Official Records

The records of the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Texas are included among Record Group 21 at the:       

         National Archives at Fort Worth
         501 West Felix Street
         Building 1
         Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405

         Email: ftworth.archives@nara.gov

A guide to the holdings of the regional archives is available at: https://www.archives.gov/fort-worth/holdings

A published description of the records is also available the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html).

Bibliography

Fisher, Joe J. "The Federal Judiciary of the Eastern District of Texas." The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record (bicentennial ed.) 12, no. 1 (November 1976): 12-19.

Zelden, Charles L. Justice Lies in the District: The U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902-1960. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, 1993.

Wilson, Steven Harmon, The Rise of Judicial Management in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1955-2000. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002.