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[Letter from Homer to WASP Steering Committee, September 8, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Homer to WASP Steering Committee, September 8, 1997]

Letter from Homer to WASP Steering Committee discussing the 2000 reunion, transportation, and housing of the official WASP archives.
Date: September 8, 1997
Creator: Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Major T. N. Carswell to Major Arthur B. Knickerbocker - May 8, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Major T. N. Carswell to Major Arthur B. Knickerbocker - May 8, 1941]

A letter written to Major Arthur B. Knickerbocker, Major, 34th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, Odessa, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Major, 10th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, dated May 8, 1941. Carswell advises Knickerbocker of his being assigned the tentative inspector for the units composing the 34th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, and requests Knickerbocker write with the time and arrangements for the inspection.
Date: May 8, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to J. E. Curry from Fayrene Rogers] (open access)

[Letter to J. E. Curry from Fayrene Rogers]

Letter to Chief J. E. Curry from Fayrene Rogers. Rogers writes to express her support for the Dallas Police Department. She states that she has enclosed a bumper sticker which calls for individuals to support their local police.
Date: February 8, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas sheriffs] (open access)

[News Script: Texas sheriffs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 8, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Gene Collins, July 8, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Gene Collins, July 8, 2016

Gene Collins was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. He attended Abilene Christian University, where he was a campus and community civil rights organizer. He completed his college education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Collins is now a local businessman and minister in Odessa, Texas. He has been president of the Odessa NAACP for over 15 years, and co-chair for environmental justice for the statewide NAACP. He helped lead several efforts toward environmental justice in and outside Odessa.
Date: July 8, 2016
Creator: Collins, Gene & Wisely, Karen
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nick Hernandez, July 7, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Nick Hernandez, July 7, 2016

Nick Hernandez was born and raised in Odessa, Texas. He attended Milam Elementary, Dunbar Junior High, and Ector High School before obtaining his GED at Southwest State University in San Marcos, Texas while working within Job Core; Hernandez was only fourteen when he obtained his GED. As a teenager, he took an interest in cars, which eventually led him to study car body work, which he took and taught others. Influenced by Raul Guerrero, originally from Pecos and educated at the University of Texas at El Paso, Hernandez helped start the Brown Berets chapter of Odessa, Texas. Hernandez helped lead the community protests against police brutality regarding the Larry Lozano beating and killing by the Odessa Police Department. Hernandez is now in the Hall of Fame of Lowrider Magazine and is part of Taste of Latin Car Club.
Date: July 8, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Hernandez, Nick
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-237 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-237

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the proposed Ector County Juvenile detention facilities meet the statutory requirements of Articles 2338-1 and 5115 of Vernon’s Civil Statutes, as being separate and apart from adults, and as being suitably segregated, and related question.
Date: March 8, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History