[Letter from Juanice G. Boyd and Vera D. Harris to Barbara C. Jordan, November 1, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Juanice G. Boyd and Vera D. Harris to Barbara C. Jordan, November 1, 1967]

Letter from Juanice G. Boyd and Vera D. Harris, both Harris County Home Demonstration Agents, to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for participating as a guest speaker at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Extension Service's consumer education program.
Date: November 1, 1967
Creator: Harris, Vera D. & Boyd, Juanice G.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, February 13, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, February 13, 1968]

Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, speaking of an upcoming meeting and a booklet entitled "Program Analysis--Income and Benefit Programs."
Date: February 13, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, October 7, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, October 7, 1968]

Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, informing her of the next meeting of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, with a schedule of proposed assignments of Commissioners to hearing sites attached.
Date: October 7, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Members of the Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, February 13, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Members of the Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, February 13, 1968]

Letter from Ben W. Heineman to the Members of the Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, informing them of the next meeting of the Commission.
Date: February 13, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Richard M. Nixon, December 6, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Richard M. Nixon, December 6, 1968]

Letter from Ben W. Heineman to President-Elect Richard M. Nixon, requesting to inform him of the recent and future activities of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs and expressing willingness to comply with his wishes for the Commission.
Date: December 6, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from Ben W. Heineman to Members of The President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs] (open access)

[Memo from Ben W. Heineman to Members of The President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs]

Memo from Ben W. Heineman to the members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, regarding the proposed work plan for the Commission.
Date: May 18, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, February 21, 1968] (open access)

[Telegram from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, February 21, 1968]

Telegram from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, informing her of an upcoming meeting of the Commission on Income Maintenance Programs.
Date: February 21, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Hightower to Barbara C. Jordan, August 1, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Hightower to Barbara C. Jordan, August 1, 1967]

Letter from Jack Hightower to Barbara C. Jordan about travel and office rental expenses. The official Attorney General opinion on "Interim expenses of members of the Senate, 60th Legislature" is enclosed as an attachment.
Date: August 1, 1967
Creator: Hightower, Jack English, 1926-2013
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Barbara C. Jordan, November 19, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Barbara C. Jordan, November 19, 1966]

Letter from Humbert H. Humphrey, Vice President, to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election.
Date: November 19, 1966
Creator: Humphrey, Hubert H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Leon Jaworski to Barbara C. Jordan, November 1, 1971] (open access)

[Letter from Leon Jaworski to Barbara C. Jordan, November 1, 1971]

Letter from Leon Jaworski to Barbara C. Jordan, explaining the importance of the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship. Included is an article written by Jaworski in the American Bar Association Journal.
Date: November 1, 1971
Creator: Jaworski, Leon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Quotation of Thomas Jefferson] (open access)

[Handwritten Quotation of Thomas Jefferson]

Handwritten text of a quotation by Thomas Jefferson regarding changes societies and laws must make as time advances.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, September 17, 1968] (open access)

[Copy of Telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, September 17, 1968]

Copy of telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, wishing him well on his campaign and asking him to support Hubert Humphrey in the upcoming election
Date: September 17, 1968
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Barbara C. Jordan, November 22, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Barbara C. Jordan, November 22, 1966]

Letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election as a senator.
Date: November 22, 1966
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan, Primary Election, May 1, 1976 (open access)

Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan, Primary Election, May 1, 1976

[1] p. ; 28 cm.
Date: May 1, 1976
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony of Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights House Committee on the Judiciary, June 18, 1981 (open access)

Testimony of Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights House Committee on the Judiciary, June 18, 1981

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she discusses discrimination faced by Latino voters.
Date: June 18, 1981
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, House Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act (open access)

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, House Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire. Includes a list of new proposed jurisdictions for coverage under the Act.
Date: February 26, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act (open access)

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire.
Date: April 22, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Introduction of the Honorable Barbara Jordan given by Elaine R. Jones at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (open access)

Introduction of the Honorable Barbara Jordan given by Elaine R. Jones at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Transcript of a speech delivered by Elaine Jones to introduce Barbara Jordan at the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Awards Dinner. Jones laments the loss of Jordan's presence as a watchdog of civil rights in the United States Congress.
Date: May 9, 1989
Creator: Jones, Elaine R., 1944-
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Civil Liberties: Inoperative? In Audible? Unintelligible? Expletive Deleted? (open access)

Civil Liberties: Inoperative? In Audible? Unintelligible? Expletive Deleted?

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan given as the commencement address for Keuka College, regarding the erosion of civil liberties in the face of an expanding government. She calls for her audience to not abandon the government.
Date: May 26, 1974
Creator: Jorda, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Law and Lawyers: Democracy's Bulwark (open access)

The Law and Lawyers: Democracy's Bulwark

Text for an acceptance speech by Barbara C. Jordan for the William O. Douglas Award.
Date: March 28, 1989
Creator: Jorda, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The 1976 Elections -- A Democratic Perspective (open access)

The 1976 Elections -- A Democratic Perspective

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Southern Baptist Christian Life Commission in Washington, D.C., offering a democratic perspective on the upcoming 1976 elections.
Date: March 23, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
2000 and Beyond: Can the Government Govern? (open access)

2000 and Beyond: Can the Government Govern?

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the National Association of Purchasing Management in San Antonio, Texas. The speech is about the upcoming end of the 20th century and its implications for the American government.
Date: May 5, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities (open access)

Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities

Text for a speech about the responsibility of democracy, given by Barbara C. Jordan as a Williams Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities (open access)

Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities

Text for a speech about the responsibility of democracy, given by Barbara C. Jordan as a Rosen Lecturer at the University of Vermont.
Date: March 27, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History