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Bringhurst-Burke Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 644
Overview This collection offers a glimpse into early Houston through cartes de viste-photographs of mid-19th century Houstonians, letters, documents, books and diary and journal, as well as the research conducted on many early families.
Dates: 1860 - 1942
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Britton Collection of Early Texas and U.S. Civil War documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS 009
Abstract: Legal documents and correspondence related to the Jose de Escandon expedition of the Gulf Coast (1765-1766) and the establishment of missions in the Seno Mexicano, and U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction documents, as well as other documents related to Texas and American history.
Dates: 1597-1903
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Broadacres and Milroy Place Subdivision development documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS 371
Overview This collection includes papers relating to the development of the Broadacres subdivision (1923-1926) and the Milroy Place Addition (1924) in Houston, TX. The collection includes various documents such as: legal agreements, newspaper clippings, legal notices, plats, blueprints, and many letters of correspondence.
Dates: 1923 - 1926
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Brochsteins Inc. corporate records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 717
Overview Brochsteins Inc. corporate records contains architectural drawings, images, and business records from 1935-2000.
Dates: 1935 - 2000
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Brogniez and Cardone sheet music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 608
Overview This collection consists primarily of musical scores composed by two twentieth-century residents of Houston, Texas, Frantz H. Brogniez and John R. Cardone. There are eleven short pieces by Brogniez and eight by Cardone, five of them written to accompany the seventeenth-century masque Comus by John Milton.
Dates: 1899-1976
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Brown & Root / George R. Brown Executive Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 488
Overview The bulk of this material consists of business records of the Brown & Root firm and Brown Shipbuilding Co., relating in particular to building projects and joint ventures with other companies such as Zapata Offshore, Texas Gulf Sulphur and ARMCO Steel, as well as internal operations of the firm. Formats include correspondence, internal memos, project site drawings, photographs, reports, notes, and newsclippings.
Dates: 1937-1978
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Bruce Bryant collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 742
Overview This collection contains news clippings, photographs, audio, video, and memorabilia collected or created by Bruce Bryant.
Dates: 1960s-2010s
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Builders: Herman and George R. Brown Book Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 464
Overview Correspondence, oral histories, notes, newsclippings, reports, published materials, photographs and ephemera in this collection document the family and business lives of Houston entrepreneurs Herman and George R. Brown, providing the basis for author Christopher Castaneda and Joseph Pratt's book, Builders : Herman and George R. Brown
Dates: 1898 - 1989
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Butler Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0984
Overview One box of programs, news clippings, event materials, and family history materials, including a digitized memoir and news clippings, document the Butler family between 1924 to 1987.
Dates: 1924 - 1987
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

C. A. Dwyer collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 248
Abstract: Seven items ranging in date from 1854 to 1882, consisting of six deeds and one anonymous Resolution against polygamy; the deeds primarily concern property transactions in and around San Antonio, Texas, and the Resolution was drafted for a public meeting against polygamy held February 22, 1882.
Dates: 1854 - 1882
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
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Cullum, George W. (George Washington) 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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