Van Ulm, Sydney -- Interviews ; Artists -- United States -- Texas ; Photographers -- United States -- Texas ; Cartoonists -- United States -- Texas -- Houston ; Oral histories
Former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby talks with Jane Ely about growing up in Houston, the newspaper business, the Kennedy assassination, and his political career.
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.
Bryant, Thelma Scott, 1905-;
Centenarians--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Segregation--Texas--Houston--History;
African Americans--Texas--Houston--Social life and customs--History;
Oral histories
Thelma Scott Bryant, a centenarian from Houston, talks about her life as an African American growing up at the beginning of the 20th century. She describes the black community where she grew up; the churches, schools, theaters and businesses; and...
Contains stories about early Texas settlers and German immigrants. Includes brief autobiographies about John Rice Jones, Jesse Burnham, Littleton Fowler, and Friedrich Ernst that were published in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical...
Letter from Clarence R. Wharton regarding a facsimile of a document written by Sam Houston to William T. Austin which Wharton is transferring to Miss Julia Ideson and the Houston Public Library to be preserved. Related to MSS0113-b01f04-01 and...
Letter from Howard L. Hughes of the Free Public Library in Trenton, New Jersey, to Miss Julia Ideson regarding an enclosed document that may be of interest to the library.
Letter from J. Pinckney Henderson to Thomas Bagby, asking Bagby to cancel Henderson's subscription to the newspaper the Wesleyan Banner and pay off any remaining money owed to the paper.