Legal document granting Thomas M. Bagby the right to represent A. C. Allen for deed transfer. The deed transferred two-thirds of nine leagues of land from A.C. Allen to William J. Kyle, the owner of the other third of land.
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.
Group photograph of Oklahoma Smart Setters at Great Southern Convention in Galveston, Texas, June 1925. The crowd gathered in front of convention center are mostly carrying pennants.
Jesse Jones, President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Governor Jimmie Allred, and Mayor Oscar Holcombe when the Roosevelts visited Houston in June 1936. Jesse Jones standing alongside car, the Roosevelts seated in car.
Contains descriptions of "Millionaires' Row," the Sebonac, the Augusta, the Southern Breeze, as well as other yachts belonging to members of the Houston Yacht Club.
