mss. Manuscript collections

Overview Photographs and supporting information from two Photography series 21 Little Buildings and Photographing Italy.

Overview This collections consists of news clippings, audio, and photographs documenting bands that Danny McVey worked with in Houston.

Overview The Dattle Family papers are made up of certificates, records, and a photo recording the marriage and military service of Phillip Dattle.

Overview The collection consists of a binder of the Houston Hadassah chapter's Business and Professional committee's meeting minutes and other Hadassah materials, yearbooks, directories, recipes and newspaper clippings ranging from 1937 to 2012.

Overview Correspondence recommending and rejecting David Barg for Officer Candidate School and some military records, including separation paperwork, document some of Captain Barg's time in the U.S. military between 1936 and 1946.

Overview This collection contains a copy of The Golden Book of Congregation Adath Yeshurun from 1941 and three B'nai B'rith Youth Organization yearbooks dated 1966 to 2023.

Overview This collection houses the interviews and biographical sketch of David F. Chapman, a 1953 graduate of Rice University in architecture. Background of major projects, the companies Mr. Chapman worked for and lead, and interview/newsclippings with Mr. Chapman and company literature/marketing.

Abstract: Letters to and from David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) of the Republic of Texas, in typescript form and as reprinted in the "La Grange Journal."

Overview This collection consists mainly of audio and other items collected by David John Scribner.

Abstract: The journal primarily recounts the army career of David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington’s son, George Widdrington, from 1796 until his death in 1813 at the Battle of Vittoria, the decisive battle of the Peninsular War. The journal contains numerous descriptions of battles, many taken from copies of letters sent by George to his family. Also included are copies of other letters, including several by Joseph Cook, a relative by marriage. The journal contains a great deal of genealogical information...