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- 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
- 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
- Navarro, Yolanda
- Navarro, Yolanda, 1947-; Restaurateurs--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Hispanic American businesswomen--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Community activists--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Race relations--Texas--Houston; Oral histories
- Hispanic American entrepreneur, restaurateur, and community activist, examines her involvement with the Hispanic community in Houston, and talks about race relations in the 1960s and 1970s, and about her restaurant business.
- 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
- Annual reports, 1920 - 1924, Houston Independent School District
- school reports
- Books
- 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
- Montgomery, Jeff
- Montgomery, Jeffrey -- Interviews ; Businessmen -- United States -- Texas ; Kirby Industries ; Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Interviews ; Oral histories
- 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
- Slater, Gene
- Slater, Gene -- Interviews ; Architects -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Composers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Galloway, Robert
- Houston Oral History Project - Neighborhood Voices
- Eury, Bob
- Eury,Robert M.(1948)- -- Interviews; Architects, American; Architects and community; Community development, Urban.
- Robert M. Eury was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the steward for Houston's redevelopment and revitalization. For 26 years he served as President of Central Houston, Inc. and worked on many projects on community planning in Houston and the...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Smith, Ed
- Smith, Ed.-- Interviews; Foley's (Firm)
- Ed Smith discusses his career and his fondest memories with Foley's. He started with Foley's as Manager of Credit promotion, and gradually rose to the rank of Vice-President of Public Relations, Special events and Community Affairs and Visitor...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- McLane, Drayton
- McLane, Drayton (1936-)-- Interviews; Entrepreneurs -- Houston -- Texas --Interviews; Houston Astros (Baseball team)
- Born in Cameron, Texas, Drayton McLane Jr., followed his father's footsteps in learning various aspects of the wholesale grocery business. Having an MBA in marketing, he moved into management and became the CEO and Chairman of the McLane Company in...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White 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
- Houston Public School Buildings
- Contains short essays on Houston public school buildings, detailing the personal lives of the people they are named after, the buildings' funding and beginnings, the buildings' locations, and highlights of the schools.
- Books
- Houston Gargoyle, volume 2
- periodicals
- Books
- Annual reports, 1905 - 1907, Houston Independent School District
- school reports
- Contains the annual reports for the Public Schools of the Independent School District of Houston for the fiscal years 1905- 1906, and 1906 - 1907. Annual reports contain remarks from the school district superintendents, a list of graduates from...
- Books
- Houston Gargoyle, volume 1
- periodicals
- Books
- Love, Miron
- Love, Miron--Interviews ; Judges--Texas--Houston--Interviews ; Courts--Officials and employees--Texas--Houston ; Criminal courts--Texas--Houston ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC 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