Houston Area Digital Archives

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

Villagomez, Augustin
Villagomez, Augustin--Interviews ; Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Texas--Houston ; Immigrants--Mexico ; 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

Cobb, Arnett
Cobb, Arnett, 1918–1989 -- Interviews ; African American jazz musicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Saxophonists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Arnett Cobb and His Mobb (Musical group) ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Clements, Rosalie
Clements, Rosalie--Interviews ; Shamrock Hotel (Houston, Tex.) ; Hotels--Employees--Interviews ; Women tailors--Interviews ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Caldwell, C. Lee
Caldwell, C. Lee--Interviews ; Mormon leaders--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Lyceum to Landmark
Houston Public Library ; Houston History
Provides a history of the design and construction of the Julia Ideson building of the Houston Public Library, now home to the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Includes 21 illustrations.
Books

Loewenthal, Goldie Rose Geller
Teachers--High School ; Jewish educators--Texas--Houston ; Oral histories ; Loewenthal, Goldie Rose Geller--Interviews
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Garrett, James V.
Garrett, James V. -- Interviews ; Public Prosecutors -- Texas -- Harris County -- Houston ; Assistant District Attorneys -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Gayle, Gibson
Gibson, Gayle Jr.; Lawyers--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Fullbright and Jaworski (Law firm)--Texas--Houston; Texas Medical Center--Texas--Houston; Oral histories
Gibson Gayle talks about his career as a lawyer; the Texaco-Pennzoil case; and his involvement with the M.D. Anderson foundation, the Texas Medical Center, and the Baylor College of Medicine.
Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection

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

Weiner, Freida
Weiner, Freida--Interviews ; Jewish women ; Jewish community centers ; Galveston (Tex.) ; Oral histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

DeAnda, Raul.
DeAnda, Raul -- Interviews ; Mexican American Educators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Mexican American Educational Council ; Human rights workers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Mexicans -- United States -- Texas -- Houston ; School...
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Welch, Mayor Louie
Welch, Louie, 1918-2008; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Oral histories
David Goldstein and Jill Jewitt interview former Mayor Louie Welch. Louie served as Mayor of the city of Houston from 1964 to 1973. Prior to that he served on the City council from 1950 to 1952, and then again from 1956 to 1962.
Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection

Castillo, Raul
Castillo, Raul -- Interviews ; Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Local transit -- Texas -- Houston -- Affirmative action programs -- City of Houston -- Texas -- Discrimination in employment -- City of Houston -- Texas.
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Barnes, Betty
Barnes, Betty -- Interviews ; Feminists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Women's rights -- Interviews ; National Organization for Women ; Discrimination in employment -- Interviews ; Harris County Women's Political Caucus ; Oral Histories
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

Bland, Mrs. William W.
Bland, Mrs. William W. -- Interviews ; Houston Grand Opera ; Houston Grand Opera Association -- History ; Houston Opera Guild -- History; Opera -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection

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