[Council of Pan-American Relations, San Antonio]

Photograph of representatives for the Council of Pan-American Relations (San Antonio) posing behind a desk. The representatives were attending the graduation of the US Air Force's Aviation Medical Examiner Class 51-A at Randolph Field. Mrs. Preston H. Dial stands third from left, Dr. Chauncey D. Leake is fourth from right, and Brigadier General Otis O. Benson Jr., USAF is third from right.
Date: January 27, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aviation Medical Examiner Class 51-A Graduation Reception]

Photograph of three people, conversing while drinking tee or coffee and smoking, at a graduation reception for Aviation Medical Examiner Class 51-A of the School of Aviation Medicine, USAF, at Randolph Field in Universal City, Texas. From left to right: Brig. Gen. Otis O. Benson, Jr., Mrs. Leighton F. Downing, and Dr. Chauncey D. Leake. Included on the reverse is a note identifying the place, date, and subjects.
Date: January 27, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2] (open access)

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2]

Newspaper clippings of the second page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. Civil rights leaders in Texas urged the National Football League to boycott Texas when Houston was being considered as the location of the Super Bowl for 1995. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas, state senator Frank Tejada, and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday.
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Melvin L. Wulf, September 27, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Melvin L. Wulf, September 27, 1963]

Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Melvin L. Wulf discussing the possibility of Stanford being indicted under Texas anti-communist laws and requesting that Wulf refer him to a local attorney.
Date: September 27, 1963
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Rowland Watts, June 27, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Rowland Watts, June 27, 1963]

Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Rowland Wattts discussing the federal charges filed against Stanford by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the possibility of facing state level charges, and whether the American Civil Liberties Union is still willing to refer Stanford to a local attorney.
Date: June 27, 1963
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1] (open access)

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1]

Newspaper clipping of the first page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott by the National Football League to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday, and there is a photo of Mario Marcel Salas in front of a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E. & Kennedy, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Search Warrant for John W. Stanford, Jr.'s Residence] (open access)

[Search Warrant for John W. Stanford, Jr.'s Residence]

Document authorizing the search of two white frame houses and a garage at 1118 West Rosewood in San Antonio, Texas under the control of John W. Stanford, Jr. and to take possession of any materials concerning the Communist Party of Texas. The order is unsigned.
Date: December 27, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History