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.
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.
Reproduction of the 1866 facsimile of the original version published in Houston by Gray, Strickland of Houston in 1866. Original title: Houston city directory for 1866 : with a map of the city, directory to streets and localities, names of city,...
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;...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Hurricanes--Texas--Houston--Press coverage; Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993--Press coverage ; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North...
Hurricane Cindy, Date: "09/ /63": Footage of Hurricane Cindy, which made landfall near High Island, Texas, on September 17, 1963. -- Connallys [] [], Date: "11/23/63": Footage of crowd gathered to hear Texas Governor John Connally speak. Governor...
Thomas, Mrs. Albert -- Interviews ; Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966 ; Legislators--United States ; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 ; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines),...
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.
