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27. Texas and local history

 Record Group
Identifier: 27
Archival collections documenting Texas and Local Houston-area history.

Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:

Houston Boychoir collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1070

Texas Human Rights Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0659
Abstract

This collection comprises records and materials related to the Texas Human Rights Foundation, from 1978 to the mid 1990s.

Dates: 1978 - 1995

Baker-Ripley Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0728
Abstract

The Baker-Ripley Foundation records document the history and on-going operations of the Foundation through meetings and financial reports, property, legal and administration records.

Dates: 1924 - 2010

Col. E. M. House Letters to Mary Louise Howze Needham

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0033
Scope and Contents This collection consists of four letters from Colonel House to his niece Mary Louise Howze. The earliest of these, dated June 13, 1925 and penned in a Paris hotel, offers his congratulations to Mary Louise on the occasion of her graduation from Rice Institute. The second is postmarked Manchester, Massachusetts and thanks Mary Louise for her diligence in sending family news to him. The third is postmarked Beverly Farms (Gloucester), Massachusetts; it offers love and good wishes to Mary Louise...
Dates: 1925 - 1934

Certificate of Partnership between Richard J. French, William Marsh Rice and Ebenezer B. Nichols

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0004
Abstract

A certificate of limited partnership for the purpose of setting up firm of "R.J. French" to purchase and sell goods from July 1, 1852 to July 1, 1857. The agreement was between general partner Richard J. French and special partners William M. Rice and Ebenezer B. Nichols.

Dates: 1852

Teas Nursery Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0567
Abstract

The collection consists of Teas Nursery administrative and financial records, business correspondence, legal files, and advertising and marketing examples. In addition, Teas family records are included.

Dates: 1880s-2010

Joanna Po nursing career awards and academic records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0762
Abstract

The collection includes academic and nursing certification records, as well as nursing career awards for Joanna Po's distinguished service, from the 1980s through the 2000s.

Dates: 1985 - 2014

Edward Fontaine Biographical Sketch of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0194
Abstract

This collection contains a biographical sketch of Mirabeau Buonparte Lamar written by his secretary, Edward Fontaine. Lamar served as President of the Republic of Texas from 1838 until 1841. Originally opposed to U.S. annexation, he planned a comprehensive system of education; began successful negotiations for recognition by France, England, and Holland; and founded the city of Austin in 1840.

Dates: 1857

Isabelle Ganz collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0894
Content Description

175 wav files, 175 mp3 files, 20 tifs, 20 jpgs - digitization occurred at the Woodson, originals given back to Ganz, oral history

Dates: 1960s-2018