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[League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Amendment - 1939-06-19]

Description: Document is an amendment to the League of United Latin American Citizens Charter dated June 19, 1939. The amendment serves to extend the corporation's territorial limits from "the State of Texas," as indicated in the original charter, to "the United States of America." It is signed by officers of LULAC as well as a notary public.
Date: June 19, 1939
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Amendment - 1939-06-19]

Description: Document is an amendment to the League of United Latin American Citizens Charter dated June 19, 1939. The amendment serves to extend the corporation's territorial limits from "the State of Texas," as indicated in the original charter, to "the United States of America." It is signed by officers of LULAC as well as a notary public.
Date: June 19, 1939
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Oscar Holcombe to Olivia C. Herrera - August 24, 1939]

Description: Letter to Mrs. Olivia C. Herrera, wife of John J. Herrera, from Houston Mayor Oscar Holcombe. Holcombe acknowledges Mrs. Herrera's letter concerning her husband, whom Holcombe refers to as "Johnny," and informs Mrs. Herrera that he had written to Mr. Herrera two days before suggesting that Mr. Herrera meet with City Secretary H. C. Jacobs.
Date: August 24, 1939
Creator: Holcombe, Oscar, 1888-1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Frank E. Mann to John J. Herrera - 1939-06-30]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrea from Houston City Commissioner #2 Frank E. Mann. Mann had received a letter from one of Herrera's associations congratulating the city council on a new wage structure. The new structure has clear minimums and maximums that employees can earn through ability or longevity.
Date: June 30, 1939
Creator: Mann, Frank E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Certificate of Progress

Description: Certificate of progress document given to Jillie Jensen from a Danevang public school. There is a decorative border surrounding the paper. Beneath an illustration of a hand holding a quill pen, the text reads: "This Certifies that Lillie Jensen has done good work in Penmanship in the third grade of Danevang Public Schools and has made notable progress in keeping correct position, using proper movement and doing legible writing in all written work." The name of the school, teacher, and princip… more
Date: May 19, 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

1939 Inventory

Description: Inventory sheet from 1939 after the Danevang Famer's Co-operative bought out a local grocery store. The document lists all of the supplies in the store, with prices on the far right and a total price at the bottom, which has been crossed out with pencil. The actual price appears to have been written on the bottom left corner.
Date: January 1, 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

O. J. Hansen Home

Description: Photograph of a single-story home in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Olaf J. Hansen. The photograph was taken a short distance away from the road, capturing the front lawn and the paved walkway leading up to the front doorstep. Five windows of identical dimensions and design run throughout the house. Horizontal siding covers the exterior walls and a shingle darker than the siding covers a pair of intersecting gable roofs. A chimney is at the top on one of the roof's hips.
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang School Bus

Description: Copy negative of a Danevang School bus in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. There are four people sitting inside the bus, and one person identified as Dorothy Andersen Westergaard is standing next to the bus. From top to bottom, the individuals sitting in the bus are Albert Westergaard, Andrew J. Hensen, Adell Westergaard (daughter of Dorothy Anderson Westergaard), Lavern (Dutch) Hansen and his puppy. According to sources, Andrew Hansen was the bus driver for the communities … more
Date: 1939~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Westerholm (Astrid)

Description: Bust portrait photograph of a woman, identified as Mrs. Astrid Westerholm, and her husband Peter Westerholm. They are in front of a blank backdrop. Mrs. Westerholm wears glasses and a jacket with embroidery detail on her lapel. Mr. Westerholm also wears glasses, as well as a suit jacket and polka-dot tie. Accompanying information states that, "Mrs. Astrid Westerholm was the organist in Danevang Lutheran Church in 1939-1942. She played on alternationg[sic] Sundays with Emil Svensson and Mrs. Vig… more
Date: 1939/1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers]

Description: Photograph of fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers in three rows in front of a dark-colored curtain. They are wearing matching light-colored floor-length dresses with short puffy sleeves. Two of the girls in the front row are holding bouquets and an arrangement in a vase is on the floor in the center of the group.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Group of Club Terpsicore members]

Description: Photograph of a group of Club Terpsicore members, 1939-1940. All of the girls are wearing identical, floor-length, light-colored, sleeveless dresses with an attached cape and flowers in their hair. They are posing in front of a building backdrop with a round window and large arch; the front row is seated on chairs or stools and a second row is standing behind them.
Date: [1939..1940]
Creator: Cantú
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Photograph of the Aztecas Club baseball team]

Description: Photograph of the Aztecas Club baseball team, taken in the spring of 1939. Back row, from left to right: unidentified ; Manuel Gonzales ; Pete Zamorron ; unidentified ; José Beltron ; Herman Castillo ; unidentified ; Duri Vidal ; unidentified ; Cuote ("Turn") - Felix Castro. Front row, from left to right: Mr. Gutierrez (Benito Zemno) ; Orzlo. ; "Cuballito" ; unidentified ; Lupe Garcia ; Jose Cordova ; Castillino ; Gilberto Mora ; Pusqualito Garcia ; Mr. Luna.
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and Dr. Jacob Fine with Enclosed Newsletter - June 21, 1939]

Description: Letter from Dr. Meyer Bodansky to Dr. Jacob Fine regarding candidates for the general Jewish Relief Committee and the appointment of a non-Jewish doctor as the Chairman. Includes a five page proposal for a national organization in aid of displaced foreign physicians that outlines two phases and eleven aims of the proposed program.
Date: June 21, 1939
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941 & Fine, Jacob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT
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