Letter from Sarah T. Hughes to President Lyndon B. Johnson discussing the President assuming office and the honor of Hughes being chosen to swear Johnson in.

Telegram from Lady Bird Johnson to Mrs. James Henderson and Elizabeth Elward discussing their award ceremony which honored Sarah T. Hughes.

Telegram from Mabel L. Bacon to Judge Sarah T. Hughes after the Kennedy Assassination, discussing the swearing in of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Letter from Sarah T. Hughes to Lyndon B. Johnson discussing Hughes's nomination for United States District Judge.

Film of Judge Sarah T. Hughes as the first woman to preside over a federal district court in Texas. Includes a montage of scenes of the Judge in her chambers, greeting other members of the court, and a brief interview about the judge's involvement with political campaigns.

Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes and other United States District Court judges from Texas, with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Pictured from left to right: Judge James L. Noel, Jr.; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); President Kennedy; Judge Sarah T. Hughes; Edmund O. Noel (in front), son of Judge Noel; Vice President Johnson; Judge Adrian A. Spears; Judge Leo Brewster. This particular photographic print was presented to Judge Sarah T. Hughes by Kennedy's successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson. An inscription at the bottom of the print, handwritten by President Johnson, reads "To Judge Sarah Hughes with affection and high regard. Lyndon B. Johnson." On the back of the photograph, "B5212-1" is handwritten in ink.

Photograph of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the presidential oath of office from U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas, Texas (back to camera), aboard Air Force One at Love Field Airport, two hours and eight minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. More than a dozen people are in the Air Force One cabin, including former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (right of LBJ), imminent First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (left of LBJ), Texas Congressman Albert Thomas (in bowtie left of Lady Bird), Jack Valenti (left of Thomas), and Texas Congressman Jack Brooks (on right, behind Mrs. Kennedy's left shoulder).

Film of Judge Sarah T. Hughes as the first woman to preside over a federal district court in Texas. Includes a montage of scenes of the Judge presiding in court and being greeted by several prominent state and national politicians. Judge Hughes is presented with a gavel and personally congratulated by Vice President Johnson.

Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes (center), standing beside President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) and Senator Ralph Yarborough (left), before Hughes takes her oath as judge. On the back of the photograph in handwriting, the text reads: "Judge Hughes, President Johnson, Miss Joe Estes and Senator Ralph Yarborough." Dallas Times Herald, October 17, 1961. Photograph department.