Barnstone, Gertrude, 1925- ;
Theater -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
School board members -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes;
Oral histories
Gertrude Barnstone talks to Jane Ely about her life in the theatre arts, her memories of Houston and Houstonians and her election to the Houston School Board during the desegregation of the Houston School System.
Contains excerpts from the 1870-1871 edition of Murray's City Directory. Included is a history of Houston, information about the first Houston city fair, and a street directory.
This folder contains biographical information about a series of men who immigrated to Texas to serve as soldiers, priests, etc., as well as a discussion of the missionaries sent out into what would become Texas to explore the territory and...
Briscoe House at 620 Crawford Street, Houston, Texas. Seated on the front piazza are: Parmenas Briscoe, Mary Jane Briscoe, Annie Hume, and Columbia Hume. Flower pots and vines can be seen around the pillars,
Streetview of the Great Terminal Union Station. Two cars are in front and people are walking in front of the building and across the street. Trolley tracks can be seen in the street.
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Railroad trains--Press coverage ; Houston Independent School District (Tex.)--Press coverage ; School breakfast...
Texas Eagle-Last Train, Date: "12/06/68": Footage of a train and Union Station in Houston, Texas. -- Moon on Breakfast, Date: "12/06/68": A man announces plans to provide breakfast plans to children at the Houston Independent School District. --...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Docks--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Tex.)--Press coverage Monkeys--Texas--Houston--Press coverage; DeBakey, Michael E....
Docks, Date: "03/09/72": Footage of dock workers loading ships; Interview with a man in an office. -- Airport Security, Date: "03/09/72": Footage of property at Houston Intercontinental Airport (now George Bush Intercontinental Airport). --...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (Organization)--Press coverage ; Crawford Elementary School (Houston, Tex.)--Press coverage ; Paulus,...
Rodeo, Date: "02/21/75": Parade celebrating the Houston Rodeo; an injured man is tended to by others. -- HISD Parking Suit, Date: "02/21/75": Channel 11 reporter outside of Crawford Elementary School; a meeting. -- Bussing, Date: "02/21/75": A man...
National Negro Business League (U.S.) ; Chicago Negro Chamber of Commerce ; Houston Defender ; Marchman, G. Stevens ; Albert, Alma ; Richardson, Clifton Frederick, 1892-1939
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...