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27. Texas and local history

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

Found in 311 Collections and/or Records:

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

Naomi Carrier academic career and community activism collection materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0926
Abstract

This collection contains the teaching resources and writings of renowned teacher, researcher, playwright, and actress Naomi Carrier, whose advocacy for African-American voices in history has had a profound effect on educational representation in Texas.

Dates: 1936 - 2019

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

Carl Woodring collection on Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0513
Abstract:

This collection contains the Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon research material of Dr. Carl Woodring including correspondence, articles and theses, works, Vale Press items, exhibition catalogs and other printed material. An extensive book collection, paintings and drawings are included in the collection.

Dates: 1846-2001

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

James Gilmer collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022.067