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27. Texas and local history

 Record Group
Identifier: 27
Archival collections documenting Texas and Local Houston-area history.

Found in 298 Collections and/or Records:

Louis Aulbach Buffalo Bayou research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0599
Abstract

Research materials for the 2011 monograph published by Louis Aulbach entitled Buffalo Bayou : An echo of Houston's wilderness beginnings. Formats include typescript drafts of text for the book, notes, and images and copies of primary sources consulted such as photographs, newspaper and journal articles, and more. This is an entirely digital collection, with access facilitated by staff at the Woodson Research Center.

Dates: 2011

Thelma and Tim Chan Chinese Baptist Church history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0719
Abstract

This collection includes a 25th anniversary Chinese Baptist Church directory book (1978), a 50th anniversary Chinese Baptist Church history book (2003).

Dates: 1940 - 2003

Noel Parrish Texas Aviation Hall of Fame 2018 awards, 2018

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0948
Abstract

The Noel Parrish Texas Aviation Hall of Fame 2018 awards collection offers a snapshot of the event honoring, among others, Noel Parrish for being inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame for his contributions overseeing the Tuskegee airmen at Maxwell Field.

Dates: 2018

Sharon and Lew Andre Mathews collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0829
Abstract

This collection contains digital media that charts the music career of Lew Andrew Mathews, as well as the life and career of Sharon Mathews.

Dates: 1975 - 2018

Kathy Rote collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0943
Abstract

This collection consists of audio by Kathy Rote and an oral history with her.

Dates: 2000 - 2020

Live from Joe's Roadhouse collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0944
Abstract

This collection consists of digital WAV and MP3 files of live performances from the radio show "Live from Joe's Roadhouse."

Dates: 2002 - 2009

Houston Boychoir collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1070

Maclin-Fox-Dege Battery Texas Light Artillery records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0295
Abstract

This collection includes two bound volumes of battery records concerning personnel, orders, supplies, ordnance and more.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar travel journal

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0311
Abstract:

On his 1835 trip from Georgia to Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar kept a manuscript diary. The journal is written in continuous narrative form, with frequent historical or descriptive passages inserted, covering the months June-October, 1835, the period during which Lamar apparently made his decision to settle in Texas permanently and join in the Texian battle for independence from Mexico.

Dates: 1835