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Barbara Jordan - Elizabeth Blackwell Award - Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Description: Text of an acceptance speech given by Barbara Jordan, after receiving the Elizabeth Blackwell Award at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. In the speech, she mentions past recipients of the award and their legacies, as well as the importance of education in American society.
Date: September 24, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Barbara Jordan Thayer Award Acceptance Speech, October 5, 1995]

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan before an audience at West Point Military Academy. She discusses the concepts of honor and duty while accepting the Sylvanus Thayer Award.
Date: October 5, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Civil Liberties: Inoperative? In Audible? Unintelligible? Expletive Deleted?

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan given as the commencement address for Keuka College, regarding the erosion of civil liberties in the face of an expanding government. She calls for her audience to not abandon the government.
Date: May 26, 1974
Creator: Jorda, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

Engagements for January

Description: Index card containing the times and dates of two of Barbara Jordan's speaking engagements at the Roosevelt Hotel and the Shamrock Hilton.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Income Maintenance Commission Documents]

Description: Papers for the Income Maintenance Commission, including a letter form Ferdinand Segarra to Barbara C. Jordan, and a letter from Linus J. Niedermeyer to Ben W. Heinemann with a list of members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Program.
Date: 1968~
Partner: Texas Southern University

Is Our Stewardship of Liberty Flagging?

Description: Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Spirit of Liberty Award Ceremony for People for the American Way in New York. Also included is a letter from Philip Bobbitt to Barbara Jordan containing quotes from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Judge Learned Hand, and Voltaire.
Date: November 17, 1988
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

Keynote Address

Description: Text for a keynote address given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Letter from Arthur S. Flemming to Members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance, June 10, 1968]

Description: Letter from Arthur S. Flemming to the members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance, with documents attached: a testimony submitted to the Joint Economic Committee on behalf of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and a policy statement on guaranteed income.
Date: June 10, 1968
Creator: Flemming, Arthur S.
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Richard M. Nixon, December 6, 1968]

Description: Letter from Ben W. Heineman to President-Elect Richard M. Nixon, requesting to inform him of the recent and future activities of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs and expressing willingness to comply with his wishes for the Commission.
Date: December 6, 1968
Creator: Heineman, Ben W.
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Letter from Robert L. Payton to Barbara C. Jordan - June 6, 1980]

Description: Letter from Robert L. Payton of the Exxon Education Foundation in New York to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for her speech at the conference of the Council on Foundations.. Enclosed is a transcript of the speech.
Date: June 6, 1980
Creator: Payton, Robert L.
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Relation Between Liberty and the Rule of Law

Description: Text of speech at New York University's Annual Survey of American Law. She discusses the differences between liberty and the rule as well, as well as examples of what those terms mean.
Date: April 26, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University
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