[Letter from John J. Herrera to Locario Cordova - 1950-12-05] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Locario Cordova - 1950-12-05]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC First National Vice-President, to Locario Cordova of Eagle Lake, Texas, dated December 5, 1950. Herrera invites interested persons to form a LULAC Council in Eagle Lake, Texas. Includes a well-written summary of LULAC development in Texas, describing how LULAC has helped improve discriminatory conditions in other areas.
Date: December 5, 1950
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jose Hernandez - 1950-12-06] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jose Hernandez - 1950-12-06]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Jose Hernandez of Rosenberg, Texas, dated December 6, 1950. Update on LULAC events in Palacios, Bay City, and Eagle Lake, Texas, and originally enclosed LULAC literature.
Date: December 6, 1950
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera - 1950-12-18] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera - 1950-12-18]

Carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera without name of addressee, dated December 18, 1950. Reports on receipt of Palacios, Texas, LULAC Council charter; installation of Wharton County Ladies LULAC Council; and interest in Eagle Lake, Texas, to form a LULAC Council.
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to George J. Garza - January 22, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to George J. Garza - January 22, 1951]

Signed carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC First National Vice-President, to George J. Garza, LULAC National President, dated January 22, 1951. The letter provides notification of a new LULAC Council organized in Eagle Lake, Texas on January 21, 1951. Herrera lists provisional officers and members. Herrera next visited Palacios, Texas, and presented the charter to the new Palacios LULAC Council. Herrera also confirms delivery of charter to the Wharton Ladies LULAC Council.
Date: January 22, 1951
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of LULAC junior councils chartered from 1952 to June, 1953] (open access)

[List of LULAC junior councils chartered from 1952 to June, 1953]

List of LULAC council's chartered during the 1952-53 tenure of John J. Herrera's term as LULAC National President.
Date: 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Torres, Jr., to John J. Herrera - 1958-03-10] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Torres, Jr., to John J. Herrera - 1958-03-10]

Letter from Frank Torres, Jr. of Columbus, Texas, to John J. Herrera, dated March 10, 1958. Torres thanks Herrera for his letter and invitation to a banquet. Torres also writes of his intent to work with families at Eagle Lake, Texas.
Date: March 10, 1958
Creator: Torres, Frank, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History