Harris County Archives Houston, Texas

Finding Aid

MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996)

Manuscript Collection: MC047

Size: 7.5 cubic feet, 28 items, 25 digital Acquisition: Vic Driscoll, 2014 objects Accession Number: 2014.008 Restrictions on Access: None Processed by: Sarah Canby Jackson, Restrictions on Use: None 2014 - 2021

Citation: [Identification of Item], Michael Hardee Driscoll Papers, MC047, Harris County Archives, Houston, Texas.

Creator Sketch: Michael Hardee Driscoll, a consummate politician, was born on March 24, 1946, in Houston, Texas, to Victor Amadale and Inez Hardee Driscoll. When only two years old, his father died. The large and politically active Hardee family from Henderson County stepped in to help raise him and his brother Victor, influencing Driscoll’s life and career. His uncle, Ralph W. Yarborough, a courageous, liberal Democrat, introduced the boys to political campaigning early in their lives. In 1957 while senator, he invited Driscoll to Washington, D. C. for the summer. While there he encouraged the young boy to introduce himself to the various senators and ask for their photographs. Driscoll amassed a collection of seventy-eight signed photographs.

In 1963 he attended the Capitol Page School. Returning to Houston, he completed his education at Lamar High School, Houston Baptist University, and the University of Houston where he received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in 1968. In 1972 he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law School. In addition to his participation in campus affairs throughout his education, he was elected as Harris County Precinct Judge, Precinct 200 (1969 – 1973) and the Director of Protocol and Visitor Affairs at Johnson Space Center (1970 – 1972).

In 1973 Driscoll was appointed Justice of the Peace in the newly created Precinct 8-1. He later ran for election to the position and won. In 1978 he ran for County Judge losing to the Republican, Jon Lindsay. In 1980 Driscoll ran a campaign for County Attorney and won. He would serve in that office for sixteen years before leaving due to health issues related to Parkinson’s disease. During his tenure he was a leader in pursuing

Page 1 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) environmental issues, shutting down drug houses and sexually oriented businesses, recouping money from the state for housing felons, and suing contractors who used defective materials on county jobs. He created a public integrity task force to deal with misconduct by government officers and employees. He successfully sued commissioners court for the County Attorney to maintain the right to oversee the distribution of bond funds. In 1994 the County Attorney’s Office investigated charges of bribery against County Judge Jon Lindsay, forcing his decision not to run for re-election. In 1992 Michael Driscoll announced publically that he had Parkinson’s disease. He went on to win re-election that year. With his health deteriorating, in December 1995 he announced that he would not run for a fifth term.

In April 1979 Michael Driscoll married Elizabeth (Betti) Rose McNamara of Waco. As a couple they were inseparable as both were interested in politics, campaigning, travel, and their families. In addition to his work as the county attorney, they traveled extensively. In 1982 a trip to their mutual ancestral home in Ireland helped to inform the Driscoll genealogy. On May 20, 1984, Betti Rose Driscoll died of cancer. Although bereft, he continued with his work, his campaigning, and his travels. In 1990 he married Dorothea Cangelosi. They were divorced in 1995.

Driscoll received many accolades and awards both during his career and after retirement. In 1996 he was awarded the first ever Gerald Summerford Civil Practitioner of the Year Award. In 2010 a courtroom was named for him in the County Attorney’s office and in 2011 a playground for special needs children.

Michael Driscoll died in Houston, Texas, on February 19, 2013.

Collection Summary: Photographs, political ephemera, correspondence, artifacts, printed materials, VHS tapes, and films document the personal and political life of Michael Hardee Driscoll.

Archivist’s Notes: The Michael Hardee Driscoll Papers primarily contain the personal papers of Mike Driscoll as a member of a large family and politician. For the work of the County Attorney’s Office please see the 18 finding aids for cases pursued during his tenure on the Harris County Archives website https://www.harriscountyarchives.com/Research/How-to-Find-Records/County- Records_1.

Page 2 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Inventory

Series: Personal and Family Records Dates: 1940 – 2007 Size: .5 cubic feet

Scope and Contents: Correspondence, a journal, and biographical information document the family life and personal interests of Michael Driscoll.

Title / Description Date Location Vital Documents, Biographical 1946 – 2013 3159-X-01 Journal 1985, 08/17 – 1995, 3159-X-02 10/07 Personal Correspondence General 1969 – 2008 3159-X-03 Postcards Received 1986 – 1996, nd 3159-X-04 Family 1964 – 2006, nd 3159-X-05 Inez Driscoll 1940 – 1996 3159-X-06 John and Nancy Schaefer 1963 – 1978 3159-X-07 Grace B Presley 1985 – 2007 3159-X-08 Betti Rose McNamara Driscoll and McNamara 1978 – 1994 3159-X-09 Family Replies to condolences 1984 – 1986 3159-X-10 Travel Postcards nd 3159-X-19 Travel to Ireland 1969 – 1988 3159-X-20 Travel to Ireland 1984 – 1989 3159-X-21 Driscoll Family Genealogy 1974 – 1987 3159-X-11

Page 3 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Subseries: Ralph W. Yarborough Dates: 1963 – 1996 Size: .25 cubic feet

Scope and Contents: Correspondence, biographical information, tributes, and political ephemera document the relationship between Michael Driscoll and his uncle, Ralph Yarborough.

Title / Description Date Location Biographies and Accomplishments 1970 – 1991 3159-X-12 Correspondence to Michael Driscoll 1963 – 1996 3159-X-13 Correspondence from Michael Driscoll 1976 – 1993 3159-X-14 Correspondence – Family 1976 – 1991 3159-X-15 Tributes and Memorials 1996, nd 3159-X-16 Serials 1983-1994 3159-X-17 Ryearson, Jim. “Yarborough: The Former US Senator Speaks Out,” UTmost, (Spring 1983).

“An Interview with Former U. S. Senator Ralph Yarborough,” Quorum Report, (March13, 1983).

McNeely, Dave. “Hero of Texas Democrats,” Onward, Austin American Statesman. (March 15, 1983).

Shelby, Sarah. “Politics and Ethics in Texas,” Austin Monthly Magazine, (June 1994). Autographed.

Political Ephemera – Senate Campaigns nd 3159-X-18

Series: Campaign, Political Records Dates: 1967 – 2010 Size .25 cubic feet

Scope and Contents: Campaign records, correspondence, and reports record Michael Driscoll both as a campaigner and office holder. Of particular interest are the newsletters and ephemera used to raise funds and the 1996 Annual Report for the County Attorney’s Office.

Page 4 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Title / Description Date Location Early Records 1967 – 1978 3159-X-22 County Attorney’s Office 1979 – 1996 3159-X-23 Campaign Newsletters 1983 – 1992 3159-X-24 Campaign Speeches 1986 – 1992 3159-X-25 Campaign Ephemera nd 3159-X-26 Political Ephemera, not Driscoll nd 3159-X-27 Justice of the Peace correspondence 1974 – 1977 3159-X-28 County Attorney’s Office Annual Report 1996 3159-X-29 County Attorney’s Office – Prison Work Programs 1992 – 1993 3159-X-30 County Attorney’s Office – Bond Counsel Suit 1986 – 2015 3159-X-31 County Attorney’s Office – Correspondence 1982 – 1996 3159-X-32 Personal, Post County Attorney’s Office 1996 – 2010 3159-X-33

Series: Legal Dates: 1982 – 1990 Size: .1 cubic feet

Scope and Contents: Documents relating to land titles and bills of sale comprise the legal records.

Title / Description Date Location Personal 1982 - 2007 3160-X-01 Dorothea Cangelosi 1988 – 1990 3160-X-02

Series: Printed Materials Dates: 1961 – 1998 Size: 1.25 cubic feet, 5 items

Printed materials document the accomplishments of Michael Driscoll in his political and personal life. Newspaper Clippings begin with local coverage of his appointment as a Capitol Page in 1963 to extensive articles written when he announced his Parkinson’s Disease and later, his decision not to run for a fifth term as County Attorney. Certificates in 1961 record his early participation in fraternal and civic organizations. Of particular

Page 5 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) interest is his commission as an Admiral in the Texas Navy in 1967 by Governor John Connelly. Professional certificates document his acceptance to practice before the Supreme and Appellate Courts and include his commissions as Justice of the Peace and County Attorney.

The Presidential Inaugural invitations demonstrate Driscoll’s interest in collecting political memorabilia while Resolutions and Proclamations honor him in his later years and upon his death. Yearbooks and reunion programs from the Congressional Page School, Lamar High School, and the University of Houston document Michael Driscoll’s education.

Title / Description Date Location Newspaper Clippings 1963 – 2010 3160-X-03 Presidential Inaugural Invitations: 1961 – 1997 3160-X-04 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, autographed by Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1961

Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969

William Jefferson Clinton, 1993 and 1997 Serials 1989 – 1998, nd 3160-X-05 United States Capitol Page School Handbook

Long, Steven. “Walter Hall,” Texas, Houston Chronicle Magazine. (March 26, 1989). Autographed

Floyd, Marsha. “Gerald Summerford Civil Practioner of the Year Award,” The Texas Prosecutor, (May – June 1996).

Rosicrucian Digest: Women of the Nile, 1998.

Subseries: Certificates Dates: 1961 - 2004

Title / Description Date Location Diploma, University of Houston, Doctor of 1972, 12/22 0145-V-00 Jurisprudence. Framed.

Page 6 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Admitted to practice before the Southern 1973, 09/25 0145-V-00 District Court of the United States. Framed.

32nd degree Scottish Rite, matted. 1978, 05/13 0145-V-00 Knight Commander, Scottish Rite matted. 1983, 10/17 0145-V-00 Admitted practice before the Supreme Court, 1986, 03/31 0145-V-00 motion made by Ralph Yarborough. Framed.

Fraternal and Personal Certificates 1961 – 2004 0145-V-00 Professional Certificates 1977 – 1996 0145-V-00 Political and Civic Certificates 1981 – 1998, nd 0145-V-00 Harris County Certificates 1986 – 1995, nd 0145-V-00

Subseries: Resolutions Dates: 2006 - 2013

Title / Description Date Location Harris County Proclamation, “Mike Driscoll 2006, 03/24 0146-V-00 Day,” Sylvia Garcia, Commissioner

Certificate of Congressional Recognition 2010, 03/26 0146-V-00 presented to Michael Hardee Driscoll, J. D. on the Dedication of the Judge Mike Driscoll Courtroom, Sheila Jackson Lee

Certificate of Congressional Resolution in 2013, 02/25 0146-V-00 Memory of Michale Hardee “Mike Driscoll”, Sheila Jackson Lee

Senate Resolution No. 294, “In Memory of 2013, 03/26 0146-V-00 Michael Hardee Driscoll,” signed David Dewhurst, President of the Senate and Rodney Ellis, Senator

Subseries: Bound Volumes Dates: 1963 - 1999

Title / Description Date Location The Congressional, Capitol Page School, 1963 3160-X-06 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Page 7 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Orenda, Vol. 26, Mirabeau B. Lamar High 1964 3160-X-07 School, Houston, Texas.

Houstonian, Vol. 32, University of Houston, 1966 3160-X-08 Houston, Texas.

“Lamar High School, 1937 – 1987 – Fiftieth 1987 3160-X-09 Anniversary”

“Memories of the Times of Our Lives,” Lamar 1999 3160-X-10 High School, Class of 1964.

Series: Audio Visual Materials Dates: 1938 – 2013 Size: 2 cubic feet, 19 items

Scope and Contents: Photographs, albums, VHS tapes, and films record Michael Driscoll’s personal and professional activities. County, state, and national politicians appear with Driscoll. In addition to using professional photographers, a number of the photographs were taken by Mac McCain [See J. E. “Mac” McCain Photograph Collection, https://www.harriscountyarchives.com/Portals/1/Documents/Manuscript/FA- McCainMC010.pdf ]. He also had an interest in photographs and videos taken in his office as the County Attorney and group photographs of his staff that demonstrate the diversity he brought to the office.

Of particular interest are the 78 autographed Senate and Presidential headshots he began collecting in 1957. One half a cubic foot of primarily travel snapshots remain unidentified and undated and can be accessed in the original processing envelopes [see PH69]. The VHS tapes primarily record his campaign television spots, an unknown event, his office, and a trip to Ireland. The films are not identified but appear to be from his travels.

Subseries: Albums Dates: 1947 – 2011, nd

Title / Description Date Location Wedding Photographs, Travel n.d. 0142-V-00 Ephemera, Reception for 68th Texas Legislature, 1983, 04/12 0142-V-00 Austin, Texas

Fundraiser, professional snap shots, some identified n.d. 0142-V-00

Page 8 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Driscoll headshots n.d. 0142-V-00 Family Christmas, color Polaroids, information on 1980 0142-V-00 backs of photographs

Travel – Poland n.d. 0142-V-00 Campaign Scrapbook prepared by Mrs. Vic Driscoll. 1979 - 1981 0143-V-00 Includes ephemera, printed materials, clippings, photographs, correspondence, Polaroids

Early life, election ephemera. Infant, clippings, 1947 – 1995 0143-V-00 printed materials, photographs

General photographs, swearing in ceremonies, travel, 1981 – 1987 0143-V-00 some identified Album Pages (removed at some time from bound albums) Oath of Office 1981 0068-P-01 Marc Hill and Mike Driscoll nd 0068-P-02 Personal Photographs 2009 0068-P-03 60th Birthday and Presentations 2010 – 2011 0068-P-04

Subseries: Photoprints / Photonegatives Dates: 1938 – 1996

Subsubseries: Senate and Presidential Collection Dates: 1957 - 1966

Title / Description Date Location Senate Collection – Aiken – Cotton 1957 - 1966 0067-P- 01 George David Aiken, Clinton Presba Anderson, Harry Flood Byrd, Howard Walter Cannon, Francis Higbee Case, Clifford Philip Case (2) Senate Collection – Dirkson – Goldwater 1957 - 1966 0067-P- 02 Everett McKinley Dirkson, Peter Hoyt Dominick, Paul Howard Douglas, Henry Clarence Dworshak, James Oliver Eastland, James Howard Edmondson, Allen Joseph Ellender, Clair Engle, Samuel James Ervin, Jr., Ralph Edward Flanders, Joseph Allen Frear, Barry Morris Goldwater

Page 9 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Senate Collection – Gore – Johnson 1957 - 1966 0067-P- 03 Albert Arnold Gore (2), Theodore Francis Green, Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper, Joseph Lister Hill, Humbert Horatio Humphrey, Daniel Ken Inouye, Irving McNeil Ives, Henry Martin Jackson, Jacob K. Javits, Lyndon Baines Johnson Senate Collection – Johnston – McClellan 1957 - 1966 0067-P- 04 Olie DeWitt Johnston (2), Benjamin Everett Jordan, Carey Estes Kefauver, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (2), Edward Moore Kennedy, Russell Billiu Long, Edward Vaugh Long, George Wilson Malone, Thomas Ellsworth Martin, Eugene Joseph McCarthy (2), John Little McClellan (2) Senate Collection – Monroney – Russell 1957 - 1966 0067-P- 05 Gale William McGee, Almer Stillwell Monroney (2), Wayne Lyman Morse, Karl Earl Mundt, Richard Lewis Neuberger, Maurine Brown Neuberger, Richard Millhous Nixon, Joseph Christopher O’Mahoney, William Chapman Revercomb, A. Willis Robertson, Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. Senate Collection – Scott – Tower 1957 - 1966 0067-P- 06 William Kerr Scott, George Armistead Smathers, John Jackson Sparkman (2), William Stuart Symington, Herman Eugene Talmadge, Ballard Morton Thurston, Edward John Thye, John Goodwin Tower. Senate Collection – Watkins – Yarborough 1957 – 1966 0067-P- 07 Arthur V. Watkins, Alexander Wiley, Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. (2), Ralph Webster Yarborough (2) Presidential Collection nd 0067-P- 08 Harry S. Truman, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson

Subsubseries: Personal and Political Photographs Dates: 1938 - 1996

Title / Description Date Location Family 1938 – 1990 0067-P-09 Family – unidentified 1956 – 1963 0067-P-10

Page 10 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) McNamara Family 1970, ca – 1984 0067-P-11 Betti Rose McNamara Driscoll and Mike Driscoll 1978 – 1984 0067-P-12 Mike Driscoll – personal (slides) 1969 0067-P-13 Friends 1980 – 1996 0067-P-14 Travels 1981 – 1986 0067-P-15 Travels (not dated, not identified) nd 0069-X-00 Headshots 1975, ca. – 1990 0067-P-16 Harris County Politicians 1980 – 1994 0067-P-17 Texas Politicians 1980 – 1991 0067-P-18 National Politicians 1980s 0067-P-19

Subsubseries: Elections, Campaigning, Offices Dates: 1966 – 1997, nd

Title / Description Date Location Elections and Campaigning 1970s 0068-X-05 Campaigning 1980 – 1996 0068-X-06 University of Houston 1966 – 1968 0068-X-07 Justice of the Peace 1973 – 1977 0068-X-08 Campaigning Event, JP 1975, ca 0068-X-09 Event, NASA nd 0068-X-10 County Attorney’s Office 1980 – 1996 0068-X-11 Personal, post County Attorney 1996 – 1997 0068-X-12 Contact Prints and Negatives, black and white nd 0068-X-13

Subseries: Photographs - oversize Dates: 1956 - 1992

Title / Description Date Location Oscar Holcomb, 14 x 11 inch, b/w photoprint [1956 – 1958] 0064-P-00

Sam Rayburn’s Funeral, matted 13 x 14 ½ inches, 1961, 11/18 0064-P-00 b/w. Dignitaries identified

Page 11 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Capitol Pages School, 18 ½ x 11 ¼ inches, mounted 1963 0064-P-00 b/w

Governor Dolph Briscoe with Mike Driscoll, 14 x 11 [1973 – 1979] 0064-P-00 inches, matted, color. “To Judge Driscoll – with best regards / Dolph Briscoe”

Michael Driscoll, Samuel Bronston, Jim Rabby, 14 x 1977, 10/01 0064-P-00 11 ½ inches, matted, color. “Dear Mike / Thanks for helping me celebrate my Hyatt Regency Opening / Your Pal / Jim Rabby 10/1/1977”

Harris County Grand Jury, 178 District Court, 14 x 11 1978, 11 0064-P-00 inches, b/w. Includes Sylvia Garcia and Michael Driscoll

Buster Brown, Governor for a day “To Michael 1989, 10/21 0064-P-00 Driscoll/ with best wishes / Governor of Texas October 21, 1989”. 11 x 14 inch matt with 9 ½ x 7 ½ inch color print.

Assistant County Attorneys (2) 14 ½ x 11 color print 1992 0064-P-00 Michael Driscoll, at his desk, County Attorney’s nd 0064-P-00 Office, 14 x 11 inches, color print

Michael Driscoll, studio portrait, 10 x 10 ½ inches, nd 0064-P-00 color. 2 copies

Subseries: VHS Tapes, Films Dates: 1980 – 2013, nd

Title / Description Date Location “A Tribute to the Honorable Mike Driscoll” – DVD 2013 0068-X-14 Mike Driscoll 30 second television campaign spots – 1980, 09/16 0010-Z-02 incomplete. VHS 0589. Digitized

Mike Driscoll 30 second television campaign spots – 1980 0019-Z-01 complete. Includes Introduction, Medical Center, Astrodome, Commissioners Court, Voting, Flood Control, Mosquito Control, Traffic, Efficient Management. VHS 1082

Mike Driscoll Announces he will not run for re- 1995, 12/13 0019-Z-01 election. 6 TV stations, English and Spanish.

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Paul Harasim with Mike Driscoll. KPRC news. 1996, 03/12 0019-Z-01 VHS 1053

Mike Driscoll, travels, Ireland, event receptions. n.d. 0019-Z-01 VHS 1054

Mike Driscoll, travels, Ireland, office. n.d. 0019-Z-01 VHS 1055

Mike Driscoll, draft tape. Clips of career highlights 1996, ca. 0019-Z-01 including G&S Asphalt, Korean prostitution, strip clubs, Commissioners Court, Bond Sales, Elmer Kleb, Inmate workers, Weibel. VHS 1056.

4 – Super 8 with mag sound track, 400 feet each. n.d. 0022-A-00 Subject unknown.

4 – 8 mm films, probably of Driscoll’s travels. n.d. 0022-A-00

Series: Ephemera Dates: 1954 – 1992, nd Size: 1.5 cubic feet

Scope and Contents: Bumper stickers, identification cards, campaign and lapel pins, and County Attorney’s Office signs document Michael Driscoll’s interest in politics from national to local races and his tenure as County Attorney.

Title / Description Date Location Car Door Magnetic Sign: “Harris County Attorney” nd 0144-V-00 with stylized San Jacinto Monument in the Center, Gold and Blue on white background, 18” in diameter. Car Door Magnetic Sign: “Mike Driscoll / County nd 0144-V-00 Attorney” white letters on blue background with white border. 19 x 12 inches. Dashboard County Attorney Business sign (2) nd 0144-V-00 Harris County Identification Badge 1981, ca. 0144-V-00 2 – State of Texas Identifications certifying county 1981 0144-V-00 attorney

Page 13 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Pocket Calendar 1977 0144-V-00 Desk Calendar 1994 0144-V-00 Business Cards nd 0144-V-00 Bumper Stickers – Mike Driscoll 1974 – 1992 0144-V-00 Bumper Stickers – Presidential 1960 – 1976 0144-V-00 Kennedy / Johnson, Johnson, Humphrey / Muskie, McGovern (Remember Watergate), McGovern / Eagleton, Carter / Mondale, Fred Harris Bumper Stickers – United States Senate 1954 – 1993 0144-V-00 Jack Cox, Maury Maverick, Jr., Bob Kruger, Lloyd Bentsen, Barefoot Sanders, Ralph Yarborough Bumper Stickers – Representatives nd 0144-V-00 Jim Greenwood, Markowitz, Tim James Bumper Stickers – Texas Offices 1966 – 1974 0144-V-00 John Hill, Sissy Farenthold, Mark White, Joe Christie, Franklin Spears Bumper Stickers – Houston 1957 – 1978 0144-V-00 Fred Hofheinz, Wesley Lewis Cutrer, Lee McLemore Campaign Buttons and Lapel pins nd 0144-V-00

Series: Works of Art Dates: 1973, nd Size: 4 items

Scope and Contents: Art works record Michael Driscoll’s interests in Ireland and Harris County. Of interest is the print of the historic Pillot Building elevation.

Title / Description Date Location Pencil Sketch. “M. Driscoll / Justice of Peace” on 1973 0146-V-00 rural mailbox 5 ½ x 7 ½ inches, framed.

Print. Pillot Building elevation. 17 ½ x 12 ½ inches, nd 0146-V-00 framed.

Etching. “Driscoll’s Farm” 115 / 200 by Brian LaLor, nd 0146-V-00 County Cork, Ireland. 7 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches, matted, foxing.

Page 14 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) Postcard, matted. “Going Home” by John Dixon. 12 nd 0146-V-00 x 8 ½ inches.

Series: Artifacts Dates: 1928 – 1996 (Bulk 1973 – 1994) Size: 1.5 cubic feet, 25 digital objects

Scope and Contents: Plaques, awards, campaign ephemera, and office paraphernalia record Michael Driscoll’s career as a politician. Of particular interest is a framed delegate’s badge from the 1928 Democratic convention held in Houston.

Title / Description Date Location Delegate Badge, Democratic Convention, Houston, 1928 3161-X-00 Texas. Framed.

Gavel, “M. H. Driscoll, JP” 1973, 07/12 3161-X-00 Appreciation from Troop 950, Boy Scouts of America, 1974 3161-X-00 Harris County Youth Village

President’s Award, University of Houston Law 1976 – 1977 3161-X-00 Alumni Association

Appreciation as Justice of the Peace 8-1 from “La 1978 0144-V-00 Porte Friends”

Appreciation from the City of Friendswood, 1978 - 1980 3161-X-00 Municipal Judge

Special Recognition Award, Clear Lake Chamber of 1984, 04/25 3161-X-00 Commerce

Gerald Summerford Civil Practitioner of the Year, 1996, 05 0144-V-00 Texas District and County Attorneys Association

Achievement Award from South Texas Baptist 1996, 08/10 0144-V-00 District Association

1st Place in Bike-A-thon, Cancer Society, Judge Mike nd 3161-X-00 H. Driscoll

Appreciation from Troop 950, Boy Scouts of America nd 3161-X-00

Page 15 of 16 MICHAEL HARDEE DRISCOLL PAPERS – MC047 1928 – 2013 (Bulk: 1960 – 1996) University of Houston Alumni Life Member nd 3161-X-00 Gavel used by Gib Lewis, Texas House of nd 3161-X-00 Representatives, 71st Legislature

2 - Document embossers, Justice of the Peace and nd 3161-X-00 County Attorney

Old-fashioned glass, engraved “Mike Driscoll / nd 3161-X-00 County Attorney”

Name plate “Judge Michael H. Driscoll” nd 3161-X-00 T-Shirts nd 0144-V-00 2 – blue with white lettering “Mike Driscoll / County Attorney” 1 – white “Elect Mike Driscoll / County Attorney” 1 – white with image of black sailing ship “Driscoll”

Briefcase – used by Mike Driscoll. 17x12 ¾ x 8 nd Vault inches, dark grey leather with silver colored latches.

Plaques – 25 information digitized 1974 – 1994, J Drive/Digital nd Archives / Driscoll Papers

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