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.
Diploma presented to Leon Andrews Richardson by Prairie View Normal and Industrial College of Texas, after completing studies for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. From the Richardson Family Personal Collection.
C.F. Richardson, Sr; and Ruby Rice marriage license June 1909 issued by Harrison County Clerk, Marshall, Texas. From the Richardson Family Personal Collection.
Printed program of the Fourth Union Commencement Exercises of the Houston Colored High Schools and the Houston Colored Junior College thirty-ninth annual. Includes the names of the candidates for graduation from Booker T. Washington Senior High...
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition signed by Mickey Leland October 29, 1982 to The Houston Defender. From the Richardson Family Personal Collection.
Invitation from C. F. Richardson and E. L. Synder of the Houston Branch NAACP to the Pastors of Houston, members, and friends for the June 4, 1939 meeting to discuss the Reports of State Delegates NAACP Conference and June 8,1939 meeting.
Printed program of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation dated March 16, 2001, presenting its 2001 Black Press Archives Enshrinement. One of the enshrinees is Clifton F. Richardson. From the Richardson Family Personal Collection.
Printed program of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation dated March 1991, presenting its Black Press Month Dinner honoring Black Press Archives Enshrinement of several people, among them, Clifton F. Richardson. From the...
Letter from Alma Albert, secretary to Governor Allred, to C. F. Richardson, Sr. regarding a copy of a letter of appreciation that the governor received from Thurgood Marshall, Assistant Special Counsel for the NAACP.
Letter from Governor James V. Allred to C. F. Richardson, Sr. accepting Richardson's invitation on a tentative basis to attend the National Negro Business league meeting on August 17,1938 in Houston, Texas as a guest speaker
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...
