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    • Castillo, Leonel

    • Castillo, Leonel

    • Castillo, Leonel; Municipal officials and employees -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Human rights workers -- Texas -- Houston; Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Houston; Political activists -- Texas -- Houston; Oral histories

    • Leonel Castillo was the first Mexican American elected to citywide office in Houston and the director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in Jimmy Carter's cabinet during the 1970’s. Interviewed by Kerry Wince he talks about his...
    • Moore, Michael

    • Moore, Michael

    • Moore, Michael; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Disaster relief -- Gulf States; Emergency management -- United States; Emergency management -- Texas -- Houston; Intergovernmental cooperation -- Gulf States; Oral histories

    • Michel Moore talks about how he, as the city of Houston Mayor's Chief of Staff, his staff, and the city of Houston in general, handled the influx of evacuees from the city of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
    • Glassell, Alfred

    • Glassell, Alfred

    • Glassell, Alfred C. (Alfred Curry), 1914-2008; Gas industry--Texas--Houston; Businessmen--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Businessmen--Texas--Houston--Biography; Houston (Tex.)--History--Anecdotes; Oral histories

    • Alfred Glassell, the founder of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp -the first gas transmission system from Texas to New York- and founder of the Glassell School of Art, talks about his life in the military during World War II, and his...
    • Kelsey, Dr. Mavis

    • Kelsey, Dr. Mavis

    • Kelsey, Mavis Parrott, 1912-; Physicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography; Physicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Texas Medical Center; Oral histories

    • The founder of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Dr. Mavis Kelsey, examines his career as a physician in the Texas Medical Center and the creation and development of the clinic.
    • Feigin, Dr. Ralph

    • Feigin, Dr. Ralph

    • Feigin, Ralph, 1938-2008; Pediatricians -- Texas -- Houston; Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Oral histories

    • Dr. Ralph Feigin examines his life as a pediatrician in Houston, his medical training, and the Texas Children Hospital. Dr. Feigin was a renown pediatrician and an advocate of children's health and welfare. He was instrumental in developing the...
    • Jones, Dr. Edith Irby

    • Jones, Dr. Edith Irby

    • Jones, Edith Irby, 1927- ; African American women physicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; African American women physicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography; Southern states -- Race relations -- Anecdotes; African Americans -- Social...

    • Dr. Jones talks about growing up in Hot Spring, Arkansas as a poor and ambitious girl, the events that shaped her life, her years in medical school, her career as a physician in Houston, and her life as a civil rights activist.
    • Karff, Rabbi Samuel

    • Karff, Rabbi Samuel

    • Karff, Samuel E., 1931-.; Rabbis -- United Sates -- Biography; Rabbis -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Oral histories

    • Rabbi Samuel Karff talks about his early religious formation and his spiritual, intellectual and community life in Houston.

      Rabbi Samuel Karff is a native of Philadelphia. He came to Houston in 1975 where he served as Senior Rabbi of...

    • Tinsley, Eleanor

    • Tinsley, Eleanor

    • Tinsley, Eleanor, 1926-2009; City council members -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History; Houston Community College (Houston, Tex.) -- History; School board presidents -- Texas -- Houston --...

    • Eleanor Tinsley talks about her years as president of the board of the Houston Independent School District, and as member of the city council. She was involved in the school integration movement and was instrumental in the creation of the Houston...
    • Chapman, Betty

    • 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.
    • Bustamante, Daniel

    • Bustamante, Daniel

    • Bustamante, Daniel; Political activists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- Texas -- Houston; Human rights workers -- Texas -- Houston; Houston (Tex.) -- History; Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Mexican...

    • Community organizer and civil rights activist, Daniel Bustamante, talks about his life in community development, labor unions, and youth initiatives in Houston.
    • Ely, Jane

    • 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.
    • Foster, Charles

    • Foster, Charles

    • Foster, Charles, 1941-; Lawyers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Emigration and immigration -- United States; Houston (Tex.) -- Population; Oral histories

    • Immigration lawyer Charles Foster describes his law career in Houston. He talks about some of the events that shaped his life and discusses one of his most famous cases.
    • Hall, Anthony

    • Hall, Anthony

    • Hall, Anthony, 1944-; Municipal officials and employees -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; African American legislators -- Texas -- Interviews; Texas -- Politics and government; Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations; Oral histories

    • City of Houston Chief Administrative Officer (2004- ) Anthony Hall, talks about his political career. He served as a State Representative in the Texas Legislature from 1973 to 1979, on the Houston City Council from 1979 to 1989, as Chairman of the...
    • Galvan, Irma

    • Galvan, Irma

    • Galvan, Irma; Restaurateurs -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews; Hispanic American businesswomen -- Interviews; Oral histories

    • In this interview, restaurateur Irma Galván examines her life as a Mexican American woman growing up in Houston and being raised by a single mother and raising her children as a single mother herself. She also talks about how she started and...
    • Navarro, Yolanda

    • 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.
    • Northcutt, Frances "Poppy"

    • Northcutt, Frances "Poppy"

    • Northcutt Frances Miriam (Poppy), 1943-; Feminists -- United States -- Interviews; Feminism -- Texas -- History -- Anecdotes; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Apollo 8 (Spacecraft); Women rights -- Texas; Oral histories

    • Frances "Poppy" Northcutt is interviewed by Suzanne Mascola. Frances discusses her career working for a NASA contractor, the Apollo 8, NASA, her work as a women's rights advocate; and her career as a lawyer.

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