The personal and official state papers of William P. Clements, Jr., were given to
Texas A&M University by Mr. Clements after the end of his second term as Governor of
Texas in 1991. Mr. Clements personal papers include all those created and
accumulated during his tenure as Deputy Secretary of Defense under
Presidents Nixon and Ford as well as voluminous alphabetical
correspondence and subject files between
1972 and 1991. A large body of campaign records from his three campaigns for
Governor of Texas are included as are records relating to his work with the Boy Scouts
of America, the Board of Regents of Southern Methodist University, and SEDCO (his oil
drilling company).
The official state papers are by law the property of the Texas State Archives
and are housed at Texas A&M University where they are being processed for use by
researchers and others interested in state government and other state developments,
especially during the two terms of Governor Clements, 1979-1983 and 1987-1991.
All of the papers are being transferred to acid and lignin free folders and boxes,
and detailed finding guides are being prepared for each series. Those finding guides will be
made available in this section as they are completed.
A finding guide exists for part of Governor Clements personal papers and is
available in paper copy in the Cushing Library at Texas A&M University. An on-line
finding guide is currently under construction and may be reached by clicking here.
Texas A&M University also holds the personal papers of Rita Crocker Clements (Mrs. William P. Clements, Jr.) as first lady of Texas and as an early member of the
Republican Party of Texas. A preliminary inventory exists for part of these records and
is available in paper copy at the Cushing Library at Texas A&M University. A complete
finding guide will be prepared later and made available on this site.
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