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Robert Avalon music collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 612

Overview Robert Avalon (1955-2004) was an independent musician, who lived the last 15 years of his life in Houston, Texas, where he established himself as a prominent composer, performer, and teacher. His compositions represent an important body of work reflecting several trends in the modern music scene in the Texas area. The lion’s share of this collection consists of the composer’s complete music portfolio from solo instrumental works to large-scale orchestral compositions, as well as the earliest...

Dates: ca. 1955-2010

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Shelby D. Goodman collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 820

Overview The Shelby D. Goodman collection contains concept sketches and photographs of two of Goodman’s most influential buildings--the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Building and the Kaplan Museum of Judaica. In addition, the collection has several religious group photographs, and six sound recordings of Jewish religious music, offering a rich insight into Jewish spaces and traditions in the community.

Dates: 1949 - 2015

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

South Main Alliance records

Collection

Identifier: MS 501

Overview Founded in March 1976 by business, institutional and civic leaders, the South Main Center Association is a private, non-profit community and economic development organization which represents the residential, commercial and institutional interests of the approximately 12.5 square mile South Main area located within the inner loop. In 2005, the South Main Center Association (SMCA) was renamed the South Main Alliance. These records reflect the daily business of the organization.

Dates: 1975-2007

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Space Services, Inc. records

Collection

Identifier: MS 584

Abstract This collection encompasses business records relating to Space Services’ administration and organization, the Contestoga and Starfire programs, launch sites, investors, customers, markets, relations with NASA, presentations and other materials from meetings, conferences, and seminars, and various assorted business files and records. It primarily consists of paper records, but also includes photographs, audio cassettes, VHS, Beta, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: ca. 1970s-1990s

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Stewart Alexander Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 977

Content Description This collection includes archival material and circa 300 books and journals related to the career of Stewart Alexander, a medium, living in the UK. The primary content is recorded seances led by Stewart Alexander. Formats of the archival material include audio cd's, reel to reel audiotape, audiocassettes, newsclippings, correspondence, videotapes. Books and journals will be cataloged separately and discoverable through the library's online catalog at library.rice.edu.

Dates: 1970 - 2020

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

SwishaHouse record label collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 607

Overview Photographs, promotional cards, posters, published interviews and music of Swisha House artists such as Paul Wall, Lil Mario, SLim Thug, Coota Bang, Michael 5000 Watts, Big Tyme, Lester Roy, Sabwarfare, Archie Lee, J Dawg and many others. Music is on audiocassette, LP album, and CD. Additionally, this collection features a large framed platinum record presented to CERCL to commemorate the sale 1 million copies of Paul Wall's The Peoples Champ album. (1 box plus framed platinum record)

Dates: 2000-2011

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

The oH Project collection: Oral Histories of HIV/AIDS in Houston, Harris County, and Southeast Texas

Collection

Identifier: MS 642

Overview Oral history interviews in audio and transcript format, including interview consent forms filed with the interviews. The primary subject matter is the experience of at least 100 long term survivors, physicians, activists, religious and political leaders and others impacted by HIV / AIDS epidemic in Houston, Harris County and Southeast Texas.

Dates: 2015 - 2021

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

The Other Economic Summit (TOES) records

Collection

Identifier: UA 248

Overview The collection consists of background information about The Other Economic Summit (TOES) at Rice University, organizational and press materials for TOES, 1990, publications generated by the meetings, and audio tapes of proceedings.

Dates: 1988 - 1990

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interview collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 647

Overview This is a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation, featuring audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Vietnamese Americans living in and near Houston, Texas. These interviews are online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/79696.

Dates: 2011

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Westheimer/Simon Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 876

Overview The Westheimer/Simon family papers span several generations of the family living in Houston, and making their mark on the Houston Jewish community. With a variety of materials ranging from correspondence to photographs, sermons to yearbooks, the Westheimer/Simon family papers are a rich trove for any researcher interested in the history of one of Houston’s more influential families.

Dates: 1920 - 2012

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Robert Avalon music collection

Shelby D. Goodman collection

South Main Alliance records

Space Services, Inc. records

Stewart Alexander Collection

SwishaHouse record label collection

The oH Project collection: Oral Histories of HIV/AIDS in Houston, Harris County, and Southeast Texas

The Other Economic Summit (TOES) records

Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interview collection

Westheimer/Simon Family Papers

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