[Consul Mortuary Certificate for Wendell Tarver] (open access)

[Consul Mortuary Certificate for Wendell Tarver]

Official diplomatic packet authorizing the transfer of Wendell Tarver's remains from Monterrey, Mexico to Laredo, Texas for burial. The official consul certificate is signed and sealed with a ribbon that connects all of the accompanying paperwork required for the transfer: the official death certificate (in Spanish, documenting Tarver's death at age 40 from a suspected heart attack, "infarto del miocardio"), the affidavit from the embalmer documenting the preparation for transfer, and travel orders signed by the governor and the chief of public health services ("Servicios Coordinados de Servicios Publica") in Nuevo Leon.
Date: July 15, 1971
Creator: Parson, Wesley H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico City Times (Mexico City, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, November 25, 1963 (open access)

Mexico City Times (Mexico City, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, November 25, 1963

Daily newspaper from Mexico City, Mexico that includes local, national, and international news along with advertising.
Date: November 25, 1963
Creator: DeWitt, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History