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Richter, Walther, 1916-2003. Richter, Walter H., papers, 1936-1937, 1963-2000.

Title: Richter, Walter H., papers, 1936-1937, 1963-2000.

The Walter H. Richter Papers, 1936-1937, 1963-2000, include newspapers, correspondence, speeches, personal notes and articles, photographs, clippings, political campaign materials, commendations and tributes, and Senate committee records.

ArchivalResource: 42 ft., 6 in

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John J. Herrera Papers MSS 0160., 1940-1980

Title: John J. Herrera Papers 1940-1980

ArchivalResource:

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Biography -- Gonzalez, Henry B.

Title: Biography -- Gonzalez, Henry B.

ArchivalResource: 2 file folders.

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Houston Post, Washington D.C. Bureau, Collection, 1963-1995

Title: Houston Post, Washington D.C. Bureau, Collection, 1963-1995

Newspaper clippings, business files, press releases, and campaign finance records comprise the Houston Post, Washington D.C. Bureau, Collection, 1963-1995. Included in the collection are Washington Bureau Chief (1984-1995) Kathy Kiely’s collected files, pertaining to Texans in Washington, the Bush family, George Wallace, column ideas, sports, military issues, and politics. The clippings, organized into Subject Files, Biographical Files, and “Texans in Washington,” reflect various people, topics, and issues addressed by the Post, including George and Barbara Bush, Barbara Jordan, Lady Bird Johnson, John B. Connally, Walter Mondale, Tom DeLay, nuclear arms, Afghanistan, and Houston Conventions.

ArchivalResource: 14 ft.

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Madla, Frank, 1937-2006,. Oral history interview with Frank Madla, 2003 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Frank Madla, 2003 [videorecording].

Frank Madla provides details of his family's background and Mexican-American heritage, but also notes his Polish ancestry. He discusses his difficulties in grade school because he spoke only Spanish and tells about his childhood enterprises to earn money. He attributes the influence of Democrat Lalo Solís and Professor Bill Crane at St. Mary's University for his political interests, describes his first political campaign running for precinct committeeman, and tells about his campaign for the Texas House of Representatives in 1970. He credits legistlative redistricting and his support of Paul Silver for boosting his second campaign to win his election to the Texas House in 1972. He talks at length about his friendship with Frank Tejeda, recalls his run for the Texas Senate against Ciro Rodriguez, and points to his campaign manager for garnering support in West Texas. He discusses his campaign finances and explains the complexity of pushing an unpopular bill through the Senate. He refers to the American GI Forum and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). He mentions such prominent Mexican Americans as New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Henry B. Gonzalez, Pete Torres, John Alaniz, and Albert Pen̋a.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 3 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.

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Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez / [prepared by the staff of the Washington, D.C. office].

Title: Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez / [prepared by the staff of the Washington, D.C. office]. 1984.

Ms. (photocopy).

ArchivalResource: 12 p., bound : ill. ; 28 cm.

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Gonzalez, Henry B. (Henry Barbosa), 1916-2000. Henry B. Gonzalez Papers, 1929-2015 (bulk, 1961-1998)

Title: Henry B. Gonzalez Papers, 1929-2015

Correspondence, printed material, creative works, legal documents, financial documents, minutes, photographic materials, sound recordings, and works of art comprise the papers of Representative Henry B. Gonzalez (1950-1998, bulk 1962-1997).

ArchivalResource: 497.75 linear feet

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Escobar, Eleuterio, 1894-1970. Eleuterio Escobar papers, 1906-1971.

Title: Eleuterio Escobar papers, 1906-1971.

Contains personal and business papers of Eleuterio Escobar and records of the activities of the School Improvement League.

ArchivalResource: 11 ft. 3 in.210 photographs.

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González, Mike V. 1928-. Oral history interview with Mike V. Gonzalez, 1998 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Mike V. Gonzalez, 1998 [videorecording].

Mike V. González begins with his early life and childhood and shares how he got into sports. He states his stepfather worked on the Anaconda [sic, Anacacha] Ranch near Spofford, Texas and reveals the race discrimination he encountered while growing up in Uvalde. He talks about his athletic ability and praises his high school coach, Orville Ethridge [sic, Etheredge], for encouraging him to excel even though it cost the coach his job, and refers to his sports prowess at Howard Payne University. He provides details of his miltary service as an agent tracking German Nazi war criminals who had escaped to South America for the United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps. He mentions his brief marriage to a German national and explains his decision to leave the military to pursue law at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. He discusses his heavy work schedule while attending law school and thanks Dean Ernest A. Raba for finding him work with the law firm of Matt (Mattías William) García. He mentions his exposure to politics during his time at Matt García, and explains his return to Uvalde to practice law. He recalls a demonstration in the Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District, talks about Pete Tijerina and the legal battles they fought before the formation of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and assails the attempts of non-Hispanic lawyers to represent Mexican Americans in early civil rights cases. He remembers being set up and arrested on smuggling charges and credits legendary Texas attorney Warren Burnet [sic, Burnett] for clearing his name. He recounts a demonstration at Lion's Park in Del Rio which became one of his major civil rights cases, and attributes Richard (J.) Clarkson, a researcher in Warren Burnett's office for the success of the case. He speaks briefly of his connections with Ruben Salazar, laments Salazar's death, and describes the Palm Sunday protest march in Del Rio. He rages about being shot and his home being burnt to the ground yet never investigated, and addresses the founding of the Southwest Council of La Raza. He tells of participating in Democratic Party conventions and campaigning for Raza Unida Party candidates. González recalls flying over Dolph Briscoe's ranch with Sissy Farenthold to spot illegal aliens in Briscoe's employ and attributes his own successful election to the Del Rio city council in 1970 to voter registration efforts conducted by the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) and the Brown Berets (National Brown Beret Organization). He boasts about garnering financial assistance from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and refers to his participation in the Poor People's Campaign demonstration in Washington, DC. He remarks on the presidential visit to El Paso over the El Chamizal border resolution and assails Dr. Alfredo Gutiérrez, Jr., mayor of Del Rio, for interfering with his own bid for mayor. González enumerates his contributions as a member of the Del Rio city council and as its police commissioner and criticizes Henry B. Gonzalez. He boasts about the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants he obtained for the city of Del Rio through regional director, Joe Bailey Swanner, and provides details of the projects he funded in the San Felipe and Chihuahua neighborhoods of Del Rio. He refers to his children and former wife, Delia Flores González, and elaborates on the legal battle Ms. González underwent against immigration fraud charges. He gives details of one of many attempted frames plotted by his political enemies but which he foiled, and reiterates how he and his family were often threatened. He describes the Del Rio school system of the 1930s, the creation of the San Felipe Independent School District, and the legal battle involving students from the nearby military base (Laughlin Air Force Base), a court case tried in Tyler, Texas by Judge William Wayne Justice. González explains his rift with the American G.I. Forum and considers his differences with its founder, Dr. Fermin Calderon. He comments on the roles of the John Birch Society and the Ku Klux Klan in South Texas and expresses his beliefs and reasoning for taking on the challenge of his life's work.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 98 p. ; 28 cm.

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Moya, Richard, 1932-. Oral history interview with Richard Moya, 2003 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Richard Moya, 2003 [videorecording].

Richard Moya begins with his family background and the predominantly Mexican American neighborhood centered around Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Austex Chili canning factory (now a brand of Castleberry Food Company). He explains the church's move to east Austin and the growth of the Mexican American neighborhood of La Buena Vista. He assails the racial segregation within the Austin Independent School District (AISD) and relates his mother's battle with AISD for admission to the "Anglo" school. He talks about the family's business ventures and defines the boundaries of Austin's African American and Mexican American neighborhoods. He reveals his personal experiences with race discrimination and discusses the alternative newspaper he and his friends published with the help of Raul Guerrero. He shares his enthusiasm for the Junior League of United Latin American Citizens Council which he formed with fellow students and its spinoff organization, the Century Club. He notes his election as National Director of Youth Activities for LULAC and recounts an incident he and Felix Tijerina endured during a LULAC convention in Lubbock, Texas. He recalls his service with the National Guard, his enlistment in the U.S. Army, and his service in Korea. He talks about his career as a printer, working for a union shop, and conveys his excitement at becoming chief investigator for the Legal Aid and Defender Society of Travis County with the assistance of John Treviño. He comments on the redrawing of Travis County district boundaries and the reactions of incumbent County Commissioner Lawson Boothe, whom he defeated in 1970, attributing the support of striking workers of the Economy Furniture Company (Economy Furniture Industries liquidated in 2003) and residents of the Govalle neighborhood for his victory. He talks at length about his role as County Commissioner, his sucess at increasing minority hiring through Affirmative Action, and his hiring practices as Travis County Commissioner, but blames his county election loss in 1986 on opposition from environmentalists. He discusses his introduction of a program in Montopolis (fully annexed in the 1970s by the city of Austin) to combat teenage drug abuse, praises County Judge Mike Renfro who took the bench in 1974, and exposes a racist incident involving Commissioner of Agriculture Bo Brown. He elaborates on the formation of the Mexican American Democrats of Texas (MAD) and their choice of Joe Bernal as their president, and discusses his association with Gonzalo Barrientos. Moya speaks of his selection as a delegate for George S. McGovern at the 1972 Democratic National Convention and his stint as MAD chairman from 1981 to 1983. He talks about his brief career as a Bastrop real estate developer during the massive savings and loan failures across Texas and his role as Director of Field Operations for Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Hightower. He speaks at length about accompanying Governor Richards to South Texas as one of her three Deputy Chiefs of Staff, along with Carl Ritchie and Joe Anderson, and recounts the split within MAD that led to the creation of the Tejano Democrats. He gives his opinions on a number of prominent Mexican Americans including Dan Morales, Juan Maldonado, Henry B. Gonzalez, Tony Sanchez, and Victor Morales.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (3 hr., 10 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 106 p. ; 28 cm.

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Yzaguirre, Raúl, 1939-. Oral history interview with Raúl Yzaguirre, 1998 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Raúl Yzaguirre, 1998 [videorecording].

Raúl Yzaguirre begins with his personal background and his family's history in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. He notes a family member's involvement with Pancho Villa and recalls his grandfather's ice business, a franchise of the Central Power and Light Company. He recounts his youthful adventures out of Corpus Christi on a fishing crew in the Gulf of Mexico and refers to Dr. Hector P. Garcia as the mentor who led Yzaguirre to organize the junior auxiliary of the American G.I. Forum. He describes the struggle with the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD for early childhood education and elucidates his reasons for the walkout demonstration at Alamo High School in 1957. He notes his success on the high school debate team which resulted in his teacher's dismissal and cites race discrimination as the basis for the dismissal, and comments on his participation in Henry B. Gonzales' gubanatorial campaign in Texas. He speaks at length on his military service and medical training in the United States Air Force near Washington, D.C., and explains his career choice favoring political activism over medicine. He discusses the creation of the National Organization for Mexican American Services (NOMAS), the umbrella organization he formed to unify Mexican American groups, and declares Lyndon B. Johnson's Mexican American summit meeting undermined the organization's chances of success. He exposes Manuel Aragón as a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency infiltrator and agitator in his organization, refers to his work in the War on Poverty as an aide to Sargent Shriver in the Migrant Division of the Office of Economic Opportunity, and touches on the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO). He provides details on the forming of two consulting firms, Interstate Research Associates (IRA) and InterAmerica Research Associates, Inc., and relates their part in empowering the Raza Unida Party. He talks about working with members of the Southwest Council of La Raza, the forerunner of the National Council of La Raza, and starting up lobbying operations with El Congreso (National Congress of Hispanic American Citizens). He explains his selection as head of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) despite the objection of founding chairman Maclovio Barraza and shares the process of convincing Paul N. Ylvisaker to provide financial backing for the NCLR through the Ford Foundation. He mentions Willie Velasquez's role in instituting the Mexican American Unity Council and the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project and speaks at length about the formative years of the National Council of La Raza. He delves into his work with Mexico's Fundación Solidaridad Mexicano-Americana (Mexican-American Solidarity Foundation) which was established in 1994, and Mexico's then Secretary of Education Ernesto Zedillo (who was president of Mexico at the time of the interview) and addresses American foreign policy in Mexico. He refers to Mexican American politicians Polly Baca (Baca-Baragán), Graciela Olivarez, U.S. Senator Joe (Joseph Manuel) Montoya of New Mexico, and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and states his own opinions on race relations between Hispanic Americans and African Americans.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 62 p. ; 28 cm.

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Bernal, Joe, 1927-. Oral history interview with Joe Bernal, 2003 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Joe Bernal, 2003 [videorecording].

Joe Bernal begins with his family history and his perspective of the Catholic relgious culture in San Antonio. He recalls his brothers working for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression on projects which included the Alazan-Apache Courts and the San Antonio River Walk (now the Paseo del Rio). He tells about the family's survival after his father's death, discusses the negative effect of school pressure to speak only English, relates an incident of early gang violence, and praises the sports program at the Mexican Christian Institute (later the Inman Christian Center of the Disciples of Christ). He shares his experiences with race discrimination under a training program at Texas Tech University prior to his induction into the U.S. Army and his transfer to the Pacific Air Command, United States Army (PACUSA). He recounts his experiences in Manila, the Philippines, and in Tokyo, Japan, including Emperor Hirohito's daily meeting with General Douglas MacArthur. Dr. Bernal elaborates on his post-war educational choices and attributes efforts of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) for higher education opportunities in Texas for Mexican Americans. He points to the Good Government League in convincing him to run for public office and to redistricting for aiding his election. He provides details on his election campaigns and campaign finances, and comments on his election opponents David Carter, David Evans, Frank Lombardino, and Nelson Wolfe [sic, Wolff] to whom he lost his senate election in 1972. Dr. Bernal talks about leaving state politics and returning to school administration prior to his election to the Texas State Board of Education. He reports on his meeting in Rio Grande City with Benito Rodríguez who was assaulted by Texas Ranger Captain Alfred Y. Allee, cites the court case against the Texas Rangers in the abuse of United Farm Workers organizer Francisco 'Pancho' Medrano in South Texas, and describes his own confrontation with Allee. He explains the formation of the Mexican American Democrats of Texas (MAD) and of the Tejano Democrats and discusses the Raza Unida party. He mentions such prominent Mexican Americans as Henry B. Gonzalez, Juan Maldonado, Tony Sanchez, Albert Peña, and José Luís Tovar.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (2 hr., 3 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript, 99 p. ; 28 cm.

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Oral history interview with Vicente Ximenes, 2004

Title: Oral history interview with Vicente Ximenes, 2004

Vicente Ximenes begins with his father's role in Floresville and South Texas politics in the 1930s and his work in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He shares being a part of a Mexican American student co-op in Austin to help with college expenses at the University of Texas and recalls the group's lively debates on race discrimination. He reveals details of his military service at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and in the Mediterranean theater during World War II and gives details about his family and his affiliation with the University of New Mexico. He talks about his work with the American G.I. Forum and his friendship with Dr. Hector García in the 1950s and 1960s and points out the involvement of New Mexico Senator Joseph Montoya, California Senator Edward Roybal, and (James) Carlos McCormick in the Viva Kennedy Clubs. He mentions the presence of Robert F. Kennedy at the American G.I. Forum Convention in Chicago in 1960, and discusses the job he took with the Agency for International Development as a program officer in Quito, Ecuador. He highlights his work for President Lyndon B. Johnson as director of the Viva Johnson Clubs (funded by the Democratic National Committee) for the 1964 presidential election. He recounts his encounter with Chicago mayor Richard Daley's cronies during his effort to organize Viva Johnson Clubs across the U.S. and describes the frenzied efforts to distribute a campaign newspaper, 'El Nuevo Piñon,' nationwide. He speaks of the political efforts of celebrities such as Ricardo Montalbán and of drafting Mexico's Cantinflas for a political rally. He alludes to Sargent Shriver's role in the War on Poverty after Johnson's reelection as an obstacle to further Mexican American involvement in national politics, apart from the creation of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish-Speaking (a.k.a. Mexican American Affairs). He tells of his efforts to organize the White House Conference slated for El Paso, Texas to address Mexican American issues and spells out his reasons for resigning from his position under Sargent Shriver to take a post in Panama. He relates the circumstances that brought him back to Washington, D.C. as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and discloses his pivotal conversation with New Mexico Senator Clint Anderson. He explains the real power was not through his role as EEOC commissioner but rather his post as chairman of the Cabinet Committee, along with the help of committee member John Gardner, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Ximenes takes credit for the creation and initiation of Affirmative Action programs, and attributes the assistance of John Macy, head of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, for its success. He notes flying on Air Force One and provides logistical details of the White House Conferences planned for San Antonio, Albuquerque, and El Paso, the last of which included Mexico's president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz to orchestrate the cessioning of the Rio Grande's El Chamizal. He laments his failure to win over George Sánchez and Cesar Chávez and exposes the complexity of the politics involved. He covers the involvement and activities of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASSO), and the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) during the conference. He disputes the alleged walkout during the conference in El Paso and chronicles the conference events from the introduction of Texas governor John Connally to the reception of then vice president Humbert H. Humphrey. He cites bilingual education and immigration as sources of political contention between Mexican Americans and African Americans and talks about the role of Louis Martin, an African American journalist and colleague of Cuban origin, in the Viva Johnson Clubs. He gives his opinions on the Democratic Party, comments on Mexican American politicos Henry B. Gonzales, Albert Peña, and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, and expresses his views on issues facing Mexican Americans.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassette (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 93 p. ; 28 cm.

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Houston Post, Washington D.C. Bureau, Collection, 1963-1995

Title: Houston Post, Washington D.C. Bureau, Collection, 1963-1995

Newspaper clippings, business files, press releases, and campaign finance records comprise the Houston Post, Washington D.C. Bureau, Collection, 1963-1995. Included in the collection are Washington Bureau Chief (1984-1995) Kathy Kiely’s collected files, pertaining to Texans in Washington, the Bush family, George Wallace, column ideas, sports, military issues, and politics. The clippings, organized into Subject Files, Biographical Files, and “Texans in Washington,” reflect various people, topics, and issues addressed by the Post, including George and Barbara Bush, Barbara Jordan, Lady Bird Johnson, John B. Connally, Walter Mondale, Tom DeLay, nuclear arms, Afghanistan, and Houston Conventions.

ArchivalResource: 14 ft.

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San Antonio Fair, Inc. (San Antonio, Tex.). San Antonio Fair, Inc. records, 1963-1995 (bulk 1964-1968).

Title: San Antonio Fair, Inc. records, 1963-1995 (bulk 1964-1968).

The records of the San Antonio Fair, Inc., document the planning, lobbying, financing and construction of HemisFair '68. The records consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, committee reports, financial records, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, photographic materials, blueprints, maps and plats, artwork, oral history interview transcripts, scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera, and audiovisual materials (film and sound recordings). Most of the records predate the opening of the fair.

ArchivalResource: 560 boxes (276.4 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39912584 View

Peña, Olga, 1925-. Oral history interview with Olga Peña, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Olga Peña, 1997 [videorecording].

Olga Peña speaks briefly of her family background and her early life in San Antonio, Texas. She refers to Albert Peña's campaign for state representative against Ray T. Felixson in the early 1950s, his run for Bexar County Commissioner in 1956, and his involvement in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). She discusses his political group, the Loyal Latin American Democrats, their work with the Democratic Party conventions in the 1950s and 1960s, including Adlai Stevenson's campaign, and with the Raza Unida Party. She talks about the involvement of Lalo Solis and Ruben Mungia [sic, Munguía] in the Democratic Party and notes briefly her husband's civil rights and race discrimination cases. She recalls the startup of radio station KEDA and describes the impact of redistricting efforts on election outcomes. She tells about Albert Peña's connection with the case of Communist Party member Angela Davis through his colleague G. J. Sutton, and its effect on his 1972 election campaign, and reads a communication from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., about Albert Peña's interest in the Poor People's Campaign. She comments on her work with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) which led to a protest march in Del Rio in 1969 as part of the Chicano Movement. She mentions the campaigns of Henry B. Gonzales and assails his attitudes, particularly those toward the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASSO) and the Viva Kennedy Clubs. She gives the underlying reasons for her divorce and discusses her life following the divorce, including her work on George McGovern's campaign.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (3 hr. 32 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 111 p. ; 28 cm.

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Records of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. 1957 - 1996. Congressional Correspondence

Title: Records of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. 1957 - 1996. Congressional Correspondence

ArchivalResource:

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Terán, Frances,. Oral history interview with Frances Terán, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Frances Terán, 1997 [videorecording].

Frances Terán begins with the background of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and explains the organization's purpose and financial backing. She describes the NCLR Texas Affiliate Network and talks about other Hispanic non-profit programs across the southwest, including the Texas Migrant Council. She discusses the criteria which must be met for community based organizations to become affiiliated with the NCLR and compares major foundations funding programs in Houston and Dallas which appear to favor the African American community over the Mexican American community. She covers her work with the Bexar County Metropolitan Youth Agency, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, and the Bexar County Local Development Corporation. She talks about a suit against Bexar County by the Bexar County Legal Aid Association requiring the county to fund assistance to the poor and about using CDBG funds through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to construct facilities to allow handicap accessibility to county buildings. She comments on Henry Cisneros' positive impact on San Antonio as its mayor and recalls her family background and childhood years, highlighting her meeting of Richard M. Nixon, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry B. Gonzales, and George Bush. She credits Raul Yzaguirre's leadership at NCLR for the progress made on issues concerning Hispanic Americans and elaborates on a controversy based on funding from the Coors Foundation. She states her opinions about Levi Strauss and Company which closed its San Antonio plant in response to the organized labor efforts of the San Antonio Coalition of the United Force and Mujer Obrera. She notes the careful review NCLR gives to public issues and expresses her views on how the Hispanic community is perceived by the African American community. She mentions the Mexican and American Solidarity Foundation in relation to economic development issues between the United States and Mexico and points to El Paso and South Texas as natural benefactors of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the North American Development Bank. She cites the drop out rate of Mexican Americans and stresses the importance of meeting the educational needs of the Hispanic community. She concludes by pondering the future leadership of NCLR at the national level.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 61 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/370469425 View

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1968 -1983

Title: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1968 -1983

Administrative records, litigation files, and special program files.

ArchivalResource: 1,200 linear ft.

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Martínez, Jaime, 1946-. Oral history interview with Jaime Martínez, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Jaime Martínez, 1997 [videorecording].

Jaime Martínez begins with his family's background and talks about an uncle, Bernabe Martínez, an early labor organizer of Comite Numero Cinco (Committee Number Five) who was killed by a Bexar county sheriff. He recalls joining his first organization, the Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana with his grandfather and his grandmother's appreciation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He reveals his musical background as a trumpet player in a number of bands, such as the Sunglows and the Deltones, touring the U.S. and Canada, playing for Paul Anka, and meeting legendary drummer Gene Krupa. He refers to the health problems he began experiencing because of his musician's lifestyle which led to his decision to settle down. He gives his views on the Vietnam War and explains his wanting to enlist in the military and later marching in San Antonio against the war in 1968. He discusses the International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE, now the IUE-AFL-CIO) Local 780 strike against the Friedrich Refrigeration Company (now the Friedrich Air Conditioning Company) in 1964 and the arrest of Leonora Silva. He talks about getting his first job with Friedrich in 1966 and his growing leadership role in the IUE. He elaborates upon the IUE organization levels and provides details of his own progression to union leadership. He describes his first trip to IUE headquarters in Washington, D.C., and his first union-organizing assignment in 1972 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He explains the term Bowl Ware [sic, Boulwarism] as a form of union busting, citing the 1960 IUE strike against the Hendersonville General Electric Company plant. He recalls representing a member of the Hatfield family in a labor dispute and recounts an incident of harrassment from a Hendersonville deputy. He shares his experience in assisting Crystal Lee Sutton with the J. P. Stevens boycott [in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.] for the Textile Workers Union of America. He recounts his experience with race discrimination while organizing a union drive at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation plant in Louisville, Georgia. Mr. Martínez gives his reasons for his return to San Antonio in 1977 and the continuing of his union organizing efforts at the Temple Manufacturing plant. He expresses his enthusiasm about his work with Coordinadora, an organization for immigrant rights, pointing out the organization's stance against the brutality of police and border patrol officers, and describes the events of the Coordinadora '96 march in Austin and his subsequent health problems. He discusses his concerns over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and his involvement in the National Labor Council of Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). He touches on the labor movement in Mexico and the presidency of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, and details an incident as an election observer for the Alianza Cívica in Mexico. He shares details of his association with César Chávez and Henry B. Gonzales, particularly when he was up for election to the IUE executive board. He mentions such prominent civil rights activists and supporters as Martin Luther King, Jr., Lucille Banta, Ralph Abernathy, and Edward M. Kennedy.

ArchivalResource: 3 videocassettes (VHS) (4 hr., 58 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 142 p. ; 28 cm.

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Luna, Gregory,. Oral history interview with Gregory Luna, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Gregory Luna, 1996 [videorecording].

The interview covers Luna's role in organizing MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund) with Pete Tijerina; Warren Burnett's role in the Del Rio protest; the Ford Foundation's role as the first founder of MALDEF; conflict with Chicanos in California; how Luna became chair of MALDEF: Henry B. Gonzales' opposition to MALDEF and his relations with Pete Tijerina and José Angel Gutierrez; the roles of Gonzales, Tijerina, Gutierrez, and Rep. Mills (first name not given) in the move of MALDEF's national office from Texas to San Francisco; Mario Obledo's chairmanship of MALDEF; Luna's entry into politics via his election to the State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC) and as state representative. The interview also mentions the campaign of Joe Bernal for an unspecified office (Luna was campaign manager) and La Raza Unida's part in his defeat. Luna also recounts the creation of Mexican American Democrats as a counterforce to La Raza Unida, gives his opinion of MAD's split, and explains his withdrawal from participation in MAD and SDEC. He discusses his theory on why national unity among Mexican American leaders and organizations has been elusive, why Mexican American voter turnout is still low, and his motivation for running for office. Luna describes interaction among members of the Mexican American political community; discusses efforts made to improve higher education in South Texas; and gives his opinions of the role of women in the Texas Legislature and in politics (he especially mentions Irma Rangel and Judith Zaffirini), the role of Mexican American studies in higher education, and on the Mexican American leaders of today.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 44 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 51 p. ; 28 cm.

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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Lee, Russell, photograph collection, 1935-1977.

Title: Lee, Russell, photograph collection, 1935-1977.

The collection consists primarily of Lee's work after he left the federal government in 1946.

ArchivalResource: 3,618 photographic prints; 708 slides; 27,057 photographic negatives; 5 col. transparencies.

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Telles, Richard, 1922-2003. Oral history interview with Richard Telles, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Richard Telles, 1996 [videorecording].

The interview begins with Richard Telles noting his family's long history in the Rio Grande Valley and how his father, Don Ramon, began the family's political involvement when elected precinct constable in 1932 and subsequently urged his sons into politics. Richard Telles discusses the role of heavy drinking in his life and how his socializing kept him well-acquainted with Mexican politicians in Ciudad Juárez where he continued drinking after the bars in El Paso closed for the night. He also talks about his early involvement in union activity which resulted in a civil suit that brought him a financial settlement with which he purchased the first of his many cantinas. A self-proclaimed power broker, Richard Telles details how he enabled Mexican-American voter registration in El Paso and got the voters to the polls for the election of his brother, Raymond L. Telles, as county clerk and later on as the first Hispanic mayor of El Paso. Richard Telles describes the workings of his political machine to get himself elected to public office and how other political candidates eagerly sought his assistance in garnering the Mexican-American vote for their own elections. He also discusses his support for his son, Raymond R. Telles, who at the time of the interview, had already served as a city councilman in El Paso and was running for the office of mayor. He compares African Americans and Mexican-Americans in their struggles against racial discrimination. Throughout the interview, he discusses such notable Mexican Americans as Eladio Sandoval, Billie Sol Estes, Ralph Yarborough and his father Joe Yarborough, Alicia Chacón, Rogelio Sánchez, Silvestre Reyes, Henry B. Gonzales, Richard Perez, and Henry Cisneros. He mentions his support for Lloyd Bentsen and talks about the role of the Raza Unida Party in El Paso.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette(s) (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 122 p. ; 28 cm.

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Eleuterio Escobar Papers 23103759., 1906-1971

Title: Eleuterio Escobar Papers 1906-1971

The personal and business papers of Eleuterio Escobar, including legal papers, correspondence, autobiography drafts, business and financial records, agendas, and photographs, which also relate to the activites of the School Improvement League.

ArchivalResource: 11

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Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez / [prepared by the staff of the Washington, D.C. office].

Title: Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez / [prepared by the staff of the Washington, D.C. office]. 1977.

Ms. (photocopy).

ArchivalResource: 12 p., bound : ill. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85812922 View

Genoveva Gonzales.

Title: Genoveva Gonzales. [1900]-

ArchivalResource: 1 vertical file folder ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45423574 View

Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001

Title: Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001

The official organ of the Communist Party, USA, the Daily Worker's editorial positions reflected the policies of the Communist Party. At the same time the paper also attempted to speak to the broad left-wing community in the United States that included labor, civil rights, and peace activists, with stories covering a wide range of events, organizations and individuals in the United States and around the world. As a daily newspaper, it covered the major stories of the twentieth century. However, the paper always placed an emphasis on radical social movements, social and economic conditions particularly in working class and minority communities, poverty, labor struggles, racial discrimination, right wing extremism with an emphasis on fascist and Nazi movements, and of course the Soviet Union and the world-wide Communist movement. The paper has had a succession of names and has been published in varying frequences between daily to weekly over the course of its existence. In 2010 it ceased print publication and became an electronic, online-only, weekly publication titled the People's World. The bulk of the collection consists of printed photographic images produced through a variety of processes, collected by the photography editors of the Daily Worker and its successor newspapers as a means of maintaining an organized collection of images for use in publication. Images of many important people, groups and events associated with the CPUSA and the American Left are present in the collection, as well as images of a wide variety of people, subjects and events not explicitly linked with the CPUSA or Left politics.

ArchivalResource: 227 Linear Feet in 226 record cartons and 2 oversized boxes

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Education -- Austin School.

Title: Education -- Austin School.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

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Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000.

Title: Raoul Berger papers

Berger's papers relate mainly to the preparation and publication of his written works, and his role as an authority on judicial review, executive privilege, Presidential war powers, and impeachment.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes, 1 Paige Box

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LEE (RUSSELL) PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION 38850253., 1935-1977

Title: LEE (RUSSELL) PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION 1935-1977

Documentary photographer Russell Lee, born in 1903, took his first photographs in 1935. He worked for the Farm Security Administration from 1936 to 1942 and remained active in the field of documentary photography until 1977. The collection consists primarily of Lee's work after he left the federal government in 1946. Major series include a study of Spanish-speaking people of Texas (1949-1952), the Italy portfolio (1960), documentation of the campaigns of Texas senator Ralph Yarborough, and other community activities and industrial operations, mainly in Texas and the southwest.

ArchivalResource:

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Henry B. Gonzalez Papers, 1946-2015

Title: Henry B. Gonzalez Papers, 1946-2015

ArchivalResource: 498.75 linear feet

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Molina, Henry,. Oral history interview with Henry Molina, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Henry Molina, 1997 [videorecording].

Molina discusses his early life, family origins, family genealogy, public school experiences, educational endeavors as a student at San Antonio College, and his memories of racial discrimination against Mexican Americans in the public schools and political life. The interview also covers Molina's political activities in Texas, including his run for County Judge in Karnes County, Texas; campaigning for Henry Cisneros; and Molina's appointment as Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations. Molina recalls his service in the military reserves, his family, career experiences in finance and sales, in the business world as a public relations manager for major corporations, as a business entrepreneur establishing his own finance company and public relations firm, and as a television weatherman/reporter. He discusses the roles of the Democratic and Republican parties in helping Hispanics organize politically in Texas, and his thoughts on the accomplishments and shortcomings of notable Hispanic leaders in Texas such as Albert Bustamante, Henry B. González, Henry Bonilla, Henry Cisneros, Judy Zaffirini and Pepe Martin. Molina gives his opinion about the positives and negatives of La Raza Unida Party, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) as effective Hispanic political organizations in Texas, and the roles that poor communications and lack of money play in hindering organizational unity among Hispanics in Texas politics.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 43 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 80 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48379841 View

Bustamante, Albert Garza,. Oral history interview with Albert Garza Bustamante, 2004 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Albert Garza Bustamante, 2004 [videorecording].

Albert Garza Bustamante begins with his personal and family background and elaborates on his family's home life and work around Dimmit County, Texas, and as migrant agricultural laborers in Oregon. He expresses his budding interest in politics through the American G.I. Forum. He touches on the race discrimination he encountered in Texas in Nueces and San Patricio Counties during his military service and provides details of his military experience as a U.S. Army paratrooper. He explains how he worked his way through San Antonio College and struggled through Sul Ross State College despite the aid of G. I. Bill veterans' benefits because he had married in 1958. He discusses his successful efforts as a teacher and coach at James Fenimore Cooper Junior High School in San Antonio and recalls how he met Henry B. Gonzalez through Lalo Solis and worked as Gonzalez' aide at the Hemisphere [sic, HemisFair]. He assails Gonzalez' political maneuvering and discusses Gonzalez' career in Washington, D.C. He addresses his decision to run against Albert Peña for Bexar County Commissioner and talks about his confrontation with George Velasquez. He reveals the reason behind the breakup of the friendship between Peña and Gonzalez and for hiring Peña's campaign manager, Peter Penfield. Bustamante describes his unique campaign strategy when he ran for and won election as Bexar County Commissioner in 1972, including the creation of a comic book and his television debate, and discusses his campaign funds. He notes working with the Committee Organized for Public Service (COPS) while he served as a Bexar County Commissioner and cites his efforts to provide facilities at Mission County Park. He comments on fellow commissioner Blair Reeves and commissioners court Judge Plau [sic?] and applauds his efforts as Bexar County Judge to collect deliquent business taxes to fund county hospital programs. He jumps into his election to the U.S. House of Representatives and points to his election as president of the Democratic freshman class in Washington, D.C., entitling him to dine with Ronald Reagan. He tells of his role on the House banking subcommittee during the savings and loan bailout crisis involving the Resolution Trust Corporation, discusses the wheeling and dealing for military appropriations in Washington, D.C., and argues about nuclear disarmament and the handling of nuclear waste. He expounds on his congressional junket into Honduras and Nicaragua to investigate contras (counterrevolutionaries), the Central Intelligence Agency, and illegal gun sales surrounding Oliver North and mentions the dealings in Central and South America involving Manuel Noriega, Omar Torrijos and Pete O'Shea and their rumored drug connections to La Mena [sic, Mena], Arkansas. He talks about his campaign fundraising and his election defeat by Henry Bonilla in 1992 following congressional redistricting and speaks of the investigation on bribery and racketeering charges into contracts and financial dealings affecting his wife, attorney Rebecca Bustamante, contractors Oliver Heard and Evaristo 'Eddie' García, and Falcon Food Services and Management, Inc. He briefly discusses his financial and real estate woes to cover his trial expenses and he laments his choice of attorney, Tony Canales over Bill Clinton's impeachement attorney, Abbey [sic, Abbe D.] Lowell. He discusses his appeal and request for a presidential pardon, mentions Bill Clinton's pardon of Henry Cisneros, and provides details of his imprisonment at the El Paso Prison Camp. He contrasts the relative unity of the African American community through Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition to the disunity of the Mexican American community, and comments on fellow congressmen such as John McCain, Tip O'Neill, and Jim Wright.

ArchivalResource: 3 videocassette(s) (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 190 p. ; 28 cm.

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Bustamante, Albert Garza, 1935-. Albert Bustamante papers, 1980-1992.

Title: Albert Bustamante papers, 1980-1992.

The collection documents Bustamante's career from 1980-1992 as a Bexar County Judge and as a U.S. Congressman primarily through correspondence from constituents and colleagues. Correspondence of Bustamante while Bexar County Judge is primarily from colleagues and constituents dating 1980-1983. Letters of concern from constituents range on topics from library funding to management of the Bexar County Jail. Documentation of U.S. Congressman Bustamante (1984-1992) is primarily collegial correspondence. Noticeably, constituent mail for these years is absent from the collection. The correspondence is a mix of brief personal congratulations and thanks, along with letters related to legislative issues and fundraising efforts. The mostly incoming correspondence from members of the House is strong in revealing working relationships between members of the House and the inner working of Congress. Especially interesting is correspondence between Bustamante and Texas Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez. Congressman Bustamante's legislative record is compiled in vote books, a legislative profile and his weekly newspaper column.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes (12 archives boxes, 1 half box), 5 feet 2 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46647991 View

Zamora, Aguinaldo,. Oral history interview with Aguinaldo Zamora, 1998 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Aguinaldo Zamora, 1998 [videorecording].

Aguinaldo 'Nayo' Zamora provides details on his family background, including the family's loss of land, and recalls various incidents of race discrimination in Comal County and New Braunfels, Texas. He tells about San Antonio alderman, Henry B. Gonzalez being thrown out of Camp Warneke in 1955, and local restaurants that would not serve Mexican Americans. Mr. Zamora gives the history of the organization of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in New Braunfels and recounts the time fellow LULAC members were once served at Camp Warneke and then told by state representative Raymond Bartram to leave the premises. He relates his discussion with Bartram on the incident and how Bartram's bid for Texas state senator against Walter Richter was defeated in 1962 because of the Mexican American vote. He describes the battle he fought against school desegregation when his son was the only Mexican American student who was rejected for a transfer to another school in the New Braunfels Independent School District, bringing to bear the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, and the news media. He tells about the assistance of LULAC, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and a grant through the Ford Foundation in the suit which led to a court defeat in 1972 by Judge Adrian Spears. Mr. Zamora states he ran and lost election to the New Braunfels Independent School District board of trustees for 10 years and reveals he finally won election to the board under single member districts. He also mentions his daughter, Sylvia Zamora Sanchez, and Ismael Garza who were both on the school board, and refers to Ismael's father, Felix Garza. He gives details about the Mexican American community's test of an ordinance which prohibited swimming at Landa Park in the presence of MALDEF attorney Alvaro Garza and members of the news media, including African American newspaper reporter, Melvin Epps, and comments on the fallout of that event. He laments the death of a family of five by a drunken driver and the injustice of the court's ruling. He assails the beer distributors, including San Antonio's Lone Star Brewing Company for failing to hire Mexican American truck drivers and describes the boycott that ensued. He describes his business ventures and comments on his resolve to see justice done in New Braunfels.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (36 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 24 p. ; 28 cm.

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Peña, Olga, 1925-. Oral history interview with Olga Peña, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Olga Peña, 1997 [videorecording].

Olga Peña begins with her family background and her early life and expresses her passion for performing traditional Mexican American dance, Ballet Folklórico, in San Antonio, Texas. She talks of the discrimination she and her former husband, Albert Peña, faced during their years in Houston and Pasadena, Texas before their return to San Antonio. She talks about their investigation of school discrimination in Hondo and Mathis, Texas. She refers to Albert Peña's campaign for state representative against Ray T. Felixson in the early 1950s, his run for Bexar County Commissioner in 1956, and his involvement in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). She discusses her grass roots campaigning, the poll tax, and the intimidation aimed at preventing Mexican American voter registration. She discusses their involvement in the American G.I. Forum and the Democratic conventions in the 1960s, and comments on Henry B. Gonzales, Adlai Stevenson, and her husband's law partner African American G. J. Sutton.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 34 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 51 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320249763 View

Richter, Walter H. Papers 2001-130; 2002-028., 1936-1937, 1963-2000

Title: Richter, Walter H. Papers 1936-1937,1963-2000

The Walter H. Richter Papers,1936-1937, 1963-2000, include newspapers, correspondence, speeches, personal notesand articles, photographs, clippings, political campaign materials, commendationsand tributes, and Senate committee records.

ArchivalResource:

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Castro, Rosie, 1947-. Oral history interview with Rosie Castro, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Rosie Castro, 1996 [videorecording].

Rosie Castro begins with her family background, her activities in school, and her growing awareness in the civil rights movement. She describes her growing interest in politics during her college years, crediting Margaret Kramer for that interest. She covers many aspects of the Chicano Movement and speaks freely about prominent Mexican American political figures Henry Cisneros and Henry B. Gonzales. She recalls the political gatherings at Kramer's Polish Restaurant and her involvement in the Committee for Barrio Betterment. She refers to her participation in an unsuccessful migrant education project in Michigan arranged through the Texas Institute for Educational Development and reveals the circumstances of her arrest during the 1970 boycott of the San Antonio Savings Association, which was owned by San Antonio's mayor, Walter McAllister. She refers to an incident at St. Mary's University involving Albert Garza Bustamante and George Velásquez and assails the Good Government League. She laments the failure of Mexican American candidates, including herself, to win in city elections before single-member districts were institituted and attributes the involvement of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in achieving success at creating those districts. She discusses the activities of Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) and notes a number of candidates recruited to run by the Raza Unida Party. She elaborates on her personal life and her relationship with Jesse Guzmán, a pariticipant in Colegio Jacinto Trevino, and her own work with the Mexican American Equal Rights Project at St. Mary's University. Ms. Castro mentions a number of Mexican American newspapers and hints at her involvement in the Universidad de los Barrios. She bemoans the diverging attitudes toward male and female candidates over abortion issues, citing the election race between Nelson Wolfe and Maria Antonietta Berriozábal, and discusses the 'glass ceiling' and sexual discrimination in the workplace. She reviews a number of election campaigns of Mexican American men and reveals her opinion as to why they lost their elections. She talks about Hispanas Unidas and the Mexican American Democrats, highlighting a number of Mexican American women who were successful at winning their elections. She points out the work of the Coalition for Hispanic Women Leaders, a group concerned with domestic violence she helped organize, as well as the work of Blandina 'Bambi' Cardenas Ramírez with the Tejano Democrats. Rosie Castro shares her opinion as to why the Raza Unida Party deteriorated, pointing to socialist encroachment and possible interference from United States Department of Justice informers. She provides her insight on the election of Irma Mireles to the board of the San Antonio River Authority, on a runoff election between Al Peeler and María Antonietta Berriozábal, and on Berriozábal's bid for mayor of San Antonio. She gives highlights of her graduate studies and her internship with the city of San Antonio where she helped organize the Hispanic Municipal Women's Association. She covers a number of issues pertinent to San Antonio, including controversy over the Edwards Acquifier and the closure of Kelly Air Force Base. She mentions other prominent Mexican Americans such as her colleague Choco González Meza and Ruben Sandoval.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (4 hr., 5 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 98 p. ; 28 cm.

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Carl Bert Albert Congressional papers, 1910-1998, bulk 1946-1998.

Title: Congressional papers, 1910-1998, bulk 1946-1998.

This collection contains correspondence, clippings, press releases, brochures, pamphlets, speeches, bumper stickers, transcripts, government reports and publications, maps, congressional documents, schedules, invitations, bills, whip polls, whip notices, and publications primarily generated and received within the context of Albert's service and leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives.

ArchivalResource: 697 cubic ft.

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Sanzhez Vela, Blanca, 1936-. Oral history interview with Blanca Sanchez Vela, 1999 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Blanca Sanchez Vela, 1999 [videorecording].

The interview was conducted during the first year of Blanca Sanchez Vela's term as mayor of the city of Brownsville, Texas. Mayor Vela begins with her family background and early life in Harlingen, Texas, including the discrimination towards Mexican Americans she experienced in the Catholic schools run by the Sisters of Mercy and in Harlingen High School, which she attended. She talks of her budding teaching career before completing her college degree, getting married, and working in her husband's campaign for state representative against Menton Murray, Sr., after which she began seeking opportunities that would allow her to create change in her community. She discusses her board appointments and achievements as well as the reasons she ran for the office of Brownsville's mayor against incumbent Henry Gonzales. Through her own involvement, she influenced her children to become active in the Hispanic community and urged the same of her contemporaries, campaigning actively at the grass roots level for herself and fellow Mexican-Americans working for the betterment of Mexican-Americans, Brownsville and the Rio Grande Valley. She speaks of her son, Filemón Vela, Jr., and his wife, Rose Vela, and her involvement in their campaigns for public office in Corpus Christi. Blanca Vela talks about the 1980 appointment of her husband, Filemon Vela, Sr., as a federal judge who, prior to his career on the bench, was active in the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PASSO) and served in public office in Brownsville. She discusses the campaign of her brother-in-law, Moises "Moy" Vela against Ray Ramon, and her support for Republican Tony Garza. Mayor Vela gives her opinion on the political success of Black communities in comparison to that of Mexican-Americans. She also discusses the relationship between the border cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and the opposing political parties, Partido de Accion Nacional (PAN) and Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in Mexico. Mayor Vela reiterates her concerns for water conservation and usage pertaining to the Rio Grande and the participation of the city of Brownsville in the American Heritage Rivers Alliance, and discusses potential development for the Palo Alto Battlefield. She finishes the interview by praising Governor Ann Richards for improvements made to the colonia of Cameron Park, Texas.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (2 hr. 3 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.

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Díaz de León, Luʹis,. Oral history interview with Luʹis Díaz de León, 1997 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Luʹis Díaz de León, 1997 [videorecording].

Mr. Dʹiaz de Leʹon talks about his family history and genealogy. He tells about incidents of race discrimination practices in the schools and neighborhoods where he lived. He tells that he trained as a welder with the National Youth Administration at the beginning of World War II and served with the United States Navy during World War II. Mr. Dʹiaz de Leʹon elaborates upon his political relationship to Henry B. Gonzalez. He evaluates the leadership skills of the well-known Chicano lawyer, Gus Garcʹia, and talks about his tragic battle with alcoholism. Mr. Dʹiaz de Leʹon describes his lifelong political activism with the Raza Unida Party in Texas and California, the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PASO), the Viva Kennedy Clubs, the War on Poverty, the Casita Farm Strike, and VISTA. He gives details on how he became director of the Colorado Migrant Council Head Start program, and he talks about the politics within the Council. Mr. Dʹiaz de Leʹon describes the difficulties in working with other ethnic minority political groups, and he details the problems encountered with inter-ethnic conflict while trying to organize the Poor People's March. He states that there is a need for a true populist third party to counteract the conservative trend by both major political parties in Texas, and he tells why the current two-party political system in Texas does not address the needs of the ethnic minorities and the poor. He stresses that the most pressing issue for the Mexican American community is the illegal drug trade on the U.S. borders, and, he emphasizes the need for all ethnic political groups to recognize the needs of other groups.

ArchivalResource: 3 videocassettes (VHS) (5 hr.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 135 p. ; 28 cm.

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Albert Bustamante Papers MS 91., 1980-1992

Title: Albert Bustamante Papers 1980-1992

Albert Garza Bustamante's public service career includes 12 years as a Bexar County Judge and four consecutive terms as a Democratic Congressman representing Texas from 1985-1992. The bulk of the collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence from constituents and colleagues. The remainder of the records compile Congressman Bustamante's legislative record through vote books, a legislative profile and his weekly newspaper column.

ArchivalResource: 5.3 linear feet

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Bernal, Joe, 1927-. Joe J. Bernal papers, 1942-1981, bulk 1964-1979.

Title: Joe J. Bernal papers, 1942-1981, bulk 1964-1979.

Reflects the activities of Bernal as a legislator, social worker, and advocate for Mexican Americans.

ArchivalResource: 47 ft. 10 in.

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Joe J. Bernal Papers 23665826., 1942-1981

Title: Joe J. Bernal Papers 1942-1981

Personal papers of legislator, social worker, and Mexican American civil rights advocate Joe J. Bernal. Includes campaign literature, correspondence, legislation, publications, reports, speeches, ephemera, memorabilia, photographs, and audiovisual material.

ArchivalResource: 47 feet 10 inches

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Biography -- Gonzalez, Henry.

Title: Biography -- Gonzalez, Henry.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310377506 View

Chapa, Amancio J., Jr., 1946-. Oral history interview with Amancio J. Chapa, Jr. 1998 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Amancio J. Chapa, Jr. 1998 [videorecording].

Amancio J. Chapa, Jr., begins with his childhood living in the Corpus Christi, Texas neighborhood of the La Armada (the first defense housing project built in 1941, now under the Housing Authority of the City of Corpus Christi) and describes the race discrimination he felt while attending Catholic school there. He talks about his family's ranching background in South Texas, and about the family's move back to La Joya around 1959-1960. He refers often to his relationship with local liberal political leader, Leo J. Leo, who became mayor of La Joya in 1965, Leo's connections with the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PASSO), and their mutual ties to the Raza Unida Party. Mr. Chapa provides details of his own involvement in school leadership in opposition to school board chairman, D. B. 'Beto' Reyna, and recounts the student strike over the firing of teacher Olivia Hinojosa in 1963. He relates his first exposure to a number of politicos including Henry B. Gonzales and labor leader Henry R. Muñoz, Jr. He talks at length on his political activities while attending the University of Texas which led to forming the Mexican American Student Organization (MASO) in 1966. He explains the creation of the Mexican American Youth Organization ( MAYO), pointing to MAYO's focus on the Chicano movement and outside pressure from other political groups, particularly the Socialist Worker Alliance (Socialist Workers Party/Young Socialists' Alliance) and his own interest in the Peace movement to end the Vietnam War. He reveals his involvement in the strike against the Economy Furniture Company in Austin and the election campaigns of Santo 'Buddy' Ruiz and Richard Moya. He speaks about meeting Ramsey Muñiz and working in Muñiz' gubanatorial campaign and expresses his reasons for returning to La Joya after earning his degree. He discusses his work with Interstate Research Associates, justifies his continued affiliation with the Raza Unida Party, and explores the dischord in the Colegio Jacinto Treviño and the resulting offshoot, the Juárez-Lincoln Center in Austin. He tells of his work on the La Joya Independent School District board of trustees, his election as mayor of La Joya aided by the support of incumbent Leo J. Leo, and the goals of the political factions in Hidalgo County. He examines the deterioration of the Raza Unida Party and his meeting with San Juan, Texas politicos Jesus 'Chuy' Ramirez and Juan Maldonado about joining the Democratic Party to make a difference. He explains his reticence to join with the Democratic Party until Leo J. Leo's death, when he finally connects with Mexican American Democrats of Texas (MAD) in La Joya. He states his differences with Cheo Sandoval, the executive director of Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), and his brief employment with OEO. He describes his circumstances prior to becoming executive director of Colonias del Valle under the Community Action Program and elaborates on a scandal in Brownsville arising from the Governor's Office of Migrant Affairs (GOMA) under Governor Dolph Briscoe. He discusses his reasons for returning to the La Joya ISD board of trustees as a lone champion for the children of migrant workers and shares his views on education and politics in Texas. He comments on his work with Amigos del Valle, Inc., and on the political activities of William 'Billy' Leo in Hidalgo County.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette(s) (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 61 p. ; 28 cm.

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Castillo, Leonel (Leonel J.),. Oral history interview with Leonel Castillo, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Leonel Castillo, 1996 [videorecording].

Leonel Castillo begins the interview by detailing his family background and his family's involvement in unions and politics. He notes his own political activities while attending St. Mary's University and details his experiences while working for the Peace Corps in the Visayas Islands in the Philippines. He discusses his field work with the Citizens Against Slum Housing (CASH) and the United Negro Protest Committee (UNPC) while attending the University of Pittsburgh. He mentions his work under Felix Fraga upon his return to Houston in 1967, and talks about his involvement in the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASSO) and the Southern Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He talks about his activities on the 'Coalition,' a group led by Don Horn, consisting of labor, AFL-CIO, Teamsters, liberal Democrats, the Council of Organizations, and PASSO to screen and support political candidates for office, such as Barbara Jordan and Lauro Cruz. Mr. Castillo shares his view on his role in the Mexican American Education Council (MAEC) and the creation of Huelga (strike) schools in protest of the Houston Independent School District's deceptive desegregation tactics. He comments on his involvement in the founding of the Houston International University, or University Without Walls, and other nonprofit organizations in the Houston area. He reveals details of his campaign and election as city controller for the city of Houston and his work with the mayor, Louis Welch. He addresses his work under the Carter administration as Commissioner for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), refers to Victor Morales' U.S. Senate election campaign against incumbent Phil Gramm, and mentions such prominent Mexican Americans as Ben T. Reyes, Henry B. Gonzales, John Castillo, Frumencio Reyes, and Joe Bernal.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) (2 hr.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 78 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318120138 View