"In connection with which are published the Charter of the City of Houston, as amended to October 1913, and Extracts from the Constitution, the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, and the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to Municipal...
Cop Shooter, Date: "01/14/66": Footage of police talking outside a brick house ; interview with a police officer who tells a reporter about a standoff and shoot-out; footage of the bloody, handcuffed shooter being led to a stretcher; a woman hides...
Cabs, Date: "09/02/68": Footage of Yellow Cab Company taxis lined up at the company car wash parking lot; company spokesman is interviewed about the size and potential dominance of the company in the Houston area. -- Rep. Davis on Crime, Date:...
"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...
"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...
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.
This folder contains the reminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Rose Harris about her life moving to and growing up in Texas in the late 1830s. She describes living in Harrisburg, the Battle of San Jacinto, and some of the first elections in Texas. It is...
These documents contain the history of the early settlements in Galveston from the original Native American fishing camp to Spanish and Mexican military outposts to pirate headquarters and then to revolutionaries.
Excerpts from articles in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly about the early history of Harris County and Harrisburg, and the hisotry of the cattle industry.
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.
