Recollections of Captain Gibson Kuykendall, Abraham Alley, and other early colonists. Additional research about the Houston Land Office and the first Texas railroad and the
"These three volumes tell the story of a courtship that began between two people who had never seen each other, and lasted for fifty-six years. Most people know this couple as Rev. William and Mrs. Audrey Hoffman Lawson. Audrey wrote to William on...
These documents discuss the history of Liberty county and how the events that occurred there helped the state of Texas to gain its independence from Mexico. The documents begin: "Little has been told of the early history of Liberty County and of...
Subtitle: Containing the present state, county and city governments; a complete list of all county officials, post offices and money order offices in Texas; also, an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational institutes;...
This folder contains the reminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Rose Harris about her life moving to and growing up in Texas in the late 1830s. She describes living in Harrisburg, the Battle of San Jacinto, and some of the first elections in Texas. It is...
[]ally Fire, Date: "10/30/67": Footage of firefighters at a fire at Kelley’s Restaurant. -- Am. Legion on Protestors @ Wash., Date: "10/31/67": A member of the American Legion commenting about a mass demonstration that occurred in Washington D.C....
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Press coverage ; Project Apollo (U.S.)--Press coverage ; Astronauts--Press...
Astronauts Press Conf, Date: "03/21/66": A press conference from NASA’s Manned Space Craft Center with astronauts talking about the Apollo flight; Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White and Roger B. Chaffee answer questions. -- NASA Press Conf, Date:...
Big Cheese, Date: "10/10/67": Men roll a very large wheel of cheese into the Foley's in Downtown Houston. -- WMS Memorial, Date: "10/05/67": People enter the Shrine of the True Cross Catholic Church. -- King, Date: "10/05/67": Martin Luther King,...
Lawson, William A., 1928-;
Civil rights workers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Civil rights demonstrations -- Texas -- Houston;
Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations;
Oral histories
Bill Lawson, a political activist and civil rights organizer examines his life as a religious leader, and his participation in racial desegregation efforts in the Houston communities during the Civil Rights Movement.
