History
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Gene & Hedy Lee Chinese community newspapers & photographs, and family records
Collection
Identifier: MS 556
Overview
Newspaper issues of the Southwest Chinese Journal (cataloged separately), photographs submitted to the newspaper for publication purposes and a small amount of correspondence regarding the Lee Printing Company of Houston, Texas, owned by Gene and Hedy Lee. The newspapers and photographs reflect Chinese culture in Houston during the 1970s and 1980s, including family life, business activities, cultural arts and organizations, news, and special events such as the Miss Chinatown pageants. (1 box,...
Dates:
1962-2010; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1985
George Cruikshank letters to Angus B. Reach and Captain Hurley
Collection
Identifier: MS 0297
Abstract:
Two autographed letters by George Cruikshank, one addressed to Angus B. Reach, 1845, the other addressed to Captain [Edwin] Hurley, 1868.
Dates:
1845; 1868
George Gee personal papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 0721
Overview
Photographs, certificates, awards and more, documenting the financial and insurance services career of George Gee, who was a member of long time member of the Asian American community in Houston, Texas. George Gee family members and various politicians are pictured.
Dates:
1961-2008
Gilbert Morris Cuthbertson Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: UA 426
Content Description
This donation from the estate of Rice University Prof. Gilbert Cuthbertson contains circa 10,000 books / bound volumes; circa 2,000 photographs; circa 15 audiorecordings; circa 41 cartons of manuscript materials. Subject areas include Texas and Central American history, Rice University history, political science, and more.
Dates:
1500 - 2019
Glenda Joe / Houston Asian American community advocacy and festival arts records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0667
Overview
Records documenting the activities of Glenda Joe with the Houston Asian American Festival Association, as well as with community advocacy issues concerning the Asian American communities in Houston, circa 1980-2015.
Dates:
1980 - 2015
Judge Toni Ingversen Asian American Heritage Association event photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 0777
Overview
Judge Toni Ingversen was born in Manila, in the Philippines. Her family came to the U.S. in 1953; she grew up in Florissant, Missouri, receiving her bachelor's in political science from the University of Missouri at St. Louis in 1968 before moving to Houston, where she earned her doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Houston in 1973. This collection includes color photograph prints (approximately 120) of gala events during Judge Ingversen's presidency of the Asian American Heritage...
Dates:
1993 - 1994
Lack Family/Temple B'nai Israel [Victoria, TX] collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 902
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing administrative records, books, correspondences, news clippings, photographs, and programs from Temple B'nai Israel donated by the Lack Family, spanning from 1877-2019.
Dates:
1877 - 2019
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar travel journal
Collection
Identifier: MS 0311
Abstract:
On his 1835 trip from Georgia to Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar kept a manuscript diary. The journal is written in continuous narrative form, with frequent historical or descriptive passages inserted, covering the months June-October, 1835, the period during which Lamar apparently made his decision to settle in Texas permanently and join in the Texian battle for independence from Mexico.
Dates:
1835
Rice University athletic records
Collection
Identifier: UA 155
Overview
These records reflect the administrative activities of the Rice Athletics Department and the activities of varsity athletics. Administrative records include materials such as historical, eligibility, scholarship, and participation reports, Southwest Conference meeting minutes, Student Athletic Committee records, media guides, and NCAA scorebooks. Records arranged by sport include rosters, injury reports, statistics, notes, scores, and Letterman Awards. Graphic materials arranged by format and...
Dates:
1912 - 2010
Robert L. Patten: George Cruikshank research materials
Collection
Identifier: MS 0493
Abstract:
Typescripts, correspondence, sketches, autographs, articles, notes and other research material relating to George Cruikshank's career as an illustrator as well as his personal and family life. Robert L. Patten's two volume work, George Cruikshankâs Life, Times, and Art> is a comprehensive study of the life and art of George Cruikshank.
Dates:
1792-2002