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[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 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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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
[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 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 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]
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 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
[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - May 14, 1999]
Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. His department has benefited from a one hundred thousand dollar allocation by the Community Revitalization Action Group. The funds were given with the intention of supporting art and cultural programs in neighborhoods, and the letter asks of Sterling to participate in a meeting to decide on guidelines for funding and selecting projects.
Date:
May 14, 1999
Creator:
Diaz, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward D. Garza to Sterling Houston - April 25, 2005]
Letter from Edward D. Garza, mayor of San Antonio, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to thank him for his participating in the Steering Committee for The Cultural Collaborative (TCC): A Plan for San Antonio's Creative Economy. The committee was put in place to find solutions to support art and cultural programs in the city. With its planning stage over, he discusses the future of the committee, including a new committee to be formed. He invites him to submit nominations for members.
Date:
April 25, 2005
Creator:
Garza, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Grace to Sterling Houston]
Letter from Grace to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. On the front page, she has quoted a passage from the book The Thorn Birds, a mythical bird who searches for a perfect thorn tree when born. When it finds it, it impales itself on its sharpest spine and sings the most beautiful song before it dies. On the back, she appears to have written a short poem.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Igo to Sterling Houston - July 11, 2000]
Letter from John Igo to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The handwriting makes the content of the letter difficult to read, but John appears to be sending details about an event at a San Antonio art gallery.
Date:
July 11, 2000
Creator:
Igo, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sterling Houston - June 11, 1999]
Letter from Sterling Houston's sister. She writes informing her brother of her travel schedule and is happy to know that the poet Maya Angelou is supportive of his profession. She wishes him the best in his writing and writes admirably about his skill as a playwright.
Date:
June 11, 1999
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Minton to Sterling Houston - 1999]
Letter from John and Amy Lisabeth Minton to Sterling Houston. They thank him for his friendship and monetary contribution to the Firelight Players organization.
Date:
1999
Creator:
Minton, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John McBurney to Sterling Houston - October 30, 2002]
Letter from John McBurney to Sterling Houston. He informs Mr. Houston that Tootie Finnell does not have a grave marker, and he would like his input to put on a drag show as a fundraising activity. He suggests the Jump-Start Theatre as a possible location. The letter has been written on a typed report. McBurney has included his business card as a make-up artist.
Date:
October 30, 2002
Creator:
McBurney, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sandra Cisneros to Sterling Houston - July 5th, 1996]
Letter from Sandra Cisneros to Sterling Houston. She tells him she "saw these and knew they were for your altar." She wishes him the best and to keep growing.
Date:
July 5, 1996
Creator:
Cisneros, Sandra
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bruce Tyler to Sterling Houston - March 1, 1994]
Letter from Bruce Tyler of the Social Security Administration to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The letter was sent to notify Sterling of a phone interview to review and update his social security benefits. A request form is included as a second page.
Date:
March 1, 1994
Creator:
Tyler, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Phill George to Sterling Houston - February 2nd, 1996]
Letter from Phill George to Sterling Houston. He writes from New York thanking him for sending Miranda, a play written by Houston. He hopes that once in San Antonio, he can work on Frankly, Scarlett at the Josephine Theatre.
Date:
February 2, 1996
Creator:
George, Bill
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Laurence to Sterling Houston - September 7th, 1996]
Typed letter from Dan Laurence to Sterling Houston. He writes thanking him for a recent note and pointing to an enclosed reading - which was not provided. Letter was written on Laurence's letterhead.
Date:
September 7, 1996
Creator:
Laurence, Dan
System:
The Portal to Texas History