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[Transcript of document of witness statements acknowledging the sale of two slaves] (open access)

[Transcript of document of witness statements acknowledging the sale of two slaves]

Transcribed text for a document of witness statements acknowledging the sale of two slaves and swearing that they are in good health and condition.
Date: February 14, 1861
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Requisition for Free Textbooks, Common School District 15, Montgomery County] (open access)

[Requisition for Free Textbooks, Common School District 15, Montgomery County]

Copy of a form for the requisition of free textbooks from the State Department of Education, filled out by P. R. Clarke and C. C. Cox for Gilmore School #3 in Montgomery County, Texas, Common School District 15. The form includes the school's attendance by grade and a precise list of the book's requested.
Date: April 9, 1919
Creator: Meredith, Bessie S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summons for the Continental Insurance Company of New York and the State Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma (open access)

Summons for the Continental Insurance Company of New York and the State Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma

District court summons for Continental Insurance Company of New York in case 16013.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Application to advance cause for Mabel Allen vs. Continental Insurance Company of New York (open access)

Application to advance cause for Mabel Allen vs. Continental Insurance Company of New York

Application to send the suit to trial quickly. Continental Insurance Company quotes their riot clause as reason for not paying on the insurance policy.
Date: January 6, 1922
Creator: Rittenhouse and Rittenhouse
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Affidavit of attendance of witness in Mabel Allen vs. Continental Insurance Company (open access)

Affidavit of attendance of witness in Mabel Allen vs. Continental Insurance Company

Affidavit of attendance of C.H. Moore as a witness for the defendant.
Date: April 3, 1922
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Order extending time (open access)

Order extending time

Order granting Mabel Allen more time to make her case.
Date: June 16, 1922
Creator: Hurt, Albert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Order granting the defendent, Continental Insurance Company more time to build their case. (open access)

Order granting the defendent, Continental Insurance Company more time to build their case.

Order granting the Continental Insurance Company more time to build their case.
Date: July 17, 1922
Creator: Williams, W. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Summons in the case of Sarah Andrews vs. City of Tulsa (open access)

Summons in the case of Sarah Andrews vs. City of Tulsa

Summons for several Tulsa city employees and the state insurance commissioner. The summons also mentions several insurance companies
Date: May 31, 1923
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James A. Johnson and Fanny Johnson vs. City of Tulsa (open access)

James A. Johnson and Fanny Johnson vs. City of Tulsa

Summons for employees of the city of Tulsa and insurance companies to appear in court for case number 23339 James A. and Fanny Johnson vs. City of Tulsa.
Date: June 1, 1923
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Emmett Johnson vs. City of Tulsa (open access)

Emmett Johnson vs. City of Tulsa

Summons for employees from insurance companies to appear in court in case number 23317 Emmett Johnson vs. City of Tulsa
Date: June 5, 1923
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Emmett Johnson vs. City of Tulsa (open access)

Emmett Johnson vs. City of Tulsa

Summons of several city of Tulsa employees to appear in court in case number 23317 Emmet Johnson vs. City of Tulsa.
Date: June 8, 1923
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shakespeare Johnson vs. City of Tulsa (open access)

Shakespeare Johnson vs. City of Tulsa

Summons for several city of Tulsa employees to appear in court for case number 23395 Shakespeare Johnson vs. City of Tulsa.
Date: June 8, 1923
Creator: District Court of Tulsa
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Articles of Incorporation, League of United Latin American Citizens - 1930-05-04] (open access)

[Articles of Incorporation, League of United Latin American Citizens - 1930-05-04]

Articles of Incorporation for the League of United Latin American Citizens dated May 4, 1930. The document states the organization's name and statement of purpose and is signed by LULAC's president and Secretary General, representatives from 20 LULAC Councils, and the Secretary of State of Texas.
Date: May 4, 1930
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Articles of Incorporation, League of United Latin American Citizens - 1930-05-04] (open access)

[Articles of Incorporation, League of United Latin American Citizens - 1930-05-04]

Articles of Incorporation for the League of United Latin American Citizens dated May 4, 1930. The document states the organization's name and statement of purpose and is signed by LULAC's president and Secretary General, representatives from 20 LULAC Councils, and the Secretary of State of Texas.
Date: May 4, 1930
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Charges filed by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice against Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, dated December 11, 1944, for engaging in discriminatory employment practices at the Deer Park Refinery in Houston, Texas.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15] (open access)

[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15]

Judgment of the case of Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District of Bastrop County, et al., regarding segregation of Mexican Americans in schools of Texas. This judgment was declared in the No. 388 Civil District Court of the United States, Western District of Texas by Judge Ben H. Rice.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Rice, Ben H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15] (open access)

[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15]

Judgment of the case of Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District of Bastrop County, et al., regarding segregation of Mexican Americans in schools of Texas. This judgment was declared in the No. 388 Civil District Court of the United States, Western District of Texas by Judge Ben H. Rice.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Rice, Ben H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15] (open access)

[Judgment, Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District - 1948-06-15]

Judgment of the case of Minerva Delgado et al vs. Bastrop Independent School District of Bastrop County, et al., regarding segregation of Mexican Americans in schools of Texas. This judgment was declared in the No. 388 Civil District Court of the United States, Western District of Texas by Judge Ben H. Rice.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Rice, Ben H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teacher's Contract (open access)

Teacher's Contract

Teachers contract for Zella Patterson. Includes education received, salary information, and previous experience teaching home economics.
Date: August 10, 1948
Creator: Reinhart, Etta
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
["Exhibit A" Corrected Copy 39-6662, December 9, 1950] (open access)

["Exhibit A" Corrected Copy 39-6662, December 9, 1950]

Document from Texas Governor Allan Shivers granting the remission of bond forfeiture judgement against John J. Herrera.
Date: December 9, 1950
Creator: Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement regarding petition, Augustine Picaso vs.Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas - 1951-12-03] (open access)

[Agreement regarding petition, Augustine Picaso vs.Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas - 1951-12-03]

Agreement regarding petition of Augustine Picaso versus Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas, dated December 3, 1951. This is the rendering of final agreement following the hearing of the above petition before the Commissioner of Education of the State of Texas, J. W. Edgar. It was agreed that segregation practices in Nixon Independent School District shall cease with regards to children of Latin-American descent.
Date: December 3, 1951
Creator: Edgar, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgement against the State of Texas] (open access)

[Judgement against the State of Texas]

Supreme Court of the United States, case number 406, October term, 1953. Pete Hernández v. the State of Texas. Hernández had appealed the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas.
Date: May 3, 1954
Creator: United States. Supreme Court
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Judgement against the State of Texas, page seven] (open access)

[Judgement against the State of Texas, page seven]

Supreme Court of the United States, case number 406, October term, 1953. Pete Hernández v. the State of Texas. Hernández had appealed the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas.
Date: May 3, 1954
Creator: United States. Supreme Court
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of recorded conversation between O. B. Ellis and Abraham Rios - 1955-07-05] (open access)

[Transcript of recorded conversation between O. B. Ellis and Abraham Rios - 1955-07-05]

Transcript copy of a recorded conversation between Mr. Ellis and Abraham Rios on July 5, 1955. Document was to certify that the content was true and correct. Last page did not contain a signature from Mr. Rios and was not notarized.
Date: July 5, 1955
Creator: Ellis, O. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History