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Identifier: e_cle_006012
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "State union not needed," February 11, 1980
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "State union not needed," Midland Reporter Telegram, February 11, 1980, opposing the creation of a Texas employees union. Also contains clippings pertaining to flooding in Friendswood, Texas, with children asking Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., for relief.
Page Count: 3
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Bullock, Bob, AFL-CIO‏
Subject Topic: Labor unions, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_007164
Title: Group of documents regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s commutation of a Texas prisoner's death sentence, October 1981-December 1981
Description: A group of documents regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s commutation of a Texas prisoner's death sentence, October 1981-December 1981. Governor Clements explains his decision to constituent W.H. Bruyere.
Page Count: 5
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Bruyere, W.H.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Bruyere, W.H.
Subject Topic: Sex crimes, Murder, Capital punishment, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_007170
Title: Group of documents regarding Ku Klux Klan activity in Galveston Bay, March 1981-April 1981
Description: Group of documents regarding Ku Klux Klan activity against Vietnamese fishermen in Galveston Bay, March 1981-April 1981. Documents include a letter to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., from constituent Janice Finnerty of Kemah, Texas, requesting protection from Ku Klux Klan activity in the Texas Gulf area. Includes Clements' response to Finnerty and newspaper clipping describing Klan activity near Seabrook.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Finnerty, Janice
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Finnerty, Janice
Subject Topic: Constituent communication, Vietnamese, Racism
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_007140
Title: Group of documents regarding court ruling requiring the education of illegal immigrant children in Texas, July 1980-August 1980
Description: Group of documents regarding court ruling requiring the education of illegal immigrant children in Texas, July 1980-August 1980. Documents include a letter from Mrs. William Carter of Houston to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., an undated newspaper editorial, a Clements' office routing form, and a letter from Governor Clements to Mrs. Carter.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Emigration and immigration, Illegal aliens, Education, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Immigration

Identifier: e_cle_009576
Title: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Karl Amelang regarding Texas prison reform, January 6-23, 1988
Description: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Karl Amelang regarding Texas prison reform, January 6-23, 1988, regarding utilizing military-style discipline to reform Texas inmates in the same manner the Georgia system. Includes a Houston Post article by Allan Kimball titled "Georgia boot camp gives felons 2nd chance," January 3, 1988.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform