When she was named Principal Dancer for the Houston Ballet in 1990, Lauren Anderson became the first African American to hold such a position in a major ballet company. Anderson talks with Linda Lorelle about growing up in Houston, her ballet...
Uncle Sam stands before a group of people from various nations singing from "That International Rag" songbooks. There is an inset with a photograph of a woman titled "Edith Kelmer."
This folder contains the reminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Rose Harris about her life moving to and growing up in Texas in the late 1830s. She describes living in Harrisburg, the Battle of San Jacinto, and some of the first elections in Texas. It is...
Articles published by the Texas State Historical Association from 1897-1898 about the experiences of early German settlers, tribal society among Texas Indians, defunct counties of Texas, and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.
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.
Contains reminiscences of C. C. Cox and a group of recollections from other early Texans from the Austin papers published in 1903. Includes an article about the re-establishment of the Tejas missions.
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Railroad Commission of Texas. Oil and Gas Division--Press coverage; Motels--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Murderers--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Cutrer, Lewis...
Texas Legislative Comm. on Oil, Date: "09/24/62": Hearing of the Railroad Commission of Texas, in which a motion is made to make a witness in a hearing testify the same as other witnesses. Then the witness is informed of his right to counsel. --...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Strikes and lockouts ; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company ; Runaway teenagers ; Texas. State Penitentiary at Huntsville ; Grand...
Tele Strike, Date: "08/01/74": Footage of telephone operators at Southwestern Bell. Two men are interviewed. -- Lost Kid, Date: "08/01/74": A runaway boy is returned to his parents. -- Martinez to Cavez Huntsville Texas, Date: "08/01/74": A Bible...
Mindiola, Tatcho, 1939-;
Civil rights workers--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Texas--Houston;
Race relations--Texas--Houston;
Mexican Americans--Civil rights;
University of Houston Central Campus;
Oral histories
Tatcho Mindiola, director of the Mexican American Studies program at the University of Houston, describes race relations in Houston in the 1950s and 1960s, and talks about his career as a community activist.
