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[Memorandum from Roberto Ornelas to LULAC Supreme Council members and all Council Presidents - 1977-02-08]
Memorandum from Roberto Ornelas, Chairman of the LULAC Foundation, dated February 8, 1977, and directed to Supreme Council members and all Council Presidents of League of United Latin American Citizens. The memo is regarding a $50,00 grant for the establishment of a LULAC office in Denver, Colorado and the search for a new Executive Director and Executive Secretary of that office.
Date:
February 8, 1977
Creator:
Ornelas, Roberto
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Statesman. (Denver, Colo.), Vol. 11, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900
Weekly African-American newspaper from Denver, Colorado that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1900
Creator:
Franklin, G. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Erik Burgos, November 11, 2015
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Transcript of an interview with Erik Burgos, DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Team activist. Burgos shares concerning his immigration to Colorado at two years old; life as undocumented immigrants; family's decision to leave Mexico; involvement in the North Texas DREAM Team; activism; DACA.
Date:
November 11, 2015
Creator:
Herman, Thomas & Burgos, Erik, 1988-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mei T. Nakano, March 18, 1995
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Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Nakano, Mei Takaya
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Colorado Statesman (Denver, Colo.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900
Weekly African-American newspaper from Denver, Colorado that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1900
Creator:
Hobson, S. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, April 18, 1987
Interview with David and Virginia Ciruli, farmers and ranchers from Pueblo, Colorado, to gather their recollections and experiences as second generation Italians. They discuss their education, the immigration experience of their parents, the establishment of their own farming and ranching business, and their children.
Date:
April 18, 1987
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E.; Ciruli, David & Ciruli, Virginia
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Western Enterprise. (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900
Weekly African-American newspaper from Colorado Springs, Colorado that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Enterprise. (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 6, 1900
Weekly African-American newspaper from Colorado Springs, Colorado that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 6, 1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from the National Secretary of LULAC to the Supreme Council - 1972]
Memorandum from the office of: National Secretary of LULAC to the Supreme Council: Subject: Approval of Charters of Sacramento, California; Richmond, California; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles-National Ser Employees; Pueblo, Colorado; Socorro, New Mexico.
Date:
1972
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roster of LULAC National Officers, Regional and District Governors, and LULAC Councils Officers - 1953]
Roster of LULAC National Officers, Regional and District Governors, and LULAC Council Officers with handwritten date of 1953. The roster includes names, position titles, and addresses.
Date:
1953
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Maria Olivares to State Council]
Memorandum from Maria Olivares, Acting State Director, directed to State Council members regarding the State Council Meeting.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Olivares, Maria
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Speed letter from John H. Herrera to Maria Olivas - 1976-08-20]
Speed letter from John H. Herrera to Maria Olivas, dated August 20, 1976, and regarding Herrera's protest against Leo Cardenas' candidacy for State Director of Colorado.
Date:
August 20, 1976
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to Irene Lurgin - 1977-09-02]
Letter from Eduardo Morga directed to Irene Lurgin, 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 Leo Cardenas - 1977-09-02]
Letter from Eduardo Morga directed to Leo Cardenas, 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
Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mei Nakano. Nakano is a Japanese-American and was an internee at the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She was born in 1924 in Olathe, Colorado. She provides detail of her life growing up in Colorado and various prejudices she received from teachers and classmates. They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1935 where she graduated from high school. She provides detail of the discrimination she and her family received in California, particularly after 7 December 1941. As notices were going out to other Japanese-American families regarding evacuation, Nakano describes her family’s preparations for the inevitable. They were evacuated by the War Relocation Authority to the Santa Anita Racetrack and in 1942 transferred to the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She provides much detail of life in these camps. Nakano returned to California after the war.
Date:
March 18, 1995
Creator:
Nakano, Mei
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]
This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …
Date:
December 3, 1888
Creator:
Barr, Julia A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Colorado LULAC News, Volume [1], Number 2, April 1977
LULAC Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2 for Colorado in April 1977. This newsletter includes articles about the Denver SER program, Richard Roybal, and the Colorado LULAC Education Fund. It also includes an article about the lack of Hispanic appointments in government positions and an open letter to President Jimmy Carter, urging him to appoint more Hispanic Americans to key government positions in Colorado.
Date:
April 1977
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]
Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date:
October 6, 1994
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert D. Haines, May 15, 2002
Interview with Robert D. Haines, an American prisoner of war during World War II. He discusses the attack on Clark Field in the Philippines on December 8, 1941, as well as his experiences on the Bataan Death March. He also tells of his time spent as a prisoner of war under the Japanese at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan and Bilibid prison in Manila. He encountered his brother, who was a civilian internee, at Bilibid. From there, he rode on a hell ship for 39 days to a POW camp in Formosa (Taiwan). When the Americans began bombing Formosa, Haines was moved via another hell ship to Tokyo, Japan. Not long after, he was liberated and returned to San Francisco, then Denver.
Date:
May 15, 2002
Creator:
Graham, Eddie & Haines, Robert D.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Southwestern Lore
Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date:
1931
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion
This book "is a compendium of America's Indian Wars and the mountain men, soldiers, cowboys and pioneers who took part in them" (dust-jacket). It includes information about all the major American Indian battles, the lives of notable men who fought in the battles, and the combat techniques employed. The index begins on page 247.
Date:
1991
Creator:
O'Neal, Bill
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corners of Texas
This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul E. Papish, January 30, 1989
Interview with Paul E. Papish, a Navy WWII veteran and POW from Denver, Colorado, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Papish discusses joining the Navy in 1939 and training, assignment to the Houston and operations in the Pacific, the start of war and initial engagements, the Battle of the Java Sea, getting sunk at Sundra Strait, surviving on a raft and reaching shore on Java, capture, initial internment, transfer to and experiences in Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and liberation.
Date:
January 30, 1989
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Papish, Paul E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library