Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Cuevas, Ignacio--Press coverage ; Ships--Press coverage ; Palm, Nancy--Press coverage ; Texas. State Penitentiary at Huntsville--Press...
Cuevas, Date: "08/07/74": Interviews with people at The Original Prison Art Gallery, Inc. about Ignacio Cuevas, one of the inmates involved in the 11-day siege at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas State Penitentiary; footage of Cuevas's primitive...
View of Air Compressor Station looking west from east side. All four units in full operation. Part of structural steel for building in foreground. Natural gas regulator for fuel to compressors at left foreground. Ship in background is on...
Panoramic view of Camp Logan Addition, approximately 6100 Washington Avenue, with scattered small buildings and a more established neighborhood visible on the left side. Sign next to building in foreground reads CAMP LOGAN ADDITION Lots $600.00 to...
View of Houston Municipal Harbor from channel bank. Looking across Houston Ship Channel to dock and warehouse facilities on opposite side. Small boat on water.
Fraga, Félix, 1929- ;
Hispanic American social workers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Mexican American politicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Ripley House (Houston, Tex.);
Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations;
Houston (Tex.) -- History --...
Félix Fraga discusses his life as a Hispanic growing up in Houston; race relations; his work as a social worker; and his long career at Ripley House, a recreational, educational and health center in Houston founded in 1940.
Reagan, Billy, 1938-;
School superintendents--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
School integration--Texas--Houston;
Magnet schools--Texas--Houston;
Houston (Tex.)--Race relations;
Houston Independent School District;
Oral histories
Billy Reagan talks about the desegregation of the schools in the city of Houston and his participation in this movement when he was superintendent of the Houston Independent School District.
Wong, Martha, 1939-;
Legislators--Texas--Interviews;
Texas--Politics and government;
Houston (Tex.)--Politics and government;
Asian Americans--Social conditions--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
In 1993 Martha Wong was the first Asian American elected to the Houston City Council, and in 2003, she became the first Asian American woman elected to the Texas Legislature. In this interview, Martha answers questions about her career and her life...
Streetview of Travis Street looking south from Congress Avenue. The street is busy with a trolley running down the middle of the street and horse and carriages and cars in the street and parked along the side. A church can be seen on the right and...
Foreground of postcard shows a man in overalls walking along railroad tracks. Midway in the scene about ten oil derricks are partially visible, then clouds of black and grey smoke billow from the left side of the scene blowing over to the right...
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.
A blue and green selection on a white cover. Selection contains an illustration of a church and two persons - a man and a woman - walking in the direction of the church. Trees and bushes are in the foreground, while a body of white and the night...
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...
