David Goldstein and Jill Jewitt interview former Mayor Louie Welch. Louie served as Mayor of the city of Houston from 1964 to 1973. Prior to that he served on the City council from 1950 to 1952, and then again from 1956 to 1962.
Sakowitz, Robert, 1938-;
Businessmen--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Retail trade--Texas--Houston;
Sakowitz Department Store -- History;
Family-owned business enterprises -- Texas -- History;
Oral histories
Robert Sakowitz talks about his family business in Houston, the Sakowitz stores; about the city of Houston at the time the stores were established and developed; and the personalities he met while doing business.
Shows numbered lots, streets, buildings, parks, and future development areas. Includes inset of greater Houston area. Title from printed inscription. Scale of map 800 ft. to 1 in. Relief shown pictorially.
Shows streets, park development landscape plan and perspective view. Title from printed inscription. Scale of map 50 ft. to 1 in. Relief shown pictorially.
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.
Bellaire City Library ; architecture ; buildings ; ceremonies
Program of events for the formal opening of the Bellaire City Library on Wednesday, May 9, 1962 at 7:30 p.m. Drawing of the new library building. Lists City Council members, and library staff, with a brief history of the Bellaire City Library,...
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.
