This is a first person narrative of the travels of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca while exploring North America. The narrative begins after they pass the mouth of the Mississippi River.
These documents contains information about several different radio broadcasting stations in Houston, Texas as well as describing the history of those stations.
Contains selections from the first volume of the New Encyclopedia of Texas. The selections concern the history of cities and notable individuals in southeast Texas.
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Cooley, Denton A., 1920- ; Heart surgeons--Texas--Houston ; Heart, Artificial ; Strikes and lockouts--Texas--Houston ; Fires ; Taxation ; Kiwanis International ; Houston...
Cooley on Heart - Cost, Date: "04/06/69": Dr. Cooley discusses the cost of creating an artificial heart following the first implant of such a device. -- Iron Strike, Date: "04/06/69": Footage of union workers on strike against two construction...
Gordon Cooper Return, Date: "05/ /63": Astronaut Gordon Cooper exits a NASA airplane and speaks to the gathered press. Cooper would have just returned from final manned space mission of the U. S. Mercury program, Mercury-Atlas 9. Cooper was the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Huntsville (Tex.) ; Drug abuse and crime ; Missing persons--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; After-school programs ; Crime scene searches ;...
Huntsville, Date: "08/30/74": A man is interviewed, and a group enters a building. -- Narc Bust, Date: "08/30/74": Footage of a man hiding his face and bags of drugs. -- Missing Man, Date: "08/30/74": A house and photographs are filmed. -- Vera...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Port of Houston Authority--Press coverage; Grand jury—Texas—Houston--Press coverage ; Jury--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Galveston (Tex.). City Council--Press...
W.E. Goyen, Port Employee, Date: "06/ /62": A group of men in suits talk to a man in a white shirt, shake hands, and a photographer takes pictures. -- Holdover G. Jury, Date: "06/ /62": Men and women file into a room. -- Galveston City Council,...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Texas State Capitol (Austin, Tex.)--Press coverage ; Texas. Legislature--Press coverage; Busing for school integration--Press coverage; DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis),...
Wallace in Austin, Date: "03/17/72": A man enters the Texas Capitol building in Austin, and speaks from the floor of the Texas Legislature. -- Bussing, Date: "03/17/72": Footage of white children and black children getting off of school buses, as...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Traffic accidents--Press coverage; Binford, Thomas A.--Press coverage Sheriffs--Texas--Harris County--Press coverage ; Assault and battery--Press coverage ; Kennedy,...
Accidents Jan, 1963, Date: "01/ /63": Footage of a car accident on a wet day, with at least one fatality. Footage of another car accident on a clear day, with men clearing the wreckage from the scene. -- T Binford, Date: "02/12/63": Interview with...
Journalism--Texas--Houston. ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Press coverage ; Strikes and lockouts--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)--Press coverage ;...
Nixon at Drugstore, Date: "03/20/74": Footage of the Keystone Diner, a place President Richard Nixon stopped at during his visit to Houston; President Nixon talking to reporters as he walks into a building; the President is driven through downtown,...
Washington (Tex.) ; Gonzales (Tex.) ; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) ; Baylor College (Belton, Tex.) ; Sam Houston National Forest (Tex.) ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863--Homes and haunts ; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863--Miscellanea ;...
Along the Footprints which Lead to Glory: Opening title card and a shot of the cover of the book The Raven, a Biography of Sam Houston, by Marquis James. Inside cover signed by Orris, Christmas 1935. Text reads (in order): "Texas Centennial...
