Judge Oscar Dancy Memos, Correspondence, 1946 - 1949
Scope and Contents
Includes three letters and six memos:
1. Memorandum, June 15, 1946 (1 double-sided legal page);
a. Oscar C. Dancy, County Judge and Candidate for re-election
2. Correspondence, March 23, 1948 (6 pages typed, onion skin paper);
a. Oscar C. Dancy to Mr. J. F. Snyder, District Engineer (Pharr, TX);
b. Re: State and/or Federal Highways in Cameron County
3. Correspondence, March 31, 1948 (2 pages typed, onion skin paper);
a. Oscar C. Dancy to Mr. J. F. Snyder, District Engineer (Pharr, TX);
b. Regarding Highway
4. Memorandum to Chamber of Commerce (Brownsville), April 1, 1948 (3 pages typed, onion skin paper);
a. Signed Oscar C. Dancy, County Judge;
b. Enclosure Correspondence, March 31, 1948 (Dancy to Snyder)
5. Memorandum to Commissioners’ Court (Brownsville), April 6, 1948 (2 pages typed, onion skin paper);
a. Signed Oscar C. Dancy, County Judge;
b. Carbon Copy: Oscar Longnecker (Brownsville)
6. Correspondence, March 24, 1948 (4 pages typed, onion skin paper);
a. Oscar C. Dancy to Hon. Thomas H. MacDonald, Commissioner of Public Roads (Washington, DC);
b. Regarding Highway
7. Memorandum for Water District Officials of Cameron County and Others, June 24, 1948 (1 page typed);
a. Signed Oscar C. Dancy, County Judge and Candidate for re-election
8. Memorandum to Commissioners Court, August 7, 1948 (4 pages typed, onion skin paper);
a. Signed Oscar C. Dancy, County Judge;
b. Regarding Highway
9. Memorandum to Commissioners Court, February 24, 1949 (1 page typed, onion skin paper);
a. Signed Oscar C. Dancy, County Judge;
b. Regarding Highway
Dates
- 1946 - 1949
Creator
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
From the File: English
Physical Description
Folder contains 23 pages in polypropylene sleeves. Typed pages, black and white, single- and double-sided. Handwritten notes, marginalia. Dimensions: one (1) page, 22 x 36 cm; 22 pages, 22 x 28 cm
- Brownsville (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cameron County Water District
- Cameron County, Texas Subject Source: Local sources
- Chamber of Commerce (Brownsville)
- Commissioners' Court (Brownsville)
- Drainage Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Judges--Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Longnecker, Oscar
- MacDonald, Thomas H., Hon., Commissioner of Public Roads (Washington, DC)
- Roads--Highways Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Snyder, J. F., Chief Engineer (Pharr, TX)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Brownsville Campus Repository
One West University Boulevard
UTRGV University Library (BLIBR 2.202)
Brownsville Texas 78520 United States
(956) 882-7281
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