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[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 Boyd Vance to Jump-Start Performance Company - April 9, 1998]
Letter from Boyd Vance, artistic director of Pro Arts Collective, to Jump-Start Performance Company. He writes to express his excitement for an upcoming collaboration. He also expresses concern for promotion and publicity. In this photocopied version, Mr. Vance has included a check he wrote to the company for three-hundred dollars as well as a fax cover sheet.
Date:
April 9, 1998
Creator:
Vance, Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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 Boyd Vance to Jump-Start Performance Company - April 6, 1998]
Letter from Boyd Vance, artistic director of Pro Arts Collective, to Jump-Start Performance Company. He writes to express his excitement for an upcoming collaboration. He also expresses concern for promotion and publicity.
Date:
April 6, 1998
Creator:
Vance, Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence to Mary P. Douglass - April 24, 1996]
Letter from Barbara A. Lawrence to Mary P. Douglass stating that the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. is a "fully paid Golden Heritage Member" of the San Antonio Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She has enclosed a letter from the San Antonio Branch confirming their membership.
Date:
April 24, 1996
Creator:
Lawrence, Barbara A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aaronetta Pierce to Sister Links - April 11, 1995]
Letter from Aaronetta Pierce, national director of the arts for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc, to other link members. She sends her congratulations to Harriet Kelly, whose art exhibition will open at the Smithsonian Institution as part of the National African American Museum Project.
Date:
April 11, 1995
Creator:
Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry B. Gonzalez to Sterling Houston - April 22, 1991]
Letter from Henry B. Gonzalez, member of the House of Representatives, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Houston wrote to Gonzalez in a prior correspondence about Out of a Time of Plague, one of his stage plays, fearing censorship. Mr. Gonzalez promises to continue to support funding for the National Endowment of the Arts and artistic expression.
Date:
April 22, 1991
Creator:
Gonzalez, Henry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Mr. Dee Whorton]
Letter to Mr. Dee Whorton, principal of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, regarding winners of a poetry/essay contest held by the San Antonio Chapter of Links, Inc. in April of 1988.
Date:
April 19, 1988
Creator:
Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Geraldine Smedler to President and Members - April 13, 1987]
Letter from Geraldine Smedler to the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. soliciting them for an advertisement in the program of events for their fund raiser and fashion show.
Date:
April 13, 1987
Creator:
Smedler, Geraldine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas H. Kreneck to Shirley Greenly Macias - 1987-04-13]
Letter from Thomas H. Kreneck, Ph.D., of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center to Shirley Greenly Macias, Assistant Editor of the Texas Bar Journal. The letter, dated April 13, 1987, is printed on HMRC letterhead. Kreneck is communicating, on behalf of the Herrera family, the information needed to complete the memorial in the Texas Bar Journal.
Date:
April 13, 1987
Creator:
Kreneck, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry B. Gonzalez to Jeffrey Simpson - April 10, 1987]
Letter from Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez to Jeffrey Simpson congratulating him on acceptance of his appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Also included is a signed certificate indicating Simpson's acceptance of his appointment. There is a small piece of paper attached to the front of the letter with a note from Thelma Andrews, a member of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. addressed to chapter president Margaret Winn. Both the letter and certificate of acceptance are photocopies.
Date:
April 10, 1987
Creator:
Gonzalez, Henry B. (Henry Barbosa), 1916-2000 & Andrews, Thelma
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O.U.E.D. to Members and Affiliates - April 12, 1983]
Letter from Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to its members and affiliates. The letter gives notice to members to attend an upcoming meeting so that they may come at a consensus on how to deal with a planned march by the Ku Klux Klan. Some suggestions are proposed, including a counter demonstration, but the letter requests collective agreement.
Date:
April 12, 1983
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mailgram Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Sam Sitterle and Tom Poe - April 9, 1982]
Mailgram letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to Sam Sitterle and Tom Poe. It would seem that both Sam and Tom were associated with the removal of two important radio programs from the air. Mr. Salas writes to respectfully request that both be reinstated, especially with the long history shared between Mr. Salas, BCMM, and KAPE radio, dating back to 1974.
Date:
April 9, 1982
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vernis Hudgins to Eugene B. Long - April 23, 1980]
Letter from Vernis Hudgins to Eugene B. Long, expressing congratulations on behalf of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc.
Date:
April 23, 1980
Creator:
Hudgins, Vernis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to the American Legion’s "Annual Hawaiian Luau Post Dance” - 1979-04-24]
Letter announcing the American Legion’s “Annual Hawaiian Luau Post Dance” on Sat. May 19, 1979.
Date:
April 24, 1979
Creator:
Hernandez, Toby.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Complaints Division of the FCC - April 23, 1979]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to the complaints and compliance division of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It seems that, after buying a political advertisement to air on KAPE radio, the BCMM's ad was pulled from the air by the station when an official from the FCC ruled it to be a personal attack. The letter Mr. Salas sends is to inquire about the validity of the ruling, if such a ruling even occurred.
Date:
April 23, 1979
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Robert Kiobassa - April 11, 1979]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to Robert Kiobassa of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr. Salas writes to inquire about the legitimacy of having one of his ads pulled off the air on KAPE Radio.
Date:
April 11, 1979
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the American Legion - 1979-04-10]
Letter announcing the American Legion’s "Annual Old-Fashion July 4th Celebration". Six posts will participate in this picnic. Letter written by Daniel Zermeno, commander.
Date:
April 10, 1979
Creator:
Zermeno, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Toby P. Hernandez to Eddie Pena - 1979-04-02]
Letter from Toby Hernandez to Eddie Pena, who works for the Lone Star Brewing Company, who has agreed to cooperate with LULAC for their 50th anniversary convention. Letter is dated April 2, 1979.
Date:
April 2, 1979
Creator:
Hernandez, Toby P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Angel Fraga to Marge Crumbaker - 1978-04-13]
Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from Angel Fraga, Attorney at Law, to Marge Crumbaker (c/o The Houston Post) regarding a dinner Mr. and Mrs. John J. Herrera attended on April 12, 1978 at the Warwick Hotel in Houston.
Date:
April 13, 1978
Creator:
Fraga, Angel Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to Roberto Ornelas - 1978-04-05]
Letter from Eduardo Morgo, then current president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, to Roberto Ornelas, past president of LULAC, dated April 5, 1978. Morga explains in the letter the issues he has with Ornelas, Joseph R. Benites, and the way LULAC was run under their leadership. The letter was copied to LULAC memebers.
Date:
April 5, 1978
Creator:
Morga, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera - 1977-04-30]
Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera hand written on League of United Latin American Citizens letterhead and dated April 30, 1977.
Date:
April 30, 1977
Creator:
Morga, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Morga to John J. Herrera - 1977-04-30]
Letter from Eduardo Morga, LULAC National Vice President, to John J. Herrera, LULAC National Legal Advisor, handwritten on League of United Latin American Citizens letterhead and dated April 30, 1977. The letters discusses LULAC business.
Date:
April 30, 1977
Creator:
Morga, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Y. Jackson to Manuel Gonzales - 1977-04-28]
Letter from Frank Y. Jackson, attorney with the firm of Cosgrove, Michelizzi, Schwabacher and Ward of Lancaster, California, to Manuel Gonzales, LULAC National President, dated April 28, 1977. Correspondence regarding the case of Joe Velez vs LULAC. Originally enclosed were copies of 7 letters. Includes a "Declaration of Antonio V. Soza" calling for the removal of Velez from LULAC office.
Date:
April 28, 1977
Creator:
Jackson, Frank Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History