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- Baggett, Alvin D.
- Baggett, Alvin D.--Interviews ; Mayors--Texas--Galena Park ; Houston Ship Channel (Tex.) ; Galena Park (Tex.) ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Barnstone, Gertrude
- 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.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Becker, Alan J.
- Becker, Alan J. -- Interviews; Life insurance agents--Interviews; Houston (Tex.)--Growth and development;
- Born in Houston, Texas, and graduating from the University of Texas in Marketing and Business, Alan Becker started his career in Life insurance. In this interview, he discusses the rapid growth and development of Houston in the 1950s, and the...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Blanton, Jack
- Blanton, Jack Sawtelle, 1927- ; Gas industry -- Texas -- Houston; Businessmen -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Philanthropists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Tex.); Oral histories
- Mr. Blanton discusses his life in Houston, art collecting, the Houston Endowment, and Houston leadership.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Brown, Mayor Lee
- Brown, Lee P.; African American mayors -- Texas -- Houston; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; African American police chiefs -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Oral histories
- Former Houston Mayor Lee Brown talks about his career in law enforcement and in politics in Houston, and in various capacities across the country.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Castillo, Leonel
- 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...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Chapman, Betty
- Chapman, Betty Trapp; Women historians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Houston (Tex.) -- History; Historic preservation -- Texas -- Houston; Women -- Houston (Tex.) -- History; Oral histories
- Historian and author Betty Chapman talks about her life as a researcher, her books, and her involvement in preserving historic Houston.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Collier, Everett, 1914-1992
- Collier, Everett -- Interviews ; Newspaper editors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Houston chronicle (Houston, Tex : 1912) -- History ; Race discrimination -- Texas -- Houston.
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Cutrer, Lewis
- Cutrer, Lewis -- Interviews ; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Dr. Francis Moore, Jr.
- Dr. Francis Moore, Jr.
- Image Collections
- Eckels, Judge Robert
- Eckels, Robert; County judges --Texas --Harris County --Interviews;
  Harris County (Tex.) --Politics and government;
  Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Emergency management --Texas --Harris County; Disaster relief --Gulf States; Intergovernmental...
- Robert Eckels describes his experiences as former Harris County judge. He discusses politics in Harris county and in the city of Houston, as well as his involvement in handling the influx of the evacuees from New Orleans during hurricane Katrina,...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Ely, Jane
- Ely, Jane; Women journalists -- Texas -- Houston; Houston Post (Houston, Tex.); Oral histories
- Jane Ely describes her career as a journalist working for the Houston Post. She talks about gender discrimination in her field, the coverage of the J.F. Kennedy assassination, and other events that made news at the time.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Farenthold, Frances "Sissy"
- 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);...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Houston Gargoyle, volume 1
- periodicals
- Books
- Foster, Charles
- Foster, Charles, 1941-; Lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Emigration and immigration -- United States; Houston (Tex.) -- Population; Oral histories
- Immigration lawyer Charles Foster describes his law career in Houston. He talks about some of the events that shaped his life and discusses one of his most famous cases.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Makers of Houston, 1912
- Houston History
- Books
- River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 16
- Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; River Oaks magazines for 1937 and 1938.
- River Oaks Collection
- Glassell, Alfred
- Glassell, Alfred C. (Alfred Curry), 1914-2008; Gas industry--Texas--Houston; Businessmen--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Businessmen--Texas--Houston--Biography; Houston (Tex.)--History--Anecdotes; Oral histories
- Alfred Glassell, the founder of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp -the first gas transmission system from Texas to New York- and founder of the Glassell School of Art, talks about his life in the military during World War II, and his...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Gottlieb, Dick
- Gottlieb, Dick--Interviews ; City council members--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; Houston (Tex.)--Politics and government ; Houston (Tex.)--Race relations ; Television personalities--Texas--Houston ; Television broadcasting--Employees--Texas--Houston...
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Goyan, Johnny
- Goyan, Johnny -- Interviews ; Council members, City of Houston -- Interviews ; Pollution prevention -- Texas -- Houston ; Antismoking movement -- Texas -- Houston ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection