Texas
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:
Brilliant Magazine collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0560
Overview
The Brilliant Magazine Collection consists of all published issues between January 2004 and January 2010.
Dates:
2004 - 2010
Britton Collection of Early Texas and U.S. Civil War documents
Collection
Identifier: MS 0009
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
Brown & Root / George R. Brown Executive Files
Collection
Identifier: MS 0488
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
Builders: Herman and George R. Brown Book Research Files
Collection
Identifier: MS 0464
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
Camp Young Judaea Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 734
Overview
Artifacts, marketing materials, newsletters, and organizational materials document activities, events, news, and operations of Camp Young Judaea in Texas and the surrounding region from 1949-2012.
Dates:
1949 - 2012
Capitalism and Convict Leasing in the American South: a Symposium
Collection
Identifier: UA 0432
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the videorecordings of the symposium sessions, as well as a PDF copy of the event program, all of which are online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/108818.
Dates:
2019-04-12
Card G. Elliott, Jr. Family collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0249
Abstract
Letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and notebooks belonging to various members of the Elliott family, dating from 1830-1951. The majority of the collection's letters are from the early 20th-century, though some date from the U.S. Civil War (describing life in Mississippi). Other materials describe farm life in Kansas, railroad business, attendance at Rice Institute, and the family life of the Elliotts.
Dates:
1830 - 1951
Carroll Parrott Blue art and storytelling collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 847
Overview
This collection includes photographic prints by Blue, digital media relating to digital storytelling, documentation of Houston community art projects, books featuring Blue or inspiring to her, documentation of projects such as Dawn at My Back, and materials related to her academic career and conferences attended.
Dates:
ca 1965-2018
Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0332
Abstract:
Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records pertain to the business of the Wichita Indian Agency as well as receipts, quartermasters’ store lists, payment abstracts, invoices, and records of acquisitions made by the Confederate States of America in the State of Texas.
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Civil War-era letter from S.M. McAshan to T. W. House
Collection
Identifier: MS 0034
Abstract:
S. M. McAshan wrote this letter to T. W. House in Houston, Texas on July 18, 1864. The letter written during the Civil War concerns two items. First, McAshan asks about correspondence for J. M. Putnam in Eagle Pass. Secondly, he asks about a transaction regarding bagging rope and trim for cotton for Lt. Col. Hutchins. The letter consists of a single sheet of paper, with the handwritten correspondence on one side and the handwritten address on the backside. Affixed near the address is a...
Dates:
1864-07-18