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[Advertisement of a baseball game between Prison All Stars and Southern Select]

Description: Advertisement for a baseball game between the Prison All stars (a team selected from the best players of the Texas Prison system) and Southern Select (All Mexican team of Houston) at the Prison Stadium in Huntsville, Texas on Sunday, August 9, 1942. Entertainment by Prison Military Band. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. General admission is 25 cents (federal tax included). At head of poster, "Double-Header".
Date: August 9, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poster

[Advertisement of a baseball tournament at Cleveland Diamond field]

Description: Poster advertisement of a baseball grand tournament to be played beginning August 25, 1940 at the Cleveland Diamond field, Houston, Texas. The tournament is offered by the "Aces Fours Recreational Club" called the Latin American Baseball tournament. The first team to play is Aztecas vs. Sugarland, starting at 10 a.m. ; the second team is Port Arthur vs. Southern Select playing at 1:45 p.m.; the third team is Galveston 'Blue Moon' vs. New Gulf Tigers, playing at 4:00 p.m. The entrance fee is 33… more
Date: August 25, 1940
Creator: Aces Fours Recreational Club
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[Agenda of the first reunion de veteranos de la Revolucion Mexicana, 1910-1917]

Description: A flyer with the afternoon’s agenda - including video interviews, speeches, and awards - of first reunion de veteranos de la Revolucion Mexicana, 1910-1917. Mrs. Pancho Villa and three men who rode with Villa are interviewed in the videos, including Aurelio "Leo" Reynosa, Rafael Lorenzana Reyna, and Jesus M. Gonzalez. Included with the flyer is a souvenir bookmark from the reunion.
Date: August 30, 1987
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[Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Industry Circular, Number 79-10, August 7, 1979]

Description: Industry circular signed by Director G. R. Dickerson for all federal firearms licensees that clarifies "straw man transactions" in relation to the purchase of firearms purchases (those which are conducted by a third party besides the seller and the buyer). Document is printed on Department of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms letterhead. A copy of the envelope shows it had been sent to Esther Imports, Inc. in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 7, 1979
Creator: Dickerson, G. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Deposition of Eduardo Morga - 1977-08-19]

Description: Sworn deposition of Eduardo Morga, directed to LULAC National Executive Board Members. The document indicates that Morga is filing "Charges against Roberto Ornelas, Paul Garza, and William D. Bonilla, all Past National Presidents, of LULAC, and all members of LULAC for violation of the Constitution, By-Laws, and Protocol." The document was signed and notarized on August 19, 1977.
Date: August 19, 1977
Creator: Morga, Eduardo
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[Deposition of Eduardo Morga - 1977-08-19]

Description: Sworn deposition of Eduardo Morga, directed to LULAC National Executive Board Members. The document indicates that Morga is filing "Charges against Roberto Ornelas, Paul Garza, and William D. Bonilla, all Past National Presidents, of LULAC, and all members of LULAC for violation of the Constitution, By-Laws, and Protocol." The document was signed and notarized on August 19, 1977.
Date: August 19, 1977
Creator: Morga, Eduardo
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Editor viewpoints: 'Chicano' Is a part of the idiom

Description: Letter from John J. Herrera to the Houston Chronicle in response to Mrs. Marta Daumas' letter published on August 9th criticizing the use of the word "Chicano". Herrera explains that this word, once part of the Mexican American slang, has now become an American language idiom. He and other Mexican-Americans, unlike Mexicans from Mexico, appreciate the appellation as a source of pride and recognition of their Mexican ancestry.
Date: August 23, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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