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[Paper in defense of Mexico]

Description: Paper by J. J. Ruiz which asks for aid from the American government and interest from the American people to help Mexico improve its educational, economical and sociological conditions.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ruiz, John J.

[Passport for Irene Salce de Urbina and her children]

Description: Photocopy of a passport for Irene Salce de Urbina and her six children with Manuel Urbina. Includes a list of the children, their sex, and age, as well as a portrait of Irene, Manuel, and their six children.
Date: unknown

[Provisional passport for Manuel Urbina]

Description: Photocopy of a provisional passport for Manuel Urbina, issued on December 3, 1945. Includes a photograph of Urbina and a partial thumbprint.
Date: December 3, 1945

[Remembrance Card for Mary A. Carroll]

Description: Remembrance card for Mary A. Carroll printed on dark cardstock with gold engraving. There is an illustration of a woman with a Bible in front of a large cross, with light streaming from clouds above. Text on the right reads, "In Loving Remembrance of Mrs. Mary A. Carroll, Died April 6, 1899. Age 33 yrs. 9 mos. 15 days." There is a poem in the lower-left corner that reads: "'Tis hard to break the tender cord/ When love has bound the heart,/ 'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words:/ "We must f… more
Date: 1899

[Rosalio Gonzalez's War Ration Book One]

Description: War Ration Book One that belonged to Rosalio Gonzalez. Rosalio Gonzalez's address and physical description is recorded. The booklet contains 13 unused ration stamps for a variety of goods.
Date: May 4, 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.

Tentative Program, LULAC Pre-Educational Program Banquet, September 14, 1957

Description: Tentative program for the LULAC Pre-Educational Program Banquet to be held in the Castillian Room of the Shamrock Hilton Hotel on September 14, 1957. Special guests include Oscar M. Laurel, Felix Tijerina, and Texas Governor Price Daniel.
Date: September 14, 1957
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens

Teología Básica del Cristianismo, page one

Description: Document on the basic theology of Christianity. Preface describes the current state of the world and its relationship with religion. Urbina then goes into detail on the theology of Christianity.
Date: January 30, 1967
Creator: Urbina, Manuel

War Ration Book Four

Description: War Ration Book Four; the original owner's name has faded from the cover of the booklet. The booklet contains many unused ration stamps for a variety of goods.
Date: 194X
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.

[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
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