Description:

The files of Homer Louis Koliba, a state legislator from the Fifty-fourth Legislature (1955) through the Fifty-eighth Legislature (1963). The collection also includes some of the correspondence and other papers of his wife, Bernice Kraatz Koliba, who was active in the historical community in Colorado County.

The papers were once housed in the Koliba Home Museum. After the Kolibas died and the museum closed, about half of the collection, including all of the papers relating to Bernice Koliba, became the property of Raymond Frank Rau. The other half, all of which involved legislative matters, devolved to Robert and Paulette Fesler. Rau donated his part of the collection to the archives in 1987 and the Feslers in 1991.

Contents: 

Banfield, Myra, The Banfield Band Wagon Notes, August 12, 1961 (1-17)

Bills and receipts, personal:

  1957 (3-14, 4-7, 4-29)

Bullock, Bob, regarding presentation of a flag to Zimmerscheidt School, 1979 (1-22)

Campaign for lieutenant governor, 1962 (2-6)

Carr, Waggoner, regarding campaign for speaker of the house, 1957-1958 (1-1 through 1-6)

Carr, Waggoner, regarding committee appointments, 1957 (1-1)

Columbus Bend Dam project, 1960 (1-24, 1-25, 1-40 through 1-45)

Correspondence, miscellaneous personal:

  Regarding Texas Construction Materials, 1955 (1-12)

  From Buckshot Lane regarding legislative adjournment, 1955 (1-21)

  From Clark W. Thompson regarding reelection, 1956 (2-50)

  From Barefoot Sanders regarding reelection, 1956 (2-50)

  Regarding purchase of lots in Sheridan, 1957 (3-1)

  Regarding purchase of a home in Houston, 1957 (3-2)

  Regarding royalty interest in Nada, 1957 (3-2)

  With daughter, Kathryn Whitfill, 1957 (3-37)

  With parents, 1957 (4-29)

  To Emil Brune regarding Zimmerscheidt house, 1962 (2-1)

  Regarding Texas Construction Materials, 1962 (2-4)

  In praise of Koliba, 1962 (2-48)

  In praise of Koliba, 1963 (2-48)

  To Lyndon Johnson regarding his election, 1964 (1-30)

  From Glenn McCarthy regarding genealogy, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 (1-21)

  From Mark White regarding Koliba's 80th birthday, 1983 (1-21)

Eagle Lake, city of, communications project payment to, 1957 (3-18)

Election, U. S. presidential, 1960 (1-39)

Election, state legislative, 1964 (1-10)

Election, 1972, sample ballots, Colorado County (1-13)

Johnson, Lyndon Baines:

  Regarding Columbus Bend Dam, 1960 (1-25)

  Regarding 1960 presidential election (1-39)

  Regarding dedication of armory in Columbus, 1961 (1-3)

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, regarding 1960 presidential election (1-39)

La Grange, city of, communications project payment to, 1957 (4-6)

McCarthy, Glenn, to Bernice Koliba regarding genealogy, 1978, 1979, 1980 (1-21)

Miscellaneous personal papers:

  Certifications (1-23)

  Tax receipts (1-23)

Oil:

  Miscellaneous notes regarding land and leases, 1955 (1-15)

  Leases, schedule of, Christie, Mitchell and Mitchell Co., [1957] (3-38)

Sanders, Barefoot:

  Regarding Koliba's reelection, 1956 (2-50)

  Regarding revision of house rules, H S R 489, 1957 (5-17)

Schools:

  Consolidation of, in Colorado County, 1960 (1-19)

  Desegregation of, in Fayette County, 1956 (1-36, 1-37)

  Eagle Lake, teacher contract, 1954 (1-14)

  Eagle Lake, 1963 (2-19)

  Education bills, 1963 (2-19)

  Enrollments of, in Colorado County, 1960 (1-19)

  Free lunches, Columbus ISD, undated (1-14)

  Teacher, Eagle Lake, request from, 1963 (1-48)

  Zimmerscheidt, 1979 (1-22)

Senate proclamations:

  Naming Koliba as "Columbus Citizen of the Year" for 1984 (2-11)

Shivers, Allan, on school segregation, 1956 (1-37)

Stevenson, Coke, regarding liquor control, 1961 (2-2)

Thompson, Clark W.:

  Regarding Columbus Bend Dam, 1960 (1-25)

  "Comments from Washington," [1962] (2-6)

  Regarding Koliba's reelection, 1956 (2-50)

Weimar, city of, communications project payment to, 1957 (4-6)

White, Mark, regarding Koliba's 80th birthday, 1983 (1-21)

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I DON"T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THESE:

Cards favoring Bills 619, 620, and 621, 1959 (1-27)

Letter regarding SB 21 (Fertilizer Bill), 1961 (2-53)

Letters favoring S B 232, 1955 (2-37)

Letter favoring S B 45 and S B 46, 1955 (2-47)

Letter from Bus Drivers union expressing thanks for support of HB 29, 1961 (2-53)

Letter from Texas Finance Conference expressing thanks for support of residential requirement amendment to HB 7, 1961 (2-53)

Letters from L. L. Hastedt and Mozelle Dayvault expressing thanks for vote on HB 19, 1961 (2-53)