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27. Texas and local history

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

Found in 313 Collections and/or Records:

Roy M. Huffington Personal and Professional Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0688
Abstract

The personal and professional papers of Roy M. Huffington contain correspondence, photographs, awards, and audio visual materials. His civic duties are the bulk of this collection.

Dates: 1972 - 2009

George Ensle collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0680
Abstract

This collection consists of the fliers, news clippings, photographs, audio, and video chronicling the career of George Ensle.

Dates: 1973 - 2017

The Banded Geckos collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0681
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs, news clippings, promotional materials, and audio.

Dates: 1980 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Mike Frost graphic designer collection of Houston Hip-Hop artwork

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0682
Abstract

Examples of graphic design work done by Mike Frost for hip-hop artists in the Houston area.

Dates: 1999 - 2009

C.Y. Chu Chinese American photographs, and trade and immigration documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0683
Abstract

Financial records documenting the career and activities of C. Y. Chu. Also included are C. Y. Chu's 1917 middle school diploma, a 1926 U.S. Dept. of Labor return permit, and more.

Photographs of family events and business gatherings.

Dates: 1917 - 1971

"Boys From Houston" research files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0686
Abstract

These research files contain the newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photographs used by Vicki Welch Ayo and William C. DeLaVergne.

Dates: 1963 - 1989

Lucille Borella collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0692
Abstract

This collection consists of news clippings, photographs, and 2-track audio reels.

Dates: 1967 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1977

David Rodriguez collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0696
Abstract

This collection consists of business records, lyrics, news clippings, photographs, audio, video, and digital files documenting the career of David Rodriguez.

Dates: 1968 - 2015

Herman and Margarett Root Brown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0697
Abstract The collection consists of a range of keepsakes memorializing the lives of Herman and Margarett Root Brown and their family. The oldest in time are the high school senior class yearbook of Herman Brown and a framed loan document bearing his signature. There are many photographs, both formal portraits and small snapshots as well as intermediate size pictures. Among the people featured in addition to Herman, Margarett, and their children are the mother and sisters of Herman and George...
Dates: 1890 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1965

World War I Ellington Field Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0698
Abstract Scrapbook contains images of aviation training at Ellington Field, a bombing and gunnery school located about 15 miles from Houston. The photographs show a wide range of camp life and training. They include individual officers in uniforms with a variety of aviation insignia, individuals in leather flight jackets and helmets, Curtis Jenny airplanes on the ground and in flight, pilots flying aircraft, and many bird's-eye views of the field and the surrounding area, particularly of Houston....
Dates: 1918