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[Letter from Otis F. Richardson to Sterling Houston - February 24, 2003] (open access)

[Letter from Otis F. Richardson to Sterling Houston - February 24, 2003]

Letter from Otis F. Richardson to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes as an old friend, and sends photocopied pages of a magazine article in THING, in which Houston was profiled. A fourth page shows some of Richardson's work as an illustrator. He discloses to Houston that he would like to start a line of gay and lesbian greeting cards. He has included three of these mock-ups in the letter as well.
Date: February 24, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Otis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sandra Cisneros to Sterling Houston - August 17, 2003] (open access)

[Letter from Sandra Cisneros to Sterling Houston - August 17, 2003]

Letter from Sandra Cisneros to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to congratulate him for receiving a 2003 Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award, a fifteen hundred dollar award with no restrictions as to its use. A second letter is included that reads as a press release for the award, with mention of other award winners and the award history.
Date: August 17, 2003
Creator: Cisneros, Sandra
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Linda Koulisis - July 25, 1981] (open access)

[Letter from Linda Koulisis - July 25, 1981]

Letter from Linda Koulisis, production manager of the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, on behalf of Sterling Houston. She is writing a letter of recommendation for the playwright, whom she praises in the short letter.
Date: July 25, 1981
Creator: Koulisis, Linda
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward D. Garza to Sterling Houston - August 6, 2003] (open access)

[Letter from Edward D. Garza to Sterling Houston - August 6, 2003]

Letter from Edward D. Garza, mayor of the city of San Antonio, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. He writes to invite him to join the Cultural Collaborative Steering Committee, a group composed of leaders in the arts community. The members, chosen from the private and public sector, would have a say in the growth and support of San Antonio's cultural sector.
Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Garza, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Michele Autenrieth to Sterling Houston - May 6, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Michele Autenrieth to Sterling Houston - May 6, 1997]

Letter from Michele Autenrieth, account executive of Guerra DeBerry & Company, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to invite him to be a judge for the Annual Citicorp Employee Art Contest, where Citicorp employees present sculptures, paintings, and other forms of art.
Date: May 6, 1997
Creator: Autenrieth, Michele
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Paul Harford to Sterling Houston - September 5, 2003] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Paul Harford to Sterling Houston - September 5, 2003]

Letter from Dr. Paul Harford to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes sending him a list of information regarding medication and treatment of the HIV virus. His last item on the list is the contact information of a physician, Dr. Luis Alfredo Cisneros.
Date: September 5, 2003
Creator: Harford, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kjersti Sweger to Sterling Houston] (open access)

[Letter from Kjersti Sweger to Sterling Houston]

Letter from Kjersti Sweger, copy editor of The Trinitonian - campus newspaper of Trinity University - to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to thank him for his photos, which were used in a story published by the newspaper.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sweger, Kjersti
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tanya Palmer and Adrien-Alice Hansel to Sterling Houston - May 20, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Tanya Palmer and Adrien-Alice Hansel to Sterling Houston - May 20, 2004]

Letter from Tanya Palmer and Adrien-Alice Hansel of the Actors Theatre in Louisville to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. They write to invite him to send plays for future production in their company. They thank his past contributions and invite him to also participate in the national Ten-Minute Play Contest.
Date: May 20, 2004
Creator: Palmer, Tanya & Hansel, Adrien-Alice
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Linnet Taylor to a CAN Gathering Participant - June 2, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Linnet Taylor to a CAN Gathering Participant - June 2, 2004]

Letter from Linnet Taylor, program assistant of creativity and culture of the Rockefeller Foundation. She sends the letter to a "CAN gathering participant" with a copy of Creative Community: the Art of Community Cultural Development; presumably, a publication by the Foundation.
Date: June 2, 2004
Creator: Taylor, Linnet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Midge Graybeal to Sterling Houston - December 27, 1990] (open access)

[Letter from Midge Graybeal to Sterling Houston - December 27, 1990]

Letter from Midge Graybeal, executive director of the San Antonio Business Committee for the Arts, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. She writes to inform him of his nomination for the 1991 Artist of the Year. The award event will encompass a daytime luncheon where the winner will be announced.
Date: December 27, 1990
Creator: Graybeal, Midge
System: The Portal to Texas History
[E-mail from Claudia Ladensohn - October 9, 2002] (open access)

[E-mail from Claudia Ladensohn - October 9, 2002]

E-mail letter from Claudia Ladensohn of the Texas Commission on the Arts to Jon Hinojosa, Catherine Cisneros, Lyn Bobbitt, and Sterling Houston. She is writing to confirm an event that will take place in a couple of months, and to send a tentative schedule of the day's event.
Date: December 27, 1990
Creator: Ladensohn, Claudia
System: The Portal to Texas History
[E-mail from Amy Wegener, Tanya Palmer, and Michael Bigelow Dixon to Sterling Houston - February 2001] (open access)

[E-mail from Amy Wegener, Tanya Palmer, and Michael Bigelow Dixon to Sterling Houston - February 2001]

Letter from Amy Wegener, Tanya Palmer, and Michael Bigelow Dixon of the Actors Theatre of Louisville to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. They are writing to inform him that they picked one of his plays for inclusion in that year's Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Wegener, Amy; Palmer, Tanya & Dixon, Michael Bigelow
System: The Portal to Texas History
[E-mail from Tanya Palmer to Sterling Houston - November 27, 2000] (open access)

[E-mail from Tanya Palmer to Sterling Houston - November 27, 2000]

Letter from Tanya Palmer of the Actors Theatre of Louisville to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to send him a Commission Agreement that needs to be signed by Houston to allow for a collaboration between the Actors Theatre and Houston's theatre group, the Jump-Start Performance Company. A fax transmission report that was sent back to Tanya is also included as well as a copy of "Message Sent", the play entered for submission to the Actors Theatre.
Date: November 27, 2000
Creator: Palmer, Tanya
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William W. Cook - April 7, 1998] (open access)

[Letter from William W. Cook - April 7, 1998]

Letter from William W. Cook, chair of the National Black Theatre Summit at Dartmouth College, to participants of the National Black Theatre Summit. He writes to thank those involved for their work and participation. The gathering comprised of a conference and discussions on the future of theatre affecting, concerning, or about African-Americans. Several initiatives are mentioned, mandates that have been met, and areas that still need attention.
Date: April 7, 1998
Creator: Cook, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Park Chambers, Tim Doud, and Lawrence Steger to Sterling Houston - December 22, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Park Chambers, Tim Doud, and Lawrence Steger to Sterling Houston - December 22, 1992]

Letter from Park Chambers, Tim Doud, and Lawrence Steger of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. They write to thank him for allowing them to house his documentation. It appears that Mr. Houston's contribution was helpful to an exhibition titled Private/Public. The School of the Art Institute played a seemingly large role in the exhibit as well.
Date: December 22, 1992
Creator: Chambers, Park; Doud, Tim & Steger, Lawrence
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Judith Zaffirini to Sterling Houston - May 24, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Judith Zaffirini to Sterling Houston - May 24, 1993]

Letter from Judith Zaffirini, state senator from Texas, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes back as a response to a letter by Houston, noting that she, like Sterling, fully supports funding for the arts. This includes funds for the Texas Commission on the Arts and the SB 778 bill, which she co-sponsored with twenty-seven other members.
Date: May 24, 1993
Creator: Zaffirini, Judith
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sally de Mattia to Sterling Houston - June 22, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Sally de Mattia to Sterling Houston - June 22, 1995]

Letter from Sally de Mattia to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes from the Italian-based magazine Omero, which is in various stages of publishing Le Griffon, a play by Houston. She also wonders if perhaps she should take her own play out of Houston's production company, the Jump-Start Performance Company, due to setbacks in funding and delays.
Date: June 22, 1995
Creator: de Mattia, Sally
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joyce Lambrecht - June 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Joyce Lambrecht - June 1995]

Letter from Joyce Lambrecht, special projects chairman of the Alamo Theater Arts Council. She writes to invite photograph submissions by local theater groups for the 1995 Globe Awards, an event celebrating achievements by San Antonio theaters. She would also like presenters and asks for volunteers.
Date: June 1995
Creator: Lambrecht, Joyce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bruce Morrow to Sterling Houston - June 27, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Bruce Morrow to Sterling Houston - June 27, 1995]

Letter from Bruce Morrow, associate director of the Teachers & Writers Collaborative, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to thank him for sending his story, Moan Your Mourners, but has declined to include it in an anthology of short stories he is editing.
Date: June 1995
Creator: Morrow, Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - November 8, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - November 8, 1995]

Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He is writing on behalf of Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright, so that he may be awarded a fellowship with the Center. Diaz notes that Houston has been instrumental in establishing alternative theater and wholeheartedly recommends him to their program.
Date: November 8, 1995
Creator: Diaz, Eduardo
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor to Sterling Houston - August 28, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor to Sterling Houston - August 28, 1995]

Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor, president of St. Philip's College, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He informs him that he would be pleased to host a reception to one of Houston's adaptations - On the Pulse of the Morning by the world-renowned poet Maya Angelou - before the production goes up. However, he is unable to provide additional funds to underwrite the event.
Date: August 28, 1995
Creator: Taylor, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary P. Travers to Sterling Houston - November 15, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Mary P. Travers to Sterling Houston - November 15, 1993]

Letter from Mary Travers, vice president of Alice B. Theatre, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to congratulate him on being one of ten people chosen as a finalist for a position on the artistic staff. The rest of the letter details how the upcoming weeks will look like for the finalists, and what materials they need to send so that the theatre can make their final decision.
Date: November 15, 1995
Creator: Travers, Mary P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Our Texas Magazine to Sterling Houston] (open access)

[Letter from Our Texas Magazine to Sterling Houston]

Letter from someone at Our Texas Magazine to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Presumably, a copy of a publication was sent to Houston. It asks if Houston knows of a church with a statue of St. Martin. Though it has been signed at the bottom, the name is difficult to read with certainty.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arturo Madrid to Sterling Houston - September 27, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Arturo Madrid to Sterling Houston - September 27, 1995]

Letter from Arturo Madrid of Trinity University to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to invite him to a reception and dinner for Judith F. Baca, an artist-in-residence at the university, at Magnolia Gardens Restaurant. He asks that he please RSVP as soon as possible.
Date: September 27, 1995
Creator: Madrid, Arturo
System: The Portal to Texas History