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- 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
- Becker, Alan J.
- Becker, Alan J. -- Interviews; Life insurance agents--Interviews; Houston (Tex.)--Growth and development;
- Born in Houston, Texas, and graduating from the University of Texas in Marketing and Business, Alan Becker started his career in Life insurance. In this interview, he discusses the rapid growth and development of Houston in the 1950s, and the...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- On the Boulevard: The classic homes Bellaire Boulevard and Westmoreland Farms.
- houses ; history ; Bellaire Boulevard
- Pages 12, 13, and 37 cover the story, On the Boulevard, by Melanie Knight, which includes pictures and history of the neighborhoods of Bellaire. Also included is the cover, and page five of the magazine.
- The Bellaire City Library Collection
- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 5, 1835
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 17, 1835
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Blackburn, Sadie Gwin
- Blackburn, Sadie Gwin; Landscape gardening -- Texas -- Houston; Horticulturalists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Bayou Bend (Houston, Tex.); Herman Park (Houston, Tex.); Oral histories
- Sadie Blackbrun, horticulturalist and environmentalist, talks about her life and her work designing and beautifying Houston’s parks and gardens.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Bustamante, Daniel
- Bustamante, Daniel; Political activists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- Texas -- Houston; Human rights workers -- Texas -- Houston; Houston (Tex.) -- History; Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Mexican...
- Community organizer and civil rights activist, Daniel Bustamante, talks about his life in community development, labor unions, and youth initiatives in Houston.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Campos, Esther
- Campos, Esther; Hispanic American teachers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; School board members -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History; Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Houston (Tex.) -- History --...
- Esther Campos, a native Houstonian, examines her life as a Hispanic growing up in Houston, and her career as a teacher in the public school system and as a member of the school board.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Carr, Billie
- Carr, Billie, 1928-2002 -- Interviews ; Politicians -- Texas -- Harris County -- Interviews ; Texas -- Harris County -- Houston -- Politics and government ; Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Texas -- Harris County ; Political participation -- Texas --...
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Civics for Houston, volume 1
- Periodical covering a range of topics, from biographical sketches, to the art scene in Houston, to gardening and home management advice.
- Books
- 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
- 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
- Elkins, Thomas A.
- Elkins, Thomas A., 1936- -- Interviews ; Police officers--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; African American Police--Interviews ; Police--Race discrimination ; Houston Police Department ; Oral histories.
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Ely, Jane
- Ely, Jane; Women journalists -- Texas -- Houston; Houston Post (Houston, Tex.); Oral histories
- Jane Ely describes her career as a journalist working for the Houston Post. She talks about gender discrimination in her field, the coverage of the J.F. Kennedy assassination, and other events that made news at the time.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Feigin, Dr. Ralph
- Feigin, Ralph, 1938-2008; Pediatricians -- Texas -- Houston; Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Oral histories
- Dr. Ralph Feigin examines his life as a pediatrician in Houston, his medical training, and the Texas Children Hospital. Dr. Feigin was a renown pediatrician and an advocate of children's health and welfare. He was instrumental in developing the...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986 Celebrating 150 years
- Texas Sesquicentennial Folder
- The Bellaire City Library Collection
- Folder from Dick Dowling Scrapbook Small Collection
- Dick Dowling 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
- Fraga, Félix
- Fraga, Félix, 1929- ; Hispanic American social workers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Mexican American politicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Ripley House (Houston, Tex.); Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Houston (Tex.) -- History --...
- Félix Fraga discusses his life as a Hispanic growing up in Houston; race relations; his work as a social worker; and his long career at Ripley House, a recreational, educational and health center in Houston founded in 1940.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Friend, Sharlee
- Friend, Sharlee -- Interviews ; Oral histories ; Social workers
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection