Schedule for April meeting: Kirk Lyon, Interim Director for the Galveston County Historical Museum, will speak about the life of the confederate soldier
Cop Shoots Kid, Date: "02/13/69": Footage of police at the roadside scene showing a car run into the dirt and a gun by the passenger seat; two officers bend over a man to search for identification; the man is shown being loaded into an ambulance....
Redistricting, Date: "01/28/72": Comments from three spokesmen about the re-districting plans for the area. -- Silva Trial, Date: "01/28/72": Channel 11 reporter Jessica Savage at the Harris County Courthouse with details about the Silva murder...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company ; Strikes and lockouts ; Welch, Louie--Mayors--Texas--Houston ; Bush, George, 1924- ; Burglary ; National Rifle Association of America ; Sinclair Refining Company ; KHOU-TV...
Telephone Strike, Date: "04/18/68" : Women gather for a strike at Southwestern Bell building. -- Welch on Riot Control, Date: "04/18/68" : Mayor Welch speaks about criminal activity in a riot situation. -- Golden Murder, Date: "04/18/68" :...
One Dollar Library, Date: "07/05/68": Footage of a small group of African-Americans carrying some books past a fence; a man fills out a check; the man removes a “keep out” sign from the building. -- Drowning, Date: "07/06/68": Footage of men...
Cooley on 3rd Transplant, Date: "05/08/68": Dr. Denton Cooley at press conference talking about patient’s condition. -- Rain, Date: "05/08/68": Footage from road conditions and traffic problems after a heavy rain. -- Garrison Funeral, Date:...
Deer camp with deer handing from tree, hunter with rifle, people sitting and standing, picnic tables under canvas, tents with canvas roof and upper sides and lower sides of wood.
"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...
These documents contain folklore and folk tales of southern Texas. They describe folk remedies for different illnesses and tell folk stories about Santa Ana and African Americans.
These documents describe the Battle of Galveston which occurred on January 1, 1863 during the American Civil War. The battle was a victory for the confederate forces and left them with several Union warships. The last of these documents also...
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...
Spanish frontier policy in Texas from 1773-1779; leadership of Gil Ybarbo, and re-occupation of East Texas. Narratives about Valentine Bennet and Marie Bennet Urwitz, and Thomas J. Pilgrim.