A Guide to the Albert A. Peña, Jr. Papers, 1952-1977

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Subject Files

Political Organizations

Speeches and Addresses

Printed Materials

Photographs

Monthly Pocket Appointment Calendars

Audio Tapes

A Guide to the Albert A. Peña, Jr. Papers, 1952-1977


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Peña, Albert.
	Title:	Albert A. Peña, Jr. Papers
	Dates:	1952-1977
	Creator Abstract:	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.
	Content Abstract:	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.
	Identification:	MS 37
	Extent:	about 14,500 items (19.5 linear feet)
	Languages:	Materials are primarily in English; some materials are in Spanish.
	Repository:	Archives and Special Collections Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio Library

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.

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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.

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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

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Case files (boxes 29-34) are restricted.

Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Usage Restrictions

Please contact the UTSA Archives for further information about copyright issues and permission to publish items from this collection.

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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/formats
		Clippings.
		Correspondence.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Albert A. Peña, Jr. Papers, MS 37, Archives and Special Collections, Library, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Acquisition Information

Materials in this collection were donated by Albert Peña, 1995.

Processing Information

Processed by T. Matthew De Waelsche. Updates by Gerrianne Schaad and Traci JoLeigh Drummond, May 2004.

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Detailed Description of the collection



Subject Files
Box	Folder
1			1952-1964
	1			Latin American Convention Report, 1952
	2			Speeches of Adlai Stevenson, , (Published) 1952
	3			Hernandez v. Texas, Supreme Court Case, 1953
	4			Truman's Moral Code, 1954
	5			American G.I. Forum, Richard M. Casillas, Corr., 1955
	6			Minimum Wage, 1959
	7			AFL-CIO Weekly Dispatch, 1960
	8			Campaign Brochure, 1960
	9			Segregation Sermon, 1960
	10			Sewerola, 1960
			1961
	11			General Correspondence.
	12			"The American of Mexican Descent," article by George I. Sanchez.
	13			Department of Labor
			1962
	14			Americanism
	15			Bexar County Coalition
	16			Democratic Congressional Campaign Manual
			1963
	17			General Correspondence
	18			Crystal City Boycott
	19			National Service Corps
	20			Report on Registration and Voting Participation
			1964
	21			General Correspondence
	22			Miller's Insurance Bond
	23			Republican Precinct Plan
	24			State Senate Resolution
	25			U.A.W. Inter-Office Communication
	26			"The War on Poverty: A Civilian Perspective,"Yale Law Journal article by Edgar S. and Jean C. Cahn
Box	Folder
2			1965
	1			General Correspondence
	2			AFL-CIO Fact Sheet
	3			Bexar County Boy's School
	4			Civil Rights
	5			Development of Human Resources, League of Women Voters Report
	6			Federal Planning Grant for County Courthouse
	7			Mexican-American Study Project Reports
	8			Orders of Commissioners Court, Friday, August 27, 1965
	9			Outdoor Recreation Plans: Ponds
	10			Parish Report Newsletter
	11			Project Equality (Archdiocese of San Antonio)
	11			Personal Real Estate
	13			Rosenberg Foundation Project
	14			San Antonio Transit System
	15			School Board Consolidation
	16			Texas United Community Services Legislative Forum
	17			"Tortilla Curtain" ( Houston Chronicle series of newspaper articles)
	18			Voting rights and Poll Taxes
	19			Wages, Hours and Poverty, AFL-CIO published report
			1966
	20			General Correspondence
	21			"An Army on the Move,"San Antonio Express-News guest Editorial by Rev. Henry J. Casso
	22			Leonel Barrera
	23			Committee for the Justice for Employees of Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp
	24			East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizen's Foundation. (Oakland, CA)
	25			Equal Employment Opportunity
	26			EEOC Mexican-American Ad Hoc Committee
	27			Granada Trades Council House, Inc. (loan matter)
	28			Ray Johnson v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad Co., legal case
	29			Migrant Instruction and Rehabilitation Assistance Program (MIRA)
	30			Joseph P. Moody v. Albemarle Paper Co., legal case
	31			New Braunfels Independent School District
	32			"New Wind from the Southwest," article by Joan W. Moore and Ralph Guzman in The Nation
	33			Outline of Events Concerning the 1966 Convention
	34			"The Parish in the Inner City," article by Sr. Marie Augusta Neil, S.N.D., in The Catholic Hour
	35			Proposals for Low Cost Housing
	36			Report of the Advisory Committee on Public Welfare
	37			Spanish Language Broadcasting
	38			"The Texas Mexicans," article for The Texas Observer
Box
3			1967
	1			General Correspondence
	2			Bexar County Proposed Budget
	3			Department of Labor
	4			Edwards Underground Water District
	5			Economic Opportunity Development Corporation (EODC)
	6			El Paso Declaration
	7			Federal Programs and the; Mexican-American
	8			Food Stamp Program
	9			Gus Garcia Scrapbook Materials
	10			Jobs for Progress, Inc.
	11			Manpower Opportunities Project
				Mexican-American Conference Reports
	12				Employment Discrimination
	13-14				Jury Discrimination
	15				Juvenile Proceedings
	16				Preparing and Trying a Civil Rights Case
	17			Mexican-American Leadership Seminar
	18			"The Mexican Americans Make Themselves Heard," article by Marvin Alinsky in The Reporter
Box	Folder
4	1			Minimum Wage
	2			Peña Dance Fund
	3			Polygraph Association of Texas, lease
	4			Proposal for the Establishment of a Community Corporation in Central Harlem
	5			Resolutions of Mexican-American and Spanish Speaking Legislative Conference
	6			Status of CCAP (Citizens Crusade Against Poverty) Training Program
	7			Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
	8			White House Correspondence
			1968
	9			General Correspondence
	10			Administration on Aging
	11			Application to Place Name on Ballot
	12			Black Candidates Southern Campaign Experiences, by Julian Bond
	13			Catholic Press
	14			Child Welfare Services Report
	15			Corr. Re. Degrading Characterizations of Mexican-Americans
	16			"Cowboys, Indians and American Education," address by U.S. Comm. Of Education, Harold Howe II
	17			Election Results
	18			HEW Nat'l Conf. On Educational Opportunities for Mexican-Americans
	19			HemisFair Newspaper Ads (out of town) June 1968
	20			Housing Development Model Cities
	21			"Hunger U.S.A.," published report
	22			Mayor's Address to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
	23			"The Mexican-American," paper prepared for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
	24			National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
	25			Peña Rally
	26			"Preliminary Program for a Four-Year Political Campaign in Texas," report
	27			Reelection Campaign
	28			Sociedad de la Union Life Insurance
	29			Testimony before the National Democratic Party Credentials Cmte
	30			Texas Democrats for an Open Convention
	31			United Democrats for Humphrey
	32			United Planning Organization "Alternatives," Special Report
	33			Viet Nam
	34			Voter's Guide
	35			Voter Turnout and Election Scorecard
Box
5			1969
	1			General Correspondence
	2			Adult Basic Education
	3			Alliance for Labor Action, Statement of Purposes and Objectives, and Constitution
	4			Americans for Democratic Action
	5			Anticipated County Budget Needs for 1970
	6			Application for Special Deputy Sheriff's Commission
	7			Armendariz v. Hershey, legal case
	8			Austin Chicano Strike coordinating Committee
	9			Background Paper for Houston Hearing
	10			Bexar County Hospital Workers
	11			"Chicano 1969," Series of Newspaper Articles
	12			"Citizen Power and Social Change"
	13			City Public Service Board
	14			Concerned Chicano Catholics
	15			County Commission
	16			Del Rio Manifesto and Rally
	17			Democratic National Committee, Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection
	18			The Democratic Party in California
	19			Democratic Party Subcommittee on Grass Roots Participation
	20			Department of Transportation and Regulations
	21			Electoral College
Box	Folder
6	1			Farm Workers Organization
	2			Federal Communications Commission
	3			"Food Programs in Texas," U.S. Comm. On Civil Rights, Staff rept.
	4			Full Opportunity Act (H.R. 2228)
	5			HEW Report from Mexican American Affairs Unit
	6			Higher Education Enrollment Figures
	7			KITE Radio News Commentary
	8			La Nueva Raza
	9			Labor
	10			League of Women Voters of Texas, President's Mailing
	11			Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
	12			Mexican Good Government League
	13			Mission County Park
	14			Model Cities Program
	15			National Council on Hunger and Malnutrition in the U.S.
	16			National Information Center
	17			Nat'l. Mexican-American Anti-Defamation League, Inc., By-Laws
	18			New Democratic Coalition
	19			"A New Look at the Attributes of the Mexican American," pub. rept. by the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory
	20			Property Plat
Box	Folder
7	1			Radio Station KBOP
	2			Robstown, Texas
	3			Scholarship Recommendations
	4			School Lunch Programs
	5			Spanish Language Broadcasting
	6			Tax Reform Act of 1969
	7			Pete Torres
	8			Turnkey III Housing Project
	9			United Auto Workers
	10			The Urban Coalition
	11			Viet Nam
	12			Voter Registration
	13			War on Poverty, SANYO Federation
	14			Wolverine Help a Boy Camp
Box
8			1970
	1			General Correspondence
	2			"America in the '70s," rept. by the Democratic Policy Council
	3			Americans for Democratic Action
	4			Archdiocese of San Antonio
	5			Attorney General of Texas
	6			Joe J. Bernal, Corr
	7			Bexar County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Academy, Action Grant Project Brief
	8			Candidate Lists
	9			Chicano Elected Officials Association (CEOA)
	10			"Chicano Power," article by Stan Steiner in New Republic
	11			Citizens Communications Center
	12			Colegio Jacinto Tervino Proposal Request
	13			Crystal City Boycott, 1969-1970
	14			Crystal City Speech
	15			Democratic Committee Voting Precinct Worksheets
	16			Democratic Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection
	17			Democratic National Committee Commission Report
	18			Democratic Rebuilding Committee
	19			Food Stamp Program
	20			HemisFair Plaza Promotion Committee
	21			Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
	22			Irwin Steel
	23			KASA v. Ben L. Parker, legal case
Box	Folder
9	1			Labor
	2			Leadership Development Program
	3			Local Government Handbook
	4			Mayor McAllister Controversy/SASA Boycott
	5			George McGovern
	6			Media Relations for Spanish Language Communities in a Texas Political Campaign
	7			Nat'l Assoc. of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO) Conference
	8			National Service to Regional Councils
	9			Political Research and Education Project (PREP)
	10			"The Poor and the Policymakers," prospectus
	11			Precinct #1 Polling Places (lists)
	12			Ruben Salazar
	13			San Antonio Channel Improvement Project
	14			San Antonio River Authority Flood Plain Information
	15			Trip to McAllen and Corpus Christi
	16			United Auto Workers
	17			UTSA Site Selection
	18			Uvalde Independent School District, Civil Rights
	19			Vanguardia Mailing Lists
	20			Voter Statistics, Study; in Depth, 1969-1970
Box	Folder
10			1971
	1			General Correspondence
	2			Appreciation Dance Program
	3			Certificates of Appreciation
	4			Citizens for a Better Environment, Recycle Our Trash (ROT) Program
	5			City of San Antonio Elections
	6			City Public Service Board Lease of Villita Assembly Building
	7			Community Metal Health; and the Chicano Movement
	8			Computer Knowledge Corp. Proposal to Bexar County
	9			Concerned Parents of Brewer Elementary School
	10			County judges and Commissioners Association Annual Conference
	11			Democratic Women of Bexar County
	12			Drug Abuse Study
	13			"The Effect of Multiple Housing on Edgewood I.S.D.," paper by Ron Orr.
	14			Flower Mound Community, HUD
	15			Food Stamps
	16			Guerrero Murder
	17			Harlandale Civic Center Applications
	18			Letters to Charles Kirkpatrick, San Antonio Express-News Publisher
	19			"Mexican-Americans and the Desegregation of Schools in the Southwest," article by Guadalupe Salinas in Houston Law Review
	20			Model Cities Program Questionnaire
	21			Peña Personal Financial Statement
	22			Southwest Independent School District
	23			State Democratic Executive Committee
	24			Texas Telephone Monopolies
	25			Unions (Meat Cutters, Retail Clerks)
	26			Villa Coronado
	27			Wells Construction Co., NLRB Discrimination Claim
Box	Folder
11			1972
	1			General Correspondence
	2			Admission to Bar in Other States (AZ, CA, CO, NM)
	3			Albert Bustamente
	4			Campaign Advertising
	5			Candidates for Bexar Co. Precinct Committeemen Dem. Primary
	6			"Choosing the President," League of Women Voters
	7			Citizen Voter Research and Education Project
	8			Coordination of Latino Effort in the DNC
	9			"The CCA: A new Voice From Down Under,"Congressional Record
	10			Democratic Charter, Constitution
	11			Democratic National Convention
	12			Directory of Raza Delegates and Alternates to the DNC
	13			Dan Guttierrez, Corr
	14			McGovern Campaign
	15			"The Minority No One Knows," report
	16			Peña Brochure
	17			Rally Handbills
	18			Reelection Campaign
	19			Precinct #1 Polling Places
	20			Rules of the Democratic Party in Texas
	21			Southside Neighborhood Assistance Corp. (SNAC)
	22			United Farm Workers Union, Cesar Chavez
	23			Voting Precinct Map
	24			WOAI-TV Advisory Conference on Health Care
	25			Young Voters Handbook for Political Participation
Box	Folder
12			1973
	1			Bexar County Democrat Grass-Roots Get Together
	2			DAMAS, 1972-73
	3			Democratic Charter Commission
	4			National Development Corp., Articles of Incorporation
	5			Rio Bravo Enterprises, Articles of Incorporation
	6			Teamsters
	7			Texas Democrats
	8			United Farm Workers
			1974
	9			General Correspondence
	10			Mexican Culture and the Healing Arts, Conference Program
	11			"The Nixon Hispanos,"Houston Post series of newspaper articles
	12			Peña Divorce Documents
	13			"The Social Worker," paper by Guadalupe Gibson
	14			Voting Precinct Maps
			1975
	15			General Correspondence
	16			Child Mental Health Project
	17			Committee on Public Education
	18			Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS)
	19			Compehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)
	20			Conversion Tables for Voting Precinct Changes
	21			San Antonio Coalition of Community Agencies
	22			"Strategies of Community Development in a Southwestern Urban Center," paper by Miriam Rendon
	23			Total Neighborhood Renewal Model
			1976
	24			Richard Morales Murder Case
			1995
	25			Newsclipping about public ceremony at UTSA commemorating Judge Peña's donation of his papers to the Hispanic Research Center and the UTSA Archives.
Box	Folder
13			Multiple Year Subjects
	1			Alcoholism, 1965-1968
	2			Cable Television, 1967-1970
	3			Cable Television, 1972-73
	4			Waggoner Carr, articles, 1957, 1962
	5			Cesar Chavez, articles, 1966, 1969
	6			City Public Service Board, 1960-1965
	7			City Water Board, 1969-1973
	8			Communications Workers of America, 1960-1963
	9			Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 1965-1969
Box	Folder
14	1			Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 1963-1965
	2			Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1968-1969
	3			Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez, 1961-1971
	4			Robert Green Hospital, 1959-1967
	5			Hunger, 1967-1968
	6			Hunger, 1968-1969
	7			Jail Rehabilitation, 1962-1966
Box	Folder
15	1			Labor Relations Grievance Procedures, 1966-1967
	2			Mexican-American Study Project (UCLA), 1966-1968
	3			Sandy Peña, 1965-1967
	4			Police Civil Service Suit Against the City of San Antonio, 1956-1960
	5			Service Employees International Union, 1973-1975
	6			Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1966-1968
	7			Urban Renewal, 1959-1968
	8			War on Poverty, 1964-1970
	9			Senator Ralph Yarborough, 1966-1970
Box	Folder
16				Voter Registration Lists (computer printouts), 1970-1974 and undated
				Undated Subject Files
Box	Folder
17	1			Articles of Incorporation, General Information
	2			Barrio Children's Center
	3			Biographical Sketches
	4			Block Workers
	5			Bureau of National Affairs
	6			Citizen's Guide to Federal Programs
	7			Democratic County Handbook, Official Manual
	8			Forms.
	9			Hispanic American Organization, Charter
	10			Independent Team
	11			Interstate Research Associates, report
	12			Interview Information and Transcript
				Legal Cases
	13				Joe n. Cordoba v. Molybdenum Corp. of America
	14				John S. Ford et. al. v. U.S. Steel Corp.
	15				Shirley Lea, Romona Pinnix and Annie Tinnin v. Cone Mills Corp.
	16				Dorothy P. Robinson et. al. v. P. Lorillard Co.
	17			Mexican Cultural Patterns
	18			Misc. ID Cards
	19			Misc. Lists
	20			Mission Park Blueprint
	21			National Committee on Human Development, Roster
	22			National Health Care, Roster
	23			New Ideas in Urban Education
	24			Pancho y Butch, manuscript by D.S. Hernandez
	25			Political ads
	26			Rally Handbill, Testimonial Dinner Ticket
	27			San Antonio Ranch
	28			"Seven Cities of Gold," article by Jose A. Cardenas
	29			John Shockley articles on Crystal City boycott
	30			Social Work Information
	31			Texas Drivers Service
	32			Trinity University Graduate Program in Urban Studies
	33			U.A.W. Labor Press Guidebook
	34			United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Radio addresses, Arts

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Political Organizations
Box	Folder
18			Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), 1968-1979
	1			Administrative Organization Chart
	2			Articles of Agreement and By-Laws
	3			Budgets and Financial Statements
	4			By-Laws of Coordinated Child Care of Bexar County
				Executive Committee
	5				Minutes of Meetings, 1968-1970
	5				Roster, 1975
	6			Criminal Justice Planning Committee, 1969-1970
	7			Government Applications Review Committee, 1970
				Health Coordinating Committee
	8				By-Laws, 1968
	9			Minutes of Meetings, 1968-1970
	10			Working Papers, Corr., 1970
	11			Water and Waste Management Committee, 1968-1970
	12			General Correspondence, 1968-1970
Box	Folder
19	1			Goals Statements, 1970
	2			Government Application Review Requests, 1969-1970
	3			HEW 5C Program, 1970
	4			Highlights Newsletter, November/December 1969
	5			Report to Executive Committee of AACOG, September 6, 1968
	6			Report on a Cooperative Property Appraisal for Bexar County Governments, January 1969
	7			Guidelines for Public Participation in AACOG, April 22, 1969
	8			Comprehensive Law Enforcement Planning in the AACOG Region, July 1969
	9			"Human Resources: 1969 Social Characteristics of the Model Cities Residents of San Antonio", August 1969
	10			Social Indicators and a Social Accounting System for the AACOG Region, August 1969
	11			Housing for the AACOG Region, September 1969
	12			Status of Development Planning in the AACOG Region, October 1969
	13			AACOG Program, 1970
	14			AACOG General Information
	15			Miscellaneous AACOG Reports, 1968-1970
	16			Semi-Annual Meeting Minutes, 1970
Box	Folder
20			Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), 1969-1975
	1			Audited Financial Statements, April 1969
	2			Board of Directors Resolutions, 1970
	3			Docket Reports, November
	4			General Correspondence, 1968
	5			General Correspondence, 1968
	6			General Correspondence, 1969
	6			General Correspondence, 1970-1971
	7			General Correspondence, 1974-1975
	8			Minutes of Meetings, 1970
	9			News Conference, (newspaper clippings) 1970
	10			Newspaper Articles, 1970
	11			Planning and Program Report, June 1970
	12			Publicity (Articles and Press releases), 1970
	13			Referral Lawyer's Seminar, November 1969
	14			Report on Scholarship Program, Scholastic Year, 1969-1970
	15			San Antonio Ranch New Town, 1972
	16			Second Annual report to the Ford Foundation, 1970
	17			Sonora School Case (Perez et. al. v. Sonora ISD), 1970
	18			Tentative Financial Report, 1970
Box	Folder
21			Mexican-American Unity Council (MAUC) 1967-1977
	1			Alternative Programming Forms, 1977
				Bexar County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, 1974
	2				Employee Handbook, Grievance Procedures
	3			Board Structuring, 1975
	4			By-Laws, 1971
	5			Center for Community Change Position Statement, 1973
	6			Chicano '69 newspaper Articles
	7			Committee for Mexican-American Action, 1972
	8			"Data-Based Evaluations at the MAUC," Discussion Paper, 1975
	9			Directory, undated
	10			General Correspondence, 1967-1975
	11			Health & Social Services Orientation and Training, 1973
	12			Legal Fees, 1973-1974
	13			Meeting Minutes, 1967-1968
	14			Memos from Peña to Gil Murillo, 1975-1976
	15			Mexican-American Health Professions Scholarship Fund, 1974
	16			Monitoring Project, 1975
	17			Note, 1972-1975
	18			Organizational Philosophy, undated
	19			Personnel Manual
	20			Policies and Practices
	21			Position Descriptions
	22			Progress Reports
	23			Community Development Section, 1969
	24			Reorganization of MAUC Board, 1974
	25			Reports
	25			Economic Development and the West Side of S.A., 1973
	26			Guadalupe Neighborhood Housing
	27			History of MAUC
	28			Human Services Program Goals and Objectives
	29			Monitoring Project, 1975
	30			Statement of Purpose
	31			Social Action Research Center (SARC), 1973
	32			Staff Development Seminar, 1973
	33			TEAM (Texans for the Educational Advancement of Mexican-Americans) Personnel Policies
	34			Training and Motivation, 1974-1975
	35			Urban Affairs Proposal
Box	Folder
22			Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations (PASO), 1962-1970
	1			Constitution and By-Laws, 1963, 1965
	2			General Correspondence, 1962-1964, 1967
	3			Membership Lists, 1967-1970
	4			Minutes of Executive Board Meeting, February 14, 1964
	5			Newspaper Articles, 1965-1966
	6			Newsletters, 1965
	7			Restructuring Convention, 1970
	8			Speeches and Addresses, 1964-1968 and undated
	9			State Constitutional Convention Official Programs, 1965-1966
	10			State Convention Report from Rules Committee, 1969
Box	Folder
23			Southwest Council of La Raza, 1968-1971
	1			Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1970
	2			Bibliography
	3			Chicano Press Association (Alaniz Proposal)
	4			Economic Study and Project Recommendations, 1968
	5			Financial Statements, 1969
	6			General Correspondence, 1968
	7			General Correspondence, 1969
	8			General Correspondence, 1970-1971
	9			HUD Proposal: Non-Profit Mortgages, 1970
	10			La Raza Housing Development Corp. Agreement, (draft) undated
	11			Minutes of Meetings, 1968
	12			Minutes of Meetings, 1969
	13			Minutes of Meetings, 1970-1971
	14			Newspaper Clippings, 1969
	15			Opportunity Industrialization Centers, (Proposal, Contract) 1971
	16			Poor People's Campaign, 1969
	17			Press Releases, 1969
	18			Proposal to Ford Foundation, 1969
	19			Proposed Economic Development Program, 1968
	20			Reports, 1969
	21			Special Committee on State Councils, 1969
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24	1			Action for Community Development, Inc. (ACD), 1964-1967
	2			AMISTAD
	3			Center for Community Change, 1968
	4			Center for Community Change, 1969-1970
	5			Center for Community Change, 1974-1975
	6			Chicanos for La Raza, Articles of Incorporation, 1970
	7			Citizen's Crusade Against poverty (CCAP), 1967-1969
	8			Commission for Mexican-American Affairs, Board Mtg. Mins., 1971
	9			Committee for Community Affairs, Minutes and By-Laws, 1969
	10			Committee for Community Affairs, Materials for Board Meeting, 1969
	11			Committee for Community Affairs, Reports, 1969
	12			Committee for Community Affairs, Reports, 1970
	13			Committee for Mexican-American Action, 1974
	14			Concerned Tenants Union, 1969-1970
	15			Council of Mexican American Affairs
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25	1			FMAM (Federation for the Advance of the Mexican-American), 1967
	2			IMAGE (Involvement of Mexican-Americans in Gainful Endeavors), General Correspondence, Articles and Reports, 1966-1969
	3			Yearn to Learn Program, 1969
				Inter-Agency Committee on Mexican American Affairs
	4				General Correspondence, Printed Materials, 1967-1968
	5				Congressional Record, 1969
	6				"The Mexican American: A New Focus on Opportunity," rept., 1967
	7			Joint Conference of Mexican-Americans, 1967-1968
	8			La Raza Unida, Chicano III Southside, Columbia Heights, Open Letter to Gonzalez, 1969
	9			LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens), 1961-1968
	10			MAYO (Mexican-American Youth Organization), (clippings) 1969
	11			Mission Development council, Program Statement, 1970
	12			NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 1967-1968
	13			National Council of La Raza, Watergate Hearings, 1974
	14			NORI (National Office for the Rights of the Indigent), 1967-1969
	15			SANYO (San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization), 1969
	16			SDC (Social Development Corp.), 1969
	17			SIRC (Southwest Intergroup Relations Council), 1970

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Speeches and Addresses
Box	Folder
26	1		List of Agencies to be Contacted for Presentations, undated
			Speech Drafts and Notes
	2			Undated – 1969
	3			1970-1975
	4			Undated Speeches
	5			Dated Speeches, 1957-1969
	6			Speeches in Spanish, 1965-1969
	7			America’s Unmet Needs and the Urban Crisis, undated
	8			An Analysis of Some of the Reasons for Resentment of HemisFair ’68 , undated
	9			Community Unions, undated
	10			Congress and the People’s Needs, undated
	11			Equal Justice for the Rich and the Poor (Public Defender System) , undated
	12			Hospital Worker’s Strike, Charleston, SC, undated
	13			Image and the Mejicano, undated
	14			Job Discrimination, undated
	15			The Mexican Revolution and the Kennedys, undated
	16			National Security, ABM and Human Needs, undated
	17			Organizing the Unorganized and Collective Bargaining, undated
	18			Presidential Lottery and Suggestions for Reform (Electoral College System), undated
	19			Tax Reform, undated
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27			Radio and Television Speeches
	1			Press Releases, 1962-1963, 1969-1971
				Drafts of Speeches, 1967-1971
	2				English
	3				Spanish
	4			Radio Speeches, 1957-1958
	5			Radio Speeches (Spanish), 1967
	6			Radio Speeches, 1968-1970
	7			History of Farm Labor Organizing (Series), April 1970
	8			Television Speeches, 1971
	9			Interview by Fr. Patrick McNamara, October 4, 1966

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Writings
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28			Regular Columns
	1			" As I See It", 1958-1959
	2			" County Comment "(drafts and copies), undated
	3			" County Comment, " 1960-1962
	4			" County Comment, " 1963-1968
	5		Vanguardia Monthly Newsletter, 1970-1971
	6		Open Letters, 1968-1971
	7		Writing Class Drafts and Assignments, 1964-1966

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Case Files

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1-75

Restricted

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30

1-71

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31

1-62

Restricted

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32

1-52

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33

1-46

Restricted

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34

1-22

Restricted

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Printed Materials
Box	Folder
35			Newspaper Articles
	1			1956
	2			1957
	3			1958-1959
	4			1960-1964
	5			Miscellaneous, 1965
	6			Bexar County, 1965
	7			City Water Board, 1965
	8			Poll Tax, 1965
	9			State Bar Convention, Houston Chronicle Souvenir Edition, 1965
	10			Urban Renewal, 1965
	11			Welfare, 1965
	12			Miscellaneous, 1966
	13			School Board, 1965-1966
	14			Voter Registration, 1966
	15			War on Poverty, 1965-1966
	16			1967
	17			Miscellaneous, 1968
	18			U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1968
	19			Miscellaneous, 1969
	20			Drugs, 1969
	21			Electoral Reform, 1969
	22			Viet Nam Moratoria, 1969
	23			1970
	24			Shivers, Smith Stock Scandal, 1971
	25			1971-1976
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36			Newsletters
				Chicano Publications
	1				Catolicos Por La Raza
	1				Chicano Times, 1976
	1				El Golpe Avisa, 1970
	1				El Macriado, 1970
	1				El Portavoz, 1971
	1				El Sol, 1968
	1				The Forumeer
	1				Inferno, 1968
	1				La Nueva Raza, 1968
	1				La Verdad, 1970
	1				La Voz Chicana
	1				LULAC Newsletter (Corpus Christi)
	2				Mano en Mano, 1972
	2				Mexican-American Affairs Information Bulletin, 1968
	2				Munguia’s Politics, 1968
	2				Nuestra Luch, 1970
	2				ReGeneracion, 1970
	2				Ya Basta!, 1970
	2				Ya Mero!, 1969-1970
				Other Newsletters
	3				Evans-Novak Political Report, 1969
	4				It Happened Here, 1969
	5				Link, Washington Research Project Newsletter, 1970
	6				The New Democrat, June 1970
	7				News from the Ford Administration, 1968
	8				Small Business Administration News, 1969
	9				Space City, 1970
					The Texas Observer
	10					1965-1966
	11					1967-1968
	12					1969-1970
					U.A.W. Newsletters
	13					Washington Report, 1967
	13					UAW Solidarity, 1969
	13					TOP (Technical, Office, Professional) Reporter, 1974
	14				The Urban Reporter, 1970
	15				Victory ’68 (United Democrats for Humphrey)
	16				Voice of the City, 1970
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37			Journals and Magazines
	1			American Education, 1970
	2			Civil Rights Digest, 1968-1969
	3			El Grito, 1967-1968
	4			Harper’s Magazine, 1967
	5			Home Missions, July 1967
	6			La Raza, 1971
	7			New Republic, 1968
	8			San Antonio Magazine, 1969

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Photographs

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Unidentified and undated photographs

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Monthly Pocket Appointment Calendars
Box	Folder
38	2		December, 1968
	2		January-February, April-May, July-December, 1969
	2		January-February, April-May, July, September-December 1970
	2		January, 1971

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Audio Tapes

Note to Researchers

In 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.

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1969

Henry B. Gonzalez on KCOR Radio (4:50), April 26, 1969

Speech By Henry B. Gonzalez, completely in Spanish. Gonzalez mentions Albert Peña and Jose Angel Gutierrez.

Paul Thompson broadcast on KITE (1:53), [August 27, 1969]

Thompson’s negative commentary is discussing how Peña would handle the press after murder of a prisoner (Mike Perkins) by other inmates.

Paul Thompson Broadcast on KITE (1:45), [August 27, 1969?]

Broadcast regarding shooting of Loy Videl by a detective Teal.

One Man’s Opinion, Mexican American Participation in Vietnam (4:08), Monday, November 24, 1969

Peña speaks about how Americans “surrender their responsibility” to government and should educate themselves on real facts of Vietnam War, and how the Draft System in U. S. discriminates against Mexicanos.

One Man’s Opinion, (Military) Draft System in Texas (4:02), Tuesday, November 25, 1969

Peña speaks about how the draft system in U.S. discriminates against Mexicanos.

One Man’s Opinion, Crystal City, Student Boycott of High School (3:53), Tuesday, December 23, 1969

Peña speaks about a speech he gave to Crystal City students who were boycotting and not attending school.

One Man’s Opinion, Voter Registration (2:46), Wednesday, December 24, 1969

Peña speaks about the meaning of Christmas and then talks about deadline for voter registration and encourages voter registration.

1970

One Man’s Opinion, Part 3 of the "History of Farm Labor Organizing: The Pilipino and South experience," (3:40), Thursday, April 9, 1970

Peña speaks about Mexicans replaced Philippinos in farm labor and also about Southern sharecropper cotton strikes.

One Man’s Opinion, Part 4 of the "History of Farm Labor Organizing: Hawaii," (4:18), [Monday, April 13, 1970]

Peña speaks about the history of farm labor and strikes on Hawaiian plantations.

One Man’s Opinion, Part 5 of the "History of Farm Labor Organizing: The Beginning of the Present Struggle," (4:00), [Tuesday, April 14, 1970]

Peña speaks about the history of farm labor and refers to Bracero labor in breaking strikes.

One Man’s Opinion, Mexican American Contributions to the Southwest series (4:40), Tuesday, April 21, 1970

Peña speaks about the Mexican contributions to mining (oldest industry in Mexico), and about the Mexican experience in California Gold Rush and silver mining.

"The Year of the Chicano," speech (5:26), 1970

The speech mentions the La Raza Unida Party.

1971

Harris County/Voter Registration, at El Tropicano, Part One (1:01:23), January 9, 1971

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.

Harris County/Voter Registration, at El Tropicano, Part Two (24:41), January 9, 1971

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.

Council Meeting (45:42), ca. 1971

Peña speaks about Lynn Kaufmann, who has proposed bills to help the southside of San Antonio. He describes specific proposed bills, encourages council to support the bills, bills involve using public water areas to dispose of raw sewage.

Undated

One Man’s Opinion, Mexican American Contributions to the Southwest series

Peña speaks about the Chicano Contributions to the Southwest: Cattle and Cowboys – Spanish and Mexican origins of the language of the U.S. cattle industry.

NBC Radio clip

Ray Sherrer speaking about Texas politics. He mentions Judge Bean, El Paso Texas, Claude Hooten, Jr., General Edwin Walker and John Connolly.

Peña’s Early Life (31:05)

Peña is being interviewed, but the interview questions can hardly be heard. Peña is being 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.

Bible Verses (19:43)

This 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).

Selections from Shakespeare (5:08)

Hamlet is featured.

Politics, Civil Rights and Mexican Americans in Texas (13:09)

Discusses Texas being the only state not signing the minority report, other political issues in Texas, problems of the 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.

KONO Meet the Candidates: Felix Trevino, Part 1 (29:46)

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.

KONO Meet the Candidates: Felix Trevino, Part 2 (19:33)

Panel speaks about problems in the area and promotes, more questions from callers, discusses Peña, who is Trevino’s opponent.

KONO Meet the Candidates: Felix Trevino, Part 3 (8:38)

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.

Peña discusses Lyndon B. Johnson (47:40)

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.

Peña discusses Mexican-American Civil Rights in Schools (21:15)

The Mexican-American Legal Defense fund is discussed, and discriminations against Mexican-Americans in schools in Texas (specifically mentions Hondo and Lytle).

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