Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, and its environmental and employment issues.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Crime (open access)

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Crime

Transcript of testimony given by Barbara C. Jordan before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, presenting a bill for incorporation into the subcommittee's 1976 amendments.
Date: March 11, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes]

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan about the criminal justice system in America.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, concerning the impeachment of Richard Nixon.
Date: April 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding poverty and poor conditions in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas. Handwritten notes appear among the typed text.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pro Bono Programs - Democracies' Guarantor (open access)

Pro Bono Programs - Democracies' Guarantor

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Pro Bono Conference in Austin, Texas.
Date: April 11, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Crime Symposium Speech] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Crime Symposium Speech]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for a Crime Symposium in Austin, Texas. The speech addresses the condition and prospects of America's criminal justice system.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Boaz to Barbara C. Jordan - December 11, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from John K. Boaz to Barbara C. Jordan - December 11, 1992]

Letter from John K. Boaz of Illinois State University to Barbara C. Jordan, with an enclosed transcript of her Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Lecture.
Date: December 11, 1992
Creator: Boaz, John K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic Recovery for America (open access)

Economic Recovery for America

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan to Texas Honor Students, addressing the potential of youth to improve society.
Date: February 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Education Week, University of Texas (open access)

Education Week, University of Texas

Typed draft of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for Education Week at the University of Texas, about America's educational programs. Corrections and additions are handwritten in pencil.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Houston Club - October 11, 1994, Houston, TX (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Houston Club - October 11, 1994, Houston, TX

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Houston Club in Houston, Texas, at a centennial celebration for the organization.
Date: October 11, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from Stephen A. Berrang to Barbara C. Jordan - February 11, 1985] (open access)

[Memo from Stephen A. Berrang to Barbara C. Jordan - February 11, 1985]

Memo from Stephen A. Berrang to barbara C. jordan about the status of the Democratic party in America.
Date: February 11, 1985
Creator: Berrang, Stephen A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Leadership and Congressional Responsibility Paper (open access)

Presidential Leadership and Congressional Responsibility Paper

Paper written about presidential leadership and congressional responsibility, and the balance of power between the two governmental branches.
Date: December 11, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic Recovery for America (open access)

Economic Recovery for America

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan to Texas Honor Students, addressing the potential of youth to improve society. Handwritten notes are written in the margins.
Date: February 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, concerning the impeachment of Richard Nixon.
Date: April 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Education Week, University of Texas (open access)

Education Week, University of Texas

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for Education Week at the University of Texas, about America's educational programs.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Common Good: A Framework for Discussion and Consensus (open access)

The Common Good: A Framework for Discussion and Consensus

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southwest Meeting of the American Assembly at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas. The speech is about social welfare policies.
Date: May 11, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Special Briefing: February 11, 1987, 70th Legislature and Higher Education Funding - Edited Remarks by Barbara Jordan (open access)

Special Briefing: February 11, 1987, 70th Legislature and Higher Education Funding - Edited Remarks by Barbara Jordan

Transcript of remarks made by Barbara Jordan at a special briefing of the 70th Legislature and Higher Education Funding.
Date: February 11, 1987
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech For Texas Councils For Social Studies (open access)

Speech For Texas Councils For Social Studies

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan for the Texas Councils for Social Studies about possible changes to the school system.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic Recovery for America (open access)

Economic Recovery for America

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan to Texas Honor Students, addressing the potential of youth to improve society.
Date: February 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Shakes Hands with a Patient of Houston Veterans Administration Hospital]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan shaking hands with a patient of the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital during the VIP Visitation Program on Veterans Day. She is wearing a dark-colored dress with a patterned vest, and the man is laying in a bed.
Date: November 11, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Speaks with a Patient at the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan speaking with a patient of the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital during the VIP Visitation Program on Veterans Day. She is wearing a dark-colored dress with a patterned vest. The man is sitting in a wheelchairs, and there is a row of beds in the background behind him.
Date: November 11, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan with Administrative Staff of the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan standing with administrative staff of the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital during the VIP Visitation Program on Veterans Day. She is pictured in the middle of the the line, wearing a dark-colored dress with a patterned vest.
Date: November 11, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Signs an Autograph of a Patient of Houston Veterans Administration Hospital]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan signing an autograph of a patient at Houston Veterans Administration Hospital during the VIP Visitation Program on Veterans Day. She is wearing a dark-colored dress with a patterned vest.
Date: November 11, 1974
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History