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[Birth Certificate for Vera Mae Cummings] (open access)

[Birth Certificate for Vera Mae Cummings]

Birth certificate for Vera Mae Cummings, born in Palestine, Texas, May 15, 1922 to Gent Cummings and Nellie Bell Price. The back of the page includes instructions for completing information and the text of legislation related to the form. There is also a certificate stapled to the top of the back page certifying that the birth certificate is legitimate.
Date: January 30, 1943
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Object Type: Legal Document
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
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1944-08-30] (open access)

[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1944-08-30]

Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera, enclosing a copy of the Senate Bill S 2048, which will prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry. He is also enclosing a copy of pamphlet on "How the FEPC Operates."
Date: August 30, 1944
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Copy of a legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Manager. C.B. Locke, President, signed for Oil Workers International Union, local 367, C.I.O., and Emanuel H. Bloch, Trial Counsel, signed for the President's Committee of Fair Employment Practice.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Manager. C.B. Locke, President, signed for Oil Workers International Union, local 367, C.I.O., and Emanuel H. Bloch, Trial Counsel, signed for the President's Committee of Fair Employment Practice.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Felix H. Morales - 1947-06-30] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Felix H. Morales - 1947-06-30]

Letter sent to Felix H. Morales by John J. Herrera regarding the case of Martin M. Martinez and payment of fees. Herrera instructs Morales to deduct three payments of $20.00 from Martinez's salary.
Date: June 30, 1947
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. F. Prince to John J. Herrera - 1947-06-30] (open access)

[Letter from D. F. Prince to John J. Herrera - 1947-06-30]

Letter sent to John J. Herrera from D. F. Prince in which he acknowledges receipt of Herrera's letter from June 26th. Herrera is apprised of the possibility for the Mexia applicant sharing the expenses incurred by Felix H. Morales when he amended his application. Prince also informs Herrera that the call letters KMOR will not be available and suggests that he send a list of other desired call letters.
Date: June 30, 1947
Creator: Prince, D. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Federal Communications Commission Order for Hearing, for Roy Hofheinz and W. N. Hooper, January 30, 1947] (open access)

[Federal Communications Commission Order for Hearing, for Roy Hofheinz and W. N. Hooper, January 30, 1947]

A notice from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the application of Texas Star Broadcasting Company. This is an order for a hearing for Mission Broadcasting Company to determine the legal, technical, financial and other qualifications of the applicant to construct and operate the proposed station in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: January 30, 1947
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Federal Communicaton Commission Order for Construction Permit, Eugene J. Roth, January 30, 1947] (open access)

[Federal Communicaton Commission Order for Construction Permit, Eugene J. Roth, January 30, 1947]

An FCC Order for Construction Permit regarding the Mission Broadcasting Company (KONO) of San Antonio, Texas. An application had been submitted to change the facilities of KONO in San Antonio and a hearing was needed to determine the technical, financial, and other qualifications of the applicant to construct and operate the station.
Date: January 30, 1947
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Federal Communications Commission Order for Construction Permit Hearing, Roy Hoefheinz and W. H. Hooper, January 30, 1947] (open access)

[Federal Communications Commission Order for Construction Permit Hearing, Roy Hoefheinz and W. H. Hooper, January 30, 1947]

An FCC Order for a Hearing in regards to the application for a Construction Permit filed by the Texas Star Broadcasting Company of San Antonio, Texas. The Hearing would determine if there would be interference with the radio services proposed in the pending application submitted by Felix H. Morales in Houston, Texas.
Date: January 30, 1947
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Tommye Elmira Gibson, August 30, 1947] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Tommye Elmira Gibson, August 30, 1947]

Funeral program for Mrs. Tommye Elmira Gibson. The funeral was held August 30, 1947 at Second Baptist Church. The funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in City Cemetery No. 3 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 30, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pauline R. Kibbe to John J. Herrera - 1944-08-30] (open access)

[Letter from Pauline R. Kibbe to John J. Herrera - 1944-08-30]

Letter to John J. Herrera from Pauline R. Kibbe, Executive Secretary of Good Neighbor Commission of Texas in Austin, Texas dated August 30, 1944. Copies of the Commission's plan of "Community Organization for Inter-American Understanding" were sent under separate cover to be used by LULAC members in carrying out the program.
Date: August 30, 1944
Creator: Kibbe, Pauline R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Armando M. Cortez to John J. Herrera - 1946-05-30] (open access)

[Telegram from Armando M. Cortez to John J. Herrera - 1946-05-30]

A Western Union telegram to John J. Herrera from Armando M. Cortez dated May 30,1946. This was to request reservations for LULAC Council #143 delegates.
Date: May 30, 1946
Creator: Cortez, Armando M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution of Thanks from Texas LULAC Councils - 1949-01-30] (open access)

[Resolution of Thanks from Texas LULAC Councils - 1949-01-30]

Resolution by Texas councils of LULAC at the Regional Convention in Houston, Texas, January 29 and 30, 1949, to give a vote of thanks to the lawyers winning the case of Delgado vs. The Bastrop Independent School District which outlawed the Segregated Mexican School in Texas. The end of this letter contains a short handwritten note in pencil.
Date: January 30, 1949
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution to Thank Senator Lyndon B. Johnson - 1949-01-30] (open access)

[Resolution to Thank Senator Lyndon B. Johnson - 1949-01-30]

Resolution from LULAC Houston Council Number 60 to the Texas Councils of LULAC submitted January 30, 1949. This resolution is to thank Senator Lyndon B. Johnson for his help in arranging for a military funeral for Felix Longoria at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Date: January 30, 1949
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution to Ratify Member Assessment - 1949-01-30] (open access)

[Resolution to Ratify Member Assessment - 1949-01-30]

Resolution by LULAC Houston Council Number 60 submitted to the Texas councils of LULAC on January 30, 1949. This resolution is a record of agreement to ratify the action of the Supreme Council to assess a fifty-cent member assessment to finance the position of full-time Organizer General for LULAC.
Date: January 30, 1949
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution to Thank Senator Lyndon B. Johnson - 1949-01-30] (open access)

[Resolution to Thank Senator Lyndon B. Johnson - 1949-01-30]

Resolution from LULAC Houston Council Number 60 to the Texas Councils of LULAC submitted January 30, 1949. This resolution is to thank Senator Lyndon B. Johnson for his help in arranging for a military funeral for Felix Longoria at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Date: January 30, 1949
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note from H.P.S to John J. Herrera - 1943-06-30] (open access)

[Note from H.P.S to John J. Herrera - 1943-06-30]

Note to John J. Herrera from H.P.S. that reads "$10.00 cash fee July 1943 Bar Exam." The word "retake" appears in the upper right-hand corner.
Date: June 30, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Annie Faucetta, July 30, 1947] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Annie Faucetta, July 30, 1947]

Funeral program for Annie Faucetta. The funeral was held July 30, 1947 at St. Paul Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. G. A. Deslandes. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in U.B.F. Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: July 30, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Conversation between Dr. Spies and Dr. Brindley, July 30, 1941 (open access)

Telephone Conversation between Dr. Spies and Dr. Brindley, July 30, 1941

Manuscript of a telephone conversation between Dr. Brindley and Dr. Spies on the autopsy conducted on Dr. Meyer Bodansky's body and Dr. Brindley's findings.
Date: July 30, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Telegraph from Benjamin R. Harris to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - December 30, 1940] (open access)

[Postal Telegraph from Benjamin R. Harris to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - December 30, 1940]

Telegraph from Albert K. Epstein to Dr. Bodansky, informing him that he knows that Dr. Bodansky is sacrificing some animals for the experiments and making autopsies. He also expects some reports ready by January Fourth.
Date: December 30, 1940
Creator: Epstein, Albert K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Albert K. Epstein to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - December 30, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Albert K. Epstein to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - December 30, 1940]

Letter from Albert K. Epstein to Dr. Bodansky regarding his feeding experiments on animals using emargol. He also advises that Dr. Bodansky summarize the report and send a copy of the report to Dr. Calvary, Mr. McCabe, Mr. Green and the rest of the Emulsol Corporation. He also discusses the absorption of emargol, which is derived from melted stearic acid, in animal feeding experiments.
Date: December 30, 1940
Creator: Epstein, Albert K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert G. Owen to Meyer Bodansky - January 30, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Robert G. Owen to Meyer Bodansky - January 30, 1941]

Letter from Robert G. Owen from the Owen Clinical Laboratory in Detroit, Michigan. The letter, which is addressed to Dr. Meyer Bodansky, requests an answer to a medical question covered in one of Bodansky's medical research publications.
Date: January 30, 1941
Creator: Owen, Robert G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor Bodansky to Charles B. Davenport - December 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Bodansky to Charles B. Davenport - December 30, 1942]

Letter from the widow of Dr. Meyer Bodansky granting permission to Dr. Charles B. Davenport to reproduce a section of Dr. Bodansky's textbook, which is entitled "Physiological Chemistry".
Date: December 30, 1942
Creator: Bodansky, Eleanor A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History