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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:

Eyes of Texas television show episodes and summaries collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0170
Abstract

Copies of annotated typewritten summaries of Eyes of Texas television episodes 1979-1993 and 2007-2009 as prepared by KPRC-TV, and copies of those episodes in DVD format, beginning Sept. 02, 1978.

Dates: 1979-2009

Houston Folklore and Music Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0668
Abstract

These records mainly consist of news clippings and newsletters of the Houston Folklore and Music Society.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1967 - 2016; 1951 - 2016

Central Houston Business District records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0978
Abstract

This collection includes records from collaborations with downtown entities developing Houston's city workings largely dating from the 1980s to the 2010s. Formats include but are not limited to meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, financial documents, dvds, and news clippings.

Dates: 1936 - 2003

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

City of Bellaire [TX] historical records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0703
Abstract

The City of Bellaire [TX] historical records contains reports, documents, meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, audio-visual materials related to municipal issues such as planning and zoning, economic development, elections, and parking.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949 - 2017

Chinese American Citizens Alliance (Houston Chapter) records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0606
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, programs, and other papers regarding or created by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA), related to the national organization or to the Houston Lodge specifically, as well as personal papers of Edward K.T. Chen. It also contains a variety of materials about Asian-Americans and Chinese-Americans. (3 boxes)

Dates: 1953-2024

Bellaire Historical Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0643
Abstract

The records document the organization and operations of the Bellaire Historical Society, which includes the city of Bellaire and the southwest portion of Houston. Photographs and memorabilia are among the records.

Dates: 1911 - 1994

Houston Asian American Archives oral history interviews and related materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0573
Abstract

This is a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies, featuring audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to Houston.

Dates: 2003 - 2024

John D. Kirkland Baker Botts public records of corporations & memorabilia, 1959-1981

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0634
Abstract

The John D. Kirkland Baker Botts public records of corporations & memorabilia contains bound volumes of business records and memorabilia.

Dates: 1959 - 1981