Descriptive Summary
Peña,
Albert.
Albert A. Peña, Jr. Papers
1952-1977 Materials are primarily in
English; some materials are in
Spanish.
MS 37
about 14,500 items (19.5 linear feet)
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
Albert A. Peña was born on the west side of San Antonio on December 15,
1917. A self-proclaimed "Chicano Activist," Judge Peña has been actively
involved in a wide range of liberal social causes, particularly in defending
and advancing the rights of Mexican-Americans, throughout his legal and
political career.This collection of papers reflects many of
Judge Peña's interests and his involvement in local and national Democratic
party politics. Although the collection dates from 1952-1977, the bulk of the
materials cover Peña's tenure as Bexar County Commissioner from
1956-1972.
Biographical Sketch
Albert A. Peña was born on the west side of San Antonio on December 15,
1917. He attended St. Mary's University and graduated from the South Texas
School of Law in Houston. He passed he Texas State bar in 1950 and in 1956
became the first Mexican-American to be elected to the Bexar County Commission.
He represented his home district of Precinct 1 on the Commissioner's Court for
sixteen years until he was defeated for reelection in 1972. In 1977 he was
appointed Municipal Court Judge by the San Antonio City Council and served as
Presiding Judge over the Municipal Court from 1982 until his retirement in
1992. A self-proclaimed "Chicano Activist," Judge Peña has been actively
involved in a wide range of liberal social causes, particularly in defending
and advancing the rights of Mexican-Americans, throughout his legal and
political career.
Scope and Content Note
This collection of papers reflects many of Judge Peña's interests and
his involvement in local and national Democratic party politics. Although the
collection dates from 1952-1977, the bulk of the materials cover Peña's tenure
as Bexar County Commissioner from 1956-1972. This collection is comprised of
nine different series of records. The largest series, seventeen Boxes of
alphabetical subject files, makes up almost half of the collection. These files
represent Judge Peña's concerns with such social causes as discrimination,
poverty, hunger and education. The other series deals with his activities in
several political organizations; Judge Peña was actively involved in a number
of organizations including the League of United Latin American Citizens
(LULAC), the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PASO),
the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the;
Mexican-American Unity Council (MAUC), the Southwest Council of La Raza and the
Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG). Other materials in the collection
include: speeches and addresses, writings, case files from Peña's private legal
practice, printed materials, photographs, appointment calendars and audio tape
recordings.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged as follows:
- Subject Files
- Political Organizations
- Speeches and Addresses
- Writings
- Case Files
- Printed Materials
- Photographs
- Monthly Pocket Appointment Calendars
- Audio Tapes
Access RestrictionsCase files (Boxes 29-34) are restricted.
This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Acquisition Information
Materials in this collection were donated by Albert Peña, 1995.
Processing InformationProcessed by T. Matthew De Waelsche.
Updates by Gerrianne Schaad and Traci JoLeigh Drummond, May 2004.
Usage Restrictions
Please contact University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections for further information about copyright issues and permission to publish items from this collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Albert A. Peña, Jr. Papers, MS 37, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Index Terms
Persons
Peña, Albert.
Topics
Mexican
Americans--Texas--Civil Rights.
Mexican
Americans--Texas--Crystal City--Education.
Mexican
Americans--Texas--Economic conditions.
Mexican
Americans--Texas--San Antonio.Speeches, addresses, etc.,
American--Hispanic American
Locations Bexar County
(Tex.)--Politics and government. Texas--Politics and
government--1951-Genres/formatsClippings.Correspondence.
Local Subjects
Activism/Activists
Lawyers/Judges
Mexican Americans
Politics/Politicians
San Antonio History
Detailed Description of the collection
Subject Files
1
1952-1964
1 1
Latin American Convention Report,
1952
1 2
Speeches of Adlai Stevenson,
1952, (Published)
1 3
Hernandez v. Texas, Supreme
Court Case,
1953
1 4
Truman's Moral Code,
1954
1 5
American G.I. Forum, Richard M. Casillas, Corr.,
1955
1 6
Minimum Wage,
1959
1 7
AFL-CIO Weekly Dispatch,
1960
1 8
Campaign Brochure,
1960
1 9
Segregation Sermon,
1960
1 10
Sewerola,
1960
1
1961
1 11
General Correspondence.
1 12
The American of Mexican
Descent, article by George I. Sanchez.
1 13
Department of Labor
1
1962
1 14
Americanism
1 15
Bexar County Coalition
1 16
Democratic Congressional Campaign Manual
1
1963
1 17
General Correspondence
1 18
Crystal City Boycott
1 19
National Service Corps
1 20
Report on Registration and Voting
Participation
1
1964
1 21
General Correspondence
1 22
Miller's Insurance Bond
1 23
Republican Precinct Plan
1 24
State Senate Resolution
1 25
U.A.W. Inter-Office Communication
1 26
The War on Poverty: A Civilian
Perspective,
Yale Law Journal article by Edgar
S. and Jean C. Cahn
2
1965
2 1
General Correspondence
2 2
AFL-CIO Fact Sheet
2 3
Bexar County Boy's School
2 4
Civil Rights
2 5
Development of Human Resources, League of Women Voters
Report
2 6
Federal Planning Grant for County Courthouse
2 7
Mexican-American Study Project Reports
2 8
Orders of Commissioners Court,
Friday, August 27, 1965
2 9
Outdoor Recreation Plans: Ponds
2 10
Parish Report Newsletter
2 11
Project Equality (Archdiocese of San
Antonio)
2 11
Personal Real Estate
2 13
Rosenberg Foundation Project
2 14
San Antonio Transit System
2 15
School Board Consolidation
2 16
Texas United Community Services Legislative
Forum
2 17
Tortilla Curtain (
Houston Chronicle series of
newspaper articles)
2 18
Voting rights and Poll Taxes
2 19
Wages, Hours and Poverty, AFL-CIO published
report
2
1966
2 20
General Correspondence
2 21
An Army on the Move,
San Antonio Express-News guest
Editorial by Rev. Henry J. Casso
2 22
Leonel Barrera
2 23
Committee for the Justice for Employees of Shamrock Oil
and Gas Corp
2 24
East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizen's Foundation.
(Oakland, CA)
2 25
Equal Employment Opportunity
2 26
EEOC Mexican-American Ad Hoc Committee
2 27
Granada Trades Council House, Inc. (loan
matter)
2 28
Ray Johnson v. Seaboard Coastline
Railroad Co., legal case
2 29
Migrant Instruction and Rehabilitation Assistance
Program (MIRA)
2 30
Joseph P. Moody v. Albemarle Paper
Co., legal case
2 31
New Braunfels Independent School District
2 32
New Wind from the Southwest,
article by Joan W. Moore and Ralph Guzman in
The Nation
2 33
Outline of Events Concerning the 1966
Convention
2 34
The Parish in the Inner City,
article by Sr. Marie Augusta Neil, S.N.D., in
The Catholic Hour
2 35
Proposals for Low Cost Housing
2 36
Report of the Advisory Committee on Public
Welfare
2 37
Spanish Language Broadcasting
2 38
The Texas Mexicans, article
for
The Texas Observer
3
1967
3 1
General Correspondence
3 2
Bexar County Proposed Budget
3 3
Department of Labor
3 4
Edwards Underground Water District
3 5
Economic Opportunity Development Corporation
(EODC)
3 6
El Paso Declaration
3 7
Federal Programs and the; Mexican-American
3 8
Food Stamp Program
3 9
Gus Garcia Scrapbook Materials
3 10
Jobs for Progress, Inc.
3 11
Manpower Opportunities Project
3
Mexican-American Conference Reports
3 12
Employment Discrimination
3 13-14
Jury Discrimination
3 15
Juvenile Proceedings
3 16
Preparing and Trying a Civil Rights Case
3 17
Mexican-American Leadership Seminar
3 18
The Mexican Americans Make Themselves
Heard, article by Marvin Alinsky in
The Reporter
4 1
Minimum Wage
4 2
Peña Dance Fund
4 3
Polygraph Association of Texas, lease
4 4
Proposal for the Establishment of a Community
Corporation in Central Harlem
4 5
Resolutions of Mexican-American and Spanish Speaking
Legislative Conference
4 6
Status of CCAP (Citizens Crusade Against Poverty)
Training Program
4 7
Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights
4 8
White House Correspondence
4
1968
4 9
General Correspondence
4 10
Administration on Aging
4 11
Application to Place Name on Ballot
4 12
Black Candidates Southern Campaign
Experiences, by Julian Bond
4 13
Catholic Press
4 14
Child Welfare Services Report
4 15
Corr. Re. Degrading Characterizations of
Mexican-Americans
4 16
Cowboys, Indians and American
Education, address by U.S. Comm. Of Education, Harold Howe
II
4 17
Election Results
4 18
HEW Nat'l Conf. On Educational Opportunities for
Mexican-Americans
4 19
HemisFair Newspaper Ads (out of town)
June 1968
4 20
Housing Development Model Cities
4 21
Hunger U.S.A., published
report
4 22
Mayor's Address to U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights
4 23
The Mexican-American, paper
prepared for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
4 24
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
4 25
Peña Rally
4 26
Preliminary Program for a Four-Year
Political Campaign in Texas, report
4 27
Reelection Campaign
4 28
Sociedad de la Union Life
Insurance
4 29
Testimony before the National Democratic Party
Credentials Cmte
4 30
Texas Democrats for an Open Convention
4 31
United Democrats for Humphrey
4 32
United Planning Organization
Alternatives, Special
Report
4 33
Viet Nam
4 34
Voter's Guide
4 35
Voter Turnout and Election Scorecard
5
1969
5 1
General Correspondence
5 2
Adult Basic Education
5 3
Alliance for Labor Action, Statement of Purposes and
Objectives, and Constitution
5 4
Americans for Democratic Action
5 5
Anticipated County Budget Needs for 1970
5 6
Application for Special Deputy Sheriff's
Commission
5 7
Armendariz v. Hershey,
legal case
5 8
Austin Chicano Strike coordinating Committee
5 9
Background Paper for Houston Hearing
5 10
Bexar County Hospital Workers
5 11
Chicano 1969, Series of
Newspaper Articles
5 12
Citizen Power and Social
Change
5 13
City Public Service Board
5 14
Concerned Chicano Catholics
5 15
County Commission
5 16
Del Rio Manifesto and Rally
5 17
Democratic National Committee, Commission on Party
Structure and Delegate Selection
5 18
The Democratic Party in California
5 19
Democratic Party Subcommittee on Grass Roots
Participation
5 20
Department of Transportation and Regulations
5 21
Electoral College
6 1
Farm Workers Organization
6 2
Federal Communications Commission
6 3
Food Programs in Texas, U.S.
Comm. On Civil Rights, Staff rept.
6 4
Full Opportunity Act (H.R. 2228)
6 5
HEW Report from Mexican American Affairs
Unit
6 6
Higher Education Enrollment Figures
6 7
KITE Radio News Commentary
6 8
La Nueva Raza
6 9
Labor
6 10
League of Women Voters of Texas, President's
Mailing
6 11
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
6 12
Mexican Good Government League
6 13
Mission County Park
6 14
Model Cities Program
6 15
National Council on Hunger and Malnutrition in the
U.S.
6 16
National Information Center
6 17
Nat'l. Mexican-American Anti-Defamation League, Inc.,
By-Laws
6 18
New Democratic Coalition
6 19
A New Look at the Attributes of the
Mexican American, pub. rept. by the Southwestern Cooperative
Educational Laboratory
6 20
Property Plat
7 1
Radio Station KBOP
7 2
Robstown, Texas
7 3
Scholarship Recommendations
7 4
School Lunch Programs
7 5
Spanish Language Broadcasting
7 6
Tax Reform Act of 1969
7 7
Pete Torres
7 8
Turnkey III Housing Project
7 9
United Auto Workers
7 10
The Urban Coalition
7 11
Viet Nam
7 12
Voter Registration
7 13
War on Poverty, SANYO Federation
7 14
Wolverine Help a Boy Camp
8
1970
8 1
General Correspondence
8 2
America in the '70s, rept. by
the Democratic Policy Council
8 3
Americans for Democratic Action
8 4
Archdiocese of San Antonio
8 5
Attorney General of Texas
8 6
Joe J. Bernal, Corr
8 7
Bexar County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Academy, Action
Grant Project Brief
8 8
Candidate Lists
8 9
Chicano Elected Officials Association (CEOA)
8 10
Chicano Power, article by
Stan Steiner in
New Republic
8 11
Citizens Communications Center
8 12
Colegio Jacinto Tervino Proposal Request
8 13
Crystal City Boycott,
1969-1970
8 14
Crystal City Speech
8 15
Democratic Committee Voting Precinct
Worksheets
8 16
Democratic Commission on Party Structure and Delegate
Selection
8 17
Democratic National Committee Commission
Report
8 18
Democratic Rebuilding Committee
8 19
Food Stamp Program
8 20
HemisFair Plaza Promotion Committee
8 21
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD)
8 22
Irwin Steel
8 23
KASA v. Ben L. Parker,
legal case
9 1
Labor
9 2
Leadership Development Program
9 3
Local Government Handbook
9 4
Mayor McAllister Controversy/SASA Boycott
9 5
George McGovern
9 6
Media Relations for Spanish Language Communities in a
Texas Political Campaign
9 7
Nat'l Assoc. of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO)
Conference
9 8
National Service to Regional Councils
9 9
Political Research and Education Project
(PREP)
9 10
The Poor and the
Policymakers, prospectus
9 11
Precinct #1 Polling Places (lists)
9 12
Ruben Salazar
9 13
San Antonio Channel Improvement Project
9 14
San Antonio River Authority Flood Plain
Information
9 15
Trip to McAllen and Corpus Christi
9 16
United Auto Workers
9 17
UTSA Site Selection
9 18
Uvalde Independent School District, Civil
Rights
9 19
Vanguardia Mailing Lists
9 20
Voter Statistics, Study; in Depth,
1969-1970
10
1971
10 1
General Correspondence
10 2
Appreciation Dance Program
10 3
Certificates of Appreciation
10 4
Citizens for a Better Environment, Recycle Our Trash
(ROT) Program
10 5
City of San Antonio Elections
10 6
City Public Service Board Lease of Villita Assembly
Building
10 7
Community Metal Health; and the Chicano
Movement
10 8
Computer Knowledge Corp. Proposal to Bexar
County
10 9
Concerned Parents of Brewer Elementary
School
10 10
County judges and Commissioners Association Annual
Conference
10 11
Democratic Women of Bexar County
10 12
Drug Abuse Study
10 13
The Effect of Multiple Housing on
Edgewood I.S.D., paper by Ron Orr.
10 14
Flower Mound Community, HUD
10 15
Food Stamps
10 16
Guerrero Murder
10 17
Harlandale Civic Center Applications
10 18
Letters to Charles Kirkpatrick,
San Antonio Express-News
Publisher
10 19
Mexican-Americans and the
Desegregation of Schools in the Southwest, article by Guadalupe Salinas
in Houston Law Review
10 20
Model Cities Program Questionnaire
10 21
Peña Personal Financial Statement
10 22
Southwest Independent School District
10 23
State Democratic Executive Committee
10 24
Texas Telephone Monopolies
10 25
Unions (Meat Cutters, Retail Clerks)
10 26
Villa Coronado
10 27
Wells Construction Co., NLRB Discrimination
Claim
11
1972
11 1
General Correspondence
11 2
Admission to Bar in Other States (AZ, CA, CO,
NM)
11 3
Albert Bustamente
11 4
Campaign Advertising
11 5
Candidates for Bexar Co. Precinct Committeemen Dem.
Primary
11 6
"Choosing the President," League of Women
Voters
11 7
Citizen Voter Research and Education Project
11 8
Coordination of Latino Effort in the DNC
11 9
The CCA: A new Voice From Down
Under,
Congressional Record
11 10
Democratic Charter, Constitution
11 11
Democratic National Convention
11 12
Directory of Raza Delegates and Alternates to the
DNC
11 13
Dan Guttierrez, Corr
11 14
McGovern Campaign
11 15
The Minority No One Knows,
report
11 16
Peña Brochure
11 17
Rally Handbills
11 18
Reelection Campaign
11 19
Precinct #1 Polling Places
11 20
Rules of the Democratic Party in Texas
11 21
Southside Neighborhood Assistance Corp.
(SNAC)
11 22
United Farm Workers Union, Cesar Chavez
11 23
Voting Precinct Map
11 24
WOAI-TV Advisory Conference on Health Care
11 25
Young Voters Handbook for Political
Participation
12
1973
12 1
Bexar County Democrat Grass-Roots Get
Together
12 2
DAMAS,
1972-73
12 3
Democratic Charter Commission
12 4
National Development Corp., Articles of
Incorporation
12 5
Rio Bravo Enterprises, Articles of
Incorporation
12 6
Teamsters
12 7
Texas Democrats
12 8
United Farm Workers
12
1974
12 9
General Correspondence
12 10
Mexican Culture and the Healing Arts, Conference
Program
12 11
The Nixon Hispanos,
Houston Post series of newspaper
articles
12 12
Peña Divorce Documents
12 13
The Social Worker, paper by
Guadalupe Gibson
12 14
Voting Precinct Maps
12
1975
12 15
General Correspondence
12 16
Child Mental Health Project
12 17
Committee on Public Education
12 18
Communities Organized for Public Service
(COPS)
12 19
Compehensive Employment and Training Act
(CETA)
12 20
Conversion Tables for Voting Precinct
Changes
12 21
San Antonio Coalition of Community Agencies
12 22
Strategies of Community Development
in a Southwestern Urban Center, paper by Miriam Rendon
12 23
Total Neighborhood Renewal Model
12
1976
12 24
Richard Morales Murder Case
12
1995
12 25
Newsclipping about public ceremony at UTSA commemorating Judge Peña's
donation of his papers to the Hispanic Research Center and the UTSA Archives.
13
Multiple Year Subjects
13 1
Alcoholism,
1965-1968
13 2
Cable Television,
1967-1970
133
Cable Television,
1972-73
13 4
Waggoner Carr, articles,
1957, 1962
13 5
Cesar Chavez, articles,
1966, 1969
13 6
City Public Service Board,
1960-1965
13 7
City Water Board,
1969-1973
13 8
Communications Workers of America,
1960-1963
13 9
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
1965-1969
14 1
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
1963-1965
14 2
Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
1968-1969
14 3
Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez,
1961-1971
14 4
Robert Green Hospital,
1959-1967
14 5
Hunger,
1967-1968
14 6
Hunger,
1968-1969
14 7
Jail Rehabilitation,
1962-1966
15 1
Labor Relations Grievance Procedures,
1966-1967
15 2
Mexican-American Study Project (UCLA),
1966-1968
15 3
Sandy Peña,
1965-1967
15 4
Police Civil Service Suit Against the City of San
Antonio,
1956-1960
15 5
Service Employees International Union,
1973-1975
15 6
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,
1966-1968
15 7
Urban Renewal,
1959-1968
15 8
War on Poverty,
1964-1970
15 9
Senator Ralph Yarborough,
1966-1970
16
Voter Registration Lists (computer printouts),
1970-1974 and undated
16
Undated Subject Files
17 1
Articles of Incorporation, General
Information
17 2
Barrio Children's Center
17 3
Biographical Sketches
17 4
Block Workers
17 5
Bureau of National Affairs
17 6
Citizen's Guide to Federal Programs
17 7
Democratic County Handbook, Official Manual
17 8
Forms.
17 9
Hispanic American Organization, Charter
17 10
Independent Team
17 11
Interstate Research Associates, report
17 12
Interview Information and Transcript
17
Legal Cases
17 13
Joe n. Cordoba v. Molybdenum
Corp. of America
17 14
John S. Ford et. al. v. U.S.
Steel Corp.
17 15
Shirley Lea, Romona Pinnix and
Annie Tinnin v. Cone Mills Corp.
17 16
Dorothy P. Robinson et. al. v.
P. Lorillard Co.
17 17
Mexican Cultural Patterns
17 18
Misc. ID Cards
17 19
Misc. Lists
17 20
Mission Park Blueprint
17 21
National Committee on Human Development,
Roster
17 22
National Health Care, Roster
17 23
New Ideas in Urban Education
17 24
Pancho y Butch, manuscript by D.S.
Hernandez
17 25
Political
ads
17 26
Rally Handbill, Testimonial Dinner Ticket
17 27
San Antonio Ranch
17 28
Seven Cities of Gold, article
by Jose A. Cardenas
17 29
John Shockley articles on Crystal City
boycott
17 30
Social Work Information
17 31
Texas Drivers Service
17 32
Trinity University Graduate Program in Urban
Studies
17 33
U.A.W. Labor Press Guidebook
17 34
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Radio
addresses, Arts
Political Organizations
18
Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG),
1968-1979
18 1
Administrative Organization Chart
18 2
Articles of Agreement and By-Laws
18 3
Budgets and Financial Statements
18 4
By-Laws of Coordinated Child Care of Bexar
County
18
Executive Committee
18 5
Minutes of Meetings,
1968-1970
18 5
Roster,
1975
18 6
Criminal Justice Planning Committee,
1969-1970
18 7
Government Applications Review Committee,
1970
18
Health Coordinating Committee
18 8
By-Laws,
1968
18 9
Minutes of Meetings,
1968-1970
18 10
Working Papers, Corr.,
1970
18 11
Water and Waste Management Committee,
1968-1970
18 12
General Correspondence,
1968-1970
19 1
Goals Statements,
1970
19 2
Government Application Review Requests,
1969-1970
19 3
HEW 5C Program,
1970
19 4
Highlights Newsletter,
November/December 1969
19 5
Report to Executive Committee of AACOG,
September 6, 1968
19 6
Report on a Cooperative Property Appraisal for Bexar
County Governments,
January 1969
19 7
Guidelines for Public Participation in AACOG,
April 22, 1969
19 8
Comprehensive Law Enforcement Planning in the AACOG
Region,
July 1969
19 9
Human Resources: 1969 Social
Characteristics of the Model Cities Residents of San Antonio,
August 1969
19 10
Social Indicators and a Social Accounting System for the
AACOG Region,
August 1969
19 11
Housing for the AACOG Region,
September 1969
19 12
Status of Development Planning in the AACOG Region,
October 1969
19 13
AACOG Program,
1970
19 14
AACOG General Information
19 15
Miscellaneous AACOG Reports,
1968-1970
19 16
Semi-Annual Meeting Minutes,
1970
20
Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
(MALDEF),
1969-1975
20 1
Audited Financial Statements,
April 1969
20 2
Board of Directors Resolutions,
1970
20 3
Docket Reports,
November
20 4
General Correspondence,
1968
20 5
General Correspondence,
1968
20 6
General Correspondence,
1969
20 6
General Correspondence,
1970-1971
20 7
General Correspondence,
1974-1975
20 8
Minutes of Meetings,
1970
20 9
News Conference,
1970 (newspaper clippings)
20 10
Newspaper Articles,
1970
20 11
Planning and Program Report,
June 1970
20 12
Publicity (Articles and Press releases),
1970
20 13
Referral Lawyer's Seminar,
November 1969
20 14
Report on Scholarship Program, Scholastic Year,
1969-1970
20 15
San Antonio Ranch New Town,
1972
20 16
Second Annual report to the Ford Foundation,
1970
20 17
Sonora School Case (Perez et. al.
v. Sonora ISD),
1970
20 18
Tentative Financial Report,
1970
21
Mexican-American Unity Council (MAUC)
1967-1977
21 1
Alternative Programming Forms,
1977
21
Bexar County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center,
1974
21 2
Employee Handbook, Grievance Procedures
21 3
Board Structuring,
1975
21 4
By-Laws,
1971
21 5
Center for Community Change Position Statement,
1973
21 6
Chicano '69 newspaper Articles
21 7
Committee for Mexican-American Action,
1972
21 8
Data-Based Evaluations at the
MAUC, Discussion Paper,
1975
21 9
Directory,
undated
21 10
General Correspondence,
1967-1975
21 11
Health & Social Services Orientation and Training,
1973
21 12
Legal Fees,
1973-1974
21 13
Meeting Minutes,
1967-1968
21 14
Memos from Peña to Gil Murillo,
1975-1976
21 15
Mexican-American Health Professions Scholarship Fund,
1974
21 16
Monitoring Project,
1975
21 17
Note,
1972-1975
21 18
Organizational Philosophy,
undated
21 19
Personnel Manual
21 20
Policies and Practices
21 21
Position Descriptions
21 22
Progress Reports
21 23
Community Development Section,
1969
21 24
Reorganization of MAUC Board,
1974
21 25
Reports
21 25
Economic Development and the West Side of S.A.,
1973
21 26
Guadalupe Neighborhood Housing
21 27
History of MAUC
21 28
Human Services Program Goals and Objectives
21 29
Monitoring Project,
1975
21 30
Statement of Purpose
21 31
Social Action Research Center (SARC),
1973
21 32
Staff Development Seminar,
1973
21 33
TEAM (Texans for the Educational Advancement of
Mexican-Americans) Personnel Policies
21 34
Training and Motivation,
1974-1975
21 35
Urban Affairs Proposal
22
Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations
(PASO),
1962-1970
22 1
Constitution and By-Laws,
1963, 1965
22 2
General Correspondence,
1962-1964, 1967
22 3
Membership Lists,
1967-1970
22 4
Minutes of Executive Board Meeting,
February 14, 1964
22 5
Newspaper Articles,
1965-1966
22 6
Newsletters,
1965
22 7
Restructuring Convention,
1970
22 8
Speeches and Addresses,
1964-1968 and undated
22 9
State Constitutional Convention Official Programs,
1965-1966
22 10
State Convention Report from Rules Committee,
1969
23
Southwest Council of La Raza,
1968-1971
23 1
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws,
1970
23 2
Bibliography
23 3
Chicano Press Association (Alaniz Proposal)
23 4
Economic Study and Project Recommendations,
1968
23 5
Financial Statements,
1969
23 6
General Correspondence,
1968
23 7
General Correspondence,
1969
23 8
General Correspondence,
1970-1971
23 9
HUD Proposal: Non-Profit Mortgages,
1970
23 10
La Raza Housing Development Corp. Agreement,
undated (draft)
23 11
Minutes of Meetings,
1968
23 12
Minutes of Meetings,
1969
23 13
Minutes of Meetings,
1970-1971
23 14
Newspaper Clippings,
1969
23 15
Opportunity Industrialization Centers,
1971 (Proposal, Contract)
23 16
Poor People's Campaign,
1969
23 17
Press Releases,
1969
23 18
Proposal to Ford Foundation,
1969
23 19
Proposed Economic Development Program,
1968
23 20
Reports,
1969
23 21
Special Committee on State Councils,
1969
24 1
Action for Community Development, Inc. (ACD),
1964-1967
24 2
AMISTAD
24 3
Center for Community Change,
1968
24 4
Center for Community Change,
1969-1970
24 5
Center for Community Change,
1974-1975
24 6
Chicanos for La Raza, Articles of Incorporation,
1970
24 7
Citizen's Crusade Against poverty (CCAP),
1967-1969
24 8
Commission for Mexican-American Affairs, Board Mtg.
Mins.,
1971
24 9
Committee for Community Affairs, Minutes and By-Laws,
1969
24 10
Committee for Community Affairs, Materials for Board
Meeting,
1969
24 11
Committee for Community Affairs, Reports,
1969
24 12
Committee for Community Affairs, Reports,
1970
24 13
Committee for Mexican-American Action,
1974
24 14
Concerned Tenants Union,
1969-1970
24 15
Council of Mexican American Affairs
25 1
FMAM (Federation for the Advance of the
Mexican-American),
1967
25 2
IMAGE (Involvement of Mexican-Americans in Gainful
Endeavors), General Correspondence, Articles and Reports,
1966-1969
25 3
Yearn to Learn Program,
1969
25
Inter-Agency Committee on Mexican American
Affairs
25 4
General Correspondence, Printed Materials,
1967-1968
25 5
Congressional Record,
1969
25 6
The Mexican American: A New Focus
on Opportunity, rept.,
1967
25 7
Joint Conference of Mexican-Americans,
1967-1968
25 8
La Raza Unida, Chicano III Southside, Columbia Heights,
Open Letter to Gonzalez,
1969
25 9
LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens),
1961-1968
25 10
MAYO (Mexican-American Youth Organization),
1969 (clippings)
25 11
Mission Development council, Program Statement,
1970
25 12
NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
1967-1968
25 13
National Council of La Raza, Watergate Hearings,
1974
25 14
NORI (National Office for the Rights of the Indigent),
1967-1969
25 15
SANYO (San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization),
1969
25 16
SDC (Social Development Corp.),
1969
25 17
SIRC (Southwest Intergroup Relations Council),
1970
Speeches and Addresses
261
List of Agencies to be Contacted for Presentations,
undated
26
Speech Drafts and Notes
262
Undated – 1969
263
1970-1975
264
Undated Speeches
265
Dated Speeches,
1957-1969
266
Speeches in Spanish,
1965-1969
267
America’s Unmet Needs and the Urban Crisis,
undated
268
An Analysis of Some of the Reasons for Resentment of
HemisFair ’68 ,
undated
269
Community Unions,
undated
2610
Congress and the People’s Needs,
undated
2611
Equal Justice for the Rich and the Poor (Public Defender
System) ,
undated
2612
Hospital Worker’s Strike, Charleston, SC,
undated
2613
Image and the Mejicano,
undated
2614
Job Discrimination,
undated
2615
The Mexican Revolution and the Kennedys,
undated
2616
National Security, ABM and Human Needs,
undated
2617
Organizing the Unorganized and Collective Bargaining,
undated
2618
Presidential Lottery and Suggestions for Reform
(Electoral College System),
undated
2619
Tax Reform,
undated
27
Radio and Television Speeches
271
Press Releases,
1962-1963, 1969-1971
27
Drafts of Speeches,
1967-1971
272
English
273
Spanish
274
Radio Speeches,
1957-1958
275
Radio Speeches (Spanish),
1967
276
Radio Speeches,
1968-1970
277
History of Farm Labor Organizing (Series),
April 1970
278
Television Speeches,
1971
279
Interview by Fr. Patrick McNamara,
October 4, 1966
Writings
28
Regular Columns
281
As I See It,
1958-1959
282
County Comment
(drafts and copies),
undated
283
County Comment,
1960-1962
284
County Comment,
1963-1968
285
Vanguardia Monthly
Newsletter,
1970-1971
286
Open Letters,
1968-1971
287
Writing Class Drafts and Assignments,
1964-1966
Case Files
291-75
Restricted
301-71
Restricted
311-62
Restricted
321-52
Restricted
331-46
Restricted
341-22
Restricted
Printed Materials
35
Newspaper Articles
351
1956
352
1957
353
1958-1959
354
1960-1964
355
Miscellaneous,
1965
356
Bexar County,
1965
357
City Water Board,
1965
358
Poll Tax,
1965
359
State Bar Convention, Houston
Chronicle Souvenir Edition,
1965
3510
Urban Renewal,
1965
3511
Welfare,
1965
3512
Miscellaneous,
1966
3513
School Board,
1965-1966
3514
Voter Registration,
1966
3515
War on Poverty,
1965-1966
3516
1967
3517
Miscellaneous,
1968
3518
U.S. Civil Rights Commission,
1968
3519
Miscellaneous,
1969
3520
Drugs,
1969
3521
Electoral Reform,
1969
3522
Viet Nam Moratoria,
1969
3523
1970
3524
Shivers, Smith Stock Scandal,
1971
3525
1971-1976
36
Newsletters
36
Chicano Publications
361
Catolicos Por La
Raza
361
Chicano Times,
1976
361
El Golpe Avisa,
1970
361
El Macriado,
1970
361
El Portavoz,
1971
361
El Sol,
1968
361
The Forumeer
361
Inferno,
1968
361
La Nueva Raza,
1968
361
La Verdad,
1970
361
La Voz
Chicana
361
LULAC Newsletter (Corpus
Christi)
362
Mano en Mano,
1972
362
Mexican-American Affairs
Information Bulletin,
1968
362
Munguia’s Politics,
1968
362
Nuestra Luch,
1970
362
ReGeneracion,
1970
362
Ya Basta!,
1970
362
Ya Mero!,
1969-1970
36
Other Newsletters
363
Evans-Novak Political
Report,
1969
364
It Happened Here,
1969
365
Link, Washington Research
Project Newsletter,
1970
366
The New Democrat,
June 1970
367
News from the Ford
Administration,
1968
368
Small Business Administration
News,
1969
369
Space City,
1970
36
The Texas
Observer
3610
1965-1966
3611
1967-1968
3612
1969-1970
36
U.A.W. Newsletters
3613
Washington Report,
1967
3613
UAW Solidarity,
1969
3613
TOP (Technical, Office,
Professional) Reporter,
1974
3614
The Urban Reporter,
1970
3615
Victory ’68 (United
Democrats for Humphrey)
3616
Voice of the City,
1970
37
Journals and Magazines
371
American Education,
1970
372
Civil Rights Digest,
1968-1969
373
El Grito,
1967-1968
374
Harper’s Magazine,
1967
375
Home Missions,
July 1967
376
La Raza,
1971
377
New Republic,
1968
378
San Antonio Magazine,
1969
Photographs
311
Unidentified and undated photographs
Monthly Pocket Appointment Calendars
382
December,
1968
382
January-February, April-May, July-December,
1969
382
January-February, April-May, July, September-December
1970
382
January,
1971
Audio Tapes
Note to ResearchersIn spring of 2004, thanks to the
generous efforts of Dr. Jose Angel Gutierrez, these analog audiotapes (some
reel-to-reel, some in cassette form) were digitized to improve access to users
and to preserve the content. Previously, there were only a listing and notes
regarding the subject matter and date of each audiotape. These proved partially
inaccurate.
The following is the information available from the tape
itself. Some of the original reel-to-reel and cassette tapes carried no signal
when reformatting was attempted. This either indicates that nothing was ever
recorded on the audiotape, or that the signal had deteriorated over time and
was no longer readable. A chronological list and brief descriptions of each
recording follow.
Both Paul Thompson tapes were labeled with the same
date, and are labeled so here (in brackets). One of the Paul Thompson tapes was
listed as a rebuttal by Commissioner Peña to Thompson, but neither recording
reflects this label, and Commissioner Peña is on neither tape.
39
1969
39
Henry B. Gonzalez on KCOR Radio [Speech By Henry B. Gonzalez (in Spanish).
Gonzalez mentions Albert Peña and Jose Angel Gutierrez (4:50)],
April 26, 1969
39
Paul Thompson broadcast on KITE [Thompson’s negative commentary regarding Peña's handling of the press after murder of a prisoner (Mike Perkins) by other
inmates (1:53)],
[August 27, 1969]
39
Paul Thompson Broadcast on KITE [Broadcast regarding shooting of Loy Videl by a
detective Teal (1:45)],
[August 27, 1969?]
39
One Man’s Opinion, Mexican
American Participation in Vietnam [Peña discusses how Americans “surrender their
responsibility” to government, suggesting they should educate themselves on facts of
Vietnam War and how the Draft System in U.S. discriminates against
Mexicanos (4:08)],
November 24, 1969
39
One Man’s Opinion,
(Military) Draft System in Texas [Peña discusses the draft system in U.S.
discriminating against Mexicanos (4:02)],
Tuesday, November 25, 1969
39
One Man’s Opinion, Crystal
City, Student Boycott of High School [Peña discusses a speech he gave to Crystal City
students who were boycotting school (3:53)],
Tuesday, December 23, 1969
39
One Man’s Opinion, Voter
Registration [Peña discusses the meaning of Christmas and about deadline for voter registration (2:46)],
Wednesday, December 24, 1969
39
1970
39
One Man’s Opinion, Part 3
of the History of Farm Labor Organizing: The
Filipino and South experience, [discussion of Mexicans replacing Filipinos in
farm labor and about Southern sharecropper cotton strikes (3:40)],
April 9, 1970
39
One Man’s Opinion, Part 4
of the History of Farm Labor Organizing:
Hawaii, [Discussion of Hawaiian farm labor history and strikes (4:18)],
[April 13, 1970]
39
One Man’s Opinion, Part 5
of the History of Farm Labor Organizing: The
Beginning of the Present Struggle, [discussion of the history of farm labor and the use of braceros in breaking strikes (4:00)],
[April 14, 1970]
39
One Man’s Opinion, Mexican
American Contributions to the Southwest series [discussion of Mexican contributions to mining, and the Mexican experience in California
Gold Rush and silver mining. (4:40)],
April 21, 1970
39
The Year of the
Chicano, speech [mentions the La Raza Unida Party (5:26)],
1970
39
1971
39
Harris County/Voter Registration, at El Tropicano, Part
One [Group at Harris County (La Raza Unida?) discusses how
they promote voter registration in Harris County, and how they do fundraising
for voter registration drives. Peña talks about redistricting voter areas and
implementing the restructuring of PASO Redistricting Committee. They also
discuss policies and politics of redistricting and voter rights, minority
voting (1:01:23)],
January 9, 1971
39
Harris County/Voter Registration, at El Tropicano, Part
Two [Part two mentions voter registration coordinators in
Texas Counties, PASO in Bexar, Harris, Tarrant, Hidalgo, Comal, Hondo counties,
and how support is needed from the Chicano community to successfully redistrict
areas of Texas (24:41)],
January 9, 1971
39
Council Meeting [Peña discusses bill proposed by Lynn Kaufmann to help the San Antonio southside. Peña describes specific proposed
bills, which propose using public water areas to dispose of raw sewage, and encourages council to support the bills (45:42)],
ca. 1971
39
Undated
39
One Man’s Opinion, Mexican
American Contributions to the Southwest series [Peña discusses Spanish and Mexican origins of the language of
the U.S. cattle industry(05:10)], undated
39
NBC Radio clip [Ray Sherrer discussing Texas politics; mentions: Judge Bean, El Paso Texas, Claude Hooten, Jr., General Edwin Walker and John
Connolly(03:55)], undated.
39
Peña’s Early Life Interview [Peña is asked about his childhood through young adulthood, and his answers are scattered. Discusses discrimination in school, and not learning Spanish refers to himself as an “Anglicized Mexican”, and how he was encouraged to learn a trade instead of attending college. Also Peña discusses his neighborhood, and joining a gang when in his teens. Interview questions often unintelligible (31:05)], undated
39
Bible Verses [Tape begins with “Mexican American viewpoint not
acknowledges by the National Democratic Party, LULAC and the American GI forum
(?),” but then abruptly switches to Bible verses (the remainder of the
recording) (19:43)], undated
39
Selections from Shakespeare [Hamlet featured (5:08)], undated
39
Politics, Civil Rights and Mexican Americans in Texas
[Discusses Texas being the only state not signing the
minority report and other political issues in Texas, including problems of Mexican
American. Mentions Governor Price Daniel, Sam (Rayburn?), Adlai Stevenson,
Ronnie Dugger, John Peace, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Knight, Jack Martin. This
is a taping session for the John Rogers/Albert Peña book (13:09)], undated
39
KONO Meet the Candidates: Felix Trevino, Part 1
[Panel, made up of Tony Dramburger, W.T. Conley, Louis
Cardenas, Col. Ed Stoley (all spellings of these names are questionable),
interviews Felix Trevino, candidate for county commissioner Precinct 1. Trevino
introduces members of panel and speaks about his plans if he is elected county
commissioner for Precinct 1. Panel speaks about problems in the area and
promotes Trevino on the show. Calls on Jimmy Flores and others to answer
questions, and takes questions from callers (29:46)], undated
39
KONO Meet the Candidates: Felix Trevino, Part 2
[Panel speaks about problems in the area and promotes,
more questions from callers, discusses Peña, who is Trevino’s
opponent (19:33)], undated
39
KONO Meet the Candidates: Felix Trevino, Part 3
[Questions and notes from callers, more talk of Peña,
seems like there may be sections of missing tape, i.e. a question is asked
about Peña, but there is no answer (8:38)], undated
39
Peña discusses Lyndon B. Johnson [Peña discusses Johnson wanting the
favorite son endorsement for President of the
United States (1959). Johnson thought the only problems would come from Bexar
County, the only liberal county in Texas. A meeting was called by Johnson for
Peña, Jack Martin, Jimmy Knight and D. J. Sutton (the Bexar County Coalition)
to meet with Johnson at the same time. The Coalition was made up of the
four legs (?) Anglo Liberal, Labor, Blacks,
Chicanos. Peña talks about how all members of the Coalition got the
Johnson treatment during the meeting, and how
Johnson said that he did not feel that he could help the Coalition if they did
not support him. Discusses the meeting in-depth, and lack of Mexican-Americans
in Washington DC (47:40)], undated
39
Peña discusses Mexican-American Civil Rights in Schools
[The Mexican-American Legal Defense fund is discussed,
and discriminations against Mexican-Americans in schools in Texas (specifically
mentions Hondo and Lytle) (21:15)], undated