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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Microfilm

Description of Series

Photographs

League of United Latin American Citizens

Jobs for Progress, Inc.

The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education

Letters

Publications

LULAC Members and Conventions

Houston Public Library, Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Alfred J. Hernandez Papers:

An Inventory of Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorHernandez, Alfred J., 1917-
TitleAlfred J. Hernandez Papers
Inclusive Date1932-1981
Bulk Date1960-1979
IdentificationMSS 159
Extent25 doc boxes, 1 flat box, 1 rs box, 11 rolls microfilm : 30 linear ft.
LanguageMaterials are in English.
RepositoryHouston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library

Biographical Note

Alfred J. Hernandez was born in Mexico City August of 1917. At age four, his parents immigrated 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.

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Scope and Contents

The Alfred J. Hernandez Papers consists 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.

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Restrictions

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.

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Index Terms

Subjects
Mexican Americans--Politics and government--20th century
Mexican Americans--Economic conditions--20th century
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--20th century
Mexican Americans--Texas--Civil rights
Subjects (Persons)
Hernandez, Alfred J., 1917-
Subjects (Organizations)
League of United Latin American Citizens
Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Project Head Start (U.S.)

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Administrative Information

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.

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 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

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Detailed Description

 

Photographs

Box
1APhotographs
Box
1BPhotographs

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League of United Latin American Citizens

BoxFolder
21LULAC, News, 1932
2LULAC, News, 1934
3LULAC, News, 1947
4LULAC, News, 1952
5LULAC, News, 1954
6LULAC, News, 1955
7LULAC, News, 1956
8LULAC, News, 1957
9LULAC, News, 1958
10LULAC, News, 1959
11LULAC, News, 1964
12LULAC, News, 1964
13LULAC, News, 1965
14LULAC, News, 1966
15LULAC, News, 1967
16LULAC, News, 1973
17LULAC, News, 1974
18LULAC, News, 1979
BoxFolder
31LULAC, Annual Fiesta Report, 1999.Washington's Birthday Celebration, February 19, 1949
2LULAC, Celebration Programs, 1965 through 1966
3LULAC, Programs, 1967 through 1969
4LULAC, Annual Week Fiesta, February 16 through 21
5LULAC, Official Programs, 1949 through 1952
6LULAC, National Convention Programs, 1955 through 1958
7LULAC, National Convention Programs, 1966 through 1967
8LULAC, National Convention Programs, 1966 through 1967
9LULAC, Junior LULAC news, 1967 through 1968
10LULAC, News, meetings, programs, 1965 through 1979
11LULAC, First Annual LULAC Convention, Iowa. 1962
12LULAC, Annual Conventions, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974
13LULAC, Supreme Council Meeting Programs, 1966
14LULAC, 50th Anniversary Banquet, 1979
BoxFolder
41LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1975 through 1976
2LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1977
3LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1978 through 1979
4LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1978 through 1979
5LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1978 through 1979
6LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1978 through 1979
7LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1978 through 1979
8LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1979
9LULAC, Correspondence, Clippings, 1980
BoxFolder
51LULAC, Correspondence, 1970
2LULAC, "Little School of the 400," Correspondence, 1961
3LULAC, Educational Fund, 1963
4LULAC, "Little School of the 400," Publication, 1962, 1979
5LULAC, Speeches and Speech Materials, Alfred J. Hernandez, 1960s, 1970s
6LULAC, News, History of LULAC, 1960, 1961, 1977, 1978
7LULAC, Constitution and By Laws, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1969
8LULAC, National Constitutions, 1970, 1977
9LULAC, Draft of the LULAC Constitution, 1965, 1969
10Proposal to create the National LULAC, Housing Development Corporation by LULAC, 1969
11LULAC, A Housing Proposal submitted to League of Latin American Citizens by Non-profit Housing Center, 1969
12LULAC, Meetings, Policy Objectives, 1976, 1979
BoxFolder
61LULAC, Campaign Flyer, Correspondence, Miscellaneous LULAC Documents, 1960
2LULAC, Materials, Publications and Correspondence of A. Hernandez regarding Poverty and Education, 1967 through 1968
3LULAC, Supreme Council Meetings, Houston Texas. February 11, 1977
4LULAC, Foundation, 1972 through 1978
5LULAC, Foundation, 1978
6LULAC, Foundation, 1978
7LULAC, Foundation, 1979
8LULAC, Foundation, 1978
9LULAC, National Council, 1978
10The New Federalism Address and Statements by President Richard M. Nixon, 1969
11Minority Business, 1969, 1972

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Jobs for Progress, Inc.

BoxFolder
71Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966
2Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure). 1966. Correspondence, Houston, Texas 1968 through 1969
3Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Albuquerque, New Mexico
4Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Correpondence, Reports, Legal Documents 1968
5Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Correspondence, Reports, 1968
6Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Correspondence, Reports, 1968
7Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Denver, Colorado. Correspondence, Reports, 1968
8Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. San Diego, California. Correspondence, Reports, July 1968
9Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Applications, 1966
10Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, July through August 1966
11Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER (brochure) 1966. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, September through October 1966
12Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER, 1966. Correspondence, Related Documents, November 1966
13Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER, 1966. Reports, December 1966
BoxFolder
81Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, January through June 1966
2Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, January 1967
3Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, February 1967
4Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, March through April 1967
5Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, May 1967
6Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. June 1967
7Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. July through September 1967
8Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. October 1967
9Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, November 1967
10Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. December 1967
11Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. First Annual Statistical Progress Report, October through November 1967
BoxFolder
91Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, 1966 through 1970
2Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, December 1968 through February 1969
3Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, 1966 through 1970
4Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, February through August 1969
5Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports
BoxFolder
101Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, Documents, Correspondence, April through August 1968, July through August 1969
2Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, December 1968 through February 1969
3Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, January 16 through 17, 1969
4Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, October through November 1968, February 1969
5Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Documents, Reports, August 1968, April through August 1969
6Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, April through June 1968, September through October 1970
BoxFolder
111Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, January through June 1970
2Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, January 1969
3Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, May through June 1967
4Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Reports, January 1967
5Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Documents, Employment Pamphlets, October 1966, April 1967, 1969
6Jobs for Progress, Inc. Operation SER. Documents, Reports, Related Documents, July 1968 through 1972

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The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education

BoxFolder
121Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Memoranda and Bulletin. August 1967
2Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, 1968 through 1970
3Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, 1968 through 1970
4Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, 1968 through 1970
5Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, April 17 through 18, 1969
6Department of Health, Education and Welfare, The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. Correspondence, Reports, Related Documents, 1968
7Speeches by Armando M. Rodriguez. The Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education. 1967 through 1969. Articles by Armando M. Rodriguez. Mexican American Education. 1968

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Letters

BoxFolder
131Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, January through December 1974
2Year Schedule Calendar of Alfred J. Hernandez, 1982
3Calendar of Alfred J. Hernandez, 1981
4Campaign Material, Judge Alfred J. Hernandez
5Cards, Envelopes, Clippings, 1955, 1960, 1972
6Speeches, Alfred J. Hernandez
BoxFolder
141Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, 1950 through 1960
2Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, July through December 1973
3Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, January through October 1978
4Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, July 1979 through December 1980
5Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, January through December 1980
6Legal Correspondence of Alfred J. Hernandez, January through December 1981

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Publications

Box
15Thirteen 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.
BoxFolder
161The Migratory Farm Labor Problem in the United States. February 19, 1968, March 15, 1967. Migrants and Farm Labor Congressional Hearings. June 9 and 10, 1969 July 28, 1969
2Texas Migrant Council, Inc. Project, 1969
3Documents related to Migrants and Farm Labor, 1967 through 1968, 1970
4Economic 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
5Farm Labor/Developments, January through December, 1967. Year of Transition, Seasonal Farm Labor Report of Secretary of Labor, 1965
6Programs for Migrant Farm Workers, 1961 through 1962
7Migrant and Farm Labor Bulletins. Correspondence to Alfred J. Hernandez, 1962 through 1968
8Programs for Migrant Farm Workers, 1966 through 1967
9Texas Migrant Labor. The 1966 Migration. The Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, 1966 through 1967
BoxFolder
171Monograph by George L. Farmer. Education: The Dilemma of the Spanish Surname. American School of Education. University of Southern California. 1968
2Education Programs for Children of Migrant Workers, 1961, 1966, and 1968
3Publication of the U. S. Office of Education. Mexican American Education. 1966 through 1970
4Publication of the Inter-Agency Committee on Mexican American Affairs. the Mexican-American a New Focus of Opportunity. Spanish Surnamed American College Graduates. 1968
5Educational Projects, 1968 through 1971
6Report of Board of Education, Houston Independent School District. Drug Education Committee
7Texas Adult Migrant Education, 1966. An Identification of Migrant Problems.
8National Conference on Educational Opportunities for Mexican Americans, April 25 through 26, 1968
9American Education Report. The Mexican American Fights for Education Equality, 1968
BoxFolder
181The Mexican-American: Quest for Equality. A Report By the National Advisory Committee on Mexican-American Education, 1968
2Action Taken By the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Against Advertisements Which Stereotype Mexican-Americans
3Mexican-American Educational Directory, 1971 through 1972
4The Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks, 1966 through 1967
5Education of Mexican-Americans, 1966
6Hearing on Health, Education and Welfare, Volume I. Equal Educational Opportunity
7Recommendation from El Paso Hearings Before Secretary Garder Not Included in Formal Papers.
8Project Head Start
9Project Head Start
10Project Head Start
11Publications of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. the Youth We Haven't Served, 1966
12Education: Bilingual/Bicultural Education, 1969
13Publication of U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969 through 1971
14Minority Business Project, 1969
BoxFolder
191Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty, 1967
2Meeting of the National Board Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty, December 13, 1966, April 1967
3The National Council on Hunger and Malnutrition in the United States, 1970. Citizens Crusade Against Poverty (CCAP), 1964
4Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty, 1966 through 1967
5Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty, 1968
6Reports From Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty, 1968
BoxFolder
201Government Publications, Employment, Documents/Hearings, 1966 through 1967
BoxFolder
211Employment Programs of the Houston Employers' Voluntary Council on Merit Employment, 1967
2Hearings On Discrimination in Employment, 1970
3Minority Employment Programs. New Mexico. San Antonio, 1968
4Employment Opportunity Commission, 1966, 1969
5Publications of the U. S. Department of Labor, 1966, 1967
6The Manpower Department of Training, 1969, 1972
7Texas Southern University, Vocational Guidance Institute 1968
8Texas Southern University, Summer Workshop 1969, 1972
BoxFolder
221Publications of Department of the U.S. Department of Labor. Poverty in Houston, Central City, 1968, 1970
2Hunger U.S.A., 1968
3Employment Projects, 1964 1969
4Poverty in U.S., 1966 through 1968
5Poverty in the U.S., 1965 through 1966, 1968 to 1969
6Poverty Amid Plenty: the American Paradox, 1969
7Poverty Amid Plenty: the American Paradox, 1969
8Elderly Mexican American, Social Security Information, 1968 through 1969
BoxFolder
231Persons of Origin in the United States, 1960, 1969, 1971
2Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations. United States Senate Establish an Interagency Committee on Mexican American Affairs, 1969
3Hearing on Mexican American Affairs, 1967 through 1968
4Estampillas de Alimentos para La Familia, 1972
5The Status of Spanish Surnames [sic] Citizens in Colorado, 1967
6The National Hispanic Fraternities and Societies, 1965, 1967, 1977
7Becoming a Citizen Series: Our American Way of Life, 1965, Fair Housing Laws, 1969
BoxFolder
241 Mexican Americans in the Southwest, 1965, 1967. Education and Income of Mexican Americans in the Southwest
2 Spanish Speaking Organizations, January 1970
3 American GI Forum of the U.S. National and State Officers
4 Directory of Spanish Speaking Community Organizations, June 1970
5 Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People. Federal Programs and the Mexican American, 1967 through 1970
6Directory of Federal Officials with Liason, Responsibility for Programs of Special Interest to Mexican Americans, April 1968. The New York Human Rights Commission.
7Interstate Research Associates, 1968. Southwest Council of La Raza, 1969 through 1970. Institutionalization of Bilingual Bicultural Programs, 1968
8Ecos de Las Lomas, 1968. La Vida Latina en Houston, 1974 (news) pamphlets
9Hispanic Publications, 1968, 1970
10"Cancion de Raza" T.V. Bilingual Programs, 1968
11Cooperatives a National Asset, 1968
12The Civil Rights Status of Spanish-Speaking Americans in Texas, 1967
13Mosalios, 1955
14Agenda, 1966, 1968, 1970. Publication of Industrial Union Department

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LULAC Members and Conventions

BoxFolder
251Jr. LULAC National President, Manuel Baneles
2LULAC branches, Houston, 1967 through 1968 1968 through 1969
3George Sanchez
4Edward P. Monga
5Julia Zozaya, LULAC National Vice President, 1969
6Paul Garza, LULAC National President, 1970 through 1971
7Romeo Vera
8LULAC Texas, including Houston, 1971
9Feliberto Martinez, Director. LULAC Research and Information Center, June 1970
10Jake Rodriguez
11LULAC, Co. #60
12Bilingual Education Program, Houston
13Amendments, LULAC, 1970. National, May 25, 1970
14Council Charter Approval by A.J. Hernandez as Past National President
15J.M. Romo, 2711 McKinley Avenue, El Paso, Texas
16LULAC Convention, 1973
17LULAC Convention, 1972, Beaumont, Texas
18LULAC Convention, 1969
19LULAC National Legal Advisory (Alfred J. Hernandez), 1971 through 1972
20LULAC Supreme Council Meetings, July 1970 through June 1971
21LULAC, California
22Narcisa M. Espinoza. Arizona LULAC State Director. 1305 W. 7th St., Tempe, Arizona, 85281
23LULAC Ovatorical Contest
24Mario Obledo. Past Texas State Director
25Pete Villa. National LULAC President
26LULAC Filter Head, Memos
27LULAC Housing
28Annual LULAC Week, Fiesta. February 16 through 21, 1970
29LULAC National Conventions, 1971, 1977
30LULAC Clippings, newspapers, bulletins
31LULAC Member addresses

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