Letter from Condit and Henderson, Agents, Westmoreland Farms, to John Milsaps, September 11, 1911. The agents for Westmoreland Farms inquire if John Milsaps is planning a visit to Houston to view the land.
Provides a history of the design and construction of the Julia Ideson building of the Houston Public Library, now home to the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Includes 21 illustrations.
"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...
Mindiola, Tatcho, 1939-;
Civil rights workers--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Texas--Houston;
Race relations--Texas--Houston;
Mexican Americans--Civil rights;
University of Houston Central Campus;
Oral histories
Tatcho Mindiola, director of the Mexican American Studies program at the University of Houston, describes race relations in Houston in the 1950s and 1960s, and talks about his career as a community activist.
Letter from Southern Tire Repair Company, Rusk and Fannin, Fifth and Franklin, Houston, TX. To Mr. A. A. Corrigan, Bender Hotel, Houston, TX. Signature difficult to read: ""D.B.J----[?]"".
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. formally accepting Richardson's invitation as a guest speaker at the National Negro Business League meeting on August 17,1938 in Houston, Texas.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. thanking Richardson for the fine news story and editorial comment appearing in The Houston Defender.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. thanking Richardson for sending him a marked copy of the October 1, 1938 issue of The Houston Defender, and for the nice compliment the editor paid the governor in the editorial on page...
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. indicating he is enclosing a copy of the press memorandum that he issued when he signed the bill in May 1935 that established a tuberculosis sanatorium for Negroes.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. regarding the request for an advance copy of his speech for the National Negro Business League meeting on August 17,1938 in Houston, Texas. Governor Allred, informs Richardson that his...
Letter from Governor James Allred to C. F. Richardson thanking and praising Richardson for the splendid editorial comment published July 23,1938 in the Houston Defender.
Letter from C. F. Richardson, dated August 12, 1938, to Governor James V. Allred requesting an advance copy of the governor speech on August 17th at the National Negro Business League meeting in Houston, Texas. Richardson advised the governor that...
