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[Letter from Bruce to Sterling Houston - November 3, 1986]
Letter, Christmas card, and photograph from Bruce to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. In his letter, he writes that it was great to see him perform. In the card, he discusses seeing Karen Finley perform on stage and making gingerbread houses to bring to an AIDS ward. In this same card, he has also included a photograph of (presumably) himself wearing a Santa Claus hat and embracing three large dogs. Behind him, on a wooden drawer, two colorful gingerbread houses have been placed.
Date:
November 3, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kitty Felde to Sterling Houston - June 9, 1999]
Letter from Kitty Felde to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes from Los Angeles to send word of her most recent play, Erdemovic. It tells the story of a young man who forcibly murdered during the fall of a United Nations post in the former Yugoslavia. She includes a copy of her resume and a synopsis of Erdemovic.
Date:
June 9, 1999
Creator:
Felde, Kitty
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Houston murder]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about charges which have been filed against an unemployed Houston bartender in the deaths of two men whose bodies were found in abandoned ammonization bunkers near the Houston ship channel.
Date:
March 16, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Page of business cards]
Sheet of paper that has nine business cards containing contact information taped to it. Most of the cards are for lawyer John J. Herrera, including a card certifying that Herrera has been enrolled as an attorney in the Supreme Court of Texas. Two cards on the top right of the page are for Ralph Guzman, a field representative for the Alianza Hispano Americana Civil Rights Department and for Joe Morales, a program director at Radio Station KLVL.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James W. Huffman, April 11, 1990
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Interview with James W. Huffman, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Los Angeles, California, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Huffman discusses joining the Navy; service aboard the Houston and changes in training as war neared; early operations in the war; the Battle of Sundra Strait and sinking; surviving in Java; capture by the Japanese; various experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat, several camps on the Burma Railway, and Tamarkan in Thailand; and liberation.
Date:
April 11, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Huffman, James W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Reas, November 17, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Reas. Reas grew up in Indiana and Ohio and enlisted in the Navy in 1938. After training, he boarded the USS Houston (CA-30) at Charleston, South Carolina. He was assigned to the aviation unit. On February 28, 1942, he survived the bombing and sinking of the ship. He and other survivors in life rafts were picked up by the Japanese the next day and taken to Java as a prisoner of war. He was taken to a ship and then back to an island, where he met survivors of the Australian ship HMAS Perth (D29). They were moved from Serang to Batavia. He was told to record the POW's occupations and those idenitified as skilled were sent to Japan. Inspired by this, he kept a detailed and complete list of the survivors that he kept hidden. From Java, the survivors are put on a cargo ship to Singapore. Then they went to Pynang by train. He then boarded another ship to Burma. Allied forces bombed a ship next to Reas. He describes living in bamboo huts while building the railroad. During one of the routine abuses in …
Date:
November 17, 2000
Creator:
Reas, John
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 10PM Sports wrapup]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
December 2, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Gene Yuseum to Ernesto Equea - 1953-03-24]
Letter from Gene Yusem of the William Morris Agency of Beverly Hills, California to Ernesto Equea of LULAC in Houston, Texas, dated March 24, 1953. Cover letter and instructions for completing contract covering the appearance of Lina Romay for LULAC in Houston, Texas on April 12, 1953.
Date:
March 24, 1953
Creator:
Yusem, Gene
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Danny Olivas - 1963-05-31]
Onionskin carbon copy of a letter from John J. Herrera to Danny Olivas, dated May 31, 1963. In the letter, Herrera writes that he will be attending the LULAC National Convention in California and hopes the 1964 convention will take place in Houston.
Date:
May 31, 1963
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat
Hat of brown felt. The low, slightly domed crown is almost hidden by the upturned brim. At front facing of brim is large flat brown grosgrain ribbon bow. Around the base of the crown is affixed brown net veiling. The hat is unlined, with inner brown grosgrain ribbon hatband. Combined designer's/retailer's label inside: "Leslie James / Designed for Sakowitz / Houston" Manufacturer's style stamp inside crown: "Midi / Imported Velour Body / Made in France"
Date:
1949
Creator:
James, Leslie
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Reservation confirmation for hotel room for John J. Herrera - 1977-05-12]
Reservation confirmation for John J. Herrera's stay at The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
Date:
May 12, 1977
Creator:
The Biltmore Hotel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from J. B. Casas to John J. Herrera - 1967-03-03]
Envelope from J. B. Casas addressed to John J. Herrera.
Date:
March 3, 1967
Creator:
Casas, J. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Herrera to Frank Klitzner - 1951-08-22]
Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from attorney John J. Herrera to Frank Klitzner of the Los Angeles County Probation Office providing a character reference for Manuel Villasenor, age 26. Herrera says that he has known Villasenor for twelve years and describes Villasenor's family, his history of petty crimes in Houston, his time in the military, and Herrera's opinion that Villasenor needs assistance for a lack of mental adjustment.
Date:
August 22, 1951
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Casas to John J. Hererra - 1961-08-04]
Letter from J. B. Casas to John J. Hererra, dated August 8, 1961. Casas gives Herrera an update on his life and business and asks about the Herrera family.
Date:
August 4, 1961
Creator:
Casas, J. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Guillermo R. Aquayo to John J. Herrera - 1960-09-16]
Letter from Guillermo R. Aquayo to John J. Herrera, dated September 16, 1960. Aquayo has recently received a letter from J. B. Casas and writes to Herrera about the letter.
Date:
September 16, 1960
Creator:
Aquayo, Guillermo R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Casas to John J. Herrera - 1958-02-27]
Letter from J. B. to John J. Herrera, addressed to John J. "Hernia" and dated February 27, 1958. The letter is humorous and addresses personal matters between Casas and Herrera such as income tax preparation, business, and LULAC activities.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Casas, J. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to Maria Canfield - 1977-09-02]
Letter from Eduardo Morga directed to Maria Canfield, dated September 2, 1977. The letter indicates that the recipient has been selected as a member of the panel to hear the charges against Joe Velez and gives details of the charges and date, time, and location of the hearings.
Date:
September 2, 1977
Creator:
Morga, Eduardo
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to Luis Adame - 1977-09-02]
Letter from Eduardo Morga directed to Luis Adame, dated September 2, 1977. The letter indicates that the recipient has been selected as a member of the panel to hear the charges against Joe Velez and gives details of the charges and date, time, and location of the hearings.
Date:
September 2, 1977
Creator:
Morga, Eduardo
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to Margaret Pacheco - 1977-09-02]
Letter from Eduardo Morga directed to Margaret Pacheco, dated September 2, 1977. The letter indicates that the recipient has been selected as a member of the panel to hear the charges against Joe Velez and gives details of the charges and date, time, and location of the hearings.
Date:
September 2, 1977
Creator:
Morga, Eduardo
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Fred Okrand - 1951-04-28]
Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Fred Okrand, Attorney at Law of Los Angeles, California, dated April 28, 1951. Herrera asks for pertinent facts of a case referred by Okrand in order to proceed with further investigation.
Date:
April 28, 1951
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Casas to John J. Herrera]
Letter from J.B. Casas to John J. Herrera, his friend, about personal matters.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Casas, J. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda of the LULAC Impeachment Proceedings, September 24, 1977]
Agenda of the LULAC Impeachment Proceedings in Los Angeles, California on September 24, 1977, pertaining to the impeachment of Joe Velez.
Date:
September 24, 1977
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten agenda for Impeachment Hearing of Joe Velez]
Handwritten agenda and notes about the impeachment hearing of Joe Velez written on the back of an advertising flyer printed by the Ramada Inn at the International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
Date:
1977?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business card for J. B. Casas]
Business card for J. B. Casas, realtor for A. M. Galaz's real estate company.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Casas, J. B.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History