The Mickey Leland Papers

The collection features early attempts to catalog and archive feature papers and records of the civic leader Mickey Leland. The collection codifies the expanse and influence of Mickey Leland over his career

The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection

A guide to the unpublished papers, artifacts, and audio visual materials of the late U.S. Congressman George Thomas Mickey Leland III. His papers document Leland\u27s public service career from 1970 to 1989 and provide a political perspective on the history and culture of Houston, its 88th State District, and the 18th U.S. Congressional District during those years

The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum

The materials document Mickey’s Leland’s visionary leadership and advocacy in shaping domestic and international human rights policy initiatives. The records also provide a unique political perspective on the history and culture of Houston, and cover a variety of topics: health care rights for the poor, prison reform, police harassment and brutality, racial discrimination, affirmative action, budget discrimination in higher education, labor legislation, infant mortality, minority rights in business, health education, parks and recreation for the indigent, apartheid and racial discrimination issues worldwide, third world development, emergency shelters for the homeless, nutrients for the malnourished and food security for victims of hunger. From 2012-2014 staff completed remedial preservation work on 75% of the collection and restored access to the detailed inventory by entering data from the file folder labels, to reconstruct the shelf list in an Excel Spreadsheet and transferring the data to Digital Commons. With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Texas Treasures, over 4,000 items have been preserved in digital formats and the complete collection inventory restored with physical locations of videos, photographs and documents now available at http://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/mla email: [email protected] . Researchers should review The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Guide prior to searching the Inventory/Shelf List