David Goldstein and Jill Jewitt interview former Mayor Louie Welch. Louie served as Mayor of the city of Houston from 1964 to 1973. Prior to that he served on the City council from 1950 to 1952, and then again from 1956 to 1962.
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.
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; United States--Federal Bureau of Investigation ; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ; United States--National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;...
Grant Cook on F.B.I. Bussing, Date: "04/25/69": Attorney Grant Cook speculates on the FBI investigation into the NAACP’s busing plan in Houston. -- Jim West Home, Date: "04/24/69": Footage of restoration of the Jim West mansion in Clear Lake...
{Title not provided}, Date: No date: Footage of an airplane flying overheard; two men manning some electronic devices; footage of mining/excavation set-ups and men digging in a cave; an unidentified investor in the Salado treasure hunt is...
Weather, Date: "04/26/74": Footage of Houston skyline. -- Unleaded Gas, Date: "04/26/74": Footage of a gas station, with a hole being dug on the lot; Reporter Bob Nicholas interviews a man about the shortage of gasoline available at gas stations....
Journalism--Texas--Houston. ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Press coverage ; Strikes and lockouts--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)--Press coverage ;...
Nixon at Drugstore, Date: "03/20/74": Footage of the Keystone Diner, a place President Richard Nixon stopped at during his visit to Houston; President Nixon talking to reporters as he walks into a building; the President is driven through downtown,...
Rep State Conv, Date: "09/16/74": Footage of the Texas Republican State Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Texas; Judd McIlvain reporting. -- Hughes Strike, Date: "09/16/74": Picket line of Hughes Tool Company plant employees; Bill Balleza...
Fire, Date: "09/05/74": Footage of Houston Fire Department firefighters battling a fire at night. -- Mexican Vistas, Date: "09/05/74": Interview with Ramon Meade about visas and gasoline pumps in Mexico. -- Bicycle Bandit, Date: "09/05/74": Footage...
Utility Regulation, Date: "02/18/75": Documents lying on a table. -- [] {Title not provided}, Date: "02/18/75"; (00:14): Blank footage. -- School, Date: "02/18/75": Interviews with several male teenagers and one adult man in a parking lot. -- Fire...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Lyons, E. A. (Everett Augustus)--Press coverage ; Lindsay, Jon--Press coverage ; Planned Parenthood Federation of America--Press coverage ;...
Mass Transit (1), Date: "02/17/75": Interview with a woman. -- Commissioners Court, Date: "02/17/75": A meeting of the Commissioners Court. E.A. Lyons and Jon Lindsay present. -- Abortion, Date: "02/17/75": Footage of a Planned Parenthood Center;...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Hogg, Ima--Press coverage ; Funeral rites and ceremonies--Texas--Press coverage ; University of Houston--Football--Press coverage ;...
Pesticides, Date: "08/22/75": A man holds a press conference. -- Ima Hogg Funeral, Date: "08/22/75": Scenes from Ima Hogg's funeral; people with umbrellas gathering at the entrance of her house; pallbearers bringing the coffin covered with flowers...
Mrs Alva Carlton, Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz, and Master of Ceremonies Louie Welch cut the ribbon of the new Central Library building, January 17, 1976.
Lyons, E. A. (Everett Augustus)--Interviews ; County officials and employees--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; County council members--Texas--Harris County--Interviews ; Oral histories
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Terry Hershey's interest in the environment contributed to making her an advocate for the conservation of nature. Her venture into the parks and recreation field, fighting against destroying vegetation,led her to raise...
Castillo, Leonel;
Municipal officials and employees -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Human rights workers -- Texas -- Houston;
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Houston;
Political activists -- Texas -- Houston;
Oral histories
Leonel Castillo was the first Mexican American elected to citywide office in Houston and the director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in Jimmy Carter's cabinet during the 1970’s. Interviewed by Kerry Wince he talks about his...
Hill, Ray, 1940- ;
Gay rights -- Texas -- Houston;
Gay broadcasters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Oral histories
Houston's best known gay and prison activist talks about his life as a son, evangelist, burglar, prisoner, student, organizer, radio station manager, and social worker.
