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Identifier: e_cle_000523
Title: Remarks prepared for William P. Clements, Jr., for Prairie View A&M Spring Convocation, March 17, 1981
Description: Remarks prepared for William P. Clements, Jr., for Prairie View A&M Spring Convocation, March 17, 1981. Clements discusses history of Prairie View, funding for higher education, and the importance of education.
Page Count: 8
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Prairie View University
Subject Topic: African American universities and colleges, State universities and colleges, Budget
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000522
Title: Press release from the Office off Governor William P. Clements regarding plans to assist six black private colleges, July 12, 1982
Description: Press release from the Office off Governor William P. Clements regarding plans to assist six black private colleges, July 12, 1982. Regarding raising funds on behalf of six Texas black private colleges, in conjunction with Milledge Hart, a former member of the Texas Southern University Board of Regents.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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_000529
Title: Memorandum from the Governor Clements Campaign titled "Black Issues"
Description: Memorandum from the Governor Clements Campaign titled "Black Issues," undated and unsigned. Memorandum pledging support to Wiley, Texas College, Paul Quinn, Houston-Tillotson, Bishop College, Jarvis Christian College, Prairie View University, and Texas Southern University.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Texas Southern University, Prairie View University
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_001200
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements airs plan for desegregation," June 13, 1981
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Times Herald headlined, "Clements airs plan for desegregation," June 13, 1981, by Richard Duncan and Linda Austin, regarding Texas' efforts to comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Includes discussions of programs to improve conditions at the historically African American Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M universities and other measures to continue eligibility for federal funds. Includes office filing form.
Page Count: 3
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Prairie View University, Texas Southern University
Subject Topic: Discrimination in higher education, Segregation in education, Federal aid to education, African American universities and colleges
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004680
Title: Letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to U.S. Secretary of Education T. H. Bell regarding traditionally black public universities and special funding, July 7, 1981
Description: Letter from Governor William P. Clements to U.S. Secretary of Education T. H. Bell regarding traditionally black public universities and special funding. In the letter, Governor Clements notifies Bell that Texas plans to allocate $14,161,601 to Prairie View A&M University in addition to the $11.5 million made available by the 1981 Texas Legislature. Includes related correspondence from Kenneth Ashworth to David Dean.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Ashworth, Kenneth H. 1932-
Contributor: Bell, Terrell H., Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Subject Name: Prairie View University
Subject Topic: Education, Higher, Government aid to higher education, African American universities and colleges
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_006042
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Gov. Clements pledges support for black colleges," November 1, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Gov. Clements pledges support for black colleges," from the Houston Informer, November 1, 1980.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Prairie View University
Subject Topic: African American universities and colleges
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_001926
Title: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Dr. John Q. Taylor King, June 29 to July 27, 1981
Description: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Dr. John Q. Taylor King, June 29 to July 27, 1981, with memos to William P. Clements from Joe Kirven, January and July 1981, regarding a promise to help raise money and the creation of a development office in order to assist Black private colleges.
Page Count: 5
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: African American universities and colleges, Education
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004682
Title: Letter from William P. Clements to T. H. Bell regarding the Texas plan for minorities and higher education, September 15, 1982
Description: Letter from William P. Clements to T. H. Bell regarding the Texas plan for minorities and higher education. Governor Clements is eager to put the Texas plan in place and lists some of the state's accomplishments with increasing the presence of minorities in various fields.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Bell, Terrell H.
Subject Topic: Civil Rights & Social Justice, African American universities and colleges, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_004683
Title: Memo from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding potential litigation involving the Permanent University Fund, September 29, 1982
Description: Memo from David Herndon to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding potential litigation Involving the Permanent University Fund. The memo concerns the status of Prairie View University as a constitutional "black" school, the impact of the filing of a federal lawsuit against Texas, and PUF bond issues. Related documents include handwritten notes from the A&M Regents meeting on September 27, 1982 and correspondence from Attorney General Mark White to Clements.
Page Count: 14
Creator: Herndon, David, White, Mark, 1940-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Prairie View University
Subject Topic: African American universities and colleges, Higher education and State, Litigation
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000436
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "NAACP to renew college suit," May 6, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "NAACP to renew college suit," Waco Tribune Herald, May 6, 1982. A lawsuit is renewed that would force the dismantling of segregated systems of higher education in Southern states.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Reaves, Gayle
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Education, Higher, African American universities and colleges
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Education Reform

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_004253
Title: Letter from Attorney General Mark White to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding House Bill 656, May 11, 1981
Description: Letter from Attorney General Mark White to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding House Bill 656, May 11, 1981, and the elimination of appropriations to Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University.
Page Count: 2
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Prairie View University, Texas Southern University
Subject Topic: Educational change, Discrimination in higher education, African American universities and colleges
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Education Reform

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