[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Joseph Kopecky - June 27, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Joseph Kopecky - June 27, 1939]

Letter from Dr. Bodansky to Dr. Kopecky discussing the possibility of creating a committee in Texas for medical emigres from Europe.
Date: June 27, 1939
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Laurence Farmer - June 30, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Laurence Farmer - June 30, 1939]

Letter from Dr. Bodansky to Dr. Farmer, executive secretary of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Medical Scientists, discussing future possible vacancies for medical emigres.
Date: June 30, 1939
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Stanley Cobb - July 19, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Stanley Cobb - July 19, 1939]

Letter from Dr. Bodansky to Dr. Cobb, asking that Dr. Cobb invite Dr. Graves to be the chairman of a new committee in Texas that would be similar to the Boston Committee on Medical Emigres.
Date: July 19, 1939
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Joseph Kopecky - July 1939] (open access)

[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Joseph Kopecky - July 1939]

Letters between Dr. Bodansky and Dr. Kopecky, suggesting that Dr. Kopecky join the general committee.
Date: 1939-07-13/1939-07-19
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941 & Kopecky, Dr. Joseph
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Moise Levy - July 1939] (open access)

[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Moise Levy - July 1939]

Letters between Dr. Bodansky and Dr. Levy suggesting that Dr. Graves become chairman of the Texas committee and a list of men suitable for the rest of the positions.
Date: 1939-07-15/1939-07-19
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941 & Levy, Moise D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Mr. Herbert Mallinson - July 1939] (open access)

[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Mr. Herbert Mallinson - July 1939]

Letters between Dr. Bodansky and Mr. Mallinson, discussing possible candidates for the chairman of the Texas committee.
Date: 1939-07-07/1939-07-19
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941 & Mallinson, Herbert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Nicholas Michelson - July 1939] (open access)

[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Nicholas Michelson - July 1939]

Letters between Dr. Bodansky and Dr. Michelson, concerning the possible internships available for two foreign physicians at St. Therese Hospital.
Date: 1939-07-20/1939-07-27
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941 & Michelson, Nicholas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Club Terpsicore member posing in long white dress]

Photograph of a Club Terpsicore member wearing a long white dress, gloves, and tiara, posing next to a column and in front of a wall with a round window.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Club Terpsicore member wearing a fancy dress]

Photograph of a Club Terpsicore member wearing a fancy dress, 1939-1940.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members in long dresses]

Photograph of fourteen Club Terpsicore members standing in two rows, wearing matching floor-length light-colored dresses with capes.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers]

Photograph of fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers in three rows in front of a dark-colored curtain. They are wearing matching light-colored floor-length dresses with short puffy sleeves. Two of the girls in the front row are holding bouquets and an arrangement in a vase is on the floor in the center of the group.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Club Terpsicore members]

Photograph of a group of Club Terpsicore members, 1939-1940. All of the girls are wearing identical, floor-length, light-colored, sleeveless dresses with an attached cape and flowers in their hair. They are posing in front of a building backdrop with a round window and large arch; the front row is seated on chairs or stools and a second row is standing behind them.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball]

Photograph of ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball at the Rice Hotel Ballroom, 1939-1940. Standing, left to right: Angelita Perez, Virginia Gomez, Lupe Quintanilla, Edelia Cantú, Maria Medrano, Hortensia Ornelas. Seated, left to right: Socoro Garcia, Laurentina Rodriguez, Esther Luna, Catalina Gomez.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the National Committee for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - July 28, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from the National Committee for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - July 28, 1939]

Letter from Dr. Clark to Dr. Bodansky discussing the formation of a Texas committee for the relocation of foreign physicians.
Date: July 28, 1939
Creator: Clark, Dean A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Poll tax receipt for John J. Herrera, County of Harris - 1938] (open access)

[Poll tax receipt for John J. Herrera, County of Harris - 1938]

1938 Harris County poll tax receipt number 32167 for John J. Herrera. It includes demographic information about Herrera and is signed by the deputy of the Harris County Assessor and Collector of Taxes.
Date: January 30, 1939
Creator: Harris County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oscar Holcombe to John J. Herrera - 1939-08-22] (open access)

[Letter from Oscar Holcombe to John J. Herrera - 1939-08-22]

Letter to John J. Herrera from Houston Mayor Oscar Holcombe. Holcombe advises Herrea to contact Houston City Secretary H. C. Jacobs about Herrera's reinstatement in the water department.
Date: August 22, 1939
Creator: Holcombe, Oscar, 1888-1968
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oscar Holcombe to Olivia C. Herrera - August 24, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Oscar Holcombe to Olivia C. Herrera - August 24, 1939]

Letter to Mrs. Olivia C. Herrera, wife of John J. Herrera, from Houston Mayor Oscar Holcombe. Holcombe acknowledges Mrs. Herrera's letter concerning her husband, whom Holcombe refers to as "Johnny," and informs Mrs. Herrera that he had written to Mr. Herrera two days before suggesting that Mr. Herrera meet with City Secretary H. C. Jacobs.
Date: August 24, 1939
Creator: Holcombe, Oscar, 1888-1968
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Amendment - 1939-06-19] (open access)

[League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Amendment - 1939-06-19]

Document is an amendment to the League of United Latin American Citizens Charter dated June 19, 1939. The amendment serves to extend the corporation's territorial limits from "the State of Texas," as indicated in the original charter, to "the United States of America." It is signed by officers of LULAC as well as a notary public.
Date: June 19, 1939
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Amendment - 1939-06-19] (open access)

[League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Amendment - 1939-06-19]

Document is an amendment to the League of United Latin American Citizens Charter dated June 19, 1939. The amendment serves to extend the corporation's territorial limits from "the State of Texas," as indicated in the original charter, to "the United States of America." It is signed by officers of LULAC as well as a notary public.
Date: June 19, 1939
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank E. Mann to John J. Herrera - 1939-06-30] (open access)

[Letter from Frank E. Mann to John J. Herrera - 1939-06-30]

Letter to John J. Herrea from Houston City Commissioner #2 Frank E. Mann. Mann had received a letter from one of Herrera's associations congratulating the city council on a new wage structure. The new structure has clear minimums and maximums that employees can earn through ability or longevity.
Date: June 30, 1939
Creator: Mann, Frank E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nicholas Michelson to Sister M. Albins - July 20, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Nicholas Michelson to Sister M. Albins - July 20, 1939]

Letter from Dr. Michelson to Sister Albins, referring Sister Albins to two candidates to intern at St. Therese Hospital.
Date: July 20, 1939
Creator: Michelson, Nicholas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
1939 Inventory (open access)

1939 Inventory

Inventory sheet from 1939 after the Danevang Famer's Co-operative bought out a local grocery store. The document lists all of the supplies in the store, with prices on the far right and a total price at the bottom, which has been crossed out with pencil. The actual price appears to have been written on the bottom left corner.
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Progress (open access)

Certificate of Progress

Certificate of progress document given to Jillie Jensen from a Danevang public school. There is a decorative border surrounding the paper. Beneath an illustration of a hand holding a quill pen, the text reads: "This Certifies that Lillie Jensen has done good work in Penmanship in the third grade of Danevang Public Schools and has made notable progress in keeping correct position, using proper movement and doing legible writing in all written work." The name of the school, teacher, and principal follows, plus the date.
Date: May 19, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Danevang School Bus

Copy negative of a Danevang School bus in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. There are four people sitting inside the bus, and one person identified as Dorothy Andersen Westergaard is standing next to the bus. From top to bottom, the individuals sitting in the bus are Albert Westergaard, Andrew J. Hensen, Adell Westergaard (daughter of Dorothy Anderson Westergaard), Lavern (Dutch) Hansen and his puppy. According to sources, Andrew Hansen was the bus driver for the communities of Danevang, Liberty and Hurt.
Date: 1939~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History