Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Thomas Terry Connally, United States Senator from Texas, were given to the Library of Congress by Connally in 1952 and 1953. Small additions were given by his wife, Lucile Sanderson Sheppard Connally, and others between 1977 and 1994.
Processing History
The Connally Papers were processed prior to 1958, when the Library published Tom Connally, a Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress. The collection was revised and expanded with a small addition in 2005 by Karen Linn Femia. The finding aid was revised again in 2010 and in 2015. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Access and Restrictions
The Connally Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of the scrapbooks in the Connally Papers is available on sixty-one reels. The originals of the scrapbooks no longer exist. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Tom Connally Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.