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[FedEx Receipts Between Artie Smoote and Sterling Houston] (open access)

[FedEx Receipts Between Artie Smoote and Sterling Houston]

FedEx receipts signed between Sterling Houston and Artie Smoote. There is no mention of what kind of package was sent, however the information includes a five-hundred-dollar declared value. The documents vary in date, and the exchange appears to have occurred over a span of more than a year. Two mailing labels have been included, on a translucent piece of paper. The addresses of the two men and their corresponding companies have been hand-written on the back of the labels.
Date: 2001-12/2002-06
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Greeting Card from Tony Hargrove to Sterling Houston - March 2001]

Card from Tony Hargrove of the Ella Austin Community Center to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes fondly about meeting him, and hopes to see him again in the fall. The front of the card has been printed with the Ella Austin logo.
Date: March 2001
Creator: Hargrove, Anthony
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kathie de Nobriga to Sterling Houston - August 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Kathie de Nobriga to Sterling Houston - August 2001]

Letter from Kathie de Nobriga to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to thank him after he participated in the NPN (National Performance Network) Annual Meeting. She ends by wondering if they will see each other in the month of November.
Date: August 2001
Creator: de Nobriga, Kathie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston - December 3, 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston - December 3, 2001]

Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston, a prominent Texan playwright. She writes informing him of a creative project she is interested in developing- a play about Lillian Gish, a silent film actress whose life has inspired Kathy. She notes that strong racial commentary could come from the project. She has attached three pages of xeroxed newspaper clippings about the actress.
Date: December 3, 2001
Creator: Stephan, Kathy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter from Myrna to Sterling Houston - August 2001]

Postcard from Myrna to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The postcard comes after Myrna traveled to various locations in Europe, including the Tate Modern in London, where this particular postcard was acquired. It shows a mixed media painting by the artist Chris Ofili of a woman in profile. The hand-written note also mentions that she is back in Puerto Rico.
Date: August 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nan Cuba to Sterling Houston - December 19, 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Nan Cuba to Sterling Houston - December 19, 2001]

Letter from Nan Cuba to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The executive director of Gemini Ink, Nan writes to Houston to inform him of an upcoming fall fundraising campaign. She hopes to convince Houston, a past donor, to provide a contribution to the non-profit organization.
Date: December 19, 2001
Creator: Cuba, Nan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mafikeng Mayor, Mario Salas, and Mayor Ed Garza]

Photograph of Mafikeng, South Africa, mayor shaking hands with soon to be mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Ed Garza. Between them, wearing glasses, is councilman, educator, and civil rights leader Mario Marcel Salas. Additional politicians are in attendance in the back near chairs and desks.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[E-mail from Amy Wegener, Tanya Palmer, and Michael Bigelow Dixon to Sterling Houston - February 2001] (open access)

[E-mail from Amy Wegener, Tanya Palmer, and Michael Bigelow Dixon to Sterling Houston - February 2001]

Letter from Amy Wegener, Tanya Palmer, and Michael Bigelow Dixon of the Actors Theatre of Louisville to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. They are writing to inform him that they picked one of his plays for inclusion in that year's Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Wegener, Amy; Palmer, Tanya & Dixon, Michael Bigelow
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas Campaigning at Claude Black Community Center]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas at the Claude Black Community Center during his bid for election as county commissioner. He wears formal attire, standing near a table where an elderly African-American woman sits. Other women are seen in the back at similar tables.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas in Front of Historic Carver Cultural Center]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio civil rights leader and politician, standing in front of the Carver Community Cultural Center. It is a tall brick structure built modestly with rectangular windows. Mr. Salas stands across the street, just in front of a couple of vehicles, in formal attire.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas in Front of SBC Center Under Construction]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio civil rights leader and politician, standing in front of the SBC Center - an indoor arena on the east side of San Antonio - under construction. He stands a long distance away on the parking lot wearing formal attire.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas Outdoors with Buffalo Soldiers]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio civil rights leader and politician, standing outdoors with several men in the traditional regalia of Buffalo Soldiers, inactive all-black regiments of the U.S. Army that fought during several American wars. A street sign can be seen above them identifying their location somewhere on E. Houston Street.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas Smiling with Edwina]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio civil rights leader and politician, with a woman, presumably his wife, identified as Edwina Salas. Mr. Salas smiles in the direction of Edwina. They both wear formal attire.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas Speaking at Black Business Expo Award Banquet]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio civil rights leader and politician, speaking at an award banquet hosted by the Black Business Expo of San Antonio. He wears formal attire and stands just behind a microphone and podium. A banner has been hanged in the back with event information.
Date: 2001~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas with Mayor Ed Garza and James Howard]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio civil rights leader and politician, standing outdoors with then Mayor Ed Garza and San Antonio Independent School District board member James Howard (far right). They wear formal attire and stand in front of a small brick and text construction marking a location.
Date: 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History