Descriptive Summary
Hernandez, Alfred J., 1917-
Alfred J. Hernandez PapersBulk, 1960-1979Inclusive, 1932-1981, 1960-1979MSS.0159
30.0 Linear feet,
25 doc boxes, 1 flat box, 1 rs box, 11 rolls microfilm
Materials are in English.
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Biographical Note
Alfred J. Hernandez was born in Mexico City in August 1917. At age four, his parents emigrated to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as farm workers. He graduated from high school, and during WWII, enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in the African and European war operations as a technical sergeant. Hernandez received his American citizenship while he was serving in Europe. On his return to the United States, he enrolled in the University of Houston where he did his pre-law work and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from South Texas College of Law in 1953. Alfred J. Hernandez married the former Minnie Casas and they had two sons: Alfred, Jr., John Joseph and a daughter, Anna Marie.
Hernandez was president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) from 1965 to 1967 and became a civil rights leader, working for the improvement of the social and economic conditions of all American citizens of Spanish-speaking descent in the United States.
On March 28, 1966, Judge Alfred J. Hernandez, together with delegates of LULAC, organized with "Albuquerque Walkout" in protest of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) discriminatory hiring practices against Mexican Americans. He also was one of the organizers of the Selma [Texas] Minimum Wage March of 1966, a two-month trek from the Rio Grande Valley, which began as a labor strike of the United Farm Workers Association against local agri-business and ended in a confrontation with Governor John Connally on the highway near New Braunfels. The march to Austin received national coverage and brought national attention to social conditions of Mexican Americans.
Judge Alfred J. Hernandez was Chairman of the Board of Project SER, (Job for Progress, Inc.) created in 1965 as a job training center for unemployed Mexican Americans. He also served on the GI Forum Job Opportunity Program and was a member of the Houston Crime Commission.
Scope and Contents
The Alfred J. Hernandez Papers consist of private and organizational records representative of Judge Alfred J. Hernandez's legal and civic advocacy, LULAC's organization, reports, projects and documents concerning the welfare, health and education of Mexican American citizens in the United States. The collection also includes photographic material of Judge Alfred J. Hernandez and LULAC's membership.
Access Restrictions
Microfilm is available for viewing.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Alfred J. Hernandez Papers must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Alfred J. Hernandez Papers. MSS 159. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Alfred J. Hernandez , October 12, 1987.
Microfilm
The Alfred J. Hernandez Papers were microfilmed as part of a cooperative effort between the Houston Metropolitan Research Center and the University of Houston Special Collections and Archives to preserve the collection. As part of the project, the University of Houston produced these microfilm copies for use by HMRC patrons.
Roll 1: Box 1, Folder 1 through Box 5, Folder 2
Roll 2: Box 5, Folder 3 through Box 7, Folder 2
Roll 3: Box 7, Folder 2 (continues) through Box 10, Folder 1
Roll 4: Box 10, Folder 2 through Box 13, Folder 1
Roll 5: Box 13, Folder 2 through Box 15, Folder 1
Roll 6: Box 15, Folder 1 (continues throughout Roll 6)
Roll 7: Box 16, Folder 1 through Box 17, Folder 8
Roll 8: Box 17, Folder 9 through Box 19, Folder 6
Roll 9: Box 20, Folder 1 through Box 21, Folder 4
Roll 10: Box 21, Folder 5 through Box 22, Folder 8
Roll 11: Box 23, Folder 1 through Box 24, Folder 14
There is no microfilm for Box 25
Index Terms
Hernandez, Alfred J., 1917-
Jobs for Progress, Inc.
League of United Latin American Citizens
Project Head Start (U.S.)
Mexican Americans--Economic conditions--20th century
Mexican Americans--Politics and government--20th century
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--20th century
Mexican Americans--Texas--Civil rights
Photographs
1A
Photographs
1B
Photographs
League of United Latin American Citizens
2
1
LULAC, News,
1932
2
2
LULAC, News,
1934
2
3
LULAC, News,
1947
2
4
LULAC, News,
1952
2
5
LULAC, News,
1954
2
6
LULAC, News,
1955
2
7
LULAC, News,
1956
2
8
LULAC, News,
1957
2
9
LULAC, News,
1958
2
10
LULAC, News,
1959
2
11
LULAC, News,
1964
2
12
LULAC, News,
1964
2
13
LULAC, News,
1965
2
14
LULAC, News,
1966
2
15
LULAC, News,
1967
2
16
LULAC, News,
1973
2
17
LULAC, News,
1974
2
18
LULAC, News,
1979
3
1
Washington's Birthday Celebration,
1999. February 19, 1949
3
2
LULAC, Celebration Programs,
1965 through 1966
3
3
LULAC, Programs,
1967 through 1969
3
4
LULAC, Annual Week Fiesta,
February 16 through 21
3
5
LULAC, Official Programs,
1949 through 1952
3
6
LULAC, National Convention Programs,
1955 through 1958
3
7
LULAC, National Convention Programs,
1966 through 1967
3
8
LULAC, National Convention Programs,
1966 through 1967
3
9
LULAC, Junior LULAC news,
1967 through 1968
3
10
LULAC, News, meetings, programs,
1965 through 1979
3
11
LULAC, First Annual LULAC Convention, Iowa.
1962
1970,
1971,
LULAC, Annual Conventions,
1972,
3
12
1974
3
13
LULAC, Supreme Council Meeting Programs,
1966
3
14
LULAC, 50th Anniversary Banquet,
1979
4
1
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1975 through 1976
4
2
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1977
4
3
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1978 through 1979
4
4
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1978 through 1979
4
5
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1978 through 1979
4
6
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1978 through 1979
4
7
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1978 through 1979
4
8
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1979
4
9
LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings,
1980
5
1
LULAC, Correspondence,
1970
5
2
LULAC,
Little School of the 400, Correspondence,
1961
5
3
LULAC, Educational Fund,
1963
5
4
LULAC,
Little School of the 400, Publication,
1962,
1979
5
5
LULAC, Speeches and Speech Materials, Alfred J. Hernandez,
1960s,
1970s
1960,
1961,
LULAC, News, History of LULAC,
1977,
5
6
1978
1942,
1948,
LULAC, Constitution and By-Laws,
1949,
5
7
1969
5
8
LULAC, National Constitutions,
1970,
1977
5
9
LULAC, Draft of the LULAC Constitution,
1965,
1969
5
10
Proposal to create the National LULAC, Housing Development Corporation by LULAC,
1969
5
11
LULAC, A Housing Proposal submitted to League of Latin American Citizens by Non-profit Housing Center,
1969
5
12
LULAC, Meetings, Policy Objectives,
1976,
1979
6
1
LULAC, Campaign Flyer, Correspondence, Miscellaneous LULAC Documents,
1960
6
2
LULAC, Materials, Publications and Correspondence of A. Hernandez regarding Poverty and Education,
1967 through 1968
6
3
LULAC, Supreme Council Meetings, Houston, Texas.
February 11, 1977
6
4
LULAC, Foundation,
1972 through 1978
6
5
LULAC, Foundation,
1978
6
6
LULAC, Foundation,
1978
6
7
LULAC, Foundation,
1979
6
8
LULAC, Foundation,
1978
6
9
LULAC, National Council,
1978
6
10
The New Federalism Address and Statements by President Richard M. Nixon,
1969
6
11
Minority Business,
1969,
1972
Jobs for Progress, Inc.
7
1
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966
7
2
Correspondence, Houston, Texas
1968 through 1969
7
3
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Albuquerque, New Mexico
7
4
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Correpondence, Reports, Legal Documents
1968
7
5
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Correspondence, Reports,
1968
7
6
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Correspondence, Reports,
1968
7
7
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Denver, Colorado. Correspondence, Reports,
1968
7
8
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. San Diego, California. Correspondence, Reports,
July 1968
7
9
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Applications,
1966
7
10
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
July through August 1966
7
11
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure)
1966. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
September through October 1966
7
12
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER,
1966. Correspondence, Related Documents,
November 1966
7
13
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER,
1966. Reports,
December 1966
8
1
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
January through June 1966
8
2
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
January 1967
8
3
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
February 1967
8
4
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
March through April 1967
8
5
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
May 1967
8
6
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER.
June 1967
8
7
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER.
July through September 1967
8
8
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER.
October 1967
8
9
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
November 1967
8
10
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER.
December 1967
8
11
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. First Annual Statistical Progress Report,
October through November 1967
9
1
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
1966 through 1970
9
2
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
December 1968 through February 1969
9
3
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
1966 through 1970
9
4
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
February through August 1969
9
5
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports
10
1
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, Documents, Correspondence,
April through August 1968,
July through August 1969
10
2
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
December 1968 through February 1969
10
3
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
January 16 through 17, 1969
10
4
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
October through November 1968,
February 1969
10
5
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Documents, Reports,
August 1968,
April through August 1969
10
6
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
April through June 1968,
September through October 1970
11
1
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
January through June 1970
11
2
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
January 1969
11
3
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
May through June 1967
11
4
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports,
January 1967
11
5
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Documents, Employment Pamphlets,
October 1966,
April 1967,
1969
11
6
Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Documents, Reports, Related Documents,
July 1968 through 1972
The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education
12
1
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Memoranda and Bulletin.
August 1967
12
2
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
1968 through 1970
12
3
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
1968 through 1970
12
4
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
1968 through 1970
12
5
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
April 17 through 18, 1969
12
6
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents,
1968
12
7
Speeches by Armando M. Rodriguez. The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education.
1967 through 1969. Articles by Armando M. Rodriguez. Mexican American Education.
1968
Letters
13
1
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
January through December 1974
13
2
Year Schedule Calendar of Alfred J. Hernandez,
1982
13
3
Calendar of Alfred J. Hernandez,
1981
13
4
Campaign Material, Judge Alfred J. Hernandez
13
5
Cards, Envelopes, Clippings,
1955,
1960,
1972
13
6
Speeches, Alfred J. Hernandez
14
1
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
1950 through 1960
14
2
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
July through December 1973
14
3
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
January through October 1978
14
4
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
July 1979 through December 1980
14
5
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
January through December 1980
14
6
Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez,
January through December 1981
Publications
15
Thirteen volumes Migrant and Farm Labor, Congressional Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. United States Senate. Ninety-first Congress. First and Second Sessions.
April 14 to September 30, 1969.
July 20 through 24, 1970.
March 15, 1967,
, February 19, 1968. Migrants and Farm Labor Congressional Hearings.
The Migratory Farm Labor Problem in the United States.
June 9 and 10, 1969
16
1
July 28, 1969
16
2
Texas Migrant Council, Inc. Project,
1969
16
3
Documents related to Migrants and Farm Labor,
1967 through 1968,
1970
16
4
Economic Effect Studies, Hired Farm Worker: A Study of the Effects of the $1.00 Minimum Wage Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Submitted to the Congress,
1968
16
5
Farm Labor/Developments,
January through December, 1967. Year of Transition, Seasonal Farm Labor Report of Secretary of Labor,
1965
16
6
Programs for Migrant Farm Workers,
1961 through 1962
16
7
Migrant and Farm Labor Bulletins. Correspondence to Alfred J. Hernandez,
1962 through 1968
16
8
Programs for Migrant Farm Workers,
1966 through 1967
16
9
Texas Migrant Labor. The 1966 Migration. The Good Neighbor Commission of Texas,
1966 through 1967
17
1
Monograph by George L. Farmer. Education: The Dilemma of the Spanish Surname. American School of Education. University of Southern California.
1968
17
2
Education Programs for Children of Migrant Workers,
1961,
1966, and
1968
17
3
Publication of the U. S. Office of Education. Mexican American Education.
1966 through 1970
17
4
Publication of the Inter-Agency Committee on Mexican American Affairs. The Mexican-American, a New Focus of Opportunity. Spanish-Surnamed American College Graduates.
1968
17
5
Educational Projects,
1968 through 1971
17
6
Report of Board of Education, Houston Independent School District. Drug Education Committee
17
7
Texas Adult Migrant Education,
1966. An Identification of Migrant Problems.
17
8
National Conference on Educational Opportunities for Mexican Americans,
April 25 through 26, 1968
17
9
American Education Report. The Mexican American Fights for Education Equality,
1968
18
1
The Mexican-American: Quest for Equality. A Report By the National Advisory Committee on Mexican-American Education,
1968
18
2
Action Taken By the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Against Advertisements Which Stereotype Mexican-Americans
18
3
Mexican-American Educational Directory,
1971 through 1972
18
4
The Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks,
1966 through 1967
18
5
Education of Mexican-Americans,
1966
18
6
Hearing on Health, Education and Welfare, Volume I. Equal Educational Opportunity
18
7
Recommendation from El Paso Hearings Before Secretary Gardner Not Included in Formal Papers.
18
8
Project Head Start
18
9
Project Head Start
18
10
Project Head Start
18
11
Publications of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. the Youth We Haven't Served,
1966
18
12
Education: Bilingual/Bicultural Education,
1969
18
13
Publication of U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,
1969 through 1971
18
14
Minority Business Project,
1969
19
1
Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty,
1967
19
2
Meeting of the National Board Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty,
December 13, 1966,
April 1967
19
3
The National Council on Hunger and Malnutrition in the United States,
1970. Citizens Crusade Against Poverty (CCAP),
1964
19
4
Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty,
1966 through 1967
19
5
Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty,
1968
19
6
Reports From Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty,
1968
20
1
Government Publications, Employment, Documents/Hearings,
1966 through 1967
21
1
Employment Programs of the Houston Employers' Voluntary Council on Merit Employment,
1967
21
2
Hearings On Discrimination in Employment,
1970
21
3
Minority Employment Programs. New Mexico. San Antonio,
1968
21
4
Employment Opportunity Commission,
1966,
1969
21
5
Publications of the U. S. Department of Labor,
1966,
1967
21
6
The Manpower Department of Training,
1969,
1972
21
7
Texas Southern University, Vocational Guidance Institute
1968
21
8
Texas Southern University, Summer Workshop
1969,
1972
22
1
Publications of Department of the U.S. Department of Labor. Poverty in Houston, Central City,
1968,
1970
22
2
Hunger U.S.A.,
1968
22
3
Employment Projects,
1964
1969
22
4
Poverty in U.S.,
1966 through 1968
22
5
Poverty in the U.S.,
1965 through 1966,
1968 to 1969
22
6
Poverty Amid Plenty: the American Paradox,
1969
22
7
Poverty Amid Plenty: the American Paradox,
1969
22
8
Elderly Mexican Americans, Social Security Information,
1968 through 1969
23
1
Persons of Origin in the United States,
1960,
1969,
1971
23
2
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations. United States Senate Establish an Interagency Committee on Mexican American Affairs,
1969
23
3
Hearing on Mexican American Affairs,
1967 through 1968
23
4
Estampillas de Alimentos para La Familia,
1972
23
5
The Status of Spanish Surnames [
sic] Citizens in Colorado,
1967
23
6
The National Hispanic Fraternities and Societies,
1965,
1967,
1977
23
7
Becoming a Citizen Series: Our American Way of Life,
1965, Fair Housing Laws,
1969
24
1
Mexican Americans in the Southwest,
1965,
1967. Education and Income of Mexican Americans in the Southwest
24
2
Spanish Speaking Organizations,
January 1970
24
3
American GI Forum of the U.S. National and State Officers
24
4
Directory of Spanish Speaking Community Organizations,
June 1970
24
5
Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People. Federal Programs and the Mexican American,
1967 through 1970
24
6
Directory of Federal Officials with Liaison, Responsibility for Programs of Special Interest to Mexican Americans,
April 1968. The New York Human Rights Commission.
24
7
Interstate Research Associates,
1968. Southwest Council of La Raza,
1969 through 1970. Institutionalization of Bilingual Bicultural Programs,
1968
24
8
Ecos de Las Lomas,
1968. La Vida Latina en Houston,
1974 (news) pamphlets
24
9
Hispanic Publications,
1968,
1970
24
10
Cancion de Raza T.V. Bilingual Programs,
1968
24
11
Cooperatives a National Asset,
1968
24
12
The Civil Rights Status of Spanish-Speaking Americans in Texas,
1967
24
13
Mosalios,
1955
1966,
1968,
Agenda,
1970. Publication of Industrial Union Department
24
14
LULAC Members and Conventions
25
1
Jr. LULAC National President, Manuel Baneles
25
2
LULAC branches, Houston,
1967 through 1968,
1968 through 1969
25
3
George Sanchez
25
4
Edward P. Monga
25
5
Julia Zozaya, LULAC National Vice President,
1969
25
6
Paul Garza, LULAC National President,
1970 through 1971
25
7
Romeo Vera
25
8
LULAC Texas, including Houston,
1971
25
9
Feliberto Martinez, Director. LULAC Research and Information Center,
June 1970
25
10
Jake Rodriguez
25
11
LULAC, Co. #60
25
12
Bilingual Education Program, Houston
25
13
Amendments, LULAC,
1970. National,
May 25, 1970
25
14
Council Charter Approval by A.J. Hernandez as Past National President
25
15
J.M. Romo, 2711 McKinley Avenue, El Paso, Texas
25
16
LULAC Convention,
1973
25
17
LULAC Convention,
1972, Beaumont, Texas
25
18
LULAC Convention,
1969
25
19
LULAC National Legal Advisory (Alfred J. Hernandez),
1971 through 1972
25
20
LULAC Supreme Council Meetings,
July 1970 through June 1971
25
21
LULAC, California
25
22
Narcisa M. Espinoza. Arizona LULAC State Director. 1305 W. 7th St., Tempe, Arizona, 85281
25
23
LULAC Oratorical Contest
25
24
Mario Obledo. Past Texas State Director
25
25
Pete Villa. National LULAC President
25
26
LULAC Filter Head, Memos
25
27
LULAC Housing
25
28
Annual LULAC Week, Fiesta.
February 16 through 21, 1970
25
29
LULAC National Conventions,
1971,
1977
25
30
LULAC Clippings, newspapers, bulletins
25
31
LULAC Member addresses