Bickerstaff, Steve. Lines in the Sand: Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom DeLay. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007.
DELAY, Thomas Dale
1947–
Biography
DeLAY, Thomas Dale, a Representative from Texas; born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., April 8, 1947; graduated from Calallan High School, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1965; attended Baylor University, Waco, Tex., 1967; B.S., University of Houston, Houston, Tex., 1970; business owner; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1979-1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses until his resignation on June 9, 2006 (January 3, 1985-June 9, 2006); majority whip (One Hundred Fourth Congress to One Hundred Seventh Congress); majority leader (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congress).
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University of Houston Libraries
Special Collections
Houston, TX
Papers:
ca. 1985-2006, 15 linear feet.
The papers of Tom DeLay include correspondence, monthly communications reports, voting records, photographs, press clippings, press releases, Whip records, videotapes and awards. The collection is closed until 2016.
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Oral History:
In the U.S. Capitol Historical Society Oral History Collection, 1976-1991, 0.8 linear foot.
The collection includes an oral history interview transcript with Tom DeLay.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Austin, TX
Papers:
In the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Executive Office Records, ca. 1972-1999, 15.24 cubic feet.
Persons represented include Tom DeLay.
University of North Carolina Libraries
Southern Historical Collection
Chapel Hill, NC
Papers:
In the William R. Ferris Collection, 1910s-2003, approximately 300 linear feet.
Persons represented include Tom DeLay.
University of Texas at Austin
The Center for American History
Austin, TX
Papers:
In the Bill Archer Papers, 1970-2000, 190 feet.
Persons represented include Tom DeLay.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
DeLay, Thomas. Bringing Consumer Choice to Electricity.Washington: Heritage Foundation, 1997.
___., with Stephen Mansfield. No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight. New York: Sentinel, 2007.
Dubose, Lou, and Jan Reid. The Hammer: Tom DeLay, God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress. New York: Public Affairs, 2004.
___. The Hammer Comes Down: The Nasty, Brutish, and Shortened Political Life of Tom DeLay. New York: Public Affairs, 2006.