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[Summary of Events at Hawthorne Junior High School]

Description: Summary of events that transpired at Hawthorne Junior High School. According to testimony provided, at the behest of some of the students and amidst accusations of racism against faculty members, members of the Student National Coordinating Committee participated in a conference at the school to open up a dialogue with the school administration. Following this meeting, a police officer approached three SNCC members outside the school and proceeded to arrest them on grounds of disturbing the pea… more
Date: 1969
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[View Through a Scaffold of Danevang Lutheran Church Chapel During Remodeling]

Description: Black and white photograph of the Danevang Lutheran Church chapel under construction, as seen through a scaffold partially visible in the foreground of the picture. Another scaffold is placed against the altar wall in the background, which has been stripped down to drywall dotted with paint. A unidentified man who is not facing the camera is working at a saw horse on the right.
Date: 1968
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

["Vote Democratic!" Hat]

Description: Folded plastic hat with the words "Vote Democratic!" written on both sides in blue and red lettering on red and blue stripes. It also has a line of blue and red stars between the stripes.
Date: 1964~
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Wedding announcement for Dorcas Irene Urbina to Vivian DeSoto, Jr., 1964]

Description: Announcment of wedding between Miss Dorcos Irene Urbina, daughter of Rev. Manuel Urbina and Mrs. Irene Salce de Urbina, and Mr. Vivian DeSoto, Jr., son of Mr. Vivian DeSoto, Sr and Mrs. Adela Zamora DeSoto. The wedding will take place on December 26, 1964 at the Magnolia Temple.
Date: December 26, 1964
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Wilburt & Peggy Hansen

Description: Photograph of single-story brick home in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Peggy and Wilbert Hansen. Taken some distance away from the entrance, the photograph captures a front lawn cut short and a front facade with a line of small bushes lining the outside walls. The house has a hip roof with dark shingles and green shutter windows. A large tree with thin branches can be seen behind towering over the house.
Date: 1960/1980
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Worshippers at Sunday Service in Church

Description: Photograph of church members of the Danevang Lutheran Church during Sunday worship service. Men and woman are seated on benches, looking down at their held papers. Three of the man in the back row have been identified, front to back, as Andrew Berndt, Fred Swendsen, and Emil Svensson. In the front, three of the individuals have been identified as Otto Harton, Marius Thyssen, unknown, and Emilie Nelsen. Hand-written text in pencil on the back of the photograph reads, "Worship at DLC 1970's".
Date: 1968
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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