Texas Statewide Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Regional Coordinating Committees and Task Forces (open access)

Texas Statewide Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Regional Coordinating Committees and Task Forces

Text of a study intended to develop a vocational rehabilitation program for handicapped individuals in Texas by July 1, 1975. It identifies those in need of vocational rehabilitation and operating requirements for such programs.
Date: March 17, 1967
Creator: Texas. State Project Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Thurgood Marshall Tribute, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Thurgood Marshall Tribute, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at a tribute to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Date: September 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Text of speech delivered by Rep. Barbara C. Jordan to the Associated Harvard Alumni on June 17, 1977 (open access)

Text of speech delivered by Rep. Barbara C. Jordan to the Associated Harvard Alumni on June 17, 1977

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Associated Harvard Alumni. The text is formatted as a letter, with Deane W. Lord's name typed above the text and the Harvard University News Office address listed.
Date: June 17, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Society of Newspaper Editors (open access)

American Society of Newspaper Editors

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, joking about the upcoming 1976 presidential election.
Date: April 17, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Remarks to American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 17, 1975] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Remarks to American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 17, 1975]

Handwritten text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the American Society of Newspaper editors. She makes jokes at the expense of the Republican party and several of its members, including Ronald Reagan.
Date: April 17, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Remarks at Thurgood Marshall Tribute by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, September 17, 1993] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Remarks at Thurgood Marshall Tribute by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, September 17, 1993]

Text of speech made by Barbara Jordan regarding the career of Thurgood Marshall. She goes over his career and describes Marshall as a champion of individual liberties.
Date: September 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Remarks Before American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 17, 1975] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Remarks Before American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 17, 1975]

Text of remarks delivered by Barbara Jordan before the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She makes political jokes about conservatives.
Date: April 17, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy (open access)

A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan before the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society. She describes how members of legal professions are required by a democratic society, and how African-American lawyers in particular have safeguarded legal rights.
Date: April 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Text of speech delivered by Rep. Barbara C. Jordan to the Associated Harvard Alumni on June 17, 1977 (open access)

Text of speech delivered by Rep. Barbara C. Jordan to the Associated Harvard Alumni on June 17, 1977

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Associated Harvard Alumni. The text is formatted as a letter, with Deane W. Lord's name typed above the text and the Harvard University News Office address listed.
Date: June 17, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Representative Barbara Jordan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - YWCA of Germantown, Pennsylvania (open access)

Representative Barbara Jordan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - YWCA of Germantown, Pennsylvania

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the YWCA in Germantown, Pennsylvania, about women's contributions to the political process.
Date: September 17, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Ginger Miller Lowry to Professor Barbara Jordan - February 17, 1985] (open access)

[Memorandum from Ginger Miller Lowry to Professor Barbara Jordan - February 17, 1985]

Memorandum from Ginger Miller Lowry to Barbara C. Jordan, containing comments about the status and future of the Democratic party.
Date: February 17, 1985
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, September 17, 1968] (open access)

[Copy of Telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, September 17, 1968]

Copy of telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, wishing him well on his campaign and asking him to support Hubert Humphrey in the upcoming election
Date: September 17, 1968
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Platform of the Democratic Party of Texas, 1968] (open access)

[Platform of the Democratic Party of Texas, 1968]

Typed narrative detailing the platform of the Democratic Party of Texas, written in Austin, Texas in September of 1968.
Date: September 17, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Yeura S. Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, January 17, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Yeura S. Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, January 17, 1968]

Letter from Yeura S. Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for visiting her office.
Date: January 17, 1968
Creator: Smith, Yeura S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Resolution Number 67 (open access)

Senate Resolution Number 67

Resolution declaring Texas' recognition of "National Root Beer Week."
Date: June 17, 1968
Creator: Hardeman; Wilson & Jordan
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy (open access)

A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy

Text of a speech given by Barbara Jordan for the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society of the University of Texas. The speech is entitled "A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy."
Date: April 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Resolution Number 67 (open access)

Senate Resolution Number 67

Resolution declaring Texas' recognition of "National Root Beer Week."
Date: June 17, 1968
Creator: Hardeman; Wilson & Jordan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Resolution Number 67 (open access)

Senate Resolution Number 67

Resolution declaring Texas' recognition of "National Root Beer Week."
Date: June 17, 1968
Creator: Hardeman; Wilson & Jordan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toward a Stable Educational Equilibrium (open access)

Toward a Stable Educational Equilibrium

Text of a speech by Barbara Jordan regarding educational disadvantagement and government funding of educational programs.
Date: February 17, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Summary of Recommendations of Other Commissions Bearing on Income Maintenance] (open access)

[Summary of Recommendations of Other Commissions Bearing on Income Maintenance]

Document for the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs summarizing the findings and recommendations of other commissions related to income maintenance.
Date: May 17, 1968
Creator: President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Resolution Number 67 (open access)

Senate Resolution Number 67

Resolution declaring Texas' recognition of "National Root Beer Week."
Date: June 17, 1968
Creator: Hardeman; Wilson & Jordan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toward a Stable Educational Equilibrium (open access)

Toward a Stable Educational Equilibrium

Text of a speech by Barbara Jordan regarding educational disadvantagement and government funding of educational programs.
Date: February 17, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Need VS. The Texas State Department of Public Welfare (open access)

Need VS. The Texas State Department of Public Welfare

Paper presented at the meeting of the GI Forum in Austin, Texas and prepared by Morris Kagan, entitled "Need VS. The Texas State Department of Public Welfare."
Date: October 17, 1968
Creator: Kagan, Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Is Our Stewardship of Liberty Flagging? (open access)

Is Our Stewardship of Liberty Flagging?

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Spirit of Liberty Award Ceremony for People for the American Way in New York. Also included is a letter from Philip Bobbitt to Barbara Jordan containing quotes from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Judge Learned Hand, and Voltaire.
Date: November 17, 1988
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History