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San Antonio Register
388
San Antonio Chapter of Links Records
384
Links San Antonio Papers
220
9th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
191
10th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
100
11th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
99
14th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
97
13th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
96
12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
80
18th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
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[Smoky Wilson Announcing the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of Smoky Wilson announcing a performance of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. A large crowd sits on the grassy hill around him as they prepare to watch the performance.
Date:
[1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of Malcolm Derden, portraying Dr. Millard from Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show. Malcolm speaks into a microphone in front of a large yellow painted backdrop. He wears a white vest over black pants, a black bow tie, and a black cowboy hat.
Date:
[1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator:
Derden, Winston
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of Malcolm Derden and Smoky Wilson performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival as part of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show. Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and a red bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. Malcolm plays the role of Dr. Millard, wearing a white vest, shirt, black pants, black bow tie, and a black cowboy hat.
Date:
[1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator:
Derden, Winston
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Linda Koulisis - July 25, 1981]
Letter from Linda Koulisis, production manager of the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, on behalf of Sterling Houston. She is writing a letter of recommendation for the playwright, whom she praises in the short letter.
Date:
July 25, 1981
Creator:
Koulisis, Linda
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sterling Houston - October 1982]
Letter to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Much of the letter is difficult to read, particularly because of its penmanship, but there appears to be some content of an explicitly sexual nature.
Date:
October 1982
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arlene J. Crewdson to Dr. Peter Wolkonsky - January 10, 1989]
Letter from Arlene J. Crewdson, artistic director of the O'Rourke Center for the Performing Arts, to Dr. Peter Wolkonsky. She sends word that she enjoyed reading Sterling Houston's play, A Brief History of American Song, but that her company will be unable to produce it due to prior commitments.
Date:
January 10, 1989
Creator:
Crewdson, Arlene J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sterling Houston - 1988]
Letter from a friend to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He discusses his personal life, including life in New York City, work, and a death in the family.
Date:
1988
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mailgram Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Sam Sitterle and Tom Poe - April 9, 1982]
Mailgram letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to Sam Sitterle and Tom Poe. It would seem that both Sam and Tom were associated with the removal of two important radio programs from the air. Mr. Salas writes to respectfully request that both be reinstated, especially with the long history shared between Mr. Salas, BCMM, and KAPE radio, dating back to 1974.
Date:
April 9, 1982
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fredric A. Weiss to SAMC Board - August 20, 1980]
Letter from Fredric a. Weiss to the San Antonio Media Center (SAMC) board. The letter reads as a summary of activities which have taken place with an organization of high school students interested in careers in the media. He discusses bake sales, television programs, and other activities they have performed.
Date:
August 20, 1980
Creator:
Weiss, Fredric A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Organizations United for Eastside Development Press Conference Announcement]
Announcement for a press conference held by the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). A short paragraph explains that the conference is being held to clarify the OUED's position on the Ku Klux Klan and their racist activities.
Date:
April 1980
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Executive Committee - January 3, 1980]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to an executive committee. He discusses an anti-Ku Klux Klan march in the works; its potential benefits and drawbacks; and its organizer, Antonio Cabral, who has antagonized other civil rights organizations, including the OUED.
Date:
January 3, 1980
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Michael Haskins Press Release]
Page one of an incomplete press statement released by the Organizations United for Eastside Development. The document discusses the killing of Michael Haskins by police officers, and a badly timed apology asked for by the San Antonio Officers Association after their mayor visited Haskins' grieving family.
Date:
1981
Creator:
Sanders, John H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Conference Statement - February 18, 1986]
Press conference statement released by Organizations United for Eastside Development. The conference was held to bring attention to Suzanne Hildebrand's profane use of racial slurs against Clinton Jefferson, a San Antonio law enforcement officer, and perhaps her equally racially motivated attacks against judge Benjamin Samples.
Date:
February 18, 1986
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Conference Statement - January 25, 1986]
Press conference statement released by Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). They are calling for a mass reform of the San Antonio police force and its accompanying organization - the San Antonio Police Officers Association (S.A.P.O.A). The OUED claims that both have not held their officers accountable for various instances of police brutality and violence.
Date:
January 25, 1986
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from OUED to Cilvil Rights Division Director - March 7, 1981]
Letter from the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to the Civil Rights Division Director at the United States Department of Justice. The OUED was prompted to write the letter after their president, John H. Sanders Jr., was accused of communist leanings. The letter is sent to the Department of Justice to inquire on the specious statement, which they believe is meant to discredit their civil rights advocacy efforts.
Date:
March 7, 1981
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Appeal for SantosCoy and Phillips Murder Investigation by OUED]
Two-page word document by Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) calling for the suspension of officer James Cammack and an indictment of murder for Hector SantosCoy. SantosCoy, as well as Bobby Jo Philllps thirteen years prior, were both killed by the officer in question. The efforts of the OUED is one in a string of attempts to end police brutality targeted towards racial minorities in San Antonio.
Date:
December 19, 1981
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from OUED to Danny Garcia - February 7, 1981]
Letter from Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to Danny Garcia, staff writer at San Antonio Light. They are writing to ask for a formal retraction on a statement written by Mr. Garcia, quoting T. C. Calvert as the founder of their organization. They claim OUED was founded by multiple individuals, contrary to Mr. Calvert's quote.
Date:
February 7, 1981
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[OUED Press Statements on Murder Cases]
Press statements released by Organizations United for Eastside Development. They discuss the murders of Arthur McDuffy, Webb Boyd, Bobby Jo Phillips, and Hector SantosCoy. Both statements are strongly worded pieces against police brutality and a broken penal system that targets racial minorities.
Date:
1980-12-28/1981-01-17
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[OUED Press Statement on CASA Conflict]
Press statement released by Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) over recent actions by Citizens Active in San Antonio (CASA). In a strongly worded statement, OUED voices their discontent with CASA efforts to cut public housing funds as one of their many efforts to prevent the growing presence of minorities.
Date:
March 31, 1980
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Serge Mukendi to Mario Marcel Salas - October 30, 1980]
Letter from Serge Mukendi, United States Representative of the Congolese National Liberation Front, to Mario Marcel Salas, officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The letter is a follow-up from a previous request to know more about Mr. Mukendi's organization.
Date:
October 30, 1980
Creator:
Mukendi, Serge
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alfred Castellano, Edward R. Day, Keith L. Charlton to John Saunders - March 23, 1981]
Letter from Alfred Castellano, Edward R. Day, and Keith L. Charlton Jr. to John Saunders at Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The men are writing in response to a complaint filed by OUED concerning an unnamed indiscretion by an EMS Technician. They inform Mr. Saunders that proper action has been taken and that further recommendations were given to the Fire Chief.
Date:
March 23, 1981
Creator:
Castellano, Alfred; Day, Edward R. & Charlton, Keith L., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bill M. White to John Sanders - September 22, 1981]
Letter from Bill M. White, criminal district attorney from San Antonio, to John Sanders, president of Organizations United for Eastside Development. The letter is a confirmation that a proper course of action is in the works in regards to an incident mentioned by Mr. Sanders in a previous letter. It would seem that the incident had something to do with a mass riot and possible violent attacks.
Date:
September 22, 1981
Creator:
White, Bill M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lou Nelle Sutton to John Sanders - August 28, 1981]
Letter from Lou Nelle Sutton from the House of Representatives to John Sanders, president of Organizations United for Eastside and Development. She thanks him for his concern over a plaque that bore her name and the names of board members in the Bexar County Cancer Center.
Date:
August 28, 1981
Creator:
Sutton, G. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Dan McKinnon - August 10, 1982]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, public information officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development, to Dan McKinnon, chairperson of Civil Aeronautics Board. Mr. Salas has written to request that South African Airways be denied permission to land in Houston in light of South Africa's civil rights violations and treatment of black South Africans.
Date:
August 10, 1982
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History