Hobby Wrap, Date: "07/28/69": Footage from the empty William P. Hobby Airport with a close-up of a sign announcing that all airlines would be operating from the new airport. -- Crusade-Tax Bills, Date: "08/05/69": Houston Mayor Louie Welch talks...
Journalism--Texas--Houston. ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Kidnapping--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Kidnapping victims--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Press coverage ; Nixon,...
Kidnapping, Date: "08/23/72": A man speaks to the press; a woman and a man exit a car and the man speaks to reporters while the woman leans on him. -- Connally & Nixon, Date: "09/23/72": Footage of a party at John Connally's property; photo...
Journalism--Texas--Houston. ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Fires--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Fire departments--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; City councils--Texas--Galveston--Press coverage ; Castro Ruz, Juanita, 1933-...
Abilene, Date: "03/16/72": Men and women walk from a parking lot into a building. -- Drug Announcement, Date: "03/16/72": A man gives a speech from a podium. -- Press Club, Date: "03/16/72": Two people dance and sing; scene with four people; a man...
The staff of the underground paper, Space City!. Pictured, front row, from left: Victoria Smith (Holden), Sherwood Bishop, Tanya Phillips, Susie Le Blanc, unidentified, Tina Phillips, Thorne Dreyer, Mark Wilson. Top row (from left): Russ Noland,...
Lawson, William (Rev.)--Interviews ; African American religious leaders--Interviews ; African American Ministers--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; African American churches ; African Americans--Religion ; Civil Rights--Texas--Houston--Interviews ;...
Darrow, Gloria--Interviews ; Gregory School (Houston, Tex.)--People--1950-1960 ; African American students--Texas--Houston--History--20th century ; Oral histories
Former Gregory School alumnae Gloria Darrow discusses her memories of Fourth Ward and the Gregory School.
A successful Banker and a top graduate from Stanford Business School, Marc Shapiro was the President and Chief Executive of the Texas Commerce Bank. He retired in 2003 as Vice Chairman for finance and risk management at JP Morgan Chase & Co. He is...
Eury,Robert M.(1948)- -- Interviews;
Architects, American;
Architects and community;
Community development, Urban.
Robert M. Eury was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the steward for Houston's redevelopment and revitalization. For 26 years he served as President of Central Houston, Inc. and worked on many projects on community planning in Houston and the...
Becker, Alan J. -- Interviews;
Life insurance agents--Interviews;
Houston (Tex.)--Growth and development;
Born in Houston, Texas, and graduating from the University of Texas in Marketing and Business, Alan Becker started his career in Life insurance. In this interview, he discusses the rapid growth and development of Houston in the 1950s, and the...
Samuels, Vic;
School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Houston Independent School District -- History;
Citizens for Good Schools (Houston);
Oral histories
Vic Samuels talks with David Goldstein about his participation in the school integration movement in Houston in the 1960s.
Noriega, Richard Joel "Rick";
Legislators--Texas--Interviews;
Texas--Politics and government;
Houston (Tex.)--Politics and government;
Oral histories
Richard Joel "Nick" Noriega was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1998. Since then he has served 5 terms in this capacity. During hurricane Katrina Mayor Bill White requested his help to oversee the evacuee shelter operations...
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.
