Description:
Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle reporting a publishing error that said that cold beer was served at the Don Yarborough campaign headquarters. This was denied by Rex Braun, Harris County Campaign Manager for Yarborough.
Date:
May 5, 1964
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Brief newspaper article describing a dinner held in honor of Judge Jimmie Duncan, including some notable attendees, including E. A. "Squatty" Lyons and District Attorney Carol Vance.
Date:
August 7, 1975
Creator:
Houston Chronicle
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Newspaper clipping containing an article from a 1977 issue of the Houston Post discussing a trial in which Paula Cantrell Derese will testify against Vernon E. McManus regarding a capital murder case. It also gives background about previous instances of the relevant Texas law regarding court appearances by persons implicated in crimes. The reverse side of the clipping includes an article about a highway to be built in Louisiana using clam shells and an advertisement for The Houston Post.
Date:
January 30, 1977
Creator:
Flynn, George
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Newspaper clipping with handwritten date noted as October 1947 titled "Meetings Scheduled By Latin American League of Citizens". This article contains information about an upcoming LULAC regional convention to be held in Houston for LULAC delegates from 45 Texas cities.
Date:
October 1947
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper with handwritten notation of 1949. This is an announcement of the upcoming LULAC Regional Convention to be held in Houston, Texas on January 29 and 30, 1949.
Date:
1949
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper of a letter written by John J. Herrera, LULAC First National Vice-President, to a Mrs. Jackson, titled "Houston Attorney Writes of Latin American Loyalty to United States", hand-dated July, 1950.
Date:
July 1950
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Biographical newspaper article about John J. Herrera's work fighting discrimination against Mexican-Americans titled "My Point of View," written by Lauro Cruz. This article highlights Herrera's work as a leader in the Mexican-American community fighting for equal rights and educating members of the community about their rights.
Date:
April 18, 1975
Creator:
Cruz, Lauro
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Biographical article about John J. Herrera in the Houston Post titled, "John J. Herrera remembers when," under the "Espejo" section, written by Richard Vara, a Post Reporter. This article begins with a few specific injustices Herrera worked to rectify. "Herrera remembers clearly when employment offices displayed signs declaring, 'Mexicans need not apply.' Or when there were three sets of restrooms for whites, blacks, and browns."
Date:
August 22, 1976
Creator:
Vara, Richard
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Letter to the editor in response to a story about a discriminatory sign posted at a business in Needville, Texas. John J. Herrera recounts his experiences with discrimination and the exclusion of Mexican Americans in Houston and around the state.
Date:
May 31, 1974
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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.
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Letter to the editor in response to a story about a discriminatory sign posted at a business in Needville, Texas. John J. Herrera recounts his experiences with discrimination and the exclusion of Mexican Americans in Houston and around the state.
Date:
May 31, 1974
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Part of page from a scrapbook with a note from the Supreme Court of Texas congratulating John J. Herrera, with envelope, and a business card for John J. Herrera. Note, envelope, and business card are laminated on a piece of thin cardboard.
Date:
October 24, 1943
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
A newspaper clipping from the Charles B. Moore Collection. The clipping is a business advertisement for P. Reynaud who was a commission merchant from Houston Texas. Reynaud's advertisement notes that his line of business was in the sale of cotton, hides, and country produce. It also lists a few of his associates.
Description:
Photograph of a La Gaceta Mexicana newspaper cover page from September 15, 1928. Text on clipping is: "La Gaceta Mexicana. Revista Ouincenal. Organo de la libreria Hispano Americano. Houston, Texas, Septiembre 15 de 1928, Num 14. Número Especial de Commemoración de la Independencia. 5c"
Date:
September 15, 1928
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Clipping from the magazine El Puerto Volume 1, Number 2, Houston, Texas, Oct. 1959. Contains a colored picture of the "Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League" before their final game of the season with the "Medias Negras" from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico. The league played at Piedras Negras Labor Day.
Date:
October 1959
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Newspaper clipping of the coronation of Queen Ophelia I on October 11, 1942, on the grounds of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. The coronation was part of the Fiesta de la Raza.
Date:
October 11, 1942
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Mike Weingart, a Houston Chronicle reporter, writes about "a third-generation firm of candy makers, working by hand in make-shift quarters, producing $100,000 worth of Mexican candy a year and supplying 98 per cent of the Houston market." The photograph by Larry Evans, a Chronicle staff, shows two employees making the candies.
The top of the article reads: "'The Bee Hive' just has too much buzzing."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Weingart, Mike
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Clipping from the Houston Post about Tucker Johnson, pants presser of Madisonville, who won the Houston Post Tournament prize for being the first person to buy the ticket to watch the game. He was the second straight winner of the prize. At head of title: "Tucker Johnson is champion again."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Frank, Morris
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Section of the Houston Post covering the Post Tourney. Includes Post Tourney Calendar and Tournament Box Scores, and names of the teams and their performance. Also includes an article by Frank Morris, "Mexicans Field Sensationally behind Beltran."
Date:
July 8, 1940
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
Description:
Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post about Southern Select's Mexican Club's record performance at Houston in 1940. In the first 16 games of the season, they have scored 14 victories out of 16 games played.
Date:
unknown
Partner:
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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