Binder containing documents and photographs concerning the Sesquicentennial celebration in Texas in 1985. Includes the history of Bellaire, information about the City of Bellaire government, organizations and festivals, along with maps, brochures,...
Cernan, Eugene -- Interviews;
Astronauts -- USA -- Interviews;
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Born in 1934 at Bellwood, Ill., Gene Cernan discusses his first flight and space walk to the moon by Gemini 9, among his 5 trips to the moon. He commanded Apollo 17 and lived and worked on the moon for 3 days, assembled and drove a car and set up...
Houston Astros player Larry Dierker talks about his impressions of the city, his years with the Astros baseball team, and his career as a sports writer for the Houston Chronicle.
Farenthold, Frances Tarlton, 1926- ;
Legislators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Texas -- Politics and government;
Women in politics --Texas;
Oral histories
Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature (1968-1972); twice candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination (1972 and 1974); first female nominated as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. vice presidency (1972);...
The passion for sports writing was imbibed in Mickey Herskowitz from an early age. Growing up in Houston, he started writing for the Houston Post when he was only 14 years old. When the Chronicle purchased The Post, he started writing for the...
In this interview, former Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz discusses the political scene in Houston during the 1970s; accomplishments during his administration as mayor of the city; African American community social and political aspects; minorities'...
Gordon Cooper Return, Date: "05/ /63": Astronaut Gordon Cooper exits a NASA airplane and speaks to the gathered press. Cooper would have just returned from final manned space mission of the U. S. Mercury program, Mercury-Atlas 9. Cooper was the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Crime scene searches ; University of Houston ; Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)--Postage stamps ; Apollo 10 (Spacecraft) ; United States--National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
Chase, Date: "05/02/69": Aerial footage of police cars advancing toward a small building in a field with a crowd in front, cut to bloodstains on the ground, walls, and on a basin against the building. Police escort a woman away. A police officer is...
Governor Connally, Date: "11/08/62": Footage from the press conference after John B. Connally, Jr., wins the 1962 Texas gubernatorial race. -- Glenn & Carpenter in [], Date: "11/08/62": Astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter endorse the oral...
Elite Hotel Murder: Footage of the exterior of the Elite Hotel, as well as a brief shot of a staircase. -- Ford Layin, Date: "4/4": Footage of a staircase that leads into the ground, with a view, presumably, of the room at the bottom of the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Ambulance service--Press coverage ; Cooley, Denton A., 1920- --Press coverage ; Heart--Transplantation--Press coverage ; St. Luke's...
Tysen Ambulance, Date: "01/09/69": Footage of a man being interviewed about whether the city would take over the ambulance service or assist in paying for ambulance service fees. -- Cooley, Date: "01/09/69": Dr. Denton Cooley speaks of seventeen...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Apollo 17 (Spacecraft) ; Project Apollo (U.S.) ; United States--National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Hughey, John, 1933-2007 ;...
[]{Title not provided}, Date: "08/19/71" : Footage of a press conference. -- Sports-Prairie View A & M, Date: "08/19/71" : Footage of football players and practice session. -- Galveston Dump, Date: "08/19/71" : A female reporter interviews a man at...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Astronauts--Press coverage ; Flood control--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for...
Body in Field, Date: "06/05/69": Footage of police investigators at a location near Scott street where a body was found in a field. Warning: this clip contains graphic material that may not be suitable for all viewers. -- Flood Control Tom...
Stolen Cars Silent A.T., Date: "11/28/69": Footage of police working inside office and exterior footage of stolen cars at different locations. -- Astronauts Arrive in Houston, Date: "11/28/69": Astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard F. Gordon, Jr., and...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Chaffee, Roger B., 1935-1967--Press coverage ; Funeral rites and ceremonies--Press coverage ; Webster Presbyterian Church (Webster,...
Astronaut Memorial Service, Date: "01/29/67": Footage of people arriving at and departing from the Webster Presbyterian Church, as well as three jets doing a flyover in honor of astronaut Roger Chaffee, who died in the Apollo 1 fire along with Gus...
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,...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Foley's (Firm)--Press coverage ; Shoplifting--Press coverage ; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Press coverage...
Shoplifting Foleys, Date: "12/15/66": A reporter interviews a Mr. Green about spotting a shoplifter and how shoplifters go about taking and concealing merchandise. -- NASA Apollo Meet, Date: "12/16/66": Footage of a man giving a talk and...
Judy G. Baby, Date: "12/15/65": Judy Garland and a man looking at a paper; Judy Garland posing with two men in cowboy hats. -- SPCA, Date: "12/15/65": Footage of a group of children visiting the SPCA and playing with some puppies. -- Cord, Date:...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Gruenzner, Norman ; George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Tex.)--Press coverage ; Airport parking facilities--Press coverage ;...
Airport Downtown, Date: "08/22/69": Channel 11 reporter Norm Gruenzner on the search for an available site for a downtown air terminal and the costs for land purchases. -- Kid Pickets, Date: "08/22/69": Footage from the Sterlin-Tips store with...
