Identity elements
Reference code
TxAM-CRS 1486
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
B. H. Dewey Jr. Scrapbooks
Date(s)
- 1953-1962 (Creation)
Extent
6 scrapbooks
Name of creator
(1917-1992)
Biographical history
Born in Wilmington Beach, North Carolina to Brownrigg Hefferron Dewey and Esther Hashagen, B. H. Dewey, Jr. graduate from Texas A&M University and from the University of Texas Law School. He practiced law in Brazos county beginning in 1941, served 41 months in World War II, represented Bryan in the Texas Legislature from 1953-1962 and became Brazos County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 in 1965.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
These scrapbooks contain clippings, pictures, and other materials Dewey accumulated as a member of the Texas Legislature.