Louis Aulbach Olivewood Cemetery research collection
Scope and Contents
Research materials in this collection include a list of burials at Olivewood Cemetery, burial maps, and photographs of the tombstone of Richard Allen. The materials date from 2008, when Louis Aulbach was actively volunteering with the cemetery.
Dates
- Creation: 2008
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical / Historical
Olivewood Cemetery is located at the end of Court Street between Hicks and East Second Street in Houston. It lies in a bend of White Oak Bayou in the John Austin survey, in an area formerly known as Chaneyville. Founded in 1875, it is one of the oldest-known platted, African-American cemeteries within the Houston city limits.
[Source: Handbook of Texas Online, Debra Blacklock-Sloan, "OLIVEWOOD CEMETERY ," accessed November 28, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/leo10. ]
A native Houstonian, Aulbach is a graduate of St. Thomas High School, Rice University and the University of Chicago. In 2008, he retired after over 17 years as the records management officer for the City of Houston. He served on the Harris County Historical Commission in the 2009-2010 term.
Aulbach also leads Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s history boat tours throughout the year.
Source: Buffalo Bayou Partnership. “Learn More about Houston's Roots with Local Historian Louis Aulbach at His Book Signing for 'Buffalo Bayou'.” Houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2016, www.chron.com/life/health/article/Learn-more-about-Houston-s-roots-with-local-9568979.php.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Research materials in this collection include a list of burials at Olivewood Cemetery, burial maps, and photographs of the tombstone of Richard Allen. The materials date from 2008, when Louis Aulbach was actively volunteering with the cemetery.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Louis Aulbach in 2016.
Source
- Aulbach, Louis (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Louis Aulbach Olivewood Cemetery research collection, 2008
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Focke
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu