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[Letter from Eduardo Morga to Joseph Coors with flyer and press release - 1977-08-30]

Description: Letter from Eduardo Morga, LULAC Nation President, to Joseph Coors, President of Adolph Coors Company, dated August 30, 1977. The letter discusses recent communications with Coors regarding Joe Benites and use of LULAC and its members in Coors commercials. Attached to the letter are a "Boycott Coors Beer!" flyer and a LULAC press release stating the Coors Company is using LULAC's name without consent and the organization does not support their practices.
Date: August 30, 1977
Creator: Morga, Eduardo
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

LULACTION, April - May 1977

Description: The April-May 1977 issue of LULACTION, the magazine of League of United Latin American Citizens, is titled "1976-77: The Men at the Helm." The magazine includes black and photographs on the cover and accompanying many of the articles. Several of the articles discuss the controversy with Coors Brewing Company.
Date: 1977-04/1977-05
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Manuel Gonzales to John J. Herrera with a letter from William D. Bonilla to J. D. McMillan]

Description: Handwritten letter from Manuel Gonzales to John J. Herrera, dated September, 1976, refers to the enclosed letter from William D. Bonilla, Treasurer of the Board of LULAC Foundation, to J. D. McMillan of the Exxon Company. The letter from Bonilla, dated September 1, 1976, returns a donation check of $10,000 sent by McMillan as it was made out to LULAC instead of the LULAC Foundation and asks to clarify to which organization he is making a donation.
Date: September 8, 1976
Creator: Gonzales, Manuel & Bonilla, William D.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Exhibits A and B, Manuel Uriarte vs. LULAC]

Description: Documents are labeled "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit B". Exhibit A, a letter from Federico Perez-Molina, Project Director, to Manuel Uriarte, is dated June 21, 1976, and printed on League of United Latin American Citizens National Enterprise Development letterhead. The letter confirms an offer of employment to Uriarte. Exhibit B is a memorandum to Manuel Uriarte dated October 21, 1976, which terminates his employment.
Date: {1976-06-21,1976-10-21}
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

LULAC chiefs claim Carter ignores rights

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article entitled "LULAC chiefs claim Carter ignores rights" by Felton West. The article states that "Mexican-American leaders accused the Carter administration Friday of having 'totally ignored' human rights for Spanish-speaking persons."
Date: unknown
Creator: West, Felton
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

"Oh, my God, they've really thrown him in"

Description: Clipping of an article, "Oh, my God, they've really thrown him in" by Gary Taylor, published in The Houston Post on September 16, 1977. The article covers hearings regarding accusations that Houston policemen beat Joe Torres and pushed him into Buffalo Bayou. The document includes the front page story as well as the continuation on page 19A.
Date: September 16, 1977
Creator: Taylor, Gary
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Price Daniel to John J. Herrera - 1959-04-16]

Description: Letter from Governor Price Daniel thanking John J. Herrera for his recommendations of Judges Jimmie Duncan and Wendell A. Odom, though Daniel explains that he already has some "long-standing commitments" for appointments. The letter is typed on paper with a Executive Department Austin, Texas letterhead.
Date: April 16, 1959
Creator: Daniel, Price
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Price Daniel - 1959-05-11]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Governor Price Daniel recommending his friend Phil J. Montalbo be appointed to one of the four new district courts in Harris County, on the virtues of his education, community service, and the respect it would garner from the Latin American community to have one of their members so recognized. The letter is stamped with the word COPY in red.
Date: May 11, 1959
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Note by John J. Herrera about meeting with John F. Kennedy]

Description: Note by John J. Herrera about his discussion with President John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson at a LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) event at the Rice Hotel, Houston. Herrera writes "Talking Latino politics with J.F.K. - my proudest moment!"
Date: unknown
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to J. Carlos McCormick - 1963-11-29]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to J. Carlos McCormick, Democratic National Committee, relating the reception LULAC had given to the Kennedys and the Johnsons. Herrera is "heartsick," as it was only fifteen hours later that President Kennedy was dead. Herrera says that he is determined to keep the Latinos together in Texas.
Date: November 29, 1963
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Draft of "They have killed my president!"]

Description: Draft of essay by John J. Herrera about the reception given to President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Rice Hotel the night before Kennedy's assassination.
Date: unknown
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Pierre Salinger - 1962-12-08]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Pierre Salinger, Presidential Press Secretary, requesting the President and Salinger sign a plaque which Herrera had made from a picture of John F. Kennedy painted by Norman Rockwell. This photograph was autographed on the borders by Senator and Mrs. Dennis Chavez, Gus Garcia and others. As this photograph is priceless to Herrera, he will ask his son, who is Washington, D.C., to give the plaque to Pierre Salinger to be signed.
Date: December 8, 1962
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Draft of "They have killed my president!"]

Description: Draft of essay by John J. Herrera about the reception given to President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Rice Hotel the night before Kennedy's assassination.
Date: unknown
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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