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Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016
Transcript of an interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date:
November 22, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Romero Jr., November 22, 2016
Interview with Louis Romero Jr., who carried on the Mexican food business and Tortilla Factory started by his grandmother, Delphina Torres, in Kerrville. The interview discusses his family history, upbringing, the development of Torres, a Mexican restaurant, his grandmother's sending canned tamales to World War II troops, military service, and family. Photographs and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.
Date:
November 22, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Romero, Louis, Jr.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016
Transcript of an interview with Karen and Clark Klein. Karen attended Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School before completed a course at Durham Business College. She worked at Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Ingram before marrying Clark in 1962. Clark also attended Notre Dame School and Tivy where the couple met. He served in the Army for three years, worked briefly the postal services, and enlisted again in the National Guard. He served until 1982 and achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. The couple had three children and lived in San Antonio, Austin for ten years, before moving back to Kerrville. Several photos follow the transcript text.
Date:
November 16, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Klein, Karen Margaret Herzog & Klein, Clark Dennis
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Karen and Clark Klein, November 16, 2016
Interview with Karen and Clark Klein. Karen attended Notre Dame Catholic School in Kerrville and graduated from Tivy High School before completed a course at Durham Business College. She worked at Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Ingram before marrying Clark in 1962. Clark also attended Notre Dame School and Tivy where the couple met. He served in the Army for three years, worked briefly the postal services, and enlisted again in the National Guard. He served until 1982 and achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. The couple had three children and lived in San Antonio, Austin for ten years, before moving back to Kerrville.
Date:
November 16, 2016
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Klein, Karen Margaret Herzog & Klein, Clark Dennis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1976
Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 2, 1976
Creator:
Andrews, U. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1982
Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 21, 1982
Creator:
Glosson, Edwin
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Informer (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1997
Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 30, 1997
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metropolitan (San Antonio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1997
Bi-monthly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 20, 1997
Creator:
Pope, E. Bernard & Wister, Terrance
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
SNAP (San Antonio, Tex.), Saturday, October 31, 1981
Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
SNAP (San Antonio, Tex.), Saturday, June 30, 1990
Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 30, 1990
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr., December 4, 1964]
Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr. discussing the state's supplemental brief in his case, stating that it seems to favor Stanford rather than the State and that it is accurate assessment of Stanford's beliefs.
Date:
December 4, 1964
Creator:
Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Free Angela Davis]
Petition to free Angela Davis organized by the San Antonio Committee to Free Angela Davis, signed by twelve people.
Date:
1970~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter From John F. Davis to Melvin L. Wulf, March 2, 1965]
Letter from John P. Davis to Melvin L. Wulf stating that the mandate of the United States Supreme Court in the cause, Stanford v. Texas, No. 40, October term 1964, has been mailed to the 57th Judicial District Court in Bexar County, Texas. Stanford was awarded $819.76 to be collected from the district court in Bexar County or directly from opposing counsel or parties.
Date:
March 2, 1965
Creator:
Davis, John F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford, April 5, 1967]
Letter from John W. Stanford discussing a package of various National Aeronautics and Space Administration documents. Stanford states he is marking the package refused since he isn't associate with NASA and doesn't have the training to understand the technical reports.
Date:
April 5, 1965
Creator:
Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Italian-Americans, Hispanics irked by holiday change]
Newspaper clipping of the article, "Italian-Americans, Hispanics irked by holiday change" in San Antonio Light, discussing the reactions of the Italian-American and Hispanic communities to replacement of Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official paid holiday for state employees.
Date:
May 28, 1991
Creator:
San Antonio Light
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation for a Forum with Civil Rights Icons]
Invitation for a Unique Forum with Civil Rights Icons at the Claude Black Center on December 1, 2006. The invitation lists the speakers as Rev. Claude W. Black, Jr., Dr. Percy E. Sutton, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Mrs. Ethel Minor, Mr. Eugene Coleman, and Prof. Mario M. Salas.
Date:
December 1, 2006
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press Release: The Murder of Webb Eugene Boyd
Press release from the Black Coalition on Mass Media discussing the murder of Webb Eugene Boyd and announcing that the Department of Justice will be called to investigate.
Date:
December 18, 1978
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr., November 4, 1964]
Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr. discussing the reactions Stanford had received from various people regarding his case, Stanford v. Texas, and requesting a copy of the state's brief for Mr. McAvoy.
Date:
November 4, 1964
Creator:
Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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 Gordon K. Haskell to John W. Stanford, Jr., May 21, 1964]
Letter from Gordon K. Haskell to John W. Stanford, Jr. thanking Stanford for his contribution to the American Civil Liberties Union and for the Stanford's offer to raise funds on behalf of the ACLU.
Date:
May 21, 1964
Creator:
Haskell, Gordon K.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to John A. Gronouski, June 17, 1964]
Letter from John W. Stanford to John A. Gronouski discussing a letter Stanford wrote to Mrs. Medgar Evers that was intercepted by Ross R. Barnett.
Date:
June 17, 1964
Creator:
Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Dedication of Marker Commemorating the Founding of Frederick Douglass School]
Program for Dedication of Marker Commemorating the Founding of Frederick Douglass School on May 17, 1999.
Date:
May 17, 1999
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maury Maverick, Jr. to John W. Stanford, April 16, 1964]
Letter from Maury Maverick, Jr. to John W. Stanford asking Stanford to read over the enclosed brief and return it to Maverick by the following Monday. Under Maverick's signature, "For the American Civil Liberties Union" is written.
Date:
April 16, 1964
Creator:
Maverick, Maury, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Mandela deputy to speak here Sunday]
Newspaper clippings of the article, "Mandela deputy to speak here Sunday," in the San Antonio Light discussing a fundraising event organized by the San Antonio Mandela Project at which Lyndall Shope-Mafole is scheduled to speak. Rev. Claude Black is quoted speaking about the role black Americans can contribute to the efforts to abolish apartheid.
Date:
July 17, 1990
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History