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- Houston city directory for 1903-04
- Houston City Directories
- Houston City Directories
- All Forms of Insurance, Including Life
- Building: "Home of Cravens, Dargan & Co. Insurance Managers, Houston, TX" Postdate: 1928
- Postcard Collection
- Anderson, Lauren
- Anderson, Lauren, 1965- ; Ballerinas -- Texas -- Houston; African American dancers -- Texas -- Houston; Houston Ballet; Oral histories
- 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...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 14
- Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; house plans of River Oaks homes ; Annual report of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1935 ; McCall's Home of the Month, April 1936.
- River Oaks Collection
- Baker, James
- Baker, James Addison, 1930- ; Law firms -- Texas -- Houston; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Interviews; Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography; Cabinet officers -- United States -- Interviews; Lawyers...
- Statesman James Baker III examines his political career. He served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff during President Ronald Regan administration, and the 16th White House Chief of Staff during George H.W. Bush administration. He also served...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White 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
- 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. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 7, 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. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 20, 1836
- 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
- Blackmon, Willie
- Judge Willie Blackmon
- Houston Oral History Project - Neighborhood Voices
- Blaffer-Owen, Jane
- Blaffer-Owen, Jane; Philanthropists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Houston (Tex.) -- Social life and customs; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Oral histories
- Philanthropist and social activist, Jane Blaffer talks about the social life in Houston during the first half of the 20th century. She talks about the philanthropic contributions of her family as well as people like the Cullens, Imma Hogg, James...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White 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
- Rev. William "Bill" and Audrey Lawson Correspondence 1952 to 1954, volume 1
- "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...
- Lawson Collection
- Blanton, Jack
- Blanton, Jack Sawtelle, 1927- ; Gas industry -- Texas -- Houston; Businessmen -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Philanthropists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Tex.); Oral histories
- Mr. Blanton discusses his life in Houston, art collecting, the Houston Endowment, and Houston leadership.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Brown, Mayor Lee
- Brown, Lee P.; African American mayors -- Texas -- Houston; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; African American police chiefs -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Oral histories
- Former Houston Mayor Lee Brown talks about his career in law enforcement and in politics in Houston, and in various capacities across the country.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White 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
- 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
- Chapman, Betty
- Chapman, Betty Trapp; Women historians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Houston (Tex.) -- History; Historic preservation -- Texas -- Houston; Women -- Houston (Tex.) -- History; Oral histories
- Historian and author Betty Chapman talks about her life as a researcher, her books, and her involvement in preserving historic Houston.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- 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