[Transcript of inventory of archives received by the General Land Office of materials from Austin's Colony, October 15, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of inventory of archives received by the General Land Office of materials from Austin's Colony, October 15, 1837]

Copy of transcript for an inventory of archives received by the General Land Office pertaining to Austin's Colony.
Date: October 15, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Kreneck with Irene Salce de Urbina and Manuel Urbina, II]

Photograph of Tom Kreneck with Irene Salce de Urbina and Manuel Urbina, II.
Date: October 31, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Kreneck with Irene Salce de Urbina and Manuel Urbina, II]

Photograph of Tom Kreneck with Irene Salce de Urbina and Manuel Urbina, II.
Date: October 31, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Adelitia McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee, October 16-17, 1889] (open access)

[Letters from Adelitia McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee, October 16-17, 1889]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee. In this letter, Dinkie details the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee and the news includes: weather updates, a discussion concerning Alice's Grandma McGee who has passed, a dialogue about making molasses from cane, news about the crops that survived and the crops that were ruined from frost, updates on family and friends, and the daily happenings since the Moore family and Alice have left. She closes the letter by Birdie want to see Alice and Linnet very badly but since Bessie has come to visit, she has not been as lonely. Dinkie notes that she would like for the Moore's and Alice to write soon. On the first page, Dinkie writes another letter dated October 17 to the Moore family and Alice. She details her daily schedule and mentions that Birdie will write next time. She writes a note for Alice to write Bettie Wilson and that Mother (Matilda Dodd) will write the Moore family on Sunday. The envelope is included with the letter.
Date: October 16, 1889
Creator: Dodd, Adelitia
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keynote Speech by Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, October 23, 1974 (open access)

Keynote Speech by Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, October 23, 1974

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding community service organization and laws.
Date: October 23, 1974
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Houston Builders Association - Friday, October 28, 1976 (open access)

Houston Builders Association - Friday, October 28, 1976

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Houston Builders Association about the quickly-approaching election.
Date: October 29, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Model Neighborhood Improvement Club (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Model Neighborhood Improvement Club

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Model Neighborhood Improvement Club in Houston, Texas, about the importance of neighborhoods to cities.
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Speech before the Houston Home Builders Association, October 29, 1976] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Speech before the Houston Home Builders Association, October 29, 1976]

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the upcoming election of 1976. She discusses how Jimmy Carter is a better candidate than Gerald Ford because of Carter's abundance of ideas.
Date: October 29, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Robert Harris, October 21, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Robert Harris, October 21, 1968]

Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Robert Harris, informing him of her inability to attend a hearing because of a prior commitment.
Date: October 21, 1968
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, and its environmental and employment issues.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Houston Club - October 11, 1994, Houston, TX (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Houston Club - October 11, 1994, Houston, TX

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Houston Club in Houston, Texas, at a centennial celebration for the organization.
Date: October 11, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Council of the Great City Schools, Outstanding Alumna Award, Houston ISD (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Council of the Great City Schools, Outstanding Alumna Award, Houston ISD

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Council of the Great City Schools' Outstanding Alumna Award ceremony for Houston ISD.
Date: October 27, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before the St. Elizabeth Hospital Service Award Banquet, Houston, Texas, October 2, 1977 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before the St. Elizabeth Hospital Service Award Banquet, Houston, Texas, October 2, 1977

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the increasing costs of health care, lagging health services for African Americans, and ways to improve these conditions.
Date: October 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
["Happiness Is -- PTA's Influence On Family Living" Workshop Program] (open access)

["Happiness Is -- PTA's Influence On Family Living" Workshop Program]

Printed program for a workshop taking place at San Jacinto High School about the PTA's influence on family living.
Date: 1968-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding poverty and poor conditions in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas. Handwritten notes appear among the typed text.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greater Fifth Ward, Citizens League Banquet, October 2, 1976 (open access)

Greater Fifth Ward, Citizens League Banquet, October 2, 1976

Text of a speech by Barbara C. Jordan entitled "Advocating," given at the Greater Fifth Ward Citizens League Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: October 2, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before Houston Local Union Number 408 Stewards Conference, University of Houston, October 12, 1975 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before Houston Local Union Number 408 Stewards Conference, University of Houston, October 12, 1975

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Date: October 12, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the League of United Latin America Citizens, October 12, 1975 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the League of United Latin America Citizens, October 12, 1975

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding discrimination faced by Mexican-Americans and African-Americans in Texas and the need to extend the Voting Rights Act.
Date: October 12, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before the St. Elizabeth Hospital Service Award Banquet (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before the St. Elizabeth Hospital Service Award Banquet

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the St. Elizabeth Hospital Service Award Banquet in Houston, Texas, about health care costs.
Date: October 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - Special Veterans Program - Texas Southern University (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - Special Veterans Program - Texas Southern University

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for a Special Veterans Program at Texas Southern University, thanking them for giving her an award and speaking of benefits to aid the difficult adjustment from military to civilian life.
Date: October 28, 1974
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before Houston Local Union Number 408 Stewards Conference, University of Houston, October 12, 1975 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before Houston Local Union Number 408 Stewards Conference, University of Houston, October 12, 1975

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding recent labor laws as well as interactions between labor unions and Congress.
Date: October 12, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, October 7, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, October 7, 1968]

Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, informing her of the next meeting of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, with a schedule of proposed assignments of Commissioners to hearing sites attached.
Date: October 7, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Earl Williams to Barbara C. Jordan, October 4, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from J. Earl Williams to Barbara C. Jordan, October 4, 1967]

Letter from J. Earl Williams to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for agreeing to speak at the University of Houston College of Business Administration's Conference on The Human Resource Development Program and giving her information about the event.
Date: October 4, 1967
Creator: Williams, J. Earl
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ernest K. Shaw to Barbara C. Jordan, October 19, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Ernest K. Shaw to Barbara C. Jordan, October 19, 1967]

Letter from Ernest K. Shaw to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for agreeing to participate in The National Consumer Education Week Program. Included are a description of the program and a pamphlet about food prices.
Date: October 19, 1967
Creator: Shaw, Ernest K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History