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To Sr. Lic. D. Alonso Perales, From Vicente Beltrán, April 23, 1949
Letter From Vicente Beltrán, a music instructor, to Alonso S. Perales regarding an instance in which he sought medical care at Robert B. Green Hospital for his chronic joint pains and was enrolled in a nursing home without his consent. When discharged, he was told his students had been notified of his enrollment and had sought another instructor, causing him to lose his source of income. Beltran writes that he was racially discriminated against and is seeking Perales' assistance to sue the hospital. -
To Sr. Lic. D. Alonso Perales, Gen. Del., San Antonio, Texas, From David Casas, 120 Gray Ave., Houston, Texas, April 8, 1941
Letter from David Casas asking Alonso S. Perales for his assistance regarding his lawsuit against a real state company who denied him the right to buy a home on the basis that he was of Mexican descent and not Caucasian. -
To Sr. Lic. Don Alonso S. Perales. From Christine D. Pérez, a 5 de mayo de 1943.
Letter from Christine D. Pérez to Alonso S. Perales that details five situations or cases of discrimination against employees of Mexican descent at different places of employment. -
To Sr. Licenciado A. Perales, From Antonia Gómez, Nov. 30, 1933.
Letter from Antonia Gómez to Alonso S. Perales expressing her joy upon being named president of the new Del Rio, Texas chapter of the LULAC Ladies' Auxiliary and asking if he can send her literature. -
To Sr. Licensiado Alonso Perales, From Agustin Delgado, Julia 5 de 1944
Letter from Agustín Delgado to Alonso S. Perales that lists establishments that discriminate against people of Mexican descent, including US military veterans in uniform, in Victoria, Texas. -
To Sr. Octavio R. Garcia, from [Alonso S. Perales], Agosto 25 de 1939
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Octavio R. García, providing advice as to how to deal with the unfufilled promises of the School Board to improve the poor conditions of the Navarro school. -
To Su Excelencia Calvin Coolidge, Presidente de los Estados Unidos de America, Palacio Presidencial, From Alonso S. Perales, Febrero 14 de 1927.
Complaint letter written to President Calvin Coolridge detailing the unjust arrest, treatment, and murder of men of Mexican descent in Raymondville, Texas. Accused and arrested for the murder of the Willacy County sheriff, the men were mistreated and then taken outside the Raymondville city limits, then murdered. -
To Superintendent. L. A. Woods, State Dept. of Education, From W. J. Everitt, Pleasanton Public Schools, October 12, 1946.
Letter from W.J. Everitt to Superintendent L.A. Woods discussing the issue of overcrowding at the school in Pleasanton, Texas and the lack of teacher availability. Due to overcrowding in the Anglo-American classrooms and lack of teachers, the Latin American classrooms were combined. Requests advice if it is illegal to combine Latin American class rooms. Mentions the building of a separate Latin American School, which was turned down by the Latin American in the school. -
To the Editor of The Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas, From Mrs. Santos V. Lozano, Raymondville, Texas, 1947
Letter to the editor of the newspaper, The Valley Morning Star, reporting the implications of the recent school board election results in which no people of Latin American descent were elected. The author, Mrs. Santos V. Lozano, notes how this lack of representation had led to discrimination against children of Latin American descent. -
To The Honarable John H. Garner, House of Representatives, From Alonso S. Perales, January 13, 1927
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Honorable John H. asking for an investigation regarding the murders of an Austrian American and a Mexican American father and his two sons, that ocurred while they were in police custody.