Typewritten manuscript presenting fragments from Ms. Constance Evershade's diary with comments by Ed Kilman. Constance was the daughter of Charles Evershade, Superintendent of the Texas Transportation Company. Constance kept her diary for 15 years...
Notes by Ed Kilman as he reviewed the diary of Constance Evershade. Constance was the daughter of Charles Evershade, Superintendent of the Texas Transportation Company in the 1880s. Constance kept her diary for 15 years, from 1885 to 1900. The...
Promotional materials consisting of flyers, letters, newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous material from the records of Florence "Bu" Pleasant Collection at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library (Box 1, Folder...
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...
Houston Defender masthead and part of story: "Negro Workers' Plight Pitiable" which mentions two workers' labor strike incidents in the United States, including the employees' strike at Henke & Pillot stores in Houston.
The following documents are included: Letter from C. F. Richardson, dated September 25, 1938, to Governor James V. Allred with copies of letters attached covering correspondence between Richardson and Thurgood Marshall, the "Houston Plan" of city...
Letter from C. F. Richardson to Thurgood Marshall, NAACP Legal Staff, enclosing a copy of the suit filed in the United States District Court for Southern Texas by four members of the Houston Branch NAACP.
Letter from Sam Houston written after he arrived in Washington, to Thomas M. Bagby. Houston relates the troubles he faced during the journey and mentions efforts to stop Mexican forces from invading Texas.