By ELLIE VALLERY/Contributor
Muntz Library holds the Tim Anthony Jackson Collection of political memorabilia from U.S. elections from 1884 to 2013. This collection consists of a variety of items including pins, buttons, postcards, dolls and plates.
President William McKinley was assassinated on Sept. 6, 1901. The collection holds a record of the music played at McKinley’s funeral.
Items in the archives can be viewed by anyone who submits a request, University Archivist Joy Pitts said.
The Tim Anthony Jackson collection represents the evolution of time from a political perspective. Political campaign memorabilia is a biased artifact to study, Pitts said. Each artifact had the purpose to promote one political party over the other.
The collection bears the name of the late Tim Anthony Jackson. It was donated to the university by his brother, Phil Jackson. Tim Jackson was a news reporter who showed enthusiasm and hard work in his career, according to his obituary.
He held multiple jobs in the news fields. These included working at KRLD radio, Dallas; KXAS-TV, Fort Worth; KLTV-TV, Tyler; WCBI-TV, Mississippi; and Potomac News Service in Washington D.C., according to information about the collection on the archives’ website.
“He did almost everything one could do in a news department. He reported, did photography, anchored and produced sports and weather,” the obituary said.
Tim Jackson’s two years working as a reporter at KLTV were among the happiest days of his life, Phil Jackson said. He died a year later in a car accident.
Phil Jackson sought to honor his brother by donating his collection to UT Tyler.
“I wanted him to have this ongoing legacy,” Jackson said.
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