[Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston - December 3, 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston - December 3, 2001]

Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston, a prominent Texan playwright. She writes informing him of a creative project she is interested in developing- a play about Lillian Gish, a silent film actress whose life has inspired Kathy. She notes that strong racial commentary could come from the project. She has attached three pages of xeroxed newspaper clippings about the actress.
Date: December 3, 2001
Creator: Stephan, Kathy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ronald Tavel to Sterling Houston - October 3, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Ronald Tavel to Sterling Houston - October 3, 1994]

Letter from Ronald Tavel to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes from National Taiwan University in Taipei, where, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he has landed a teaching position. He informs Houston on his life in Taiwan and of general news in his professional career as a writer, academic, and filmmaker.
Date: October 3, 1994
Creator: Tavel, Ronald
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
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to KSAT Television - May 3, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to KSAT Television - May 3, 1979]

Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to KSAT Television. He writes to complain to the television station about a Bugs Bunny cartoon that was aired in which various racial slurs were used towards Japanese people. He hopes the airing was a mistake and an oversight on the part of the television station.
Date: May 3, 1979
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bilger & Blair to William B. Ray - July 3, 1974] (open access)

[Letter from Bilger & Blair to William B. Ray - July 3, 1974]

Letter from Bilger & Blair, attorneys at law, to William B. Ray, chief of the complaints and compliance division of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although only one page of the letter has been provided, it would appear that the attorneys are explaining a miscommunication that occurred between members of the Black Coalition on Mass Media and the KAPE radio sales manager - Franklin Collins. He did not provide a copy of a renewal application because he did not know it was available.
Date: July 3, 1974
Creator: Bilger, Donald E. & Blair, Forbes W.
System: The Portal to Texas History