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06. Arts and Literature

 Record Group
Identifier: 06
Archival collections related to dance, theater, painting, sculpture, literature, and more.

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

Oppenheimer collection of theater programs

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0489
Abstract:

A collection of theater programs mainly from Houston, Texas, but also including New York, London, Dallas, and Fort Worth, collected by Ed Oppenheimer.

Dates: 1906-1999 (bulk 1950-1999); Majority of material found within 1950 - 1999

Dillon Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0540
Abstract:

Contains materials relating to Anderson's work with Dwight D. Eisenhower as National Security Advisor as well as correspondence and manuscripts related to his short stories, his book Recollections of Eisenhower and book reviews.

Dates: 1941-1973

Brilliant Magazine collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0560
Abstract

The Brilliant Magazine Collection consists of all published issues between January 2004 and January 2010.

Dates: 2004 - 2010

Rene Boylesve research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0589
Abstract The material in this collection consists of papers from the files of Andre M.G. Bourgeois, Professor of Romance Languages, at Rice University, concerning the life of Rene Boylseve, with particular reference to poems, written by him to Betty Halperine During the First World War. Rene Boylesve was the pseudonym of Rene-marie-auguste Tardiveau, a French novelist noted for his social histories set in the Touraine region of west-central France. He was elected to the French Academy in 1918. (2...
Dates: 1950-1967

Howard Sherman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0630
Abstract

This collection contains the professional files of Houston artist Howard Sherman. In addition to newsclippings, magazines, programs, correspondence, and exhibit ephemera, the collection also contains numerous prints of his artwork.

Dates: 2003 - 2014

William Goyen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0360
Abstract

The William Goyen papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts and notes, serial publications, reviews and publicity, and proofs and galleys.

Dates: 1937 - 1978; Majority of material found within

Persian manuscript pages collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0099
Abstract

8 framed and unframed Persian illuminated manuscripts from 14-16th centuries.

Dates: 14-16th centuries

Richard and Sandra Lauderdale Graham Brazilian Chapbook and Slides Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0650
Abstract The collection consists of fifty-seven inexpensively produced booklets of verse with woodblock print or photo image covers. The booklets are quarto size, 4-3/4” by 6-3/8”, and range in length from eight to forty-eight pages. The content is in verse in stanzas of six, seven, eight, or ten lines. The booklets are examples of a folk art known as literature de cordel, or “string literature,” because of being attached to strings as a means of displaying them for sale. The...
Dates: circa 1960-1990

Curbside Review collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0684
Abstract

The magazine-sized literary journal devoted to original poetry was published monthly between 2000 and 2006. This collection includes business files, correspondence, and the published issues.

Dates: 2000 - 2005

Lesbian-related Publications and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0691
Abstract

This collection consists of publications across various mediums, from novels and cookbooks, to newletters and magazines, as well as papers from events celebrating and recording lebsian history.

Dates: 1989 - 2013