Letter from Emerson Marcee, president of the San Antonio branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), to Mrs. O. C. Booker for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc. He writes to thank her for a charitable duration of nine hundred dollars for an unspecified crisis in Mississippi.

Handwritten report of the Services to Youth Committee of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. for November 21, 1976. The committee is continuing to work to develop a project with the Head Start program in San Antonio. They will also sponsor food baskets for low-income families during the upcoming holiday season.

Handwritten minutes from the November 1976 meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Discusses the chapter's correspondence, treasury and budget reports, committee activities, and other business.

Handwritten minutes from the October 16, 1976 meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Discusses the chapter's correspondence, treasury and budget reports, committee activities, plans for a fashion show and reception, and other business.

Letter from Angus Cockrell to Edwina Murphy, referred to here as Mrs. John B. Murphy. Cockrell sends his thanks to Murphy and the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. for their donation to The Children's Hospital Foundation.

Report about a fashion and art show sponsored by the Arts Committee of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. on October 9, 1976. The process for planning the event and appointing tasks to members is described in detail.

The Western Area Newsletter is a quarterly publication of local chapters of The Links, Inc., located in the western United States. It contains letters from the area director as well as chapter reports, financial statements, rosters, member updates, officer information, conference announcements, and other news related to the organization's service and personal development activities. In this particular issue, pages from the newsletter are printed on the front side of each page. The last page of the newsletter is an excerpt of a San Francisco magazine announcing the retirement of a Links member. The back side of each page of the newsletter was used to record the minutes of an unrelated Links meeting.

Handwritten minutes from the September 19, 1976 meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Discusses the chapter's correspondence, treasury and budget reports, committee activities, plans for a fashion show and reception, and other business.

Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the pit of adobe, raking the mixture as festival participants watch.

Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over a wooden trough as he pours water into the individual sections. Several festival stand behind Bill, watching the demonstration.

Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the wooden trough, shoveling an unknown substance into the individual sections. A festival participant stands behind Bill, watching the demonstration.

Photograph of a woman creating a beaded headdress at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman, a member of the Alabama Coushatta tribe, spreads out the large headdress decorated with feathers and beads.

Photograph of members of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe preparing costumes for a dance demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a small boy wears traditional Native-American dance regalia as a woman leans over his fur boot, attaching bells to his costume.

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two young dancers in full Alabama-Coushatta regalia perform for a crowd of festival participants. The dancers wear large feather headdresses, beaded belts, and fur boots as they dance.

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a boy wears an intricate costume consisting of a feather headdress, beaded headband, tasseled belt, and fur boots with bells attached. He holds sticks with suede tassels attached as he dances for festival participants.

Photograph of women preparing Alabama-Coushatta Indian dance regalia at the Texas Folklife Festival. The women sew red and purple feathers onto large headresses. One woman sits in the grass weaving string in and out of a cardboard circle, while another sits in a chair working on a yellow and green headdress.

Photograph of Jack Pattise with a festival participant at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jack wears a feather headdress from the Alabama-Coushatta tribe as he speaks into a microphone. He stands to the left of a man wearing patterned suspenders over a short-sleeved shirt.

Photograph of Jack Pattise with a festival participant at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jack wears a feather headdress from the Alabama-Coushatta tribe. He stands next to a festival participant speaking into a microphone.

Photograph of the Alabama-Coushatta Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear traditional Native-American clothing as they dance on a grey stage in front of a crowd of festival-participants.

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear intricate headdresses, belts, and boots as they perform on a grassy area for festival participants.

Photograph of a man making a headdress at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man, a member of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe, sits in a chair with a dark-colored sleeveless shirt and white pants, attaching feathers to a circular disk.

Photograph of a child using an antique corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy leans over a wooden trough full of corn. He cranks the sheller as several festival participants watch.

Photograph of Arnold Griffin teaching children how to saw a log at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Arnold holds onto the middle of the saw, guiding it through the wood as two boys hold onto handles on opposite sides. the sawing demonstration takes place in the front yard surrounding a small wooden house.

Photograph of artificial flower making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman stands behind a festival booth, arranging artificial floral bouquets in brown wicker baskets.