[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Executive Committee - January 3, 1980] (open access)

[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
[Letter from Bruce to Sterling Houston - November 3, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Bruce to Sterling Houston - November 3, 1986]

Letter, Christmas card, and photograph from Bruce to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. In his letter, he writes that it was great to see him perform. In the card, he discusses seeing Karen Finley perform on stage and making gingerbread houses to bring to an AIDS ward. In this same card, he has also included a photograph of (presumably) himself wearing a Santa Claus hat and embracing three large dogs. Behind him, on a wooden drawer, two colorful gingerbread houses have been placed.
Date: November 3, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Margaret Winn to The Links Foundation, Inc. - 1985-10-03] (open access)

[Memorandum from Margaret Winn to The Links Foundation, Inc. - 1985-10-03]

Memorandum from Margaret Winn to The Links Foundation, Inc. stating that the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. has sent $114.95 to purchase a cassette player for the National Headquarters Building.
Date: October 3, 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to Blair Corning - December 3, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to Blair Corning - December 3, 1985]

Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to Blair Corning thanking him for his article in the San Antonio Express-News about the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. and its 25th Anniversary.
Date: December 3, 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buffalo Soldiers Stand at Attention]

Photograph of the Buffalo Soldiers Living History Group at the Texas Folklife Festival. Six soldiers are lined up with their rifles in the shade next to a tree. They are wearing Civil War-era soldier uniforms with belts and brimmed hats. They are standing at attention, holding their rifles at their side. Their commanding officer is standing on the left, facing them.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Todd at Smokehouse]

Photograph of Bill Todd, from Round Rock, Texas, at Smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat that has part of a raccoon skin on it. He is reaching up to grab some peppers that are hanging on a string. On the counter in front of him a couple of squash are visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men of the Voices of Zion Community Choir Singing and Clapping]

Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three male African-American vocalists are gathered around a microphone, singing and clapping their hands. They are all wearing short-sleeved button-up shorts and jeans. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir]

Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir gathered for a group photograph at the Texas Folklife Festival. Approximately fifteen members of this African-American vocal group are standing together on the grass. Most of the members are women; they are wearing dresses or skirts. Some of them are wearing the same t-shirt.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Female Member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir Performing]

Photograph of a female member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding the microphone with one hand and the cord with the other as she sings and points her finger to the audience. She is wearing a sleeve-less, vertical-striped dress. Two male choir members are visible in the background. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Voices of Zion Community Choir]

Photograph of a female member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding the microphone with one hand and the cord with the other as she sings and points her finger to the audience. She is wearing a sleeve-less, vertical-striped dress. Two male choir members are visible in the background. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women of the Voices of Zion Community Choir Singing and Clapping]

Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three female African-American vocalists are gathered around a microphone, singing and clapping their hands. The woman on the left is playing the tambourine. To the left of her, another woman is singing and clapping. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Professional Gunfighters Performance]

Photograph of the Texas Professional Gunfighters performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the foreground, three gunfighters dressed in authentic western wear are crouched down as if anticipating some action about to occur. They are brandishing their pistols, ready for any opposition. In the background a crowd of festival visitors are gathered to watch the show.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Male Members of the Second Baptist Church Contemporaries Performing]

Photograph of male members of the Second Baptist Church Contemporaries performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of six African-American choir members are gathered around a microphone to sing. They are all wearing pants and matching polo shirts. The man in the front center is seated while all the others are standing. A canopy of greenery is hanging overhead.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Baptist Church Contemporaries]

Photograph of the the Second Baptist Church Contemporaries, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The all-female choir wears polo shirts with denim pants. They stand in groups of three around a microphone, performing for festival participants.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Broom Making Demonstration]

Photograph of John Zukowski, from Alpine, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting on the left behind a table, demonstrating how to make a broom. Festival visitors are gathered on the right side of the photograph, watching. Several stalks of straw used to make the brooms are visible on the ground behind Zukowski and on the table in front of him.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Braud Excited About a Racing Crawfish]

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited. His lips are pursed as if he is saying, "ooooh."
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Braud Smiling at Crawfish]

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited, with a large, open-mouth smile on his face.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Braud Holding Crawfish]

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is holding a crawfish up close to his face. He is very animated, with a large, open-mouth smile and squinted eyes.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Braud Cheering for Crawfish]

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table cheering on a crawfish that is directly in front of him. His face is very animated.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Braud Closely Watching Crawfish in Race]

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. His face is very animated.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Women Preparing Wontons in Chinese Booth]

Photograph of Mary Eng and another woman preparing wontons in the Chinese booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Eng is on the left picking up a wonton out of a large wok using chopsticks. The other woman is on the right next to another wok. She is tending to the boiling wontons and sifting out the finished ones with a large mesh ladle.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sweet Song String Band Performing]

Photograph of The Sweet Song String Band performing on a small stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three female band members are seated at the front of the stage wearing prairie dresses. The one on the right is playing percussion and the other two are playing stringed instruments that are laying in their laps. Behind them, three male band members are playing a violin, a mandolin and a hammer dulcimer. There is also another female band member who is playing another stringed instrument, possibly a banjo.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Korean Folkdancers Gathering in a Circle]

Photograph of female dancers from the Korean Folkdancing School in Houston, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are wearing very colorful traditional garments with colors of hot pink, yellow, blue, green, red and white. They are gathering together all facing one another with their arms up in the air. They are wearing colorful sleeves that extend far beyond their hands. Each sleeve has large stripes of blue, green, yellow and red close to the wrist, but the rest of the sleeve is white. Each dancer is wearing a pink sash that is attached to their head and extends down their back. They are dancing in an area that is shaded with a colorful canopy. On the right side of the photograph is a blue storage shed. Near the shed stands a girl who is watching the performance. She is wearing a t-shirt that says, "Korea."
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Korean Folkdancer with Long Sleeves]

Photograph of a female dancer from the Korean Folkdancing School in Houston, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing colorful, traditional garments with sleeves that extend beyond her hands. She is looking down and holding her arms in front of her. The sleeves come down to her ankles. Her outfit is multi-colored with fuchsia, red, yellow, blue, green and white. She is wearing a small headpiece with tassels. A red translucent backdrop is in the background.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History