The South Texas School of Law was part of the United YMCA Schools under the control of the Houston YMCA. Its offices and classrooms were housed in three rooms on the third floor of the YMCA building at the corner of Fannin and McKinney streets. It was founded to provide working people with an opportunity to obtain a legal education in …
The Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) of Greater Houston was formed in 1886 and built its first building in downtown Houston in 1908, located at the corner of Fannin and McKinney Streets, with the street address of 918 Fannin Street. The "Y" remained in that building until 1941, when a new, larger building was …
South Texas College of Law has long recognized that preparation for battle in the courtroom requires practical application as well as abstract theory. The result is our comprehensive Advocacy Program, which begins with first-year Legal Research and Writing and culminates in in-depth, intensive training in the singular arts of trial and …
This collection consists of records concerning one the largest race riots in American history, the mutiny and riot of soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th U.S. Infantry that occurred on August 23, 1917, at Camp Logan (now Memorial Park), Houston, Texas. It resulted in the largest murder trial in American history. The mutiny and riot were …
A manuscript copy of a document composed by Sir William Adams strongly supporting the recognition of the newly independent Latin American countries. The report, including the Introduction dated August 7, 1832, was originally sent to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Robert Jenkinson, Second Earl of Liverpool. This copy was sent …
The South Texas School of Law opened in 1923, in downtown Houston. Organized by the Young Men’s Christian Association in response to the need for adult education, it was one of twenty such law schools in the country. Houston in the 1920s was experiencing the explosive growth of the oil industry, which created a pressing need for lawyers to handle the business arising from the discovery, production, transportation, refining, and marketing of oil. The only accredited law schools in Texas at the time were The University of Texas in Austin and Baylor University in Waco. For over 85 years the mission of the school has remained simple: provide accessible legal education, distinguished by its excellence, to a diverse body of students committed to serving their communities and the profession.
Our digital collections intend to chronicle the history of the school, the legal history of the Houston area, and showcase the diverse holdings of the Fred Parks Law Library, including archival material, manuscript collections and rare books from our Special Collections Department.
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