E. Dale Odom | Oral History

E. Dale Odom

OH 0009

Public relations executive, executive director of the Texas Good Roads Association. His experiences as press secretary and appointments secretary to former Governors Beauford Jester, 1947-50, and Allan Shivers, 1950-57; head of the Texas Employment Commission; organization of a Texas political machine; lobbying for the highway construction industries of Texas.

OH 0031

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Revenue legislation; reform of liquor laws; changes in House rules.

OH 0013

Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Corpus Christi, Democrat. His experiences from his career as a member of the Texas Legislature (1939-40; 1953-62; 1964-67).

OH 0012

Geologist, independent oil­man, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Midland, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Texas Legislature.

OH 0273

Dairyman, former Mayor of Dallas, former member of the United States House of Representatives. Early family history; rise of Cabell Brothers in the dairy business; Mayor of Dallas, 1961-65; Kennedy assassination; U.S. House of Representatives, 1965-73.

OH 0145

College administrator. His experiences as a member of the faculty advisory committee that was responsible for the selection of John Kamerick as president of North Texas State University.

OH 0023

Attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). His experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s. James Allred’s gubernatorial campaigns; early insurance litigation; appointment as assistant state attorney general, 1953; state insurance frauds and scandals; U. S.

OH 0019

Wife of former Governor James V. Allred. Reminiscences of her husband’s political career and her life in the Governor’s Mansion.