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To C. Alonzo Perales [Alonso S. Perales], From Agustin Delgado, 29 de Junio de 1944.
Letter from Agustín Delgado to Alonso S. Perales asking for suggestions and help as to how to deal with cases of racial discrimination against people of Mexican descent. -
To Hon. Alonso S. Perales, Nicaraguan Consul General, From Mrs. W. W. Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, March 24, 1939
Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Mrs. W. W. Dees State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables. Letter thanks Mr. Perales on his address of the “Good Neighbor Policy” and “Recent Developments in the Western Hemisphere during the Pan American Round Table Convention. She also states that his address did a great favor to the State organization, and the local Table. -
To Mrs. W.W, Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, From Alonso S. Perales, March 17, 1939.
Letter to Mrs. W. W. Dees, State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables of Texas from Alonso S. Perales. Letter is congratulatory on the success of the State Convention. Letter mentions President Somoza of Nicaragua ‘s visit in May and that he will be received by President Roosevelt on May 5th. The letter also refers to the building of the Nicaraguan Canal. -
To Mrs. W.W. Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, From Alonso S. Perales, Jan. 31, 1939
Letter to Mrs. W.W. Dees, State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables from Alonso S. Perales. In the letter Alonso S. Perales thanks Mrs. W.W. Dees for the invitation to address the Pan American Convention on March 10th. The subject for his presentation is “The Good Neighbor Policy and Recent Development in the Western Hemisphere”. -
To Honorable A. Perales, Consul de Nicaragua, From Mrs. W. W. Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, January 28, 1939
Letter to Honorable A. Perales, Consul de Nicaragua from Mrs. W.W. Dees State Director General for the Pan American Round Tables. The letter inquires if Mr. Perales can give an address on “The Association of American Nations” during the State Convention of the Pan American Round Tables in McAllen Texas, March 9th and 10th. As the organization cannot compensate speakers financially, it is willing to pay the gasoline and hotel expenses for his trip. -
To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, From Maria Antonia Chavez Saldana, March 6, 1940
Letter to Alonso S. Perales from Maria Antonia Chavez Saldana thanking him for a copy of his book “En Defensa de mi Raza “[In Defense of my People]. In her letter she discusses the racism that Mexican Americans face and how the younger generation are becoming bitter, because Mexican boys are not given a “square deal”. She also mentions her family’s long lineage of settling in San Antonio, starting from 1715. She also talks highly about her son’s and their endeavors. -
To Rev. James R. Cassidy, O.M.I, Chaplain, Catholic War Veterans, From Alonso S. Perales, March 7, 1947
Letter to Reverend James R. Cassidy O.M.I Chaplain, Catholic War Veterans from Alonso S. Perales discussing the discrimination which had been taking place in the Rio Grande Valley. He encloses some opinions to help I Reverend Cassidy in convincing those who do not recognize Mexicans (us) as whites. Mr. Perales writes that he will published a book in English containing approximately 100 affidavits of concrete cases of discrimination. -
To Mr. Alonso S. Perales, Davis, Wright & Perales, From Si [Simon] Casady, Editor, Valley Evening Monitor, May 10, 1947
Simon "Si" Casady from the Valley Evening Monitory in McAllen Texas writes to Mr. Alonso S. Perales that he is ashamed not to have prepared an article for his book. Due to his own delay in providing his piece, Si Casady suggests leaving his article out. However, if there is a delay in the final deadline and time to write the article, to advise him. -
To Mr. Si [Simon] Casady, Editor, Valley Evening Monitor, From Alonso S. Perales, April 24, 1947
Alonso S. Perales thanks Simon "Si" Cassady for agreeing to submit an article for his forthcoming book. -
To Mr. Tom Clark, United States Department of Justice, From Alonso S. Perales, President, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Oct. 26, 1944.
Letter to United States Department of Justice with attention to Mr. Tom Clark from Alonso Perales, President for Committee of One Hundred and the League of Loyal Americans. Would like the Department of Justice to begin an investigation as to the motive of those owners of establishments who do discriminate. Alonso Perales requests that the War Department and the Department of Justice inform President Roosevelt of the situations taking place in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico and to ask Congress to enact a law “forbidding the humiliation of persons of Mexican extraction anywhere in the United States.”Tags Cartas; Clark, Tom; Committee of One Hundred; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial; Estados Unidos - Póliza gubernamental; Estados Unidos, Departmento de Justico; Estados Unidos, Oficina del Instituto Nacional de la Estadística; Investigaciones Gubernamentales; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; The League of Loyal Americans