Houston History Research Center at Houston Public Library - 18 Matching Results
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- [Bill for John J. Herrera from the Fairway Motor Hotel - February 15, 1963]
- Hotel bill for John J. Herrera is for a room at the Fairway Motor Hotel in McAllen, Texas, on February 15, 16, 17, 1963 and listing a balance of $21.75.
- [Draft of a speech by John J. Herrera introducing Attorney General John L. Hill - 1977-12-17]
- Draft of a speech by John J. Herrera introducing Attorney General John L. Hill, dated December 17, 1977. Hill was the keynote speaker at an IMAGE banquet held on this date in McAllen, Texas.
- [Edited speech by John J. Herrera introducing Attorney General John L. Hilll - 1977-12-17]
- Edited speech by John J. Herrera delivered on December 17, 1977, on behalf of Honorable John L. Hill, candidate for governor of Texas. The speech serves to promote the candidate as well as introduce Hill as the keynote speaker and includes handwritten edits by Herrera.
- [Houston and Texas LULAC councils resolution - 1964]
- Resolution to have the Houston and Texas LULAC Councils "go on record as voting and working and going to the 1963 LULAC National Convention as Fullerton, California instructed to have their delegates to boost Houston, Texas as the LULAC National Convention City for 1964."
- [IMAGE de Tejas banquet program - 1977-12-17]
- IMAGE de Tejas: A National Organization Concerned with Government Employment for Hispanics banquet program, dated Saturday, December 17, 1977. Installation banquet honoring charter officers and members of Brownsville and McAllen chapters, held at the Hilton Inn Ballroom at McAllen, Texas with Attorney General John L. Hill as the keynote speaker.
- [IMAGE de Tejas employment conference form - 1977]
- IMAGE de Tejas employment conference form. The full title is Employment Conference for Mexican Americans and Other Spanish Speaking People Interested in Government Employment. Includes information about the organization, a conference schedule, and registration form. The conference was to be held in McAllen, Texas at the Hilton Inn on December 17-18, 1977.
- [Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Lyle Saunders]
- Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Lyle Saunders. Perales protests against the unfair views expressed by Saunders and Olen H. Leonard in the pamphlet titled: "The wetback in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas". Perales demands the names and addresses of the informants in the pamphlet.
- [Letter from Ed Idar, Jr. to John J. Herrera - December 27, 1955]
- Letter from Ed Idar, Executive Secretary of the American GI Forum of Texas, to John J. Herrera, requesting Herrera to make a five minute radio tape to address the poll tax rallies in January in each of the three Valley counties.
- [Letter from George I. Sánchez to Alonso S. Perales - December 5, 1951]
- Letter from George I. Sánchez to Alonso S. Perales, refuting Perales's views on the article "The Wetback in the Lower Rio Grand Valley of Texas".
- [Letter from Joe Goetschius to John J. Herrera - 1963-02-20]
- Letter to John J. Herrera is from Joe Goetschius, Manager of the Trade Development Department at Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, thanking him for helping Beaumont to acquire the 1964 LULAC Convention.
- [Letter from Jose G. Garcia to John J. Herrera - 1977-12-26]
- Letter from Jose G. Garcia to John J. Herrera, dated December 26, 1977. Garcia thanks Herrera for introducing Attorney General John L. Hill at the IMAGE de Tejas banquet in McAllen on December 17.
- [Letter from Ramiro Cavazos to John J. Herrera - 1963-09-27]
- Letter from Ramiro Cavazos to John J. Herrera dated September 27, 1963 and handwritten. Cavazos states in the letter that he received the picture of Herrera, Herrera's son, and Lyndon B. Johnson and has it hanging on his office wall.
- [Letter from Ramiro Cavazos to John J. Herrera - 1978-10-02]
- Letter from Ramiro Cavazos to John J. Herrera requesting Herrera's help. A second cousin of Cavazos's is being charged with possession of a firearm, to be tried in Galveston on October 11, 1978. The letter is handwritten on County of Hidalgo letterhead.
- [Letter from Ricardo Martinez to John J. Herrera - 1952-07-12]
- Letter from Ricardo Molinez of LULAC Council Number 146 of McAllen, Texas, to John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated July 13, 1952. Molinez congratulates Herrera on his recent election to LULAC National President. Molinez requests help in issue of Frank Ferree being held in contempt of court, includes a petition signed by citizens of Harlingen, Texas, addressed to the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
- [Resolutions adopted by American GI Forum of Texas]
- Document of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors Meeting in Edinburg, Texas of the American GI Forum of Texas.
- [Resolutions adopted by LULAC District #8 Convention, January 13, 1963]
- The document lists four resolutions adopted by LULAC District #8 Convention held in Richmond, Texas, on January 13, 1963.
- [Special bulletin from the American GI Forum to all officers and members - January 16, 1952]
- Special bulletin from the Headquarters of American GI Forum of Texas replying to the charges by Alonso S. Perales regarding criticism Perales's made to the article, "The wetback in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas."
- [Speech introducing John Hill - 1977-12-17]
- Copy of a speech by John J. Herrera delivered on December 17, 1977, on behalf of Honorable John L. Hill, candidate for governor of Texas. The speech serves to promote the candidate as well as introduce Hill as the keynote speaker.