letter from Attorney General Mark White to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding possible litigation with Prairie View A&M University. White advises Clements that he hopes to avoid litigation from Prairie View against the State of Texas and has met with attorneys representing the University. Includes related memos from David Herndon.
Page Count: 3
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-, Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Prairie View University
Subject Topic: Government aid to higher education, African American universities and colleges, Education, Higher, Litigation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_004679
Title: Letter from William P. Clements to William F. Smith regarding the Texas Permanent University Fund, May 28, 1982
Description: Letter from William P. Clements to William F. Smith regarding the Texas Permanent University Fund. Governor Clements responds to the letter sent from William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, to Texas Representative Wilhelmina Delco regarding the distribution of the Texas Permanent University Fund. Governor Clements believes the Assistant Attorney General's response was intended to "incite action" and "encourages a lawsuit against Texas." Includes correspondence between Delco and Reynolds.
Page Count: 5
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Smith, William French, 1917-
Subject Name: Reynolds, William Bradford, Delco, Wilhelmina
Subject Topic: African American universities and colleges, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_008292
Title: Appointment letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to Secretary of State Jack Rains, October 27, 1987
Description: Appointment letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to Secretary of State Jack Rains, October 27, 1987, appointing James Ketelson to the University of Houston Board of Regents.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Rains, Jack M., Texas. Secretary of State
Subject Name: Ketelsen, James, University of Houston, American Petroleum Institute, Northwestern University, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Buffalo Bayou Sesquicentennial Park Fundraising Committee
Subject Topic: Appointment to office, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments

Identifier: e_cle_005455
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements plans UT Tuition Boost," January 28, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements plans UT Tuition Boost," by Clara Tuma, Houston Post, January 28, 1981, regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s, decision to increase tuition at the University of Texas at Austin.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, University of Texas at Austin
Subject Topic: Tuition, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005084
Title: Memo from Jarvis E. Miller and David Herndon, to William P. Clements, regarding Opening Special Session to Texas Research League's Proposal for College Construction Funding, May 22, 1982
Description: Memo from Jarvis E. Miller and David Herndon to William P. Clements, regarding Opening Special Session to Texas Research League's Proposal for College Construction Funding, May 22, 1982
Page Count: 1
Creator: Miller, Jarvis E. (Jarvis Ernest), 1929-, Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_004372
Title: Memo from David Dean to Bill Clements, September 21, 1979
Description: Memo from David Dean to Bill Clements, September 21, 1979, regarding a retort to Mark White's "General Opinion No. MW-51" on appropriation votes.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Presnal, Bill
Subject Topic: Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_004104
Title: Memorandum from Tim Lewis to Paul T. Wrotenbery titled "State Higher Education Assistance Fund," February 17, 1981
Description: Memorandum from Tim Lewis to Paul T. Wrotenbery titled "State Higher Education Assistance Fund," February 17, 1981. Tim Lewis recommends Paul T. Wrotenbery for a position on the State Higher Education Assistance Fund for Governor William P. Clements.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Lewis, Tim
Contributor: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Subject Topic: Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_007942
Title: Appointment letter from William P. Clements to Secretary of State Jack Rains, June 23, 1988
Description: Appointment letter from William P. Clements to Secretary of State Jack Rains, June 23, 1988, regarding appointment of James H. Clement, Jr. to the University System of South Texas Board of Directors.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Rains, Jack M., Texas. Secretary of State
Subject Name: Board of Regents of the University System of South Texas, University System of South Texas
Subject Topic: Appointment to office, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Appointments

Identifier: e_cle_004235
Title: Letter from Marjorie Arsht to Paul Wrotenbery, November 13, 1980
Description: Letter from Marjorie Arsht to Paul Wrotenbery, November 13, 1980. Arsht discusses the changes taking place at Texas Southern University and includes newspaper clippings pertaining to these changes. Clippings include "4 TSU deans removed—All are told they may stay at school as professors," by Elmer Bertelsen, Houston Chronicle; "4 TSU deans removed, may stay on faculty," "Technology prof named acting vice president," by Elmer Bertelsen, Houston Chronicle; and "2 reassigned TSU deans to ask public hearing before regents," by Bill Coulter, Houston Post; and "TSU's Spearman denies `vendetta' in removal of 5," by Bill Coulter, Houston Post, November 12, 1980.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Arsht, Marjorie
Contributor: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Subject Name: Texas Southern University, Spearman, Leonard H. O. (Leonard Hall O'Connor), 1929-
Subject Topic: Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004236
Title: Memorandum from Paul Wrotenbery to Winfree Brown, February 20, 1980
Description: Memorandum from Paul Wrotenbery to Winfree Brown, February 20, 1980. The memo regards comments on NTSU's tentative three-year plan. Also attached is a draft for said program, which is part of Governor Clements' plan for improving higher education in Texas.
Page Count: 10
Creator: Wrotenbery, Paul T.
Contributor: Brown, Winfree
Subject Topic: Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform