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- [Letter from Bruce Tyler to Sterling Houston - March 1, 1994]
- Letter from Bruce Tyler of the Social Security Administration to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The letter was sent to notify Sterling of a phone interview to review and update his social security benefits. A request form is included as a second page.
- [Letter from Carol to Sterling Houston - February 21, 1989]
- Letter from Carol to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes informing him of Arlene's mother's death and of a forgotten script. She writes, presumably, from the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, judging by the letterhead.
- [Letter from Dalt to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Dalt to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He is happy about meeting Houston, and appears to have included a review along with the small note, but it has not been included in accompanying records.
- [Letter from Dan H. Laurence to Louis Leroy - February 25, 1986]
- Letter from Dan H. Laurence to Louis Leroy of the San Antonio Arts Council. Mr. Laurence is writing a recommendation for Sterling Houston, a prominent playwright and actor in San Antonio who applied for a thousand dollar grant from the council. Mr. Laurence praises Houston's professionalism and dynamism, noting that a grant would be a great show of support for a minority performer of Houston's caliber.
- [Letter from Dan Laurence to Sterling Houston - September 7th, 1996]
- Typed letter from Dan Laurence to Sterling Houston. He writes thanking him for a recent note and pointing to an enclosed reading - which was not provided. Letter was written on Laurence's letterhead.
- [Letter from Dan to Sterling Houston - March 24th, 2000]
- Typed letter from Dan to Sterling Houston. He writes thanking him for sending Le Griffon, a novella by Houston which apparently contains controversial undertones. Dan hopes to see Houston and the show in the future.
- [Letter from Dianne Monroe to Sterling Houston - September 1, 1995]
- Letter from Dianne Monroe to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to congratulate him on a recent play, On the Pulse of the Morning. She shares recent updates in her life, including a book she co-wrote titled Scattered Children, and hopes that the two can get together again. A second letter written by Sterling is included along with an envelope, but it goes unmentioned in Dianne's letter.
- [Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor to Sterling Houston - August 28, 1995]
- Letter from Dr. Charles A. Taylor, president of St. Philip's College, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He informs him that he would be pleased to host a reception to one of Houston's adaptations - On the Pulse of the Morning by the world-renowned poet Maya Angelou - before the production goes up. However, he is unable to provide additional funds to underwrite the event.
- [Letter from Dr. Enrique Perez-Rodriguez to The Advocate - March 28, 2004]
- Letter from Dr. Enrique Perez-Rodriguez to The Advocate, an American magazine for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender interests. Dr. Perez-Rodriguez sends lengthy commentary on the state of American healthcare; particularly, his many grievances concerning what he believes to be a poor and hypocritical treatment of HIV and indigent patients by politicians and lawmakers.
- [Letter from Dr. Paul Harford to Sterling Houston - September 5, 2003]
- Letter from Dr. Paul Harford to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes sending him a list of information regarding medication and treatment of the HIV virus. His last item on the list is the contact information of a physician, Dr. Luis Alfredo Cisneros.
- [Letter from Dr. Sandra Mayo to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Dr. Sandra Mayo, professor at Southwest Texas State University, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She is writing to send Sterling a draft of a book proposal, an anthology of his plays, to be published by the University of North Texas Press.
- [Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - July 10, 1990]
- Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the San Antonio Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. He writes informing him of his candidacy for an Individual Artist Grant. The rest of the letter details what is to come and how the decision will be made in the upcoming weeks.
- [Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - July 23, 1990]
- Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs in San Antonio, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. Mr. Diaz writes to inform Mr. Houston that he is one of eleven other local artists to receive a grant and that confirmation of his grant will take place in the upcoming months.
- [Letter from Eduardo Diaz to Sterling Houston - May 14, 1999]
- Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. His department has benefited from a one hundred thousand dollar allocation by the Community Revitalization Action Group. The funds were given with the intention of supporting art and cultural programs in neighborhoods, and the letter asks of Sterling to participate in a meeting to decide on guidelines for funding and selecting projects.
- [Letter from Eduardo Diaz to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - November 8, 1995]
- Letter from Eduardo Diaz, director of the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He is writing on behalf of Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright, so that he may be awarded a fellowship with the Center. Diaz notes that Houston has been instrumental in establishing alternative theater and wholeheartedly recommends him to their program.
- [Letter from Edward D. Garza to Sterling Houston - April 25, 2005]
- Letter from Edward D. Garza, mayor of San Antonio, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to thank him for his participating in the Steering Committee for The Cultural Collaborative (TCC): A Plan for San Antonio's Creative Economy. The committee was put in place to find solutions to support art and cultural programs in the city. With its planning stage over, he discusses the future of the committee, including a new committee to be formed. He invites him to submit nominations for members.
- [Letter from Edward D. Garza to Sterling Houston - August 6, 2003]
- Letter from Edward D. Garza, mayor of the city of San Antonio, to Sterling Houston, prominent local playwright. He writes to invite him to join the Cultural Collaborative Steering Committee, a group composed of leaders in the arts community. The members, chosen from the private and public sector, would have a say in the growth and support of San Antonio's cultural sector.
- [Letter from Evan Smith to Sterling Houston - August 24, 2000]
- Letter from Evan Smith of Texas Monthly magazine to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes at the suggestion of Sandra Cisneros, who gave Houston's name to Smith as a possible contributor to the magazine. He hopes that the two can meet in the future.
- [Letter from Fanny]
- Hand-written letter from Fanny to an undisclosed recipient. It appears to be a poem or a short creative work judging by its prose. It is romantic in tone about a man missed by Fanny.
- [Letter from Frank R. Aqueno to Sterling Houston - October 15, 1992]
- Letter from Frank R. Aqueno to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to invite Houston to his provocative one-man performance piece titled Queer Pier. He encloses a xeroxed newspaper clipping from The Advocate about his play. A third clipping shows a portrait of the writer wearing sunglasses, shorts, and an American flag bandana in front of a chain-link fence.
- [Letter from Frederick to Sterling Houston - August 16, 1998]
- Letter from Frederick to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes about his chemotherapy and upcoming school schedule. He hopes to begin a clinical internship in the future.
- [Letter from Grace to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Grace to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. On the front page, she has quoted a passage from the book The Thorn Birds, a mythical bird who searches for a perfect thorn tree when born. When it finds it, it impales itself on its sharpest spine and sings the most beautiful song before it dies. On the back, she appears to have written a short poem.
- [Letter from Henry B. Gonzalez to Sterling Houston - April 22, 1991]
- Letter from Henry B. Gonzalez, member of the House of Representatives, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Houston wrote to Gonzalez in a prior correspondence about Out of a Time of Plague, one of his stage plays, fearing censorship. Mr. Gonzalez promises to continue to support funding for the National Endowment of the Arts and artistic expression.
- [Letter from Jo Long to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Jo Long to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes to congratulate Houston on a recent book publication and hopes that it can bring him financial success.
- [Letter from John Glines to Sterling Houston - June 15, 1999]
- Letter from John Glines of The Glines, a non-profit organization for gay arts, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes thanking him for showing an interest in The Glines, but that they are not looking for new material to produce.
- [Letter from John Igo to Sterling Houston - July 11, 2000]
- Letter from John Igo to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The handwriting makes the content of the letter difficult to read, but John appears to be sending details about an event at a San Antonio art gallery.
- [Letter from John McBurney to Sterling Houston - October 30, 2002]
- Letter from John McBurney to Sterling Houston. He informs Mr. Houston that Tootie Finnell does not have a grave marker, and he would like his input to put on a drag show as a fundraising activity. He suggests the Jump-Start Theatre as a possible location. The letter has been written on a typed report. McBurney has included his business card as a make-up artist.
- [Letter from John Minton to Sterling Houston - 1999]
- Letter from John and Amy Lisabeth Minton to Sterling Houston. They thank him for his friendship and monetary contribution to the Firelight Players organization.
- [Letter from John to Sterling Houston - February 1994]
- Postcard from John to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. John talks about how great it was to spend time with Sterling and Arnie, and about a storm that hit them after they left. The front of the postcard shows an athletic man in light-colored boxers holding a shirt.
- [Letter from Jon to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Jon to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Jon writes informing Houston of personal matters, including the purchase of a home, as well as other anecdotes. He closes the letter with news concerning his professional life, including award nominations and travel plans to Brazil.
- [Letter from Joyce Lambrecht - June 1995]
- Letter from Joyce Lambrecht, special projects chairman of the Alamo Theater Arts Council. She writes to invite photograph submissions by local theater groups for the 1995 Globe Awards, an event celebrating achievements by San Antonio theaters. She would also like presenters and asks for volunteers.
- [Letter from Juanita E. Langner to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Juanita E. Langner to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to invite him to a party honoring José Chapa. An address, date, and phone number are provided.
- [Letter from Judith Zaffirini to Sterling Houston - May 24, 1993]
- Letter from Judith Zaffirini, state senator from Texas, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes back as a response to a letter by Houston, noting that she, like Sterling, fully supports funding for the arts. This includes funds for the Texas Commission on the Arts and the SB 778 bill, which she co-sponsored with twenty-seven other members.
- [Letter from Jump-Start Performance Company]
- Letter from the Jump-Start Performance Company to an undisclosed recipient asking for funding for an upcoming play. A synopsis of the play, La Frontera, as well as a brief explanation of where the funds will go is provided.
- [Letter from Karen DeVinney to Sandra Mayo - January 31, 2003]
- Letter from Karen DeVinney of the University of North Texas Press to Sandra Mayo, director of the Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies at Southwest Texas State University. In trying to publish a collection of plays by Sterling Houston, Mayo has submitted the work-in-progress to DeVinney and an anonymous reader. The reader's report is included after the letter, with the conclusion that the publication will be much richer with a few revisions. DeVinney hopes Mayo can make the revisions and resubmit.
- [Letter from Karen DeVinney to Sterling Houston and Sandra Mayor - August 13, 2004]
- Letter from Karen DeVinney, managing editor from the University of North Texas press, to Sandra Mayo and Sterling Houston. She writes to both to inform them of edits that have been made to a manuscript titled Myth, Magic, and Farce. The manuscript is a collection of plays by Houston, a prominent San Antonio playwright. DeVinney goes on to talk about other stages that need to be met before publication.
- [Letter from Karen to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Karen to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She appears to be writing to confirm an upcoming reading and book signing event at a university. She has listed the address of Debra Innocenti, and goes further by providing her own number and contact information in case Mr. Houston had any questions. The letter was written on a floral-print paper.
- [Letter from Kate Martin to Sterling Houston - August 6, 1992]
- Letter from Kate Martin, project management specialist of the Cultural Arts Board, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to inform Mr. Houston that he has been selected to receive a three thousand dollar grant.
- [Letter from Kate Martin to Sterling Houston - August 6, 1992]
- Letter from Kate Martin, project management specialist from the Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She sends word of Houston's approval for an award of three thousand dollars. Selected by the Cultural Arts Board, the award notice has been sent to the City Council for final approval. It is the final approval that Houston awaits.
- [Letter from Kathie de Nobriga to Sterling Houston - August 2001]
- Letter from Kathie de Nobriga to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to thank him after he participated in the NPN (National Performance Network) Annual Meeting. She ends by wondering if they will see each other in the month of November.
- [Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston - December 3, 2001]
- Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston, a prominent Texan playwright. She writes informing him of a creative project she is interested in developing- a play about Lillian Gish, a silent film actress whose life has inspired Kathy. She notes that strong racial commentary could come from the project. She has attached three pages of xeroxed newspaper clippings about the actress.
- [Letter from Kittie to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Kittie to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes in confusion about what to do with a story, and asks Houston for suggestions or comments. She has included her phone number after her signature.
- [Letter from Kitty Felde to Sterling Houston - June 9, 1999]
- Letter from Kitty Felde to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes from Los Angeles to send word of her most recent play, Erdemovic. It tells the story of a young man who forcibly murdered during the fall of a United Nations post in the former Yugoslavia. She includes a copy of her resume and a synopsis of Erdemovic.
- [Letter from Kitty Tsui to Friends - 1996]
- Letter from Kitty Tsui to friends. She writes informing them of recent news in her professional career, including publication of her book of erotica, Breathless. A book tour, appearance at the Michigan Women's Music Festival, and inclusion in a book of collective essays are also in her future.
- [Letter from Kjersti Sweger to Sterling Houston]
- Letter from Kjersti Sweger, copy editor of The Trinitonian - campus newspaper of Trinity University - to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She writes to thank him for his photos, which were used in a story published by the newspaper.
- [Letter from Kristina Paledes to Sterling Houston - August 14, 1995]
- Letter from Kristina Paledes to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. As entertainment editor of the San Antonio Express-News newspaper, she writes to extend an invitation to Houston to participate in an arts column. She would like for him to contact colleagues and together send submissions on a wide range of topics in the arts community.
- [Letter from Lester Thuds]
- Letter from Lester Thuds to unidentified recipient(s). He appears to be writing a review of the rock and roll band the Fleshtones. He talks about band members, performances, and a recorded single through their music label.
- [Letter from Lillie DeAnda to Sterling Houston - October 10, 1995]
- Letter from Lillie DeAnda to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She thanks him for helping and attending the SAYL (likely the San Antonio Youth Literacy organization) Gala kick-off party. She is happy that he will attend at a forthcoming gala in March.
- [Letter from Linda Koulisis - July 25, 1981]
- Letter from Linda Koulisis, production manager of the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, on behalf of Sterling Houston. She is writing a letter of recommendation for the playwright, whom she praises in the short letter.
- [Letter from Linnet Taylor to a CAN Gathering Participant - June 2, 2004]
- Letter from Linnet Taylor, program assistant of creativity and culture of the Rockefeller Foundation. She sends the letter to a "CAN gathering participant" with a copy of Creative Community: the Art of Community Cultural Development; presumably, a publication by the Foundation.