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[Bill of Sale of a Slave Named Adam (or Tircis), December 15, 1859]

Description: Bill of sale witnessed by notary Selim Wagner, containing details of the sale of a slave named Adam or Tircis. Adam was sold for $1,225 by auctioneer for the estate of the deceased Pierre Riviere of New Orleans as directed by his executor, Nicolas Tourne. The buyer was Lucretia Van Woert of Sabine Pass, Texas, though her husband, Theodore Gripon, accepted on her behalf.
Date: December 15, 1859
Creator: New Orleans (La.)
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Andrew & Dagny Jensen Marriage License

Description: Marriage license provided to Anders Jessen Jensen and Dagny Andersen from the Wharton County courthouse. There is a black and white illustration at the very top of the document of a bell composed entirely of small flowers, with a leafy vine emerging from the back of the bell and encircling it in an arc. This bell is inside a circular motif with decorative geometric elements around the edge, and is flanked on both sides by bold, Old English text that declares the document as a Marriage License. … more
Date: December 29, 1922
Creator: Kral, F. L.
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Description: Legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Ma… more
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Description: Copy of a legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Ind… more
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Description: Charges filed by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice against Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, dated December 11, 1944, for engaging in discriminatory employment practices at the Deer Park Refinery in Houston, Texas.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

["Exhibit A" Corrected Copy 39-6662, December 9, 1950]

Description: Document from Texas Governor Allan Shivers granting the remission of bond forfeiture judgement against John J. Herrera.
Date: December 9, 1950
Creator: Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Agreement regarding petition, Augustine Picaso vs.Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas - 1951-12-03]

Description: Agreement regarding petition of Augustine Picaso versus Trustees of the Nixon Independent School District of Nixon, Texas, dated December 3, 1951. This is the rendering of final agreement following the hearing of the above petition before the Commissioner of Education of the State of Texas, J. W. Edgar. It was agreed that segregation practices in Nixon Independent School District shall cease with regards to children of Latin-American descent.
Date: December 3, 1951
Creator: Edgar, J. W.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

United Fidelity Life Insurance Company, Real Estate Mortgage Note

Description: Real estate mortgage note for mortgage loan number 6863 in the sum of $12,000 to be paid in 114 payments. Signed by John J. Herrera and Olivia C. Herrera.
Date: December 15, 1954
Creator: Herrera, John J. & Herrera, Olivia C.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Voter Registration Certificate for John J. Herrera, County of Harris - 1970]

Description: 1970 Harris County voter registration certificate number 346249 for John J. Herrera. It includes demographic information about Herrera, his party affiliation, and is signed by the deputy of the Harris County Assessor and Collector of Taxes. Dates of elections are listed on the back.
Date: December 12, 1969
Creator: Harris County (Tex.)
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Death Certificate for Vera Nash]

Description: Photocopy of the death certificate for Vera Nash, daughter of Gent Cummings and Nellie Bell Price, who died December 25, 1990 in Pontiac, Michigan from congestive heart failure. She was buried in Hillview Cemetery in Springfield, Michigan.
Date: December 28, 1990
Creator: Michigan. Dept. of Public Health.
Partner: Price Johnson Family Collection
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