Subtitle: Containing the names, residences and places of business of the inhabitants; business directory; directory to streets and localities; charter; compendium of ordinances; officers of the city and county; courts; state and county taxes;...
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...
Dwellings--Texas--Houston ; Architecture, Domestic--Designs and plans
Site plan for a residence for Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. Owsley. Scale is 1/8 inch to 1 foot. Includes: Section of development. Scale is 1/8 inch to 1 foot. -- Detail of wood curb. Scale is 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot. -- Section of Skylight. Scale is 1/2...
Letter from William Mellen at the Bureau of Conscriptions office of the Confederate States of America, to Captain Richard Greene, Jr., concerning the end of the Civil War, including the reactions of the people in the American South to Abraham...
Provides a history of the design and construction of the Julia Ideson building of the Houston Public Library, now home to the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Includes 21 illustrations.
