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[Advertisement from Houston Times All-Church Press for Political Advertising]

Advertisement from Houston Times All-Church Press for Political Advertising. "As your MESSENGERS TO These Influential and Civic-Working Voters, Use The Houston Times With 81 Separate Local Newspapers Each One Edited by the Reader's Own Pastor." The advertisement also boasts, "ONLY 3 1/2 Cents Per Paper"; "LEAD Your Race from the Start."

Date: 1954

Creator: Houston Times All-Church Press

Item Type: Text

[Affidavit from Ernest Rosales - 1957-11-06]

Witness testimony giving Ernest Rosales's account of the night of November 1, 1957, describing Rosales and his friends being engaged in a fight with some other men, during which shots were fired. Second page of testimony is not included here.

Date: November 6, 1957

Creator: Rosales, Ernest

Item Type: Legal Document

[Affidavit from Ernest Rosales, page one - 1957-11-06]

Document contains the sworn statement from Ernest Rosales. Rosales describes the events related to a fight and a shooting. Statement is notarized by John J. Herrera.

Date: November 6, 1957

Creator: Rosales, Ernest

Item Type: Legal Document

[Agenda of the LULAC Supreme Council Meeting, September 14-15, 1957]

Agenda for the LULAC Supreme Council Meeting from September 14-15, 1957, at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston, Texas.

Date: September 1957

Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

Item Type: Text

[Ann Miller welcomed to Houston by Mayor Roy Hofheinz]

Photograph of actress Ann Miller with Houston by Mayor Roy Hofheinz.

Date: November 1953

Creator: Arrow Arts Studios

Item Type: Photograph

[Annotated list of LULAC Officers and Councils - April 13, 1953]

List of LULAC national officers, regional governors, district governors, and councils dated April 13, 1953. This appears to be a working copy as it contains numerous handwritten notes and corrections. The sixth page appears to be a partial membership roster of Houston members.

Date: April 11, 1953

Item Type: Text

[Anonymous letter to John Herrera - 1950-03-06]

Anonymous letter to John J. Herrera regarding issue of having a special police squad for Latin-Americans.

Date: March 6, 1950

Item Type: Letter

[Appointment of Gus C. Garcia to position of LULAC National Organizer by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

Onionskin paper copy of appointment of Gus C. Garcia to position of LULAC National Organizer by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 20, 1952.

Date: July 20, 1952

Creator: Herrera, John J.

Item Type: Text

[Appointment of Jacob I. Rodriguez to position of LULAC National Director of Publicity and Editor of LULAC News by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

Onionskin paper copy of appointment of Jacob I. Rodriguez to position of LULAC National Director of Publicity and Editor of LULAC News by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 20, 1952.

Date: July 20, 1952

Creator: Herrera, John J.

Item Type: Text

[Appointment of Reynaldo de la Garza to position of LULAC National Special Organizer At Large by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

Onionskin carbon copy of the appointment of Reynaldo de la Garza to position of LULAC National Special Organizer At Large by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 20, 1952.

Date: July 20, 1952

Creator: Herrera, John J.

Item Type: Text

[Article on San Jacinto Day Celebration - April 22, 1958]

Partial clipping of an article from The Houston Post covering the San Jacinto Day Celebration published on April 22, 1958. The article includes two photographs: a photo of Texas Governor Price Daniel addressing the audience and posed photo of Joyce and John J. Herrera and Governor Daniel with a memorial wreath. The article is a continuation from a previous page and the text is incomplete.

Date: April 22, 1958

Item Type: Clipping

[Baptism of thee children at El Mesias Church]

Photograph of a baptism of three children at El Mesias Church, 1951. El Mesias Church was located at 1105 James Street on the northeast corner of James Street at Fulton Street in Houston, Texas.

Date: 1951

Creator: Perry, William J., Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.778895 -95.358180

[Biographies of John J. Herrera - 1952-10-04]

Biographies of John J. Herrera. The first, two page biography on LULAC letterhead is dated October 4, 1952. The third page is a condensed, three paragraph biography.

Date: October 4, 1952

Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

Item Type: Text

[Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking Newsletter, Number 25, August 1953]

Newsletter Number 25 of the Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking of Houston, Texas, dated August 1953. Handwritten note indicates "read at convention, November, 1953," but does not show which article was read.

Date: August 1953

Creator: Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Boletin a los clubes y sociedades Mexicanas de Houston, Texas

Bulletin announcing the recipients of a $250.00 scholarship.

Date: June 10, 1950

Creator: Zorrilla, Luis G.

Item Type: Text

[Bond notice from the Office of the Sheriff to John J. Herrera - 1956-07-31]

Bond notice warning John J. Herrera from the Harris County Sheriff's Department, C. V. "Buster" Kern, Sheriff. The notice warns Herrera to return the bond lest he be blacklisted.

Date: July 31, 1956

Creator: Kern, Clairville V.

Item Type: Letter

[Campaign letter for the re-election of John J. Herrera as LULAC National President from Campaign Headquarters - 1953]

Campaign letter for re-election of John J. Herrera as LULAC National President from Armando Mares, Campaign Manager, to fellow LULACs.

Date: 1953

Creator: Mares, Armando

Item Type: Letter

[Church service in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

Photograph of Church service in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

Date: September 6, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.759070818153486 -95.34499499999998

[Commercial Broadcast Contract from KLVL Radio Station, Pasadena, Texas - 1950-05-22]

Commercial broadcast contract from KLVL Radio Station in Pasadena, Texas, signed by John J. Herrera, dated May 22, 1950. This contract was paid for by Mrs. Felix Morales and was paying for a congratulatory message to be broadcast on the radio station.

Date: May 22, 1950

Creator: KLVL (Radio station : Houston, Tex.)

Item Type: Text

[Contract with American Federation of Musicians Local 644 and Houston LULAC Council - March 25, 1953]

Contract with American Federation of Musicians Local 644 by John J. Herrera of the Houston LULAC Council, dated March 25, 1953. The contract is written for Ralph Galvan and nine vocalists/musicians to perform on April 12, 1953 at the City Auditorium of Houston, Texas on April 12, 1953.

Date: March 25, 1953

Creator: Herrera, John J.

Item Type: Text

[Court indictment, United States of America vs. Ernesto Herrera, Arnulfo Jimenez Torres, and Trinidad Lopez Fierros - 1951-09-24]

District Court of the United States indictment for the case of United States of America versus Ernesto Herrera, Arnulfo Jimenez Torres, and Trinidad Lopez Fierros. The case concerns the unlawful acquisition, transfer, and sale of marijuana by the defendants.

Date: September 24, 1951

Creator: District Court of the United States

Item Type: Legal Document

[Deed for Lot 12, Block 15 of Forest River Estates, October 31, 1959]

Record of sale for the deed of a property in Forest River Estates, transferring the lot from Homes, Inc. of San Antonio to Brigido Becerra, filed in Volume 6928, page 209 of the Deed Records.

Date: October 31, 1959

Creator: Harris County (Tex.) Clerk Office

Item Type: Legal Document

[Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Complaint for Injunction and Damages, Ben Rios, et. al. vs O.B. Ellis, et. al. - 1955-07-18]

Document notifying John J. Herrera that the Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Will D. Davis, had filed a Motion to Dismiss. The motion was made due to the named plaintiffs not authorizing John J. Herrera to file suit on their behalf. From the case Ben Rios, Mateo Camarillo, George Ramirez, Abraham Rios and Ernesto Langoria, vs. O. B. Ellis, as Manager of the Texas Prison System; French M. Robertson, Walter W. Cardwell, B. A. Stufflebeme, Rev. George Beto, Fred W. Shield, H. E. Treichler, H. … more

Date: July 18, 1955

Creator: Davis, Will D.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Draft of a speech by John J. Herrera for League of United Latin American Citizens event - 1951]

Draft of a speech for an end-of-the year celebration event for the League of United Latin American Citizens by John J. Herrera. Herrera addresses the Houston, Rosenberg, Wharton, El Campo, Palacios, Freeport, Texas City and Galveston LULAC Councils.

Date: 1951

Creator: Herrera, John J.

Item Type: Text

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[Advertisement from Houston Times All-Church Press for Political Advertising]

[Affidavit from Ernest Rosales - 1957-11-06]

[Affidavit from Ernest Rosales, page one - 1957-11-06]

[Agenda of the LULAC Supreme Council Meeting, September 14-15, 1957]

[Ann Miller welcomed to Houston by Mayor Roy Hofheinz]

[Annotated list of LULAC Officers and Councils - April 13, 1953]

[Anonymous letter to John Herrera - 1950-03-06]

[Appointment of Gus C. Garcia to position of LULAC National Organizer by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

[Appointment of Jacob I. Rodriguez to position of LULAC National Director of Publicity and Editor of LULAC News by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

[Appointment of Reynaldo de la Garza to position of LULAC National Special Organizer At Large by John J. Herrera, LULAC National President - July 20, 1952]

[Article on San Jacinto Day Celebration - April 22, 1958]

[Baptism of thee children at El Mesias Church]

[Biographies of John J. Herrera - 1952-10-04]

[Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking Newsletter, Number 25, August 1953]

Boletin a los clubes y sociedades Mexicanas de Houston, Texas

[Bond notice from the Office of the Sheriff to John J. Herrera - 1956-07-31]

[Campaign letter for the re-election of John J. Herrera as LULAC National President from Campaign Headquarters - 1953]

[Church service in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

[Commercial Broadcast Contract from KLVL Radio Station, Pasadena, Texas - 1950-05-22]

[Contract with American Federation of Musicians Local 644 and Houston LULAC Council - March 25, 1953]

[Court indictment, United States of America vs. Ernesto Herrera, Arnulfo Jimenez Torres, and Trinidad Lopez Fierros - 1951-09-24]

[Deed for Lot 12, Block 15 of Forest River Estates, October 31, 1959]

[Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Complaint for Injunction and Damages, Ben Rios, et. al. vs O.B. Ellis, et. al. - 1955-07-18]

[Draft of a speech by John J. Herrera for League of United Latin American Citizens event - 1951]