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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:

Kathy Rote collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0943
Abstract

This collection consists of audio by Kathy Rote and an oral history with her.

Dates: 2000 - 2020

John T. McCants family papers and Rice Institute career remembrances

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0434
Abstract

This collection includes photographs, diplomas, and other documents from the family of John T. McCants between ca. 1940 and 1969.

Dates: 1900 - 1970

Little Joe Bell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0909
Abstract

This collections consists of photographs, digital images, ephemera, and an oral history.

Dates: 1974 - 2019

Ingeborg H. Larrey photograph collection, 1980-2005

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0565
Abstract

The Ingeborg H. Larrey photograph collection covers a 25-year period between 1980-2005. The collection is primarily Houston musicians and international locations photography, including color slides, prints and photo negatives. (5 boxes)

Dates: 1980-2005

Rockefeller's business records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0655
Abstract

This collection consists of the business records, promotional calendars, and digital images that chronicle Rockefeller's music venue.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1978-2016, dates 1978-1995

Houston Chronicle music photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0927
Abstract

This a collection of Houston-related music photographs originally owned and created by the Houston Chronicle and its staff.

Dates: 1963 - 1994

Edgar Odell Lovett and Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0494
Abstract Family correspondence, photographs, travel and community involvement records, business information, newsclippings, academic realia and genealogies for the Edgar Odell Lovett family and related families such as the Hale and Wicks families. In addition to providing detailed family history, this material documents the close administrative and philanthropic relationship of the Lovetts and others primarily to Rice Institute, and to a lesser degree the Art League of Houston and the Houston Museum...
Dates: 1849-1979

Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0636
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history.

Dates: 1878-2018

Jesse H. Jones Corporate and Property records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0621
Abstract This collection comprises the corporate and property records of Jesse H. Jones, as well as research materials for Unprecedented Power by Steven Fenberg. Between 1992 and 1995, Mr. Fenberg and architectural historian Barrie Scardino processed and organized the collection at the behest of Houston Endowment. After their transfer to Rice Univeristy some adjusments were made to the organization and nomenclature, but most of the structure they imposed remains intact. Significant areas covered in...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

Susan and Michael Jhin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1079
Abstract

This collection consists of the Jhin family’s personal and professional achievements in business and the Asian-American community of Houston. Formats include awards, photographs, certificates, books, and newsclippings.

Dates: 1990 - 2022