Peavey, Doris--Interviews ; African American students ; Gregory School (Houston, Tex.)--Alumni and alumnus ; Jack Yates High School (Houston, Tex.) ; Hampton University (Va.) ; Texas Southern University ; Fourth Ward (Houston, Tex.) ; Motion...
Mrs. Doris Peavey is a native Houstonian who is an alumna of The Gregory School, Jack Yates High School (1941) and Hampton University (1945). She discusses the Fourth Ward community, activities at The Gregory School such as the May Fait, Houston...
Former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby talks with Jane Ely about growing up in Houston, the newspaper business, the Kennedy assassination, and his political career.
Blanton, Jack Sawtelle, 1927- ;
Gas industry -- Texas -- Houston;
Businessmen -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Philanthropists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Tex.);
Oral histories
Mr. Blanton discusses his life in Houston, art collecting, the Houston Endowment, and Houston leadership.
In 1995 Hispanic businesswoman and social activist Carmen Orta was appointed by President Bill Clinton as a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business. In this interview she talks about her family, the events that shaped her life,...
General aerial view looking due East. New shipways 7, 8, and 9, at right center from left to right. Hull number 7 now being constructed on way number 7. Original facilities shipways 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, from left to right in center of picture....
General aerial view of shipyard looking due southwest from point above northeast corner of Outfitting Pier. Building in immediate foreground is Group Shops Building, and adjacent thereto is the Receiving Building. The small buildings grouped to the...
General aerial view of shipyard looking due east from point above Houston Shipbuilding Corporation's property. Shipways one through six and seven through nine from left to right in center of picture. New Plate and Angle Shop between shipways number...
View looking east from Observation Platform near center of yard. Open type welding slab on way number 5 in center, with innerbottom sections being assembled. Closed type of welding platform on way number 4 at left, with burning operations in...
View looking northeast from Observation Platform near center of yard. Ship work on welding slabs in center and foreground. Receiving Building and Issue Building in left background. Ship Channel and bulkhead wall of Outfitting Pier in center...
Looking to North from top of Gantry Crane on crane runway number 7. Ship ways numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in center of picture from right to left. Hulls 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 in same direction on these ways. Derrick & Hoist Gantry Crane in...
View looking northwest from top of gantry crane number 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Shipways 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, with hulls 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 from right to left, in center. Stiff leg derrick and revolving gantry crane along outfitting pier in center...
View looking due south from point between original facilities and additional facilities. Hull number 26 being erected on shipway number 7 at left of picture. Shipways number 8 and number 9 in center and right of picture. American Gantry Crane being...
Shows numbered streets, major subdivisions, and building lots. Includes inset of downtown in upper right corner. Title from printed inscription. Scale of map 1 mile to 1/2 in. Relief shown pictorially.
