Gene Hendryx Papers 1948-1997
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GUIDE GENE HENDRYX PAPERS 1948-1997 MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 25 ARCHIVES OF THE BIG BEND BRYAN WILDENTHAL MEMORIAL LIBRARY SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY ALPINE, TEXAS 1 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS 1948-1997 Gene Hendryx, fourth of the five children of Earl Augustus Hendryx and Lillian Ruth Mallett Hendryx, was born July 16, 1927, in Ochiltree County near Perryton, Texas. He grew up in Uvalde, Texas. Hendryx served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II, after which he enrolled at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, graduating with a B.A. in Economics in 1949 and an M.A. in Government in 1950. In 1947 Hendryx became an announcer for the newly founded radio station KVLF in Alpine, Texas. By 1950, he was the station's general manager and by 1954 he had acquired working ownership of the station. Gene Hendryx and Lucille Easterwood Kempen, of Alpine, Texas, married in 1950 and became the parents of three sons: Gene Ray, Forest George, and Houston Bowie. Lucille Hendryx died in 1989. In 1992, Gene Hendryx created the Gene and Lucille Hendryx Alpha Chi Scholarship and Endowment Fund at Sul Ross State University. Gene Hendryx is the author of two books, Semper Fi!, a novel published in 1959 (manuscript: "The Marines Have Landed" in the collection) and The Last Frontier, 1997, a collection of forty- eight broadcast scripts from Hendryx's radio career. The scripts were transcribed from tapes by Nancy Roberts Hendryx, whom he married in 1992, and selected for the book with the help of his sons. In 1962, the voters of the 72nd District elected Hendryx to the Texas House of Representatives where he served until January, 1969, a total of three terms. He received five major committee assignments as a freshman and was recognized by House Speaker Byron Tunnell as "the most talented and hardest working new member to serve in a long time." The papers in this collection, primarily files from his terms in the Texas Legislature, were donated by Mr. Hendryx in 1977, 1978, 1988, 1991 and 1998. Of note is correspondence with Lyndon Baines Johnson, Governor John Connally, Sam Rayburn, J. T. "Slick" Rutherford and other leading political figures of the 1960s. Major groupings of papers concerning West Texas Children's Home, Sul Ross State University, Texas Forts and Missions, and Guadalupe Mountains National Park attest Hendryx's special interest and expertise in education issues and preservation of historic places in Texas. 2 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS 1948-1997 ARRANGEMENT Special Correspondence, 1948-1986 West Texas Districts/Constituents, 1963?-1966 West Texas Children’s Home, 1963-1967 Minimum Wage Bill, 1963-1967 and undated Preservation of Texas Forts and Missions, 1965-1968 Legislative Papers, 58th Session, 1963-1964, 1961-1963 Legislative Papers, 59th Session, 1965-1966, 1964-1968 Monument to Japanese Dead of Guam, 1966-1967 Legislative Papers, 60th Session, 1967-1989, 1965-1968 Associated Correspondence, 1969-1997 Appendix I, 1963-1986 and undated Appendix II: Sul Ross State University J.T. Rutherford, 1955-1968 Appendix III: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, 1963-1967 Appendix IV: Radio, 1962-1983 Arrangement reflects the categories, titles, and order of files established by the donor. In 1978-1979, the main body of papers and Appendix I and II were processed by Patricia A. Finnell, Archival Assistant under the direction of Kenneth D. Perry, Archivist., who wrote the collection summary. In 1992, archival housing was improved and consecutive folder numbering assigned through the entire collection. Folder numbers include the box assignment (B = box; f = folder). In June 1998, Appendix III was added and the guide revised and indexed by Gaylan Corbin, Archival Assistant and Dorothy Angrist., Volunteer. Except for one file added as Appendix IV, additional papers donated in November 1998 were worked into existing files with related materials; the guide was updated. Melleta Bell, Archivist. November 16, 1998 REFERENCES Archives of the Big Bend. Vertical file: Hendryx, Gene. Hendryx, Gene. Semper Fi!, 1959 Yarborough, Ralph W. The Guadalupe Mountains: A Congressional Record Bibliography, 1971. 3 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS 1948-1997 Special Correspondence 1948-1986 B.1.f.1 Lyndon Baines Johnson 1948-1965 (98 leaves) B.1.f.2 Lady Bird Johnson and others, 1953-1977 (1 bound, 22 leaves; 30 leaves) B.1.f.3 Governor & Mrs. John Connally, 1961-1968 (60 leaves) B.1.f.4 Aides of Governor John Connally, 1963-1968 (5 leaves) B.1.f.5 Texas Conservation Commission, 1967-1986 (1 item; 27 leaves) B.1.f.6 Senator Ralph Yarborough, 1957-1965 (32 leaves) B.1.f.7 Aides of Senator Ralph Yarborough, 1957-1964 (11 leaves) B.1.f.8 Sam Rayburn, Hubert Humphrey and others, 1951-1972 (34 leaves) B.1.f.9 Certificates of Appreciation to Gene Hendryx, 1954 & 1958 (3 leaves) B.1.f.10 Campaigning for LBJ in West. Texas, 1953-1960 (54 leaves) West Texas Districts/Constituents *B.1.f.11 West. Texas Districts/Constituents, 1963? - 1966 and undated (47 leaves) B.1.f.12 Telephone Directories of Towns in Legislative District, 1964 (11 books) *Also see B.3.f.88: Upton County Voter list, 1966 4 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS 1948-1997 West Texas Children's Home B.1.f.13 Correspondence, 1963-64 (39 leaves) B.1.f.14 Correspondence 1965 (35 leaves) B.1.f.15 Correspondence 1966 (13 leaves) B.1.f.16 Correspondence 1967 (4 leaves) B.1.f.17 West Texas Children's Home Facilities/Budget, 1967 & undated (12 leaves) Minimum Wage Bill B.1.f.18 Correspondence from out of district, 1963-1965 (11 leaves) B.1.f.19 Correspondence from Constituents, 1967 (16 leaves) B.1.f.20 Correspondence from out of district, 1967 (159 leaves) B.1.f.21 Drafts of Minimum Wage Legislation (18 leaves) B.1.f.22 Analysis of Minimum Wage Legislation, 1967 (7 leaves) B.1.f.23 Gene Hendryx Speeches on Minimum Wage Bill, 1967 (8 leaves) B.1.f.24 News and Publications on Minimum Wage Law, 1967 & undated (2 bound, 34 leaves) (39 leaves) 5 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS, 1948-1997 Preservation of Texas Forts and Missions B.1.f.25 Texas Forts/Missions Correspondence 1965-1968 (68 leaves) B.1.f.26 Texas Legislative Council, 1965-1968 (1 bound, 26 leaves; 6 leaves) B.1.f.27 Texas Missions/Forts Bill [House Bill 58], undated (6 leaves) B.1.f.28 Forts/Missions Literature, 1965-1966 and undated (16 leaves) B.1.f.29 Texas Legislative Council: Texas Forts and Missions Committee, 1965- 1967 (2 bound, 98 leaves; 50 leaves) B.1.f.30 Newsclippings: Texas Forts and Missions, 1966 (19 leaves) Legislative Papers, 58th Session 1963-64 B.1.f.31 First Term Correspondence 1961-1963 (165 leaves) B.1.f.32 Legislative Correspondence 1964 (24 leaves) B.1.f.33 Correspondence: Liquor by the Drink/Parimutuel Betting, 1963 (11 leaves) B.1.f.34 Correspondence: Jury Wheel Legislation, 1963-64 (12 leaves) B.1.f.35 Gene Hendryx, Freshman in Legislature, 1963 (1 bound, 5 leaves; 6 leaves) *also see folders B.3.f.85 and B.3.f.87 6 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS 1948-1997 Legislative Papers, 59th Session. 1965-66 * B.1.f.36 Correspondence from Within Legislative District: Alpine, Big Lake, Crane, Fort Davis, Fort Stockton, 1965 (151 leaves) B.1.f.37 Correspondence from Within Legislative District: Garden City, Imperial, Iraan, Marathon, Marfa, McCamey, Mertzon, Monahans, Rankin, Robert Lee, Sanderson, Sierra Blanca, Sterling City, Van Horn, 1965 (172 leaves) B.1.f.38 Correspondence from Outside Legislative District, 1965 (228 leaves) B.2.f.39 Correspondence from Alpine, Bronte, Crane, Fort Davis, Fort Stockton, Garden City, Marfa, Monahans, Rankin & Out of District, 1966 (93 leaves) B.2.f.40 Correspondence: Closure of Monahans National Guard Unit, 1964-1966 (11 leaves) B.2.f.41 Correspondence: Hemisfair, 1965-1968 (9 leaves) B.2.f.42 Within-District Correspondence on Education Legislation: Alpine, Barnhart, Big Lake, Bronte, Crane, Dell City, Dryden, Fort Davis, Fort Hancock, Fort Stockton, Garden City, Grandfalls, 1965 (111 leaves) B.2.f.43 Within-District Correspondence on Education Legislation: Imperial, Iraan, Iraan, Marfa, McCamey, Mertzon, Monahans, Presidio, Pyote, Rankin, Robert Lee, Sanderson, Sierra Blanca, Sterling City, Valentine, Van Horn, 1965-1966 (75 leaves) B.2.f.44 Out-of-District Correspondence on Education Legislation, 1965-66 (57 leaves) B.2.f.45 Within-District Correspondence on Liquor by the Drink & Parimutuel Betting, 1965 (215 leaves) B.2.f.46 Out-of-District Correspondence on Liquor by the Drink & Parimutuel Betting, 1965-66 (168 leaves) B.2.f.47 Correspondence: Oil & Gas Pooling (H. B. 2), 1965 (15 leaves) 7 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS, 1948-1997 Legislative Papers. 59th Session, 1965-66, continued* B.2.f.48 Correspondence: Length of Trucks (H.B. 30), 1965 (7 leaves) B.2.f.49 Correspondence: Workman's Compensation (H. B. 54 & H. B. 967), 1965 (31 leaves) B.2.f.50 Correspondence: Engineers' Registration Act (H. B. 123), 1965 (28 leaves) B.2.f.51 Correspondence: Trade Stamp Bill (H. B. 583 & H. B. 522), 1965 and undated (117 leaves) B.2.f.52 Correspondence: Licensing of Radio/TV Shops (H.B. 694), 1965 and undated (29 leaves) B.2.f.53 Correspondence: Radio/TV Tower Lights (H. B. 941), 1965 and undated (11 leaves) B.2.f.54 Correspondence: Construction Blocking Capitol Building (H.C.R. 36), 1965 and undated (10 leaves) B.2.f.55 Legislative Bills and Resolutions, 1965 and undated (25 leaves) B.2.f.56 Resolutions of Dissent/Support of Legislation, 1965 (13 leaves) B.2.f.57 Briefing Materials: 59th Legislature, 1964-1966 and undated (50 leaves) B.2.f.58 Legislative Appropriations/Revenue Analysis/Special Session, 1965-1966 (4 leaves) B.2.f.59 59th Legislature: Profile, Rosters, Journals, 1965-1966 (11 bound, 182 leaves) *also see folder B.2.f.76 Monument to Japanese Dead on Guam B.2.f.60 Japanese Monument Correspondence, 1966-67 (109 leaves) 8 GENE HENDRYX PAPERS, 1948-1997 Legislative Papers.