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Louis Aulbach Olivewood Cemetery research collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0669
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

Research materials in this collection include a list of burials at Olivewood Cemetery, burial maps, and photographs of the tombstone of Richard Allen. The materials date from 2008, when Louis Aulbach was actively volunteering with the cemetery.

Dates

  • 2008

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Olivewood Cemetery is located at the end of Court Street between Hicks and East Second Street in Houston. It lies in a bend of White Oak Bayou in the John Austin survey, in an area formerly known as Chaneyville. Founded in 1875, it is one of the oldest-known platted, African-American cemeteries within the Houston city limits. [Source: Handbook of Texas Online, Debra Blacklock-Sloan, "OLIVEWOOD CEMETERY ," accessed November 28, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/leo10. ]

A native Houstonian, Aulbach is a graduate of St. Thomas High School, Rice University and the University of Chicago. In 2008, he retired after over 17 years as the records management officer for the City of Houston. He served on the Harris County Historical Commission in the 2009-2010 term.

Aulbach also leads Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s history boat tours throughout the year.

Source: Buffalo Bayou Partnership. “Learn More about Houston's Roots with Local Historian Louis Aulbach at His Book Signing for 'Buffalo Bayou'.” Houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2016, www.chron.com/life/health/article/Learn-more-about-Houston-s-roots-with-local-9568979.php.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Research materials in this collection include a list of burials at Olivewood Cemetery, burial maps, and photographs of the tombstone of Richard Allen. The materials date from 2008, when Louis Aulbach was actively volunteering with the cemetery.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Louis Aulbach in 2016.

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Record Groups

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Source

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Louis Aulbach Olivewood Cemetery research collection, 2008
Status
Completed
Author
Amanda Focke
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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