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1988 Confirmation

Color photograph of a pair of youth standing indoors in front of an altar. The two individuals are posed on a red-carpeted floor; the girl wears a blue shirt, a denim skirt and white shoes while the boy wears a white t-shirt, black pants, sneakers, and sunglasses. The altar behind the pair features a cross at its center; a candlestick directly below the cross is visible between the individuals' heads. Two wooden banisters, a microphone, and two furled flags are also in the background.
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc. Meeting - February 11, 1988] (open access)

[Agenda for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc. Meeting - February 11, 1988]

Agenda for the February 11, 1988 meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Items for discussion include committee reports, the budget, member dues, and current business.
Date: February 11, 1988
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc. Meeting - March 16, 1988] (open access)

[Agenda for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc. Meeting - March 16, 1988]

Agenda for the March 16, 1988 meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Items for discussion include the chapter's correspondence, treasury reports, committee reports, and current business.
Date: March 16, 1988
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alabama-Coushatta Dancer Performing with Rings]

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer performing with rings at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is in the middle of the stage dancing with a group of about fifteen rings, each one placed in a specific location around his body. He is wearing traditional tribal clothing with a fringed tunic and fur around his ankles and lower legs.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alabama-Coushatta Dancers Talking to Each Other]

Photograph of two Alabama-Coushatta dancers talking to each other at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are both wearing heavily decorated traditional outfits covered in beads and fringe. The dancer on the right is wearing colors of red, white, and blue; the one on the left is wearing black, white, and blue. Each dancer has two large circular arrangements of feathers on their back. They are also wearing fur boots. Behind them a green shed and a yellow shed are visible.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annual Report: Chapter Program Report 1987-88] (open access)

[Annual Report: Chapter Program Report 1987-88]

Report of activities in 1987-1988 for the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Chapter activities are categorized as services to youth, the arts, national trends and services, or international trends and services. Includes a calendar of events from 1987-1988 and a blank program evaluation form.
Date: 1988
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annual Report: Services to Youth Committee - 1987-1988] (open access)

[Annual Report: Services to Youth Committee - 1987-1988]

Annual report of Services to Youth Committee of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. for 1987-1988. The chapter successfully sponsored workshops to educate local youth about drug and alcohol abuse.
Date: 1988
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art by Pio Pulido and All Billings

Photograph of two people leaning against a wall with artworks hanging on it. To their left, there is a large abstract painting and on their right is a smaller painting with intricate designs. Further to their right, there are three more pieces, two of which are 3-dimensional. The artists who created the pieces are Pio Pulido and Al Billings.
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book: Festival Cinco de Mayo] (open access)

[Book: Festival Cinco de Mayo]

Book of community events and advertisements relevant to the Austin, Texas area. In the center, there is a schedule of events in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Some advertisements in the book mention local law firms or services, and others are for political positions.
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cadence Cloggers Performing]

Photograph of the Cadence Cloggers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two women wearing short but voluminous skirts are dancing facing each other with their right hands joined. The woman on the right has her leg up and the bottom part of her shoe, containing a metal toe and heel piece used for rhythm-making, is visible. A male clogger is visible behind them at the back of the stage.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Petting a Longhorn]

Photograph of several children petting a longhorn at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man wearing a cowboy hat is riding on top of the longhorn which has been saddled and bridled. He is waving at the children below. About six or seven children are gathered around the front of the longhorn with a hand outstretched to touch it. A few adults are standing behind them on the left side of the photograph.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Conference in Los Angeles]

Photograph of three rows of people at the Open Dialogue Association of American Cultures in Los Angeles, California. The people in the first row are kneeling or sitting on the floor, the second row are sitting in chairs and the third row are standing.
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dancers from Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association Performing]

Photograph of African-American dancers from the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association in Houston performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three female dancers are dressed in white and floral print dresses, twirling their skirts around. Each dancer has a prominent color on their outfit: yellow, pink, and blue. The dancers are also wearing floral head wraps. Festival visitors are watching in the background.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devine Music Makers Performing]

Photograph of Mrs. Bruce Roark and Arnold Griffin performing with the Devine Music Makers at the Texas Folklife Festival. Both of them are sitting. Mrs. Roark is on the left speaking or singing into a microphone she is holding while looking at a book. Griffin is on the right playing a violin behind a microphone. He is wearing a cowboy hat, black-rimmed glasses and western wear. In the bottom foreground some stringed instruments are partially visible. In the background a few festival visitors are visible.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[El Día de los Muertos Play] (open access)

[El Día de los Muertos Play]

Pamphlet of information about El Día de los Muertos, a play by James E. Garcia. The information included is a brief history about Día de los Muertos and the people behind the play, such as the actors, the director, the choreographer and others.
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Doll-Making]

Photograph of the doll-making booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three young female festival visitors are in front of the booth gathering materials and watching the demonstrator, partially visible in the left foreground, make a doll. Some materials visible are cloth and corn husks. Two yellow buckets containing water and corn husks are visible on the table.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Duckens Family Singers]

Photograph of the Duckens Family Singers at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of nineteen African-American family members, men and women, are posing for the photograph on the grass in front of a wooden building. Some of them are kneeling down in the front but most of them are standing. Each member is either wearing a blue t-shirt that says, "Duckens Family", or just a plain blue shirt. Most of them are smiling.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Female Dancer from Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association Doing the Limbo]

Photograph of an African-American dancer from the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association in Houston doing the Limbo at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a black leotard with red patterned material around her waist and her head. She is leaning back, attempting to pass under the bar as festival visitors watch in the background.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Female Dancer from Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association Performing]

Photograph of an African-American dancer from the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association in Houston performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a black leotard and a red flowing skirt which she is twirling around. She also has a red sash around her neck and a white head wrap. She is standing on her left foot and is smiling.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Showcase of New Bands and Alternative Bands] (open access)

[Flyer: Showcase of New Bands and Alternative Bands]

Flyer advertising Showcase of New Bands and Alternative Bands, a music festival hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The event occurred on March 18th, 1988. The flyer features a black and white photograph of musicians and guitars.
Date: March 18, 1988
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Benjamin James Walker, May 5, 1988] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Benjamin James Walker, May 5, 1988]

Funeral program for Mr. Benjamin James Walker, born October 21, 1932 and died April 29, 1988. The funeral was held May 5, 1988 at Mount Zion First Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. C. William Black, Jr. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home, and he was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 5, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Bessie McNally, June 2, 1988] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Bessie McNally, June 2, 1988]

Funeral program for Mrs. Bessie McNally. The funeral was held June 2, 1988 at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. L. H. Mills. The funeral arrangements were made through Sutton-Sutton Mortuary, Inc. and she was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: June 2, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Bessie Merriweather Warren, May 23, 1988] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Bessie Merriweather Warren, May 23, 1988]

Funeral program for Mrs. Bessie Merriweather Warren. The funeral was held May 23, 1988 at the Second Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Samuel H. James, Jr. Funeral arrangements were made through the Sutton-Sutton Mortuary, Inc., and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 23, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Clemmie Rogers, February 6, 1988] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Clemmie Rogers, February 6, 1988]

Funeral program for Mrs. Clemmie "JJ" Rogers, born June 19, 1940 and died January 29, 1988. The funeral was held Saturday, February 6, 1988 at Calvary Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Robert Miller. Funeral arrangements were made through Hardy's Mortuary and she was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas. Includes a resolution from the congregation of Calvary Baptist Church.
Date: February 6, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History