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[Barbara Jordan Attending a UT Commencement Ceremony #2]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan attending a University of Texas commencement ceremony. She is seated at a banquet table with three other people. There are large slices of cake on the table.
Date: May 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Attending a UT Commencement Ceremony #3]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan attending a University of Texas commencement ceremony. She is seated at a table with three other people around her.
Date: May 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ethics Class Party at Barbara Jordan's House #3]

Photograph of an ethics class party at Barbara Jordan's house. Pictured with her are Laura Thomas, Tim Lee, Laura Jones, David Hurlbut, Paula Adams, and Yvonne Darrah. They are watching the Follies '91 video.
Date: May 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ethics Class Party at Barbara Jordan's House #2]

Photograph of an ethics class party at Barbara Jordan's house posing with her for a picture. Pictured with her are Nora Hoskins, Kim McMath, Paula Adams, Kristina Velasquez, Wally Ingram, Laura Jones, Jennifer Povlakidas, and Matthew Witowsky. All of them are holding up a "Hook 'em" hand sign.
Date: May 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ethics Class Party at Barbara Jordan's House #1]

Photograph of an ethics class party at Barbara Jordan's house posing with her for a picture. Pictured with her are Kim McMath, Paula Adams, Kristina Velasquez, Wally Ingram, Laura Jones, Jennifer Povlakidas, and Matthew Witowsky.
Date: May 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Attending a UT Commencement Ceremony #1]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan attending a University of Texas commencement ceremony. She is in a wheelchair surrounded by six other people.
Date: May 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert S. Stauss to Barbara Jordan, May 25, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Robert S. Stauss to Barbara Jordan, May 25, 1973]

Letter sent from Chairman Robert S. Strauss to the Honorable Barbara Jordan saying that he thinks Jordan will enjoy "having the enclosed." There is a handwritten note in the upper left corner that reads: "Send thank for picture, show this to Doug."
Date: May 25, 1973
Creator: Stauss, Robert S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release by Boston University Office of Public Information] (open access)

[Release by Boston University Office of Public Information]

Release from Boston University Office of Public Information stating that Barbara Jordan "is awarded honorary doctor of laws degree" during the Charter Centennial commencement.
Date: May 30, 1969
Creator: Boston University Office of Public Information
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note from Jack Brooks to Barbara Jordan, May 7, 1974] (open access)

[Note from Jack Brooks to Barbara Jordan, May 7, 1974]

Note from Jack Brooks to Barbara Jordan saying that he is enclosing pictures taken during a reception for "the Building and Construction Trades people on April 3, 1974."
Date: May 7, 1974
Creator: Brooks, Jack
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust (open access)

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Representative Barbara Jordan Commencement Address, William and Mary College (open access)

Representative Barbara Jordan Commencement Address, William and Mary College

Text for a commencement address given by Barbara C. Jordan at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Date: May 14, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute (open access)

Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Institutional Investor Institute in Washington D.C., about the establishment of economic policies.
Date: May 10, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Regulatory Act of 1977 (open access)

The Regulatory Act of 1977

Text for testimony given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, in support of the Regulatory Reform Act of 1977 (S 600).
Date: May 24, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Realities of an Energy Policy (open access)

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Northeast District Legislative Conference of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union in Washington D.C.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Pollution Control for Houston (open access)

Air Pollution Control for Houston

Text for a statement made by Barbara C. Jordan before the Texas Air Control Board about the issue of air pollution in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 28, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks by Barbara Jordan before the American Pharmaceutical Association, May 15, 1977] (open access)

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan before the American Pharmaceutical Association, May 15, 1977]

Text of speech given by Barbara Jordan at the American Pharmaceutical Association. She discusses national health care, health care laws, and public drug education.
Date: May 15, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Realities of an Energy Policy (open access)

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the United States' lack of an energy policy and what the oil companies can do to deal with the situation.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Consent of the Governed: Profit or Loss (open access)

Consent of the Governed: Profit or Loss

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the loss of public trust in the government, how to combat this loss, and economic concerns. Included with this document is two pages of an editorial from CHANGE entitled "How Separate? How Equal?," which discusses black separatism and intellectualism and ends with a circled section about Barbara Jordan.
Date: May 14, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conviction Values (open access)

Conviction Values

Text for Barbara C. Jordan's commencement speech at the University of Texas about personal convictions and standards.
Date: May 24, 1986
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Realities of an Energy Policy (open access)

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the United States' lack of an energy policy and what the oil companies can do to deal with the situation.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Regulatory Reform Act of 1977 (open access)

The Regulatory Reform Act of 1977

Text for testimony given by Barbara Jordan before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs about the Regulatory Reform Act of 1977.
Date: May 24, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute (open access)

Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Institutional Investor Institute in Washington D.C.
Date: May 10, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quo Vadis Nixon II? (open access)

Quo Vadis Nixon II?

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Society of Newspapers in Washington, DC, about the implications of Watergate for the Richard Nixon and his presidency.
Date: May 2, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minority Truckers (open access)

Minority Truckers

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding difficulties and discrimination faced by minority truckers.
Date: May 21, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History