Houston Area Digital Archives

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

Dierker, Larry
Dierker, Larry, 1946-; Baseball players--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Baseball writers--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Houston Astros (Baseball team); Astrodome (Houston, Tex.); Oral histories
Houston Astros player Larry Dierker talks about his impressions of the city, his years with the Astros baseball team, and his career as a sports writer for the Houston Chronicle.
Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection

Texas Navy
Maresh files
These documents describe the history of the Texas Navy during its height during the Texas Republic and its decline.
WPA Maresh Files

Jean Lafitte
Maresh files
These documents discuss Jean Lafitte, a notorious pirate who settled to rule the Galveston area. Lafitte was among other things a rum runner, slave trader, and the self-styled "Lord of Galveston."
WPA Maresh Files

Orange County Material No. III
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.
WPA Maresh Files

Day of the Cattleman
Maresh files
These documents contain a history of cattle ranchers in the American West. They discuss the heards of Texas Longhorn cattle.
WPA Maresh Files

Early Settlement of Galveston
Maresh files
These documents contain the history of the early settlements in Galveston from the original Native American fishing camp to Spanish and Mexican military outposts to pirate headquarters and then to revolutionaries.
WPA Maresh Files

Damon
Maresh files
Provides basic demographic, geographic, and historical information about the census-designated place of Damon in Brazoria County, Texas.
WPA Maresh Files

Sour Lake, Texas
Maresh files
Contains several documents concerning the history of Sour Lake, Texas, including articles from the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper.
WPA Maresh Files

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

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

Gockley, David
Gockley, David--Interviews ; Opera Executives--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Herskowitz, Mickey
Herskowitz, Mickey -- Interviews; Sportswriters -- Houston (Tex.) -- Interviews; Reporters and reporting; Sports journalism;
The passion for sports writing was imbibed in Mickey Herskowitz from an early age. Growing up in Houston, he started writing for the Houston Post when he was only 14 years old. When the Chronicle purchased The Post, he started writing for the...
Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection

Hobby, Bill
Hobby, William Pettus, 1932-; Lieutenant Governors -- Texas -- Interviews; Politicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Newspapers -- Ownership; Publishers and publishing -- 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.
Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection

Hofheinz, Mayor Fred
Hofheinz, Fred, 1938-; Hofheinz, Roy Mark, 1912-; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Texas -- Houston -- Politics and government; Oral histories
In this interview, former Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz discusses the political scene in Houston during the 1970s; accomplishments during his administration as mayor of the city; African American community social and political aspects; minorities'...
Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection

Holcombe, Oscar
Holcombe, Oscar, 1888-1968--Interviews ; Mayors--Texas--Houston ; Mayors--Election ; Radio addresses, debates, etc. ; Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966 ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Johnson, Whitt
Johnson, Whitt--Interviews ; City Managers--Texas--West University Place--Interviews ; Municipal officials and employees--Texas--West University Place--Interviews ; Texas--West University Place--Politics and government ; Texas--Harris...
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Kempner, Harris L. (1903-1987)
Kempner, Harris L., (Harris Leon),1903-1987 -- Interviews ; Businessmen -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Industrialists -- Texas -- Interviews ; Imperial Sugar Company; Kempner Trust ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

KHOU-TV Film Box 6801, Reel 3
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Fires--Texas--Press coverage ; Books--Press coverage ; Houston Independent School District (Tex.)--Press coverage ; School board...
Fire Fatal (349-13), Date: "01/16/68": Footage of investigation at a fatal fire. -- Dirty Books, Date: "01/16/68": Footage of authorities with boxes of books; titles include Hell is Filling Up, The World of Sex, and Lady Susan’s Cruel Lover. -- D...
Film Collection

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