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Howard Porper collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1083
Finding aid note: 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.

Content Description

This collection contains the materials related to Howard Porper's musical career, as well as his progressive politics.

Dates

  • 1946 - 1993

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 the Howard Porper collection must be obtained from Porper family.

The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Born in New York City in 1925 and educated at City College of New York in geology and civil engineering, he moved with his partner, Dassia Marshack Porper, also a civil engineer, in 1951 to Houston. Both of them worked for Brown and Root. They eventually left Brown and Root, with Howard Porper starting a wholesale diamond business, while his partner helped found and co-directed the Houston chapter of the ACLU.

In addition to his worklife, Howard Porper was a folk musician, mainly from the years 1952-1976. He co-founded the Houston Folklore Group, which has become the Houston Folklore and Music Society, with John A. Lomax, Jr., Harold Belikoff, Pete Rose, Ed Badeaux and Chester Bower. He performed in Hootenanny's with Ed Badeaux, John A. Lomax, Jr., Lightnin' Hopkins, and Mance Lipscomb, as well as Pete Seeger.

Dassia Marschack Porper died in 2003, with Howard passing in 2005.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (2 boxes and an oversized box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection contains the materials related to Howard Porper's musical career.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by the Howard and Dassia Porper family in 2023.

Subjects

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Howard Porper collection, 1946-1993
Status
Completed
Author
Norie Guthrie
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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Physical Address: 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892