This folder contains documents related to the city of Orange, Texas. Included in the contents is a history of the city and information about local industry, government, clubs, schools, and points of interest.
These documents describe Dr. James Long, the hero at the Battle of New Orleans, a Texas revolutionist, and the last soldier of fortune to use Galveston as an operations base.
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.
Eckels, Robert, 1957- -- Interviews ; Houston Independent School District (Tex.). Board of Education--Interviews ; County commissioners--Texas--Houston--Interviews ;
Oral histories.
Farenthold, Frances Tarlton, 1926- ;
Legislators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Texas -- Politics and government;
Women in politics --Texas;
Oral histories
Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, lawyer, member of the Texas Legislature (1968-1972); twice candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination (1972 and 1974); first female nominated as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. vice presidency (1972);...
"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...
Conrad, Johnson, 1915-2008;
African American jazz musicians -- Interviews; African American music teachers --Texas -- Houston;
Jazz musicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes;
Oral histories
Conrad Johnson talks with David Goldstein about his career as a musician and music educator in Houston.
Conrad was a proficient jazz musician. His high school orchestra at Kashmere High School where he taught for many years won numerous awards. He...
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;...
Contains short essays on Houston public school buildings, detailing the personal lives of the people they are named after, the buildings' funding and beginnings, the buildings' locations, and highlights of the schools.
Recollections of Captain Gibson Kuykendall, Abraham Alley, and other early colonists. Additional research about the Houston Land Office and the first Texas railroad and the
