Collection
Country
States
Month
Language
1,067 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
1,067
next
[Letter from Jack Hightower to Barbara C. Jordan, August 1, 1967]
Letter from Jack Hightower to Barbara C. Jordan about travel and office rental expenses. The official Attorney General opinion on "Interim expenses of members of the Senate, 60th Legislature" is enclosed as an attachment.
Date:
August 1, 1967
Creator:
Hightower, Jack English, 1926-2013
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resume of Harris County Extension Service Educational Programs, 1968
Report containing information about agribusiness, family living, and community and youth activities in Harris county, Texas.
Date:
1968
Creator:
Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Summary, Local Sales and Use Tax Act
Summary of an act entitled "Summary, Local Sales and Use Tax Act."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Equality, Liberty and the Pursuit of Community in America
Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Texas Committee for the Humanities, entitled "Equality, Liberty and the Pursuit of Community in America."
Date:
November 13, 1987
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
How Do We Live With Each Other's Deepest Differences?
Text of a speech entitled "How Do We Live With Each Other's Deepest Differences?" given by Barbara C. Jordan at a conference related to Race Relations in Ohio.
Date:
June 28, 1990
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to George H. W. Bush, April 3, 1967]
Letter from Barbara Jordan to George H. W. Bush of the House of Representatives, thanking him for sending a newspaper clipping. Included is a handwritten note from Bush, an envelope, and a small newspaper clipping
Date:
April 3, 1967
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toward a Stable Educational Equilibrium
Text of a handwritten speech by Barbara Jordan regarding educational disadvantagement and government funding of educational programs.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stewardship And The Public Trust: Private Resources, Public Responsibilities
Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Council on Foundations conference in Atlanta, Georgia, entitled "Stewardship and the Public Trust: Private Resources, Public Responsibilities."
Date:
March 30, 1987
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Houston Legal Defense Fund Committee Public Rally Program]
Program for a public rally sponsored by the Houston Legal Defense Fund Committee to insure justice for five TSU students indicted as a result of an incident May 16-17. The rally took place at Greater Zion Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and featured Barbara Jordan as the main speaker.
Date:
July 30, 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, January 22, 1968]
Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, requesting to file for a divorce from his wife, Geneva Pierce. Included is the envelope.
Date:
January 22, 1968
Creator:
Pierce, Oliver
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas]
Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas, explaining his vetoing of Senate Bill 617.
Date:
June 18, 1967
Creator:
Connally, John
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Ramsey Clark and Barbara C. Jordan]
Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Ramsey Clark, thanking him for sending a newspaper clipping. Included is the newspaper clipping as well as the note from Ramsey Clark.
Date:
1967
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C. & Clark, Ramsey
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Robert Harris, October 21, 1968]
Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Robert Harris, informing him of her inability to attend a hearing because of a prior commitment.
Date:
October 21, 1968
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Community Organization - A Necessary Link
Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, and its environmental and employment issues.
Date:
October 11, 1975
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan, Black Caucus Dinner Speech, September 29, 1974]
Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the role of black women in the economy and politics. Jordan delivers short biographies of Myrlie Evers, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, and Margaret Young.
Date:
September 28, 1974
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Preston Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, May 25, 1966]
Letter from Preston Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election to the Texas Senate.
Date:
May 25, 1966
Creator:
Smith, Preston
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from Robert Harris to Members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, November 18, 1968]
Memo from Robert Harris to the members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, with a paper attached: The Case for the Negative Income Tax by Milton Friedman.
Date:
November 18, 1968
Creator:
Harris, Robert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan before Community Action Agency Directors Association - Rice Hotel - October 23, 1974
Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding Americans in poverty and the Community Services Act. Handwritten edits are present among the typed text.
Date:
October 23, 1974
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Civil Liberties: Inoperative? Inaudible? Unintelligible? Expletive Deleted?
Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the erosion of civil liberties in the face of an expanding government. She calls for her audience to not abandon the government.
Date:
May 11, 1974
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
60th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 559
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the occupational safety of employees of industry and enterprise; providing for enforcement and prescribing penalties.
Date:
June 12, 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Report to Commission of First Hearing]
Typed transcript of a report given by Otto Eckstein to the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs about a hearing that took place in Quincy, Florida.
Date:
November 22, 1968
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rights and Liberties - Threats and Promises
Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan relating to threats facing civil rights in the United States. The record also includes a a routing and transmittal slip sent from Kay O'Brien to Bob Alcock thanking him for his help in writing the speech.
Date:
1977-11-11~
Creator:
O'Brien, Kay
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session
Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date:
June 15, 1972
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lee W. Thompson to Barbara C. Jordan, July 19, 1967]
Letter from Lee W. Thompson to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for agreeing to speak at a Houston Heights Rotary Club luncheon and giving details about the event.
Date:
July 19, 1967
Creator:
Thompson, Lee W.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History