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Texas -- Harris County

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Thomas papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0262
Abstract: This collection of speeches, correspondences, reports, and photographs documents the work of Albert Thomas, U.S. Representative for Harris County, Texas, from 1936-1966. Albert Thomas was the first Rice Alumnus to serve in Congress. He graduated from Rice Institute in 1920.
Dates: 1937 - 1965

Andrew Forest Muir papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0017
Abstract: This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These research...
Dates: ca. 1916-1969

Billie Carr political papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0373
Overview The papers of Billie Carr, political organizer in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, include correspondence, office files, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to her work in the Harris County Democrats, Texas Democrats, Democratic National Committee, New Democratic Coalition, and Billie Carr & Associates.
Dates: 1956 - 2003

Hobby Family Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 527
Abstract The Hobby Family Foundation is a non-profit organization organized in 1940 and located in Houston, Texas. The Hobby Foundation Records include information covering legal correspondences between the Hobby family, the Hobby Foundation, and the Houston Post Company, foundation corporate minute books (which comprise most of the collection), and financial records.
Dates: 1945-1983; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1968

Houston area land records for the Little, Dickson and Pastoriza additions

 Collection
Identifier: MS 432
Overview This collection consists of 11 abstracts of title and one warranty deed for property in the city of Houston and Harris County, filed from 1877 to 1935.
Dates: 1877-1935

John Reinerman Family Land Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0021
Overview Land deeds and agreements relating to the tract of land in Harris County granted to John Reinermann, dating from 1857-1888.
Dates: 1857 - 1888

Josephine Jue Chinese-American photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 724
Overview Family photograph of Hinhun Jow, Mee Oy Jow, Josephine Jue, Mylew High, Vance Jow, Sonny Jow, and Houston Jow in 1947. Photograph of the Chinese Baptist Church of Houston charter members, circa 1985.
Dates: 1947 - 1986

K-Rino Hip Hop music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 720
Overview Recordings and posters featuring K-Rino, as well as one Houston Chronicle (September 10-16, 2015) edition featuring Houston's Hip-hop History, one "Rap by Design: Conspiracy to Revelation" book, with foreword written by K-Rino, and one unopened "Stories from the Black Book" cassette tape.
Dates: 2008-2017

Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 730
Overview The holding consists of books (both written and owned by Rabbi Schachtel), unpublished sermons and miscellaneous writings, musical compositions, correspondence, newsclippings, transparencies, photographs (both loose and contained in scrapbooks), and architectural drawings and specifications. Also included are records, cassette tapes and reels containing recordings of Rabbi Schachtel speaking on the radio, and memorabilia related to President Lyndon B. Johnson, such as a telegram laminated to a...
Dates: circa 1935-2001