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- Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 12, 1836
- Texas History
- Weekly newspaper from San Felipe de Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news, poetry, and extensive advertising.
- Books
- Blackburn, Sadie Gwin
- Blackburn, Sadie Gwin; Landscape gardening -- Texas -- Houston; Horticulturalists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Bayou Bend (Houston, Tex.); Herman Park (Houston, Tex.); Oral histories
- Sadie Blackbrun, horticulturalist and environmentalist, talks about her life and her work designing and beautifying Houston’s parks and gardens.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Brown, Mayor Lee
- Brown, Lee P.; African American mayors -- Texas -- Houston; Mayors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; African American police chiefs -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Oral histories
- Former Houston Mayor Lee Brown talks about his career in law enforcement and in politics in Houston, and in various capacities across the country.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Bryant, Thelma Scott
- Bryant, Thelma Scott, 1905-; Centenarians--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Segregation--Texas--Houston--History; African Americans--Texas--Houston--Social life and customs--History; Oral histories
- Thelma Scott Bryant, a centenarian from Houston, talks about her life as an African American growing up at the beginning of the 20th century. She describes the black community where she grew up; the churches, schools, theaters and businesses; and...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Carr, Billie
- Carr, Billie, 1928-2002 -- Interviews ; Politicians -- Texas -- Harris County -- Interviews ; Texas -- Harris County -- Houston -- Politics and government ; Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Texas -- Harris County ; Political participation -- Texas --...
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Chambers, Vernon
- Chambers, Vernon -- Interviews ; African American Educators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Theatrical producers and directors -- Biography ; Distributive education -- Marketing -- Interviews ; Race Relations -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ;...
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Port Arthur Magazine (Volume I)
- Magazine articles
- These documents are articles from the Port Arthur magazine.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Clements, Rosalie
- Clements, Rosalie--Interviews ; Shamrock Hotel (Houston, Tex.) ; Hotels--Employees--Interviews ; Women tailors--Interviews ; Oral histories
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Collier, Everett, 1914-1992
- Collier, Everett -- Interviews ; Newspaper editors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews ; Houston chronicle (Houston, Tex : 1912) -- History ; Race discrimination -- Texas -- Houston.
- Houston Oral History Project - HMRC Collection
- Cooley, Dr. Denton
- Cooley, Denton, 1920- ; Heart surgeons -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Texas Heart Institute; Oral histories
- The founder of Texas Heart Institute, Denton Cooley is interviewed by Dr. William H. Kellar. Dr. Cooley has pioneered many techniques used in cardiovascular surgery including the first successful human heart transplant and the first implant of an...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Texas General Contractors Bulletin, volume 3
- Books
- Journey Through Texas
- Maresh files
- 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...
- WPA Maresh Files
- Rice Industry
- Maresh files
- These documents describe the history of the rice industry in Texas.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Day of the Cattleman
- Maresh files
- These documents contain a history of cattle ranchers in the American West. They discuss the heards of Texas Longhorn cattle.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Geology of Harris County
- Maresh files
- Contains descriptions of the soil types found in the Houston region, specifically Harris County. Includes bibliography.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Damon
- Maresh files
- Provides basic demographic, geographic, and historical information about the census-designated place of Damon in Brazoria County, Texas.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Galveston's Water Supply
- Maresh files
- These documents discuss the history of the water supply of Galveston, Texas as well as the history of how the water formations around Galveston has changed over time.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Bridges and tunnels
- Maresh files
- Contains information about the bridges and tunnels built in the Houston area from 1836 to 1936.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest
- Maresh files
- Contains excepts from the book Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest by Joseph Geiting McCoy.
- WPA Maresh Files
- Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5
- Soldiers--Biography ; Missions--Texas ; Missionaries--Texas--Biography
- This folder contains biographical information about a series of men who immigrated to Texas to serve as soldiers, priests, etc., as well as a discussion of the missionaries sent out into what would become Texas to explore the territory and...
- WPA Maresh Files