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[Letter from A'Lelia Bundles to Sterling Houston - December 29, 1990]
Letter from A'Lelia Bundles to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. It appears there was a woman, A'Lelia Walker, who inspired Mr. Houston to write a stage play. Ms. Bundles writes to praise Houston on the play and inform him of other news in theatre.
Date:
December 29, 1990
Creator:
Bundles, A'Lelia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aaronetta Pierce to Sister Links - April 11, 1995]
Letter from Aaronetta Pierce, national director of the arts for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc, to other link members. She sends her congratulations to Harriet Kelly, whose art exhibition will open at the Smithsonian Institution as part of the National African American Museum Project.
Date:
April 11, 1995
Creator:
Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arturo Madrid to Sterling Houston - September 27, 1995]
Letter from Arturo Madrid of Trinity University to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to invite him to a reception and dinner for Judith F. Baca, an artist-in-residence at the university, at Magnolia Gardens Restaurant. He asks that he please RSVP as soon as possible.
Date:
September 27, 1995
Creator:
Madrid, Arturo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aubrey to Sterling Houston - January 23, 1996]
Letter from Aubrey to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes thanking him for participating in an exhibition titled Emerging from the Shadows: One City's Perspective on Homelessness. She includes two responses from attendees, who write positively about the show and share personal stories.
Date:
January 23, 1996
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barbara L. Walker to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence - June 1, 1995]
Letter from Barbara L. Walker to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence asking Lawrence to sponsor a table at a dinner which the San Antonio Area Council of Girl Scouts will hold in honor of Aaronetta Pierce who, like Lawrence, is a member of the The Links, Inc. A reply form is included with the letter.
Date:
June 1, 1995
Creator:
Walker, Barbara L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Boyd Vance to Jump-Start Performance Company - April 6, 1998]
Letter from Boyd Vance, artistic director of Pro Arts Collective, to Jump-Start Performance Company. He writes to express his excitement for an upcoming collaboration. He also expresses concern for promotion and publicity.
Date:
April 6, 1998
Creator:
Vance, Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Boyd Vance to Jump-Start Performance Company - April 9, 1998]
Letter from Boyd Vance, artistic director of Pro Arts Collective, to Jump-Start Performance Company. He writes to express his excitement for an upcoming collaboration. He also expresses concern for promotion and publicity. In this photocopied version, Mr. Vance has included a check he wrote to the company for three-hundred dollars as well as a fax cover sheet.
Date:
April 9, 1998
Creator:
Vance, Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bruce Morrow to Sterling Houston - June 27, 1995]
Letter from Bruce Morrow, associate director of the Teachers & Writers Collaborative, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to thank him for sending his story, Moan Your Mourners, but has declined to include it in an anthology of short stories he is editing.
Date:
June 1995
Creator:
Morrow, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bruce Tyler to Sterling Houston - March 1, 1994]
Letter from Bruce Tyler of the Social Security Administration to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The letter was sent to notify Sterling of a phone interview to review and update his social security benefits. A request form is included as a second page.
Date:
March 1, 1994
Creator:
Tyler, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Laurence to Sterling Houston - September 7th, 1996]
Typed letter from Dan Laurence to Sterling Houston. He writes thanking him for a recent note and pointing to an enclosed reading - which was not provided. Letter was written on Laurence's letterhead.
Date:
September 7, 1996
Creator:
Laurence, Dan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Deborah and Navarra Williams to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence - May 12, 1995]
Letter from Deborah and Navarra Williams to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence announcing that Aaronetta Pierece has been selected to receive an award from the San Antonio Area Council of Girl Scouts. They would like Lawrence who, like Pierce, is a member of The Links, Inc. to join the planning committee for a dinner which the council will hold in Pierce's honor. Also included is an explanation of the Trefoil Award that Pierce will receive and a reply form.
Date:
May 12, 1995
Creator:
Williams, Deborah & Williams, Navarra
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Deborah and Navarra Williams to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence - May 30, 1995]
Letter from Deborah and Navarra Williams to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence asking Lawrence to attend a dinner which the San Antonio Area Council of Girl Scouts will hold in honor of Aaronetta Pierce who, like Lawrence, is a member of the The Links, Inc. A reply form is included with the letter.
Date:
May 30, 1995
Creator:
Williams, Deborah & Williams, Navarra
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dianne Monroe to Sterling Houston - September 1, 1995]
Letter from Dianne Monroe to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to congratulate him on a recent play, On the Pulse of the Morning. She shares recent updates in her life, including a book she co-wrote titled Scattered Children, and hopes that the two can get together again. A second letter written by Sterling is included along with an envelope, but it goes unmentioned in Dianne's letter.
Date:
September 1, 1995
Creator:
Monroe, Dianne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donna Muslin to Barbara Lawrence - December 15, 1996]
Letter from Donna Muslin to Barbara Lawrence inviting the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. to participate in a charity shopping day at the J. C. Penney store. Muslin would like members of the chapter to sell $5 tickets to the event, with the chapter keeping the proceeds. The body of the letter is a form letter, but Muslin also wrote a brief personal note to Lawrence.
Date:
December 15, 1996
Creator:
Muslin, Donna
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Douglas Hyland to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence - May 16, 1995]
Letter from Douglas Hyland to Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence asking the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. to financially support the San Antonio Museum of Art's efforts to organize an exhibition of paintings by the artist Jacob Lawrence.
Date:
May 16, 1995
Creator:
Hyland, Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Barbara A. Lawrence to Mary P. Douglass - April 24, 1996]
Letter from Barbara A. Lawrence to Mary P. Douglass stating that the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. is a "fully paid Golden Heritage Member" of the San Antonio Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She has enclosed a letter from the San Antonio Branch confirming their membership.
Date:
April 24, 1996
Creator:
Lawrence, Barbara A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor to Sterling Houston - August 28, 1995]
Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor, president of St. Philip's College, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He informs him that he would be pleased to host a reception to one of Houston's adaptations - On the Pulse of the Morning by the world-renowned poet Maya Angelou - before the production goes up. However, he is unable to provide additional funds to underwrite the event.
Date:
August 28, 1995
Creator:
Taylor, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - July 10, 1990]
Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the San Antonio Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. He writes informing him of his candidacy for an Individual Artist Grant. The rest of the letter details what is to come and how the decision will be made in the upcoming weeks.
Date:
July 10, 1990
Creator:
Diaz, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - July 23, 1990]
Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs in San Antonio, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. Mr. Diaz writes to inform Mr. Houston that he is one of eleven other local artists to receive a grant and that confirmation of his grant will take place in the upcoming months.
Date:
July 23, 1990
Creator:
Diaz, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - May 14, 1999]
Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. His department has benefited from a one hundred thousand dollar allocation by the Community Revitalization Action Group. The funds were given with the intention of supporting art and cultural programs in neighborhoods, and the letter asks of Sterling to participate in a meeting to decide on guidelines for funding and selecting projects.
Date:
May 14, 1999
Creator:
Diaz, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eduardo Diaz to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - November 8, 1995]
Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He is writing on behalf of Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright, so that he may be awarded a fellowship with the Center. Diaz notes that Houston has been instrumental in establishing alternative theater and wholeheartedly recommends him to their program.
Date:
November 8, 1995
Creator:
Diaz, Eduardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edwina Gray Higgins to Western Area Links - August 25, 1990]
Letter from Edwina Gray Higgins to members of The Links, Inc. in the western United States reminding them of important Western Area business. Chapters must continue to plan relevant programs that address issues in the black community, familiarize themselves with revisions to the bylaws made at the recent National Assembly, and file taxation forms in a timely manner.
Date:
August 25, 1990
Creator:
Higgins, Edwina Gray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ethel M. Minor to the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. - March 11, 1996]
Letter from Ethel M. Minor to the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. certifying that their chapter is a "fully paid Golden Heritage Member" of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Date:
March 11, 1996
Creator:
Minor, Ethel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Faye Barksdale to Link Sister - January 18, 1997]
Letter from Faye Barksdale to chapters of The Links, Inc. in Texas requesting their membership rosters. The Mid Cities Texas Chapter will host the Texas Cluster meeting in April and needs the membership rosters in order to send out invitations.
Date:
January 18, 1997
Creator:
Barksdale, Faye
System:
The Portal to Texas History