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- Love, Miron
- Love, Miron--Interviews ; Judges--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; Courts--Officials and employees--Texas--Houston ; Criminal courts--Texas--Houston ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Civics for Houston, volume 1
- Periodical covering a range of topics, from biographical sketches, to the art scene in Houston, to gardening and home management advice.
- Books
- Foster, Charles
- Foster, Charles, 1941-; Lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Emigration and immigration -- United States; Houston (Tex.) -- Population; Oral histories
- Immigration lawyer Charles Foster describes his law career in Houston. He talks about some of the events that shaped his life and discusses one of his most famous cases.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Progressive Houston, vol. ii, no. 9, January, 1911
- Ship Channel bond election results - Historical Sketch ; Tonnage on the Ship Channel ; Millions being invested in new buildings ; Citrus fruits take gold and silver prizes ; Texas Frisco headquarters remove to Houston ; Official statistics of...
- Houston Waterways
- Houston Gargoyle, volume 1
- periodicals
- Books
- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 31, 1835
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 20, 1836
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Locke, Gene
- Locke, Gene; African American political activists--Texas--Houston--Interviews; African American lawyers--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Civil rights workers--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Houston (Tex.)--Race relations; University of Houston Central...
- Gene Locke discusses issues about race relations in Houston during the 1960s and 1970s. He describes the transformation of the University of Houston, and his involvement in civil rights and politics in the city of Houston. Gene Locke served as...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 16
- Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; River Oaks magazines for 1937 and 1938.
- River Oaks Collection
- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 17, 1835
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1, Monday, October 26, 1835
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Telegraph and Texas Register (Harrisburg, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 14, 1836
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from Harrisburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- David, Dianne
- David, Dianne -- Interviews ; Art museum directors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Art museums -- Texas -- Houston ; Art dealers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Oral histories.
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Montgomery, Jeff
- Montgomery, Jeffrey -- Interviews ; Businessmen -- United States -- Texas ; Kirby Industries ; Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Interviews ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Barnes, Betty
- Barnes, Betty -- Interviews ; Feminists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Women's rights -- Interviews ; National Organization for Women ; Discrimination in employment -- Interviews ; Harris County Women's Political Caucus ; Oral Histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Jefferson, Andrew
- Jefferson, Andrew L.,1934- -- Interviews ; African American Judges -- Texas -- Harris County -- Interviews ; Attorneys, General ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Shapiro, Marc
- Shapiro, Marc.(1947-) -- Interviews; Financial executives -- United States; Bankers -- Texas -- Interviews; Financial institutions -- Management.
- 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...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Becker, Alan J.
- 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...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Welch, Mayor Louie
- Welch, Louie, 1918-2008; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Oral histories
- 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.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- King, Otis
- King, Otis, 1935-; African American law teachers--Houston--Interviews; African American civil rights workers--Texas--Houston; Segregation--Texas--Houston; Oral histories
- Otis King, an African American law professor talks about his career, the social conditions for African Americans in Houston during the 1950's and 1960's, and the political scene of the time.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection