The Federal Government and Human Needs (open access)

The Federal Government and Human Needs

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, with a Library of Congress cover page and Lisa Nickerson's name and title (Analyst, History and Public Affairs) typed at the bottom.
Date: October 1, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at AFL-CIO Convention, October 19, 1973] (open access)

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at AFL-CIO Convention, October 19, 1973]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at an AFL-CIO Convention. In it, she discusses government aid to those in need, New Deal coalitions with workers, and the threat that the Nixon administration poses to these.
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Physician: Two Views (open access)

The Physician: Two Views

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding national health care and the integrity of the profession of physicians as well as the United States government.
Date: September 15, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coalition for Purification (open access)

Coalition for Purification

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Convention, about social welfare programs.
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks by Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Tex) on the Floor of the House on April 18, 1973 on the Constitutional Crisis (open access)

Remarks by Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Tex) on the Floor of the House on April 18, 1973 on the Constitutional Crisis

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the House of Representatives about the Constitutional crisis surrounding election of a Democratic Congress with a Republican President.
Date: April 18, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quo Vadis: Decision? (open access)

Quo Vadis: Decision?

Handwritten draft of a text by Barbara Jordan regarding politics, Congressional responsibilities, and contemporary issues. This was delivered as speech at the 1973 commencement of Delaware State College.
Date: May 13, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at the Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet, November 10, 1973] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at the Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet, November 10, 1973]

Handwritten text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan the Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet. She discusses the accomplishments and vision of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Date: November 10, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks Given at the Washington Press Club January 9, 1973 (open access)

Remarks Given at the Washington Press Club January 9, 1973

Transcript of remarks given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Washington Press Club, in answer to the question "Tell us, what happened when Connally and his People reached the Jordan?"
Date: January 9, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Night the Lights went out in America (open access)

The Night the Lights went out in America

Handwritten Text by Barbara Jordan discussing an energy crisis, pollution, and problems with Congress. This is a photocopy of the original.
Date: April 16, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks Given at the Washington Press Club January 9, 1973 (open access)

Remarks Given at the Washington Press Club January 9, 1973

Transcript of remarks given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Washington Press Club, in answer to the question "Tell us, what happened when Connally and his People reached the Jordan?"
Date: January 9, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan on H.R. 6168 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan on H.R. 6168

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan about H.R. 6168, and the importance of setting up an inflation control program.
Date: April 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life's Moral Possibilities: Commencement Address to Baylor College of Medicine (open access)

Life's Moral Possibilities: Commencement Address to Baylor College of Medicine

Text for a commencement address given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Included is a Library of Congress Congressional Research Service cover page, with Charles H. Whittier's name and title (Analyst, History and Public Affairs, Government and General Research Division) listed at the bottom of the page.
Date: August 29, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C. & Whittier, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at AFL-CIO Convention, October 19, 1973] (open access)

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at AFL-CIO Convention, October 19, 1973]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at an AFL-CIO Convention. In it, she discusses government aid to those in need, New Deal coalitions with workers, and the threat that the Nixon administration poses to these.
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks Given at the Woman's National Democratic Club April 16, 1973 (open access)

Remarks Given at the Woman's National Democratic Club April 16, 1973

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Woman's National Democratic Club about America's current struggles in the areas of energy, pollution, water, air, social services, and constitutional crisis.
Date: April 16, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) Norfolk, Virginia -- June 30, 1973 (open access)

Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) at the Commissioning of the Destroyer Escort Miller (DE-1091) Norfolk, Virginia -- June 30, 1973

Text of Barbara Jordan's speech at the commissioning of a destroyer named after Dorie Miller.
Date: June 30, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsmen's Privilege (open access)

Newsmen's Privilege

Text in which Barbara Jordan discusses three police questions regarding the privilege of newspaper reports: whether a federal law should be passed to protect the confidentiality of sources, who counts as a reporter, and public reaction to source confidentiality in cases of brutal crimes in small towns.
Date: 1973~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quo Vadis Nixon II? (open access)

Quo Vadis Nixon II?

Text of a speech given by Barbara Jordan regarding the Nixon Administration's Watergate scandal.
Date: May 2, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan (Dem.-Texas), Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet - Houston, November 10, 1973 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan (Dem.-Texas), Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet - Houston, November 10, 1973

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan in which she extols the virtues of Lyndon Johnson, discusses his Great Society and his war on poverty, and the passing of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Date: November 10, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorial Tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson (open access)

Memorial Tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson

Text eulogizing Lyndon Johnson and his work regarding equal rights among Americans.
Date: January 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan (Dem.-Texas) Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet - Houston (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan (Dem.-Texas) Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet - Houston

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Susan B. Anthony Annual Banquet in Houston, Texas, memorializing Lyndon B. Johnson.
Date: November 10, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Challenge Renewed (open access)

The Challenge Renewed

Handwritten text by Barbara Jordan discussing and assessing American ten years after the Civil Rights Movement.
Date: 1973~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Night the Lights went out in America (open access)

The Night the Lights went out in America

Handwritten Text by Barbara Jordan discussing an energy crisis, pollution, and problems with Congress.
Date: April 16, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to Commissioning Ceremony of USS Miller (DE 1091)] (open access)

[Invitation to Commissioning Ceremony of USS Miller (DE 1091)]

Invitation to the commissioning of USS Miller at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The invitation has four unchecked boxes meant for declaring one's intention to attend or not. Included information contains dress requirements, time of the ceremony, proper usage of cameras, and a note that the ship will be available to tour after the ceremony.
Date: 1973
Creator: United States. Navy Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History