Born in Houston, Peter Roussel followed his parents' footsteps in becoming a journalist. He worked as a Press spokeman for several Presidents and Secretary of State. After moving to Houston from Washington, he became a TV-Radio commentator and...
Photograph showing a Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo parade in procession through an unidentified residential street in town. People are dressed in period costume and go on horseback and wagons. Photograph was probably taken by Bert Brandt around...
Four men dressed as cowboys preparing food for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo activities. One of them is cooking food on a large barbecue grill close to a covered wagon. Photograph was probably taken by Bert Brandt around the 1950's.
Letter from Alma Albert, secretary to Governor Allred, to C. F. Richardson, Sr. regarding a copy of a letter of appreciation that the governor received from Thurgood Marshall, Assistant Special Counsel for the NAACP.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. accepting Richardson's invitation on a tentative basis to attend the National Negro Business league meeting on August 17,1938 in Houston, Texas as a guest speaker
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. formally accepting Richardson's invitation as a guest speaker at the National Negro Business League meeting on August 17,1938 in Houston, Texas.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. thanking Richardson for the fine news story and editorial comment appearing in The Houston Defender.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. thanking Richardson for sending him a marked copy of the October 1, 1938 issue of The Houston Defender, and for the nice compliment the editor paid the governor in the editorial on page...
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. indicating he is enclosing a copy of the press memorandum that he issued when he signed the bill in May 1935 that established a tuberculosis sanatorium for Negroes.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. regarding the request for an advance copy of his speech for the National Negro Business League meeting on August 17,1938 in Houston, Texas. Governor Allred, informs Richardson that his...
Letter from Alma Albert, secretary to Governor Allred, to C. F. Richardson regarding the Marchman letter which Richardson had shared. She also included copies of clippings of recent news per the governor's instruction to her. Letter from C. F....
Letter from Governor James Allred to C. F. Richardson thanking and praising Richardson for the splendid editorial comment published July 23,1938 in the Houston Defender.
Letter from C. F. Richardson, dated August 12, 1938, to Governor James V. Allred requesting an advance copy of the governor speech on August 17th at the National Negro Business League meeting in Houston, Texas. Richardson advised the governor that...
Letter from C. F. Richardson, Sr. , editor of The Houston Defender, to Governor James V. Allred as a response to his questions about the proposed jubilee celebration of Negro freedom and progress at Jackson, MS.
Letter from C. F. Richardson, Sr. to Governor James V. Allred regarding the opposition to senate confirmation movement , Senator Hastings and the judiciary committee in Washington, DC.
Letter from C. F. Richardson, a Director of Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce and National Negro Business League, to Governor James V. Allred extending an invitation to be a guest speaker at a public program at the National Negro Business League...
Letter from C. F. Richardson, Sr. to Governor James V. Allred congratulating Governor Allred on his presidential appointment as judge of the recently created federal district court for Southern Texas. Richardson also reminded Governor Allred of his...
Letter from C. F. Richardson to Governor James V. Allred discussing a copy of some valuable information provided to Richardson by the governor, Richardson's attachment to his letter to the governor of a newspaper clipping from the December 10,1938...