Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, SSBB, in Harris County, Texas (open access)

Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, SSBB, in Harris County, Texas

Abstract of title to part of block 4 of the "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, including the General Warranty Deeds, Assignment of V/T & D/T, Agreement, Right-of-Way Deed, Quit-Claim Deed, Release of Interest, Release of V/T, Release of V/L, Assignment of M/L, Release of M/L for the property area.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: Texas Abstract Company Incorporated
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Acknowledgement of wages received - 1971-07-31] (open access)

[Acknowledgement of wages received - 1971-07-31]

Typewritten page is signed by Kenith L. Ballard to acknowledge his receipt of payment for all wages and vacation owed to him by IBM.
Date: July 31, 1971
Creator: Ballard, Kenith L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Advertisement of a baseball game between Seguin Apaches and Southern Select]

Advertisement for two baseball games to be played between Seguin Apaches and Southern Select at the Cleveland Diamond field, Houston, Texas on Sunday, July 26, 1942 starting at 3 p.m. The names of the players of each team are shown on the poster. Entrance fee: Men: 35 cents ; Women: 20 cents plus taxes.
Date: July 26, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit from Abel Cisneros - 1951-07-10] (open access)

[Affidavit from Abel Cisneros - 1951-07-10]

Statement from Abel Cisneros, President of Wharton County LULAC Council Number 170, notarized by Isabel S. Rivera, dated July 10, 1951. This statement is concerning a discriminatory incident in which three men of Mexican descent were refused service on grounds of their race.
Date: July 10, 1951
Creator: Cisneros, Abel
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit signed by Ernesto Herrera - 1948-12-07] (open access)

[Affidavit signed by Ernesto Herrera - 1948-12-07]

Notarized affidavit regarding two tracts of land owned by Ernesto Jimenez Herrera. One lot is in the Houston Suburban Estates subdivision and the other two lots are in the City Gardens subdivision. Herrera does not claim any of these properties as his homestead. Instead he is leasing his business property at 124 Preston Avenue.
Date: July 12, 1948
Creator: Herrera, Ernesto Jimenez
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda of the LULAC National Executive Board Meeting, July 14, 1979] (open access)

[Agenda of the LULAC National Executive Board Meeting, July 14, 1979]

Agenda for a League of United Latin American Citizens National Executive Board Meeting, printed on LULAC letterhead. The meeting was held at Ramada Inn in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 14, 1979.
Date: July 14, 1979
Creator: Bonilla, Rubén, 1946-
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appointment of Gus C. Garcia to position of LULAC National Organizer by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952] (open access)

[Appointment of Gus C. Garcia to position of LULAC National Organizer by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

Onionskin paper copy of appointment of Gus C. Garcia to position of LULAC National Organizer by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 20, 1952.
Date: July 20, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appointment of Jacob I. Rodriguez to position of LULAC National Director of Publicity and Editor of LULAC News by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952] (open access)

[Appointment of Jacob I. Rodriguez to position of LULAC National Director of Publicity and Editor of LULAC News by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

Onionskin paper copy of appointment of Jacob I. Rodriguez to position of LULAC National Director of Publicity and Editor of LULAC News by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 20, 1952.
Date: July 20, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appointment of Reynaldo de la Garza to position of LULAC National Special Organizer At Large by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952] (open access)

[Appointment of Reynaldo de la Garza to position of LULAC National Special Organizer At Large by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

Onionskin carbon copy of the appointment of Reynaldo de la Garza to position of LULAC National Special Organizer At Large by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 20, 1952.
Date: July 20, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aracely Express sign]

Photograph of Aracely Express sign.
Date: July 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aracely Express sign]

Photograph of an Aracely Express sign.
Date: July 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Arizona LULAC List of Outstanding Debts as of June 30, 1975] (open access)

[Arizona LULAC List of Outstanding Debts as of June 30, 1975]

LULAC list of outstanding debts as of June 30, 1975, related to impeachment charges against Joseph R. Benites, compiled on July 10, 1975.
Date: July 10, 1975
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Azteca Theater]

Photograph of people at the Azteca Theater.
Date: July 15, 1927
Creator: Schlueter, Frank J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate for Richard Pantoja] (open access)

[Birth Certificate for Richard Pantoja]

Photostatic copy of the 1954 birth certificate for Richard Pantoja certified by the local registrar H. B. Garrett.
Date: July 26, 1973
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bond notice from the Office of the Sheriff to John J. Herrera - 1956-07-31] (open access)

[Bond notice from the Office of the Sheriff to John J. Herrera - 1956-07-31]

Bond notice warning John J. Herrera from the Harris County Sheriff's Department, C. V. "Buster" Kern, Sheriff. The notice warns Herrera to return the bond lest he be blacklisted.
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: Kern, Clairville V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Camera misfire]

Camera misfire.
Date: July 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of baptism for Ignacio Bocanegra] (open access)

[Certificate of baptism for Ignacio Bocanegra]

Document certifying Ignacio Bocanegra's baptism in September 1895, at Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón, in Monterrey, Mexico.
Date: July 9, 1906
Creator: De Jesús Galván, Armando
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clearing between mission and presidio at Orcoquisac site]

Photograph of a clearing in the forest between the mission and presidio at the Orcoquisac site.
Date: July 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers] (open access)

[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers]

Section of the Houston Post covering the Post Tourney. Includes Post Tourney Calendar and Tournament Box Scores, and names of the teams and their performance. Also includes an article by Frank Morris, "Mexicans Field Sensationally behind Beltran."
Date: July 8, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commercial Script, First Draft, Joe Velez - July 29, 1977] (open access)

[Commercial Script, First Draft, Joe Velez - July 29, 1977]

First draft of a commercial script for Joe Velez, dated July 29, 1977. The commercial, funded by Adolph Coors Company, declares LULAC's support for Coors. The commercial was to air on KWKW radio in Los Angeles.
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Velez, Joe
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Contact sheet of Site of Orcoquisac and La Placita Market]

Contact sheet of images on a roll of film shot of Site of Orcoquisaz and La Placita Market in Houston, Texas, identified on the back with handwritten notes. The first row of images are of a grassy area edged by trees; the second and third rows of images include grassy areas, water and a lake, surrounded by trees. The fourth row includes images of water edged by trees, and two of men (identified as Kevin Ladd and Harry) standing in grassy areas; one of the men is holding an object and gesturing to his left. The fifth row includes two images of water surrounded by trees; the third image includes a building with a sign that says "La Placita Farmer's Market" with additional advertisements in English and Spanish, and a man is walking on the sidewalk next to the business. The final three images include storefronts of businesses that have signs in Spanish.
Date: July 1987
Creator: Kerek, T.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court document suggesting means to curb juvenile delinquency] (open access)

[Court document suggesting means to curb juvenile delinquency]

Written recommendation to the Harris County grand jury regarding measures to curb juvenile delinquency. Dated July 7, 1944 and submitted by John J. Ruiz, D.A. Fraser, John J. Herrera and Philip J. Montalbo.
Date: July 7, 1944
Creator: Ruiz, John J.; Fraser, D. A.; Herrera, John J. & Montalbo, Philip J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Complaint for Injunction and Damages, Ben Rios, et. al. vs O.B. Ellis, et. al.  - 1955-07-18] (open access)

[Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Complaint for Injunction and Damages, Ben Rios, et. al. vs O.B. Ellis, et. al. - 1955-07-18]

Document notifying John J. Herrera that the Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Will D. Davis, had filed a Motion to Dismiss. The motion was made due to the named plaintiffs not authorizing John J. Herrera to file suit on their behalf. From the case Ben Rios, Mateo Camarillo, George Ramirez, Abraham Rios and Ernesto Langoria, vs. O. B. Ellis, as Manager of the Texas Prison System; French M. Robertson, Walter W. Cardwell, B. A. Stufflebeme, Rev. George Beto, Fred W. Shield, H. E. Treichler, H. H. Coffield, Warren S. Bellows and Henry S. Paulus, Members of the Prison Board; John Doe I through John Doe V, defendants.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: Davis, Will D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Defendant's Sworn Answer and Deposition, Joe Velez vs. John J. Herrera, Eduardo Morga, Manuel Gonzales, et al] (open access)

[Defendant's Sworn Answer and Deposition, Joe Velez vs. John J. Herrera, Eduardo Morga, Manuel Gonzales, et al]

Defendant's Sworn Answer and Deposition in the case of Joe Velez vs. John J. Herrera, Eduardo Morga, Manuel Gonzales, et al., not signed, dated, or notarized. The case is numbered 212,947 in the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of San Mateo.
Date: July 1977
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History