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[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1945-08-14]

Description: Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera asking for Herrera's help and cooperation in making effective the work of the committee regarding Latin Americans in Houston. Castañeda states that he had referred Carter Wesley to see Herrera and discuss the matter with Herrera.
Date: August 14, 1945
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Telegram from Alonso S. Perales to John J. Herrera - 1945-11-14]

Description: Telegram sent from Alonso S. Perales through Western Union informing John J. Herrera to tell all organizations that the Fair Employment Practice Commission (FEPC) will be closing. Perales urges Herrera to organize efforts to write to President Harry Truman, Senators Alben W. Barkley, Wallace White, and W. Lee O'Daniel, and John Connally, urging for action on Senate Bill 101. The bill covered the "return of uses to states," and would leave minority groups without protection against discriminatio… more
Date: November 14, 1945
Creator: Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Carlos E. Castañeda - 1945-02-22]

Description: Letter to Carlos E. Castañeda, Regional Director, President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice, from John J. Herrera on the discrimination seen in Wharton County, Texas, against Mexican Americans.
Date: February 22, 1945
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1945-02-20]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from Carlos E. Castañeda regarding several complaints received against the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. Also, the Region X of FEPC has been completely reorganized.
Date: February 20, 1945
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Malcolm Ross to W. Don Ellinger - 1945-07-16]

Description: Letter from Malcolm Ross to W. Don Ellinger planning the necessary cuts needed to provide the entire staff 30 days notice with pay.
Date: July 16, 1945
Creator: Ross, Malcolm
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from W. Don Ellinger to John J. Herrera - 1945-02-10]

Description: Invitation to John J. Herrera to participate in a conference to be held at the Moorland Branch YMCA, Dallas, on the occasion of the presence of Malcolm Ross, Chairman of the Fair Employment Practice Committee in Dallas on February 26th. Invitation sent by W. Don Ellinger, Regional Director of the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in New Orleans.
Date: February 10, 1945
Creator: Ellinger, Don W.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[List of names of people invited to the meeting with Malcolm Ross]

Description: A list of names of people who are invited to meet with Malcolm Ross on February 26, 1945, at a conference at the Moorland Branch YMCA in Dallas, Texas. Sent to John J. Herrera by W. Don Ellinger.
Date: February 10, 1945
Creator: Ellinger, W. Don
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Letter from W. Don Ellinger to John J. Herrera - 1945-07-24]

Description: W. Don Ellinger sending a copy of the teletype received from Malcolm Ross to John Herrera suggesting a meeting, to be held on July 31, 1945 in New Orleans or Houston, to discuss the plans to make a retrenchment program effective.
Date: July 24, 1945
Creator: Ellinger, W. Don
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1945-01-02]

Description: Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John Herrera regarding the release to the press of Exhibit 5 from the hearing, the stipulation agreed upon. The hearing was successful on every point desired, except that they had to "sacrifice our friend Alba". Castañeda asks Herrera to suggest that Alba make an application through WMC and be referred to the refinery.
Date: January 2, 1945
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1945-03-21]

Description: Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera informing Herrera of Castañeda's visit to Houston on March 24th in order to interview the complainants and get all the facts concerning the work conditions at the New Gulf company.
Date: March 21, 1945
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1945-03-07]

Description: Letter from Carlos E. Castañeda to John J. Herrera, acknowledging his letter, dated February 22, regarding the cases in Wharton County, Texas, especially Texas Sulphur Company. Castañeda writes that he is looking into the matter.
Date: March 7, 1945
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from W. Don Ellinger to John J. Herrera - 1945-03-21]

Description: Letter from W. Don Ellinger to John J. Herrera, asking Herrera if he could host a meeting with the complainants of the Shell and Sinclair oil companies. Ellinger asks if Herrera could request Mike Gonzalez to be present at the meeting.
Date: March 21, 1945
Creator: Ellinger, W. Don
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Alpha Chi Letter and Event Program]

Description: Letter from the McMurry College Alpha Chi chapter, written to their alumni regarding a donation made in the name of A. V. Hendricks, Jr., an ex-member killed during World War Ii. It includes an enclosed copy of the program from the benefit performance of "My Country" held on December 10, 1945 in the Radford Memorial Auditorium to raise money for the scholarship.
Date: December 1945
Creator: Alpha Chi. James Winfred Hunt Chapter.
Location: 32.430697 -99.748825
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, August 12, 1945]

Description: Letter to Cecile from her father reflecting on humanity's achievements, nuclear weapons, Russia's relations with Japan, the US attack on Japan, and the politics behind the decision.
Date: August 12, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Reed, March 15, 1945]

Description: Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Reed about the organization's policies about employee wages, sending her a plan of the United National Clothing Collection, and receiving workers from churches and other organizations.
Date: March 15, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, July 29, 1945]

Description: Letter to Cecile from her father mentioning her mother's health, international relations, Winston Churchill, and the war.
Date: July 29, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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