Wedding of Angelo Petheriotes and Beulah Demetre -- their reception at the American Legion Hall on Jackson Street. Standing: Willie Peet, George Galanos, Steve Demetre, Katherine Pontikes, Theodore Galanos, Marie Galanos, Betty Demetre (Colovas),...
Jamail, Joseph D., 1925- ;
Lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Oral histories
Joseph "Joe" Jamail talks about growing up in Houston in the 1930s and his career as one of the top lawyers in America. He is considered one of the wealthiest lawyers in the nation and is often referred to as the King of Torts. Joe has given...
The founder of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Dr. Mavis Kelsey, examines his career as a physician in the Texas Medical Center and the creation and development of the clinic.
Barnstone, Gertrude, 1925- ;
Theater -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
School board members -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes;
Oral histories
Gertrude Barnstone talks to Jane Ely about her life in the theatre arts, her memories of Houston and Houstonians and her election to the Houston School Board during the desegregation of the Houston School System.
Grey background featuring ghosts with arms outstretched on top and pictures of various couples dancing and posing. In the center of the cover is an inverted orange triangle, in which is another couple (man and woman).
These documents contain folklore and folk tales of southern Texas. They describe folk remedies for different illnesses and tell folk stories about Santa Ana and African Americans.
These documents contains information about several different radio broadcasting stations in Houston, Texas as well as describing the history of those stations.
Contains stories about early Texas settlers and German immigrants. Includes brief autobiographies about John Rice Jones, Jesse Burnham, Littleton Fowler, and Friedrich Ernst that were published in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical...
Contains excerpts relating to the history of Native Americans in Texas. Describes several different tribes, focusing on the Caranoaguases ; includes
coverage of Atacapas Indians ; Bidai Indians ; Xaranames Indians ; Coco Indians ; Muleyes Indians.
