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[Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP, April 5, 1986]

Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP about Helen Schaefer, people she met, Barbara Heinrich, the upcoming meeting in Sweetwater, and other WASP. On the front is a photograph of a group of WASP and a note about Dora Dougherty and Didi Moorman.

Date: April 5, 1986

Creator: Keefe, Lyda Dunham

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Angel Fraga to Tom Kreneck - 1987-06-01]

Letter from Angel Z. Fraga to Dr. Tom Kreneck at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center dated June 1, 1987, on letterhead. The letter indicates that Fraga has forwarded a copy of a speech by John J. Herrera. The enclosed speech was given on June 22, 1975, at the first anniversary of the three Hispanic City Judges appointed by Mayor Hofheinz. The enclosure also includes copies of four photographs with captions of the event.

Date: June 1, 1987

Creator: Fraga, Angel Z.

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Shirley Greenly Macias to the family of John J. Herrera - 1987-01-27]

Letter from Shirley Green Macias, Assistant Editor of the Texas Bar Journal, to the family of John J. Herrera, printed on organization letterhead and dated January 27, 1987. The letter offers condolences on the death of John J. Herrera and asks for information so that a memorial can be published in the next issue of the journal. A self addressed stamped envelope is included for response.

Date: January 27, 1987

Creator: Macias, Shirley Greenly

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Thomas H. Kreneck to Shirley Greenly Macias - 1987-04-13]

Letter from Thomas H. Kreneck, Ph.D., of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center to Shirley Greenly Macias, Assistant Editor of the Texas Bar Journal. The letter, dated April 13, 1987, is printed on HMRC letterhead. Kreneck is communicating, on behalf of the Herrera family, the information needed to complete the memorial in the Texas Bar Journal.

Date: April 13, 1987

Creator: Kreneck, Thomas H.

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Dr. John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, April 29, 1986]

Letter from Dr. John P. McGovern to Doris Appel discussing the new renovations to the building Appel's Hall of Medicine sculptures are housed in, and also discussing McGovern's plans to make a room dedicated to Appel's work in part of his medical clinic's library.

Date: April 29, 1986

Creator: McGovern, John P.

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, February 1, 1986]

Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel discussing how much the writer and another party, Mrs. Kathy, appreciate Doris, as well as wishing her well before they see each other later in Houston and Boston. The letter is signed, "Yours ever, Jack".

Date: February 1, 1986

Creator: McGovern, John P.

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from Kathy McGovern to Doris Appel, August 6, 1986]

Letter from Kathy McGovern to Doris Appel discussing Kathy's and her husband's recent travels and thanking Doris for gifting them her library collection, especially a painting of Marie Curie that was gifted.

Date: August 6, 1986

Creator: McGovern, Kathy

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from Dr. Glenn R. Knotts to Doris Appel, June 24, 1988]

Letter from Dr. Glenn R. Knotts to Doris Appel discussing a previous telephone conversation and receiving Doris's written approval to reproduce some of her artwork.

Date: June 24, 1988

Creator: Knotts, Glenn R.

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, May 27,1980]

Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel discussing the payment for Appel's Hall of Medicine sculpture series and how much the author admires and appreciates her work.

Date: May 27, 1986

Creator: McGovern, John P.

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from Burtis M. Dougherty to John J. Herrera - 1980-02-04]

Letter from Burtis M. Dougherty for James P. Turner of the Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. to John J. Herrera. Dougherty asks Herrera to send a copy of the court's order in Delgado vs. Bastrop ISD and the order issued by the Commissioner of Education.

Date: February 4, 1980

Creator: Dougherty, Burtis M.

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Thurman Gupton to John J. Herrera - 1980-07-30]

Personal letter from retired Judge Thurman Gupton to John J. Herrera in reply to an earlier letter from Herrera catching up on their friendship. Gupton comments on Herrera's successful open-heart surgery performed by Dr. Denton Cooley and reminisces over the cases Herrera presented in his court. The letter's envelope is also included.

Date: July 30, 1980

Creator: Gupton, Thurman

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Reverend P. F. Flores to Roberto Ornelas - 1980-08-29]

Letter from Reverend P. F. Flores to Roberto Ornelas explaining that Flores will not be able to attend the "roasting" of John J. Herrera. Flores expresses his gratitude toward Herrera for devoting Herrera's time to help teach Mexican-American children that were boycotting a segregated school in Pearland.

Date: August 29, 1980

Creator: Flores, P. F.

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Dr. Hector P. Garcia to John J. Herrera - 1980-09-11]

Letter from Dr. Hector P. Garcia congratulating John J. Herrera on being honored. Garcia praises Herrera for his accomplishments in defending Mexican-American civil rights and for his bravery in fighting discrimination. Garcia notes that he will not be able to attend the event in person.

Date: September 11, 1980

Creator: Garcia, Hector P., -1996

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Thomas H. Kreneck - 1986-10-31]

Letter from Manuel Urbina, II, to Thomas H. Kreneck, Director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, dated October 31, 1986. The letter accompanied seventeen documents and two folders containing information on the life and work on Reverend Manuel Urbina, of the Magnolia Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. The donation to the Houston Metropolitan Research Center also includes a book written about Urbina by his widow, Irene Salce de Urbina.

Date: October 31, 1986

Creator: Urbina, Manuel

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter to Manuel Urbina from Sally Peck - 1985-10-08]

Letter from Sally Peck, Director of Financial Development of the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, to Manuel Urbina, II. Reverend Urbina had sent a donation of $246 to the American Red Cross form the Reverend Manuel Urbina Memorial Foundation, Inc. Peck thanks Urbina for the foundation's donation for the victims of the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake.

Date: October 8, 1985

Creator: Peck, Sally

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Barnes-Blackman Galleries - January 24, 1988]

Letter from Barnes-Blackman Galleries inviting the recipient to an exhibition of works curated by Community Artists' Collective titled "The Conscience of Houston Black Women Artists".

Date: January 24, 1988

Creator: Barnes-Blackman Galleries