collage of several military portraits

The Photograph Collection contains images from the 1800s to the present, documenting all aspects of life in Texas, with an emphasis on Houston. The digital collections represent a range of subjects from within the archive's physical holdings. This is not an exhaustive list of the images held within the manuscript and photograph archives of the African American History Research Center.

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sports group photo Willie Blackmon - PH 0001
Images of Phillis Wheatley High School, Sports and the Blackmon family.
woman in front of display Elizabeth Montgomery - PH 0003
Images of Douglass Elementary, Franklin Beauty School and family members
group of women posing Beverly Mims Wood - PH 0004
Images of the Woods family
C.F. and Hortense Smith - PH 0006 C.F. and Hortense Smith - PH 0006
Images of the Smith family in Houston and Tuskegee, Alabama during the 1930s & 1940s
Family photograph Hilliard Taylor - PH 0007
Hilliard Taylor was a businessman and a Houston city alderman.
Southern Travelers - PH 0008 Southern Travelers - PH 0008
Images of the singing group Southern Travelers in the 1960s
Hardy Anderson - PH 0009 Hardy Anderson - PH 0009
Images of the Fourth Ward and Anderson family
Pine Crest Presbyterian Church - PH 0010 Pine Crest Presbyterian Church - PH 0010
Pinecrest Presbyterian Church contains photos of founding pastor, Sunday school and a boy scout troop.
August and Lugrelia Long Family - Ph 0014 August and Lugrelia Long Family - Ph 0014
The August and Lugrelia Long Collection contains 42 family photos from 1935-1997.
Spiritual Gospel Singers of Houston - PH 0015 Spiritual Gospel Singers of Houston - PH 0015
Images of the gospel group during the 1930s - 1940s
Roett Family - PH 0016 Roett Family - PH 0016
The Roett Family Collection contains images of family from the 1920s-1940s.
McCullough Family McCullough Family - PH 0017
This collection consists of images from the 1880s-1971 of the McCullough family of Independence Heights.
Fourth Ward Photos Fourth Ward Photos- PH 0020
Images of Fourth Ward area, mostly Freedmen's Town in 2009
Men workers group photo Burns Family - PH 0022
The Burns Family collection contains images of individual family members during the 1800s-1950s.
Willie Lee Gay Willie Lee Gay - PH 0027
This collection contains images of Houston historic sites and leaders from 1900-1990.
Bonner Family - PH 0028
The Bonner Family collection consists of various images of the Bonner family descendants in Houston and Chicago from the 1930s- 1980s.
Bennie Lewis Jackson Bennie Lewis Jackson - PH 0030
Images of Gregory Elementary school students and interior and exterior views of a Houston business about 1948-1965
Ora L. Gibbs - PH 0031
The Ora L. Gibbs collection consists of images of descendants of Ora Gibbs and various newspaper clippings.
Brenda Gilliam - PH 0032
Images of New Zion Temple Church and the Gregory Elementary May Pole event during the 1960s-1970s
John Hightower - PH 0033
Images of Gregory Elementary students and Booker T. Washington High School sports teams from 1946- 1955
Group photo Edwards-Brown Family - PH 0035
Images of the Edwards, Minor, and Griffin family in Houston, Third Ward and the Eldorado Ballroom from 1921- 1972
Grant Family - PH 0036
Images of Grant Family in Third Ward Houston
Ira Faye Davis Collection - PH 0038
Images of the May Fait event at Gregory Elementary in the late 1950s -1960s