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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:

Texas Mexico Border Campaign at Camp Stewart photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0085
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs of Camp Stewart at El Paso, Texas, and the infantry- and cavalry-men stationed there in 1916 for the Pershing Expedition in pursuit of Pancho Villa. There are two large framed panoramic views of the camp layout and a scrapbook of 148 mostly sepia snapshots.

Dates: 1916 - 1917

Estate document for Samuel A. Burton

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0087
Abstract

The first page is the legal instrument authorizing public sale of the property of one Samuel A. Burton, deceased. Page two includes a list of enslaved persons including their first names, genders, and ages. It ends with detail of when the sale took place. The second page lists the property that was sold to the highest bidder, one David A. Burton, and its purchase price, $3500.

Dates: 1851

Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0090
Abstract: The collection includes the archive from Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik’s ecological research in the Big Thicket National Preserve; academic and university affairs regarding Rice University and the Ecology and Environmental Biology Department, as well as student and faculty records; Paul Harcombe’s personal documents, including his correspondence and his personal notebooks; publications, including articles from the journals of Ecology and Ecological Monographs, the Ecological Society of...
Dates: 1969 - 2007

Kelley Industries Inc. business records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0102
Abstract

The Kelley Industries Inc. business records reflect the daily business of this Houston based corporation from 1936-1986, from the perspective of Edward Kelley, Jr., President and CEO from 1959-1981.

Dates: 1936 - 1986

Ann Marie Stewart Turner correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0114
Abstract:

The Ann Marie Turner correspondence consists of a collection of letters primarily between Ann Marie Stewart Turner and her husband, James Turner, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. The remaining correspondence in this collection is amongst Mrs. Turner and other family and friends.

Dates: 1851 - 1913

Hallie Rienzi Johnston Russell Thomas Flint papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0116
Abstract:

This collection contains articles written by Hallie Rienzi for the Houston Daily Post under the pseudonym Harriot Russell as well as personal and family papers.

Dates: 1912 - 1965

Rienzi Melville Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0117
Abstract:

Newspapers, clippings, personal correspondence, and photographs relating to the political life and professional life of Rienzi Melville Johnston, co-founder of the Houston Post and Texas and U.S. Senator.

Dates: 1899 - 1926

Judge Clarease Yates papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0123
Abstract

The collection consists of certificates, diplomas, correspondence, and an album of large color photographs. Also included are several framed certificates of recognition and a proclamation honoring Judge Yates.

Dates: 1990 - 2005

Texas Governors' Letters collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0142
Abstract:

This collection contains three letters: two from Governor James Allred of Texas to Emil Hurja of the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C. (1935-36), and one from Gov. Lawrence Sullivan Ross of Texas to General M. Cist of Cincinnati, Ohio (1889). Subjects include thanks for gifts sent and requests for reading materials, and do not relate specifically to Texas politics.

Dates: 1889; 1935 - 1936

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