Project Moneywise: Role of the Credit Unions in the War on Poverty (open access)

Project Moneywise: Role of the Credit Unions in the War on Poverty

Booklet about the "Project Moneywise" program and its effects in assisting the poor with financial literacy.
Date: March 1967
Creator: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to Commissioning Ceremony of USS Miller (DE 1091)] (open access)

[Invitation to Commissioning Ceremony of USS Miller (DE 1091)]

Invitation to the commissioning of USS Miller at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The invitation has four unchecked boxes meant for declaring one's intention to attend or not. Included information contains dress requirements, time of the ceremony, proper usage of cameras, and a note that the ship will be available to tour after the ceremony.
Date: 1973
Creator: United States. Navy Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) Norfolk, Virginia -- June 30, 1973 (open access)

Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) Norfolk, Virginia -- June 30, 1973

Text of Barbara Jordan's speech at the commissioning of a destroyer named after Dorie Miller.
Date: June 30, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Thayer Award Acceptance Speech, October 5, 1995] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Thayer Award Acceptance Speech, October 5, 1995]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan before an audience at West Point Military Academy. She discusses the concepts of honor and duty while accepting the Sylvanus Thayer Award.
Date: October 5, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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
[Selected Statistics on Cash Payments: Major Income Maintenance Programs 1968] (open access)

[Selected Statistics on Cash Payments: Major Income Maintenance Programs 1968]

Statistics on cash payments for major income maintenance programs in 1968, separated into four categories: public assistance programs, social security, veterans, and unemployment insurance.
Date: 1968~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Continuing American Revolution (open access)

The Continuing American Revolution

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Council for the Social Studies, about how the American Revolution extends beyond the war and into modern American life.
Date: April 25, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan's Remarks - San Jacinto Day Celebration (open access)

Barbara Jordan's Remarks - San Jacinto Day Celebration

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at a San Jacinto Day Celebration in Houston, Texas, about the battle of San Jacinto and its impact on modern-day Texas.
Date: April 21, 1986
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) (open access)

Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091)

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (USS Miller) in Norfolk, Virginia.
Date: June 30, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan's Freedom Award Acceptance Speech, September 10, 1992] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan's Freedom Award Acceptance Speech, September 10, 1992]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan while accepting the Freedom Award at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. She discusses the history of civil rights movements for African-Americans.
Date: September 10, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Continuing American Revolution (open access)

The Continuing American Revolution

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the AFS Congressional Breakfast, about how the American Revolution extends beyond the war and into modern American life.
Date: April 30, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan (Dem.-Texas), Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet - Houston, November 10, 1973 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan (Dem.-Texas), Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet - Houston, November 10, 1973

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan in which she extols the virtues of Lyndon Johnson, discusses his Great Society and his war on poverty, and the passing of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Date: November 10, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back to Genesis (open access)

Back to Genesis

Speech that Robert F. Kennedy was to deliver at the California Institute of Technology. Topics include the Constitution and the separation of powers in the United States government.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Eulogy of Lyndon B. Johnson (open access)

Eulogy of Lyndon B. Johnson

Typed eulogy of Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking of his legacy as a politician and as President.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, July 1973 - April 1975] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, July 1973 - April 1975]

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Date: [1973..1975]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Imports Revalued: "Tributaries of American Culture" (open access)

American Imports Revalued: "Tributaries of American Culture"

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at Dichley Park on behalf of the Ditchley Foundation regarding foreign policy in the United States.
Date: July 25, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
We Cannot Legislate Happiness (open access)

We Cannot Legislate Happiness

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the University of Houston Executive Development Program regarding the relationship between people and the government.
Date: March 7, 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Leadership and Congressional Responsibility Paper (open access)

Presidential Leadership and Congressional Responsibility Paper

Paper written about presidential leadership and congressional responsibility, and the balance of power between the two governmental branches.
Date: December 11, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ditchley Foundation Lecture (open access)

The Ditchley Foundation Lecture

Text of the Ditchley Foundation Lecture given by Barbara C. Jordan in Oxfordshire, England, entitled "American Imports Revalued: 'Tributaries of American Culture.' The topic of the lecture is American importation of ideas.
Date: July 23, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ditchley Foundation Lecture (open access)

The Ditchley Foundation Lecture

Text of the Ditchley Foundation Lecture given by Barbara C. Jordan in Oxfordshire, England, entitled "American Imports Revalued: 'Tributaries of American Culture.' The topic of the lecture is American importation of ideas.
Date: July 23, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sixth National Conference of Friends on Race Relations Booklet] (open access)

[Sixth National Conference of Friends on Race Relations Booklet]

Booklet for the Sixth National Conference of Friends on Race Relations, with transcripts of speeches from the conference. The speeches are "Black Power** White Power** Shared Power," "Motivations and Methods of White Power" by Martha Ragland, and "The Gift of Blackness" by Vincent Harding.
Date: July 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes]

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan about the criminal justice system in America.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Crime Symposium Speech] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Crime Symposium Speech]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for a Crime Symposium in Austin, Texas. The speech addresses the condition and prospects of America's criminal justice system.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History