[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - April 2, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - April 2, 1965]

Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne confirming his appearance at a meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Spaights is going out of town but will forward promotional materials to Horne upon his return. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. Doris Horne." The back of the envelope has handwritten notes in a different script.
Date: April 2, 1965
Creator: Spaights, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - May 7, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - May 7, 1965]

Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne confirming that he will play at a concert hosted by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Spaights was ill and unable to send the promotional materials that Horne had requested earlier. However, he has recovered and placed the materials in the mail.
Date: May 7, 1965
Creator: Spaights, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - November 10, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - November 10, 1965]

Letter from Doris Horne to James Spaights confirming that he will play at a concert hosted by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. They have agreed to hold the concert on March 27, 1966, and she has enclosed a check for $100 to validate the contract. Per their contract, the chapter will pay him another $200 at a later date.
Date: November 10, 1965
Creator: Horne, Doris
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - October 25, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - October 25, 1965]

Letter from Doris Horne to James Spaights confirming that he will play at a concert hosted by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Spaights provided an acceptable contract to play the concert, but it stated the date incorrectly. The chapter would like to hold the concert on March 28, 1966. If Spaights sends the chapter a contract with the corrected date, they will sign it and forward him the binder fee.
Date: October 25, 1965
Creator: Horne, Doris
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Front Page of United Negro College Fund Newsletter, September 1974] (open access)

[Front Page of United Negro College Fund Newsletter, September 1974]

Photocopy of the front page of the September 27, 1974 edition of the United Negro College Fund Newsletter. The page features four articles, including three about the national organization of The Links, Inc. The first article discusses a large donation by The Links, Inc. to the fund; another article introduces Pauline Ellison as the new president of The Links, Inc.; and a third article announces a fund raising event hosted by The Links, Inc. on behalf of the fund. The fourth article on the page describes an event in honor of Duke Ellington.
Date: September 27, 1974
Creator: United Negro College Fund. Department of Communications.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Linnet Taylor to a CAN Gathering Participant - June 2, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Linnet Taylor to a CAN Gathering Participant - June 2, 2004]

Letter from Linnet Taylor, program assistant of creativity and culture of the Rockefeller Foundation. She sends the letter to a "CAN gathering participant" with a copy of Creative Community: the Art of Community Cultural Development; presumably, a publication by the Foundation.
Date: June 2, 2004
Creator: Taylor, Linnet
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bruce Morrow to Sterling Houston - June 27, 1995] (open access)

[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
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Glines to Sterling Houston - June 15, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from John Glines to Sterling Houston - June 15, 1999]

Letter from John Glines of The Glines, a non-profit organization for gay arts, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes thanking him for showing an interest in The Glines, but that they are not looking for new material to produce.
Date: June 15, 1999
Creator: Glines, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sterling Houston - 1988] (open access)

[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

[Letter from John to Sterling Houston - February 1994]

Postcard from John to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. John talks about how great it was to spend time with Sterling and Arnie, and about a storm that hit them after they left. The front of the postcard shows an athletic man in light-colored boxers holding a shirt.
Date: February 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor John Connally unveils the 1968 World's Fair plans

Photograph of four men standing behind a table, looking at a three-dimensional scale model of the plans for HemisFair '68 on a table. The men are (left to right): John Connally, H. B. Zachry, Frank Manupelli, and Walter W. McAllistr, Sr.; Manupelli is leaning between two of the other men to point at something. A projection screen is visible behind them.
Date: 1962~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History