"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...
Gibson, Gayle Jr.;
Lawyers--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Fullbright and Jaworski (Law firm)--Texas--Houston;
Texas Medical Center--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
Gibson Gayle talks about his career as a lawyer; the Texaco-Pennzoil case; and his involvement with the M.D. Anderson foundation, the Texas Medical Center, and the Baylor College of Medicine.
Bryant, Thelma Scott, 1905-;
Centenarians--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Segregation--Texas--Houston--History;
African Americans--Texas--Houston--Social life and customs--History;
Oral histories
Thelma Scott Bryant, a centenarian from Houston, talks about her life as an African American growing up at the beginning of the 20th century. She describes the black community where she grew up; the churches, schools, theaters and businesses; and...
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; house plans of River Oaks homes ; Annual report of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1935 ; McCall's Home of the Month, April 1936.
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation publications, Homes For All Times, and River Oaks ; newspaper articles about the death of Will Hogg ; advertisements for River Oaks.
RECTO: Colorized image of four ships docked at Turning Basin. Caption reads: ""Scene in the Turning Basin, Houston, Texas--51"" VERSO: Caption reads: ""Situated 45 miles from the Gulf Coast of Mexico, Houston has created an artificial deepwater...
RECTO: Colorized aerial image of ships docked at Turning Basin. Caption reads: ""5:-Turning Basin. Buffalo River. Houston. Texas. Houston's World Famous Port. 42238."" There is a copyright for Cecil Thomson in the lower left corner, and handwritten...
Manchester and Houston Waterways ; Canal construction and progress ; The preliminary steps ; The environing cost ; American cargoes ; Private corporation improvements ; Total millions of cost ; First steamer from America
List of officers and Directors, Houston Launch Club and Houston Yacht Club ; Features and Plans of the combined clubs, including property, boats, country clubs, golf courses, tennis courts ; History of Ship Channel, development of the Port of...
These papers describe the history of the Rice Institute from the new foundation and endowment for education to the departments on campus in the 1920s. The Rice Institute later became Rice University.
These documents contains information about several different radio broadcasting stations in Houston, Texas as well as describing the history of those stations.
This folder contains a collection of facts about the town of Rosenberg, Texas, including information like location, history, climate, growth and development.
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...
These documents discuss the fortifications of Galveston which comprise the harbor defenses. The documents talk about the forts as they were in 1937 when the paper was written as well as the earlier history of the fortifications and who was in...
