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U of Texas Law Library Publishes Oral History



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ORAL MEMOIR OF UT LAW PROFESSOR GUS HODGES PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS LAW LIBRARY


AUSTIN, TEXAS -- A half-century of transformations at The University of
Texas School of Law are retold by the late Gus Hodges in an oral history
interview just published by the Jamail Center for Legal Research.

"Gus M. Hodges: An Oral History Interview" contains three extensive
interviews conducted in 1986. "Gus Hodges was one of the most colorful
and best loved professors in the history of The University of Texas
School of Law," said Professor Roy Mersky, Harry M. Reasoner Regents
Chair in Law and Director of the Jamail Center.

In his Foreword, former UT Law Dean M. Michael Sharlot describes Hodges
as "a key participant in the enormous growth of the School of Law in
terms of students, faculty and facilities." Hodges (1908-1992) discusses
student life at UT during the Depression, the rise of the Law School to
national prominence, and the increasing diversification of both the
faculty and student body.

The interviewer, H.W. Brands, is the author of several highly acclaimed
biographies, including "The First American: The Life and Times of
Benjamin Franklin", a 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and "T.R.: The Last
Romantic", a biography of Teddy Roosevelt. Brands is now professor of
history at Texas A&M University.

Brands conducted five series of interviews for the Tarlton Law Library
in 1985-1986 as part of the UT Law School's contribution to the 1986
Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration. The interviews with former Texas
Supreme Court Chief Justices Robert Calvert, Joe Greenhill, and Jack
Pope (in the three-volume "Texas Supreme Court Trilogy"), and with the
UT Law School's outstanding dean, Page Keeton, have already been
published by the Jamail Center for Legal Research.

The editor of the Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series is Michael
Widener, Head of Special Collections at the Jamail Center for Legal
Research.

This publication (and all other Jamail Center publications) can be
ordered on the web at <http://www.law.utexas.edu/pubs/>, or by
contacting the Publications Coordinator (Publications Coordinator,
Jamail Center for Legal Research,University of Texas School of Law, 727
East Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX 78705-3224; phone 512/471-7726; fax
512/471-0243).

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Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series, No. 3: Brands, H.W. GUS M.
HODGES: AN ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW. Austin, Tex.: Jamail Center for Legal
Research, 2002. vii, 38 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-56-2. Price: $15.00

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