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[Letter from Raoul A. Cortez to John J. Herrera - 1948-08-12]

Description: Letter from Raoul A. Cortez, President General of LULAC, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, dated August 12,1948. This is a reply to John Herrera's letter of August 6, 1948. President General Cortez encourages Herrera to call together the Houston area councils for a local convention, with a larger convention possibly to be held later. President General Cortez also replies to suggestions made in the earlier letter and invites Herrera to join in a visit to the LULAC Council Number 13… more
Date: August 12, 1948
Creator: Cortez, Raoul A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Manuel G. Castañeda to John J. Herrera - 1948-09-22]

Description: Letter from Manuel G. Castaneda, Executive Secretary General of LULAC, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, dated September 22, 1948. This is a notification that the San Antonio Council has declined the request to host a regional convention and passes on a recommendation to contact the Corpus Christi Council for help.
Date: September 22, 1948
Creator: Castañeda, Manuel G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Telegram from Robert Meja to John J. Herrera - 1948-10-17]

Description: Western Union telegram from Robert Meja, Corresponding Secretary for Corpus Christi LULAC Council Number One, to John J. Herrera, Regional Governor for LULAC, dated October 17, 1948. The Corpus Christi area declines to host the Regional Convention but pledges to attend such convention wherever it may be held.
Date: October 17, 1948
Creator: Meja, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez to John J. Herrera - 1948-10-05]

Description: Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez, Executive Secretary General of LULAC, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, dated October 5, 1948. This is an acknowledgement of $10 charter payment for a new Ladies Council in Houston. Handwritten note on back dated January 9, 1949.
Date: October 5, 1948
Creator: Rodriguez, Jacob I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Raoul A. Cortez - 1948-10-06]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, to Raoul A. Cortez, President General of LULAC, dated October 6, 1948. This is a request for a charter for the El Campo LULAC men's Council. It also mentions organizing a council in Wharton County and discusses spreading LULAC councils into Jackson, Brazoria and Fort Bend Counties.
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Press release sent to Houston newspapers on John J. Herrera's letterhead - 1948-10-08]

Description: Press release on John J. Herrera's letterhead sent to the Editor of The Houston Post, dated October 8, 1948. Also handwritten on this copy is an indication that the same press release was sent to the Houston Press and Houston Chronicle. It is an announcement that LULAC President General Raoul A. Cortez will be in Houston for a meeting called in his honor to give a report on the effects of the Segregated Mexican School judicial decision.
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez to John J. Herrera - 1948-10-19]

Description: Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez, Executive Secretary General of LULAC, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, dated October 19, 1948. This is to acknowledge receipt of payment for the Charter for the El Campo Men's Council, with discussion of further monies due.
Date: October 19, 1948
Creator: Rodriguez, Jacob I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez to John J. Herrera - 1948-11-05]

Description: Letter from Jacob I. Rodriguez, Executive Secretary General of LULAC, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, dated November 5, 1948. Rodriguez discusses the November issue of the LULAC News, which was sponsored by the Houston Council Number 60, and the difficulties receiving material and printing the issue.
Date: November 5, 1948
Creator: Rodriguez, Jacob I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Raul Padilla to John J. Herrera - 1948-11-19]

Description: Letter from Raul Padilla, Secretary of Texas City LULAC Council Number 150, to John J. Herrera, Regional Organizer for Texas LULAC, dated November 19, 1948. The Texas City Council voted in favor of having the Regional Convention in Houston. It is also reported that the school children in Crystal City, Texas, have been segregated in six or seven schools.
Date: November 19, 1948
Creator: Padilla, Raul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jacob I. Rodriguez - 1948-11-26]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC Regional Governor, to Jacob I. Rodriguez, Executive Secretary General of LULAC, dated November 26, 1948. Referenced in the letter are the enclosures of national dues and LULAC News dues paid with two money orders from El Campo Council Number 170, as well as a list of names of the 71 members of the new council.
Date: November 26, 1948
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Tin Types

Description: Clipping of heading only for monthly newsletter, Tin Types. This issue is volume IV, number 8.
Date: August 1948
Creator: Tin Processing Corporation
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Mrs. Paul Padilla to John J. Herrera - 1948-09-02]

Description: Handwritten letter from Mrs. Paul Padilla to John J. Herrera expressing her expressing her displeasure with an article in the Tin Smelter about Mexican Americans and the tortillas. She requests that Herrera write a letter to the newsletter, Tin Types, in response to the negative way in which Mexican Americans were portrayed in the article. Also, in the postscript, Mrs. Padilla asks Mr. Herrera if she could have an installation at an upcoming formal dance.
Date: September 2, 1948
Creator: Padilla, M. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to the editor of Tin Types - 1948-09-04]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter to the editor of Tin Types from John J. Herrera, criticizing the publication's article "La Caliente Tortillas." Herrera points out the discriminatory nature of the article and provides some background on the history of the corn tortilla and details how Mexican culture has influenced America and the world.
Date: September 4, 1948
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Poll tax receipt for Olivia C. Herrera, County of Harris - 1947]

Description: 1947 Harris County poll tax receipt number 73794 for Mrs. Olivia C. Herrera. It includes demographic information about Herrera and is signed by the deputy of the Harris County Assessor and Collector of Taxes. Dates of elections are listed on the back.
Date: January 22, 1948
Creator: Harris County (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Affidavit signed by Ernesto Herrera - 1948-12-07]

Description: Notarized affidavit regarding two tracts of land owned by Ernesto Jimenez Herrera. One lot is in the Houston Suburban Estates subdivision and the other two lots are in the City Gardens subdivision. Herrera does not claim any of these properties as his homestead. Instead he is leasing his business property at 124 Preston Avenue.
Date: July 12, 1948
Creator: Herrera, Ernesto Jimenez
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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