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Judge James Allen Wood Collection
Judge James Allen Wood (1906-2003) was born
in Warren County, Tennessee, and came to Corpus
Christi, Texas, after earning his law degree
in 1934. He practiced law in Corpus Christi
for over sixty years and was considered to be
one of the most venerable members of his profession
in South Texas. He served on the Board of Directors
of the Nueces River Authority from 1972 to 1988
as well as on the Corpus Christi Ad Hoc Water
Advisory Commission. He was the first Judge
of the 94th District Court in Nueces County.
In 1983, he won the Cecil E. Burney Humanitarian
Award given by the Corpus Christi Bar Association.
The Judge James Allen Wood Collection consists of
four and one half cubic feet of Texas water resources
materials from the 1950s to the 1980s. Donated to
A&M-Corpus Christi by Judge Wood, these items
deal exclusively with his tenure on the Nueces River
Authority. The Wood Collection contains government
and other printed studies and reports dealing with
the Nueces River and other South Texas waters.
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Known as a learned gentleman, Judge Wood donated
seven volumes of his own poetry. These titles include
Moody Shadows (1962); Muted Echoes (1970); For Exiles
(1973); Last Sunset (1974); Blunt Arrows (1979); Bottom
Lines (1987); and Wandering Lines (1993). He also
donated his other books that deal with recollections
of his long, productive life. These volumes are Life
on a Warren County Farm 1906-1923 (1993); Past Personal
(1994); and Sketches: The Early Bench, Bar, and Practice
of Law in Corpus Christi (1996) which is a history
of the attorneys of Corpus Christi in 1934 when Judge
Wood came to town as a young man to practice law.
We invite questions and/or comments and look
forward to hearing from you. Contact Jan Weaver
at Jan.Weaver@tamucc.edu.
Webpage revised on
09/11/2007
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