photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Scope Note: UF: Photographic film
Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0271
Overview
Correspondence, scrapbooks, business papers, ledgers, tributes and memorials, audiotapes of oral history interviews, clippings, photos, and other papers of Sharp and his wife, Estelle (Boughton) Sharp, active in Houston, Tex., civic and philanthropic affairs. Topics include oil industry, lives of the Sharp family, Howard Hughes family, growth of Houston, Spindletop Oil Field, founding of the Texas Company and Sharp-Hughes Tool Company, and establishment of United Charities.
Dates:
1868 - 1978
Weinstein Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0857
Overview
The Weinstein Family papers showcase Irving and Lily Weinstein, and their ties to the broader Houston Jewish community. Irving’s service in World War II and Lily’s civic engagement with both San Jacinto High School and Congregation Beth Israel are preserved in the letters they exchanged while Irving was overseas. Featuring photographs, news clippings, and a plethora of military correspondence and documentation, the Weinstein Family papers offer insight into a century of Jewish History.
Dates:
1912 - 2012
Wendelle Stevens Ufology collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 1014
Overview
This collection documents Stevens' UFO investigations, business history, and communications. There are correspondence files, reference material, cassette tapes, audiovisual materials, and photographs.
Dates:
1970 - 1999
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
Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0349
Overview
The contents of the typescript are the letters of Thomas Moore 1779-1852, edited by Dr. Dowden. The book entitled The Letters of Thomas Moore is catalogued PR 5056 .A58.
Dates:
1964
William B. Tragsdorf, Sr. Panama Canal Zone photographs and scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0067
Overview
This collection consists of photographs and printed materials concerning the Panama Canal and the Isthmus of Panama, collected by William E. Tragsdorf, an early U.S. civil service employee stationed at the Isthmus of Panama. Dates of materials range from 1905-1934, bulk 1905-1906.
Dates:
1905-1934; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1906
William “Bill” Camfield papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0495
Overview
The papers of art historian William Camfield include correspondence concerning Rice University Cullinan Visiting Professors, gift of Mrs. George R. Brown for sculpture for Rice University Campus, photographs and slides, newspaper clippings and brochures of Rice exhibits and sculpture. Also included is material concerning the Rice Institute for the Arts. There are also tapes of lectures by Robert Irwin, Cullinan Lecturer.
Dates:
1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1990
William H. Masterson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0613
Abstract
The collection contains one series of Masterson's academic papers and one series related to his wife, Orvetta Masterson. Correspondence, newsclips, photographs, certificates, Rice-related brochures and information on the Masterson Fund are included.
Dates:
1940s-1980s
William Lockhart Clayton papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0007
Overview
Original personal material and photocopied professional materials relating to economist and foreign policy expert Will Clayton and family, dating from 1897-1998. In addition to serving the U.S. government in a number of capacities, Clayton was in cotton business, and a co-founder of Anderson, Clayton and Company, based in Houston, Texas.
Dates:
1897-1998, Bulk dates 1934-1964; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1964
William Lukes Collection of Houston Photographic Research Materials
Collection
Identifier: MS 0531
Overview
The collection consists of photographic research materials on Houston, TX, Rice University, and various urban scenes, architectural details, and photographic techniques. It was created by William Lukes in collaboration with Paul Hester during the years 1969 through 1974, when Lukes was an architectural student at Rice University.
Dates:
1969-1974