Is the Necessity for a Higher Education More in Demand Today Than a Decade Ago? (open access)

Is the Necessity for a Higher Education More in Demand Today Than a Decade Ago?

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan about why the higher education is becoming more necessary over time.
Date: July 24, 1952
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Passing State Law Not Easy But Sometimes It Can Be Fun (open access)

Passing State Law Not Easy But Sometimes It Can Be Fun

Paper written by Margaret Mayer, a special correspondent for The Dallas Daily Times Herald, about the passing of state laws.
Date: February 2, 1953
Creator: Mayer, Margaret
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back to Genesis (open access)

Back to Genesis

Speech that Robert F. Kennedy was to deliver at the California Institute of Technology. Topics include the Constitution and the separation of powers in the United States government.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Figures: Taxes and Legislation] (open access)

[Handwritten Figures: Taxes and Legislation]

Handwritten tables and figures, one with statistics about legislation since 1963, and the other entitled "Local General Sales Tax Rates, January 1, 1964."
Date: 1964~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan] (open access)

[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan]

Resume for Barbara C. Jordan, including educational background, professional organization and other memberships, teaching background, political background, profession, and other credentials.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan] (open access)

[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan]

Resume for Barbara C. Jordan, including educational background, professional organization and other memberships, teaching background, political background, profession, and other credentials.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan] (open access)

[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan]

Resume for Barbara C. Jordan, including educational background, professional organization and other memberships, teaching background, political background, profession, and other credentials.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan] (open access)

[Resume, Barbara C. Jordan]

Resume for Barbara C. Jordan, including educational background, professional organization and other memberships, teaching background, political background, profession, and other credentials.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June - October, 1965] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June - October, 1965]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas: 41-1174] (open access)

[Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas: 41-1174]

Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas, giving rationale for his vetoing of Senate Bill 163.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Connally, John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
1966 State Sales Tax Tables (open access)

1966 State Sales Tax Tables

1966 State Sales Tax Tables, used to compute federal income tax or tax guide for small business.
Date: 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legislation and Tax Figures] (open access)

[Legislation and Tax Figures]

Tables with figures, one entitled "Legislation Since 1963" and the other "IRS State Sales Tax Tables, 1966."
Date: 1966~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Map of Texas Senatorial Districts] (open access)

[Map of Texas Senatorial Districts]

Map of Texas senatorial districts, related to SB 547, 59th Legislature, Regular Session. The map is effective for the 1966 elections.
Date: 1966~
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Mary Watson Hymon, January 10, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Mary Watson Hymon, January 10, 1966]

Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Mary Watson Hymon, Chairman of General Concerts and Lectures at Grambling College in Louisiana. The letter reads "Enclosed please find biographical sketch of Senator Barbara C. Jordan. At this time, this is all the information we have. I trust that it will serve the purpose."
Date: January 10, 1966
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Preston Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, May 25, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Preston Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, May 25, 1966]

Letter from Preston Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election to the Texas Senate.
Date: May 25, 1966
Creator: Smith, Preston
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Brooks to Barbara C. Jordan, June 16, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Brooks to Barbara C. Jordan, June 16, 1966]

Letter from Jack Brooks of the House of Representatives to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election to the Texas Senate.
Date: June 16, 1966
Creator: Brooks, Jack
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Barbara C. Jordan, November 19, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Barbara C. Jordan, November 19, 1966]

Letter from Humbert H. Humphrey, Vice President, to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election.
Date: November 19, 1966
Creator: Humphrey, Hubert H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Barbara C. Jordan, November 22, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Barbara C. Jordan, November 22, 1966]

Letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Barbara C. Jordan, congratulating her on her election as a senator.
Date: November 22, 1966
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Thomas to Barbara C. Jordan, December 16, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from George Thomas to Barbara C. Jordan, December 16, 1966]

Letter from George Thomas to Barbara C. Jordan, requesting her presence as a speaker at the Fifteenth Constitutional Convention of the District 5 Council, United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers.
Date: December 16, 1966
Creator: Thomas, George
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
60th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 66 (open access)

60th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 66

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives inviting President Lyndon B. Johnson to address a joint session of the 60th Legislature.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
60th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 16, Chapter 721 (open access)

60th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 16, Chapter 721

Bill introduced by the Texas Legislature proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article IV, and Sections 2 and 4 of Article VI, Senate Bill No. 116, Chapter 334, 51st Legislature, Regular Session, 1949, as last amended by Senate Bill No. 4, Chapter 438, Acts 59th Legislature, 1965, so as to improve the minimum teacher salary schedule in the Foundation Program Act; providing for the local fund assignment for the school year 1967-68 on a specific basis, thereafter to be determined on a prescribed formula; providing a savings and severability clause; and declaring an emergency.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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
[Correspondence between Anna Mae Bombardieri to Barbara C. Jordan] (open access)

[Correspondence between Anna Mae Bombardieri to Barbara C. Jordan]

Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Anna Mae Bombardieri, thanking her for sending a newspaper clipping. Included is a handwritten letter from Anna Mae Bombardieri.
Date: 1967
Creator: Bombardieri, Anna Mae & Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Helen Cooley and Barbara C. Jordan] (open access)

[Correspondence between Helen Cooley and Barbara C. Jordan]

Letters exchanged between Barbara C. Jordan and Helen Cooley, speaking of logistics concerning Barbara Jordan's upcoming speaking engagement with the Bessemer Voters League.
Date: 1967
Creator: Cooley, Helen & Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History