Photograph of Barbara Putnam sitting on the back of a convertible during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A crowd of people stand in front of the building in the background.

Photograph of a woman in a long dress with flowers in her hair sitting on a small car driven by a young boy in a cowboy hat, during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A man walks beside them, and a crowd of people stand in front of the building in the background.

Photograph of a plaque on the Chamber of Commerce building in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of decorated stores on a road in Port Arthur, Texas. A few cars are parked in front of the buildings.

Photograph of the main gate of Texaco in 1953. The gate is attended by a single guard. To the left of the gate is a building bearing a large sign declaring that there has been 1,594,538 man hours since the last "lost time injury." There is also a sign requesting that no reading material be carried inside, and other sign on the gate that requests that no matches be carried inside. Two boxes written with the words "Red Head Matches" stand in front of the building.

Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Concurrent Resolution 24 of 53rd Legislature that no statute of limitation shall bar the claim of Mr. R. E. Cowan against Jefferson County for the balance of his 1933 salary as District Clerk of Jefferson County.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to license a Grayson County resident to operate an employment agency in Jefferson County.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing Senate Bill 301 and requested corrections to make to the bill.

Imperial Sugar Company ledger of past due accounts.

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont giving up their baseball field to Stanolind oil company for drilling.

Letter from Truett Latimer to Mrs. Oscar Yellott discussing support for House Bill 609.

Letter from Katherine Rike to Truett Latimer discussing the wedding announcement of their acquaintances and how Truett is fairing in Austin, encouraging him to start a campaign for higher teachers salaries.

Letter from Katherine Rike to Truett Latimer discussing how she is in Austin for an education course with five other teachers from her school and the unfortunate timing that the Legislature is not in session for the period she is meant to stay there.

Letter from Truett Latimer to Katherine Rike discussing his late response to her last letter and asking her to let him know when she'll be in the area so that they can arrange to meet.

Letter from Truett Latimer to French Robertson discussing his committee appointments for the 53rd legislative session and thanking Robertson for his support in the representative election race.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Letter from Senator Price Daniel of Texas to John J. Herrera, dated April 1, 1953. Daniel is replying to Herrera's request for flags that flew over the Capitol to be purchased for LULAC Councils in Houston, Port Arthur and Freeport, Texas.

List of LULAC council's chartered during the 1952-53 tenure of John J. Herrera's term as LULAC National President.

Letter from Felix Soliz, Secretary of LULAC Council Number 217 in Port Arthur, Texas, to John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated February 17, 1953. Solis invites Herrera to attend a Port Arthur LULAC Council meeting on February 22, 1953 where Miss Emily Rimmer will speak about Junior LULAC work.

Handwritten letter from William Keith to Harris L. Kempner discussing general points of interest, such as Herb's condition, the last time Bill and Harris saw each other and an upcoming trip to Galveston, mentioning his desire to meet up with Harris given the chance.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about female golfer Babe Zaharias winning the Beaumont golf tournament named after her.

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Turner, Mr. and Mrs. George McCoy, Carol Hubbard, and Gene Bradley aboard an airplane (01 min., 30 sec.); aerial footage of Sweetwater, Texas (03 min., 03 sec.); arrival and takeoff at an airport in Midland, Texas (03 min., 30 sec.); arrival and interviews at the Lea County Airport in Hobbs, New Mexico (05 min., 17 sec.); actor Johnny "Mack" Brown (05 min., 47 sec.) and singers Tommy and Goldie Hill (06 min., 20 sec.) talking to news reporters; LCD band members and friends (Jim Boyd, Elizabeth Ann Boys, Bob Shelton, Johnny Gimble, Zany Blainy, Carol Hubbard, Paul Blount, Red Kidwell, and Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery) traveling to a labor convention in El Paso, …