Houston Astros player Larry Dierker talks about his impressions of the city, his years with the Astros baseball team, and his career as a sports writer for the Houston Chronicle.
Contains an excerpt from Frederick Olmstead's "A Journey Through Texas", which describes his travel by horseback through the state. Also includes an excerpt from "Diary & Letters of Josiah Gregg", which describes Gregg's experiences in the Houston...
These documents contain a general history of newspapers in Galveston,Texas as well as specific information on individual papers, including the Galveston News and the Galveston Tribune.
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.
Red brick building with grand entrance set into corner of building. Two staircases frame each side of the entrance then four white columns approximately one story in heighth and two red brick columns are capped with corinthian style white...
Leon Hale talks about his career as a writer for the Houston Post and the Houston Chronicle, as well as about the books he has published over the years.
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...
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation publications, Homes For All Times, and River Oaks ; newspaper articles about the death of Will Hogg ; advertisements for River Oaks.
Interior of Union Station has many wooden benches amidst white columns supporting white archways. Three large light fixtures line the center of this view of the station's interior.
Architecture--Designs and plans ; Commercial buildings
Exterior details of the Niels Esperson Building. Includes: Granite Cap Details Entrace Columns. Scale of plan is 1/2 inch to 1 foot. -- Greater Col. Base Entrace Cols. Scale of plan is 1/2 inch to 1 foot. -- Panels over Granite Cols. Scale of plan...
Two story brick office building with brick columns in front. Gas Co. horse and wagons lined up along side building, also Hurry-Up Calls three wheeled bicycle.
View toward stage of open air theater. Rows of wooden benches on either side of an aisle. Theater building is stone and has Roman architecture. Stage is flanked on either side by wings of building with columns. Carved inscription on top of...
Reproduction of the 1866 facsimile of the original version published in Houston by Gray, Strickland of Houston in 1866. Original title: Houston city directory for 1866 : with a map of the city, directory to streets and localities, names of city,...
