Henry Maresh was a local supervisor of the WPA project researching the history of Houston. The researchers combed through all available documentation, including extant newspapers, previously published books, and legal records, and extracted factual...
Henry Maresh was a local supervisor of the WPA project researching the history of Houston. The researchers combed through all available documentation, including extant newspapers, previously published books, and legal records, and extracted factual...
Gibson, Gayle Jr.;
Lawyers--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Fullbright and Jaworski (Law firm)--Texas--Houston;
Texas Medical Center--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
Gibson Gayle talks about his career as a lawyer; the Texaco-Pennzoil case; and his involvement with the M.D. Anderson foundation, the Texas Medical Center, and the Baylor College of Medicine.
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; house plans of River Oaks homes ; Annual report of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1935 ; McCall's Home of the Month, April 1936.
Baker Block, 1400 Main St., Houston, TX. Bell tower of First Methodist Church at right margin. Automobiles parked beside building: 1923 Studebaker; 1923 Overland Roadster and unknown automobile. Includes: Baker Building.
State Building & Loan Association., 1123 Prairie Ave at San Jacinto, Houston, TX. C. 1927. Automobiles, (l-r): 1927 Model T. Ford; 1926 Model T Ford Coupe; 1927 Whippet; 1923 Maxwell; 1923 Model T. Roadster; 1924 Essex sedan & 1926 Chevrolet Coupe.
This is an excerpt from a 1927 issue of The Oil Weekly which provides a history of petroleum-related developments in Harris County's Pierce Junction Salt Dome.
Contains short essays on Houston public school buildings, detailing the personal lives of the people they are named after, the buildings' funding and beginnings, the buildings' locations, and highlights of the schools.
