[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook: 1971 Session, March - May] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook: 1971 Session, March - May]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook:1967 Session, January - May] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook:1967 Session, January - May]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook 1971 Session, January - March] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook 1971 Session, January - March]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Justice (open access)

Justice

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding an increasing crime level in the United States, lack of government action, and a lack of understanding of the justice system by the average American.
Date: June 4, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Justice (open access)

Justice

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding an increasing crime level in the United States, lack of government action, and a lack of understanding of the justice system by the average American. A number of handwritten edits can be seen across the document.
Date: June 4, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Statewide Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Regional Coordinating Committees and Task Forces (open access)

Texas Statewide Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Regional Coordinating Committees and Task Forces

Text of a study intended to develop a vocational rehabilitation program for handicapped individuals in Texas by July 1, 1975. It identifies those in need of vocational rehabilitation and operating requirements for such programs.
Date: March 17, 1967
Creator: Texas. State Project Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978]

Text of prayer by Barbara Jordan asking God for the strength and patience to be better people.
Date: February 2, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Values in Common (open access)

Values in Common

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Middlebury College. She discusses virtues necessary for a democracy: truth, tolerance, respect, and community.
Date: May 24, 1987
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Consumer Federation of America, January 24, 1974 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Consumer Federation of America, January 24, 1974

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding economic difficulties in the United States and the benefits of having an independent organization to protect the rights of consumers.
Date: January 24, 1974
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer for the TSWA Regional Conference on the Manpower Shortage in the Human Services] (open access)

[Flyer for the TSWA Regional Conference on the Manpower Shortage in the Human Services]

Text describing the conceptual framework underpinning the TSWA Regional Conference on the Manpower Shortage in the Human Services as well as its goals.
Date: 1968
Creator: University of Houston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Welfare Reform and Income Security Policies: The Commission Proposal (open access)

Welfare Reform and Income Security Policies: The Commission Proposal

Text by Barbara Jordan regarding the need to expand welfare programs in the United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan's Declaration of Not Seeking Reelection] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan's Declaration of Not Seeking Reelection]

Text by Barbara Jordan in which she declares that she will not seek reelection after her term ends in 1978. She notes that she does not know what the future holds for her and that her time in government has not made her cynical.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978]

Text of prayer by Barbara Jordan asking God for the strength and patience to be better people.
Date: February 2, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Edward Murray to Barbara Jordan, May 14, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from J. Edward Murray to Barbara Jordan, May 14, 1973]

Letter from J. Edward Murray to Barbara Jordan complementing her on her Quo Vadis Nixon panel discussion in front of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Date: May 14, 1973
Creator: Murray, J. Edward
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Original text of Jordan speech before Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974 (open access)

Original text of Jordan speech before Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. She describes impeachment and the criteria thereof.
Date: July 25, 1974
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Barbara Jordan's Remarks on the Occasion of the Swearing-in of Ms. Azie Morton] (open access)

[Draft of Barbara Jordan's Remarks on the Occasion of the Swearing-in of Ms. Azie Morton]

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan in which she praises Azie Morton and discusses her background. The text is handwritten and contains a number of edits.
Date: September 12, 1979
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, July 1973 - April 1975] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, July 1973 - April 1975]

None
Date: [1973..1975]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, December 1977 - February 1978] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, December 1977 - February 1978]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, September 30 - December 26, 1971] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, September 30 - December 26, 1971]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan. Topics include political redistricting, political campaigns, and education.
Date: 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, South Texas College of Law, April 2, 1977 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, South Texas College of Law, April 2, 1977

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan discussing the public's dissatisfaction towards the judicial system, saying that most people find it punitive, expensive, and inaccessible.
Date: April 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of the Voting Rights Act Expansion, 1975] (open access)

[Scrapbook of the Voting Rights Act Expansion, 1975]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to the extension of the Voting Rights Act and Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June 1 - December 10, 1978] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June 1 - December 10, 1978]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension of the time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (open access)

Extension of the time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan calling for an extension and ratifcation of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Date: May 18, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Efforts to Assist Family Planning (open access)

Federal Efforts to Assist Family Planning

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the annual meeting of the Houston Planned Parenthood Association. She talks about the necessity of family planning and related upcoming legislation.
Date: July 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History