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Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, SSBB, in Harris County, Texas

Description: Abstract of title to part of block 4 of the "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, including the General Warranty Deeds, Assignment of V/T & D/T, Agreement, Right-of-Way Deed, Quit-Claim Deed, Release of Interest, Release of V/T, Release of V/L, Assignment of M/L, Release of M/L for the property area.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: Texas Abstract Company Incorporated
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document

Government leaders coming here for Garza reception

Description: Clipping appearing in the Houston Press by staff writer, Noe Perez, on the reception to be given to the LULAC State director, Joe Garza, at the Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas. Among the attendees will be President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. The article also mentions the possibility that Jacqueline Kennedy may talk in Spanish during the trip to Texas.
Date: November 20, 1963
Creator: Perez, Noe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping

[Letter from A.L. Wirin to John J. Herrera - 1955-04-20]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from A.L. Wirin, informing Herrera that Wirin has undertaken a number of Civil Liberties cases for the Alianza Hispano Americana, which has opened a Civil Liberties Department. Wirin suggests that The Alianza might be willing to undertake some housing segregation cases, and also cases of segregation of Mexican prisoners in or near Houston.
Date: April 20, 1955
Creator: Wirin, A. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Letter from D. D. Peck to Police Chief B. W. Payne, Mayor Oscar Holcombe, City Commissioners, and John J. Herrera - 1950-03-20]

Description: Letter from D. D. Peck, Voters League in Houston, Texas, to Houston Police Chief B. W. Payne, Mayor Oscar Holcombe, City Commissioners, and John J. Herrera dated March 20, 1950. This letter addresses complaints against, and John J. Herrera's defense of, Mexican Americans and immigration issues in Houston.
Date: March 20, 1950
Creator: Peck, D. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Letter from H. Darrell Hay to John J. Herrera - 1977-10-20]

Description: Letter from H. Darrell Hay to John J. Herrera (including envelope) requesting Herrera's assistance in filing a suit against the attorney who represented Hay in his murder trial who had promised, after Hay was convicted to prison, to send Hay's possessions to his wife at the attorney's own expense. The attorney then did not forward the possessions on and was subsequently asking for compensation to do so, for which Hay could not pay.
Date: October 20, 1977
Creator: Hay, Herbert Darrell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Lyndon B. Johnson - 1949-05-20]

Description: Onionskin carbon copy of a letter from John J. Herrera, in his capacity as LULAC Regional Governor, to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, accompanying $5 to pay for a flag, as discussed in a telegram exchange. Herrera also tells Johnson about plans for the upcoming Scholarship Fiest[a] and the San Antonio LULAC Convention, as well as passes on the regards of a couple of men from Kingsville.
Date: May 20, 1949
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Oscar M. Laurel - 1954-04-20]

Description: Letter from John J. Herrera to Oscar M. Laurel, National Legal Adviser, League of United Latin American Citizens advising Laurel of the official number of appropriate days that are required to announce the candidates for the National Presidency of LULAC was 45 days instead of 60. Herrera reassures Laurel of Herrera's certainty of this number: "I am very certain of it because I was the first national president after said resolution that was called upon to put said resolution into effect". Herrer… more
Date: April 20, 1954
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Willie Carbajal - 1951-11-20]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Willie Carbajal, LULAC District 8 Governor in New Gulf, Texas, dated November 20, 1951. Herrera asks for distribution of an enclosed Proclamation to every LULAC council. This proclamation calls for a District Convention in District Eight, at Wharton, Texas, on December 9, 1951.
Date: November 20, 1951
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
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