mss. Manuscript collections
Record Group
Identifier: mss
Woodson Research Center collections of family papers, corporate records, individuals' papers and collections, not including Rice University Archives.
Found in 890 Collections and/or Records:
Bourne Family scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0290
Abstract:
This scrapbook contains many clippings, letters, and notes collected by members of the Bourne family, documenting political events and concerns in Tarboro, North Carolina and other locations in the South.
Dates:
1870 - 1903
"Boys From Houston" research files
Collection
Identifier: MS 0686
Overview
These research files contain the newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photographs used by Vicki Welch Ayo and William C. DeLaVergne.
Dates:
1963 - 1989
Braes Republican Women's Club records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0601
Overview
Donated by active Republicans Dr. and Mrs. Edward C.M. Chen, these club records show the activities of the Braes Republican Women's Club in Houston, such as meeting minutes and detailed scrapbooks featuring photographs of members and various events. The period of time covered by this material includes Dr. Chen’s term of service as Harris County Republican Party Chair. Dr. and Mrs. Chen both appear in this collection, which was maintained by Mrs. Chen. (3 boxes)
Dates:
1980-2011
Brenda Denzler Ufology Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0881
Overview
Newsclippings, reports and symposia, pop culture ephemera, book catalogs, and correspondence documenting public interest in ufology in the 1990s and 2000s. Brenda Denzler is the author of a book entitled "Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs," published in 2001 by University of California Press.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1990s-2000s
Brilliant Magazine collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0560
Overview
The Brilliant Magazine Collection consists of all published issues between January 2004 and January 2010.
Dates:
2004 - 2010
Bringhurst-Burke Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0644
Overview
This collection offers a glimpse into early Houston through cartes de viste-photographs of mid-19th century Houstonians, letters, documents, books and diary and journal, as well as the research conducted on many early families.
Dates:
1860 - 1942
Britton Collection of Early Texas and U.S. Civil War documents
Collection
Identifier: MS 0009
Abstract:
Legal documents and correspondence related to the Jose de Escandon expedition of the Gulf Coast (1765-1766) and the establishment of missions in the Seno Mexicano, and U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction documents, as well as other documents related to Texas and American history.
Dates:
1597-1903
Broadacres and Milroy Place Subdivision development documents
Collection
Identifier: MS 0371
Overview
This collection includes papers relating to the development of the Broadacres subdivision (1923-1926) and the Milroy Place Addition (1924) in Houston, TX. The collection includes various documents such as: legal agreements, newspaper clippings, legal notices, plats, blueprints, and many letters of correspondence.
Dates:
1923 - 1926
Brochsteins Inc. corporate records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0717
Overview
Brochsteins Inc. corporate records contains architectural drawings, images, and business records from 1935-2000.
Dates:
1935 - 2000
Brogniez and Cardone sheet music collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0608
Overview
This collection consists primarily of musical scores composed by two twentieth-century residents of Houston, Texas, Frantz H. Brogniez and John R. Cardone. There are eleven short pieces by Brogniez and eight by Cardone, five of them written to accompany the seventeenth-century masque Comus by John Milton.
Dates:
1899-1976