When she was named Principal Dancer for the Houston Ballet in 1990, Lauren Anderson became the first African American to hold such a position in a major ballet company. Anderson talks with Linda Lorelle about growing up in Houston, her ballet...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Ambulance service--Press coverage ; Cooley, Denton A., 1920- --Press coverage ; Heart--Transplantation--Press coverage ; St. Luke's...
Tysen Ambulance, Date: "01/09/69": Footage of a man being interviewed about whether the city would take over the ambulance service or assist in paying for ambulance service fees. -- Cooley, Date: "01/09/69": Dr. Denton Cooley speaks of seventeen...
Eckels, Robert;
County judges --Texas --Harris County --Interviews;
Harris County (Tex.) --Politics and government;
Hurricane Katrina, 2005;
Emergency management --Texas --Harris County;
Disaster relief --Gulf States;
Intergovernmental...
Robert Eckels describes his experiences as former Harris County judge. He discusses politics in Harris county and in the city of Houston, as well as his involvement in handling the influx of the evacuees from New Orleans during hurricane Katrina,...
Rex Braun, Date: "01/07/70": Texas State Legislator Rex Braun presents some remarks on the Texas Air Control Board to the Houston City Council members. -- Crane and Little Girl, Date: "01/07/70": Mr. Crane speaks to City Council about Houston’s...
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation publications, Homes For All Times, and River Oaks ; newspaper articles about the death of Will Hogg ; advertisements for River Oaks.
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.
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...
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.
