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Very precious: Poetry Course—Original First Drafts Mason sonnet

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A composition notebook (made in the USA) with lined paper that contains Madeline Mason's notes on and development of the Mason sonnet. The notebook had many loose notes stuck inside, some of which held more notes on the development of the Mason…

Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 20th Century, 20th Century literature, 20th Century poetry, American literature, American poetry, Madeline Mason, Poet, Poetry, Sonnet, Women, Women Authors, Women Poets, Women's voices

Postcard from Alice Embree to Campus Police Chief Hamilton, reproduced in “The Spies of Texas”

This image reproduces a handwritten postcard sent by Alice Embree to a University of Texas campus police chief, as published in a 2006 investigative article in The Texas Observer. In the message, Embree describes a protest incident involving a…

"Book News" periodical, Vol. IX, No. 4, July 1961

Paper periodical, black ink on white paper, containing a literature review of the poetry volume "At the Ninth Hour" by Madeline Mason and illustration of two ouds on one side and a list of "Recent and Forthcoming Books" with summaries and prices on…

Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 20th Century, 20th Century literature, 20th Century poetry, American literature, American poetry, Madeline Mason, Poet, Poetry, Poetry review, Sonnet, Women, Women Authors, Women Poets, Women's voices

UIU Article

An article describing the settlement of the Economy Furniture Strike.

Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Austin, Chicana, Chicano, Chicano Movement, Labor, Mexican American, Texas, Union

Austin Huelga Sign

Square wooden sign mounted on a wooden stick. It is a sandy color with red text.

Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Austin, Chicana, Chicano, Chicano Movement, Labor, Mexican American, Texas, Union

Daily Texan Newspaper Clipping "Loss of Whitis Puts Negroes Back in Bind"

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Newspaper clipping describing the struggles that black women students have in gaining housing on the UT campus.

Tags: 1960s, Accessibility, Activism, Advocacy, Almetris Duren, Austin, Black advocacy, Civil rights, Co-op, Dormitory, Education, Education administration, Housing, Journalism, Newspaper, Segregation, South, Texas, UT Austin, Whitis, Women

Letter From the KKK to Residence Hall

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A letter delivered to residents of a Co-Op Affiliated with the University of Texas. This details racial discrimination as it was written by the Klu Klux Klan

Tags: 1960s, African American storytelling, Almetris Duren, Austin, Black Americans, Black students, Blackness, Civil rights, Co-op, Education, Politics, Racial slurs, Racial violence, South, Students, Texas, UT Austin, Whitis, Women's Education

Amended Charge Against Employer

Charge Against Employer Dormae Products, Inc. to the National Labor Relations Board by Upholsterers’ International Union of North America.

Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Austin, Chicana, Chicano, Chicano Movement, Labor, Law, Mexican American, Texas, Union

Economy Furniture Company Strike Flyer

Strike flyer from Lucha of Austin asking for support for strikers against Economy Furniture. Provides short history of the strike and asks consumers not to shop at stores selling "scab furniture".

Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Austin, Chicana, Chicano, Chicano Movement, Labor, Mexican American, Texas, Union

Economy Furniture Company Union Vote Advertisement

Voting advertisement endorsed by the UIU encouraging workers at the Economy Furniture Company to vote in favor of unionization.

Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Austin, Chicana, Chicano, Chicano Movement, Labor, Mexican American, Texas, Union

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