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Tania Brown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0842
Abstract

The Tania Brown Family Papers feature the wartime record of Frank Brown, shown through correspondence and documents, and Rachel Mayer Brown’s involvement in the Texas Southern Region’s Hadassah Organization through a photo album memorializing her experiences and connections to the larger Jewish Community.

Dates: 1940 - 1997

Teapot Dome Scandal, Sinclair Oil, and related company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1052
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection consists of business records of Sinclair Oil Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) as well as their many subsidiaries. A large series of materials relates to the Teapot Dome Scandal, a bribery scandal involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding and leasing of the U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve at Wyoming's Teapot Dome to a private oil company without competitive bidding.

Dates: 1897 - 1985

Teas Nursery Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0567
Abstract

The collection consists of Teas Nursery administrative and financial records, business correspondence, legal files, and advertising and marketing examples. In addition, Teas family records are included.

Dates: 1880s-2010

Temperance and Prohibition collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0097
Abstract

This collection consists of broadsides and pamphlets in favor of prohibition and temperance.

Dates: 1900 - 1944

Temple Freda [Bryan, TX] collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0811
Abstract

The Temple Freda collection is made up of documents, photographs, and news clippings concerning one of the oldest religious buildings in Bryan, Texas. Though used for different things over the years, Temple Freda remains stalwart in its support for the Jewish community in Bryan, interacting with both congregation Beth Shalom, and the A&M Hillel in College Station.

Dates: 1912 - 2006

Terri Bamberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0952
Abstract

A Pleasantville brochure, directories, photographs, memorabilia, and published materials document some activities that Terri Bamberger was involved in from 1951 to 2010.

Dates: 1951 - 2010

Texas City disaster records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0529
Abstract The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris, of Texas City, TX. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French ship carrying fertilizer on Galveston Bay caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto styrene plant and other petroleum refineries, homes, warehouses, ships and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely...
Dates: 1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949

Texas Economic and Demographic Association [TEDA] records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0095
Abstract

This collection consists of the records of the Texas Economic and Demographic Association.

Dates: 1982 - 2015

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

Texas Human Rights Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0659
Abstract

This collection comprises records and materials related to the Texas Human Rights Foundation, from 1978 to the mid 1990s.

Dates: 1978 - 1995

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Correspondence 581
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photographs 366
Records (documents) 319
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Jews and Jewish life 191
Texas--Houston 171
Rice University 152
Social life and customs 136
Jewish Families 135
Texas 123
Education 115
Programs (Publications) 111
Minutes (Records) 104
Women 104
reports 100
Music 96
Business 92
Manuscripts 74
Politics and government 74
Military 71
Video recordings 68
sound recordings 68
United States 67
Albums (Books) 65
Art 63
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 61
Collectibles 60
Architecture 55
diaries 54
newsletters 53
Authors 52
Literature 51
Religion 51
Jewish Organizations and Businesses 50
Asian Americans 47
Folk music 46
newspapers 45
World War (1939-1945) 42
directories 41
African Americans 40
Oral histories 40
Folk-rock music 36
books 36
personal correspondence 36
speeches 36
Informational works 35
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Twentieth century 33
College students 31
Legal instruments 31
War 31
Health care and medicine 27
History 27
Lectures 27
Architectural drawings 26
interviews 26
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Editorials 22
Great Britain 22
Emigration and immigration 21
Enslavement 21
Law and legislation 20
Poetry 20
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World War (1914-1918) 20
Environment 19
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calendars 19
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pamphlets 18
posters 18
yearbooks 18
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Rice University 233
Rice University. 37
Unknown 37
Huxley, Julian 13
Furman, Joshua, Dr. 10
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B'nai B'rith Youth Organization 9
Levy, Vicki Samuels 9
Rice University -- history. 7
Rice University--residential college system 6
Rice University. Office of the President 6
Baker, James Addison 5
Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Tex) 5
Davidson, Chandler 5
Davis, Jefferson 5
Rice, William Marsh 5
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 5
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5
Congregation Adath Yeshurun (Houston, Tex.) 4
Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) 4
Hackerman, Norman 4
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995 4
Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 4
Pitzer, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Sanborn) 4
Riedel, Brian 4
Van Zandt, Townes 4
Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 3
Aulbach, Louis 3
Auston, David 3
Autry family 3
Baker, James Addison, 1930- 3
Barlow, Tani 3
Brown, George R., 1898-1983 3
Chen, E. C. M. (Edward C. M.) 3
Cohen, George S. 3
Confederate States of America. Army 3
Congregation Brith Shalom. (Bellaire, Tex) 3
Congregation Emanu El (Houston, Tex.) 3
Fondren Library 3
Gruber, Ira D., Dr. 3
House, Edward Mandell 3
Houston, Sam 3
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 3
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion) 3
Huxley, Juliette, 1896-1994 3
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 3
Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman) 3
Long, Elizabeth 3
Lovett, Mary Ellen Hale 3
Matthews, Kathleen S. 3
Rice University--residential college system. 3
Rice University. "R" Association 3
Richards, Ann, 1933-2006 3
Smalley, Richard E. 3
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 3
Wilson, Woodrow 3
Adams, John A. S. (John Allan Stewart), 1926- 2
Anderson, Benjamin M. 2
Anderson, Clayton & Co 2
Baker College (Rice University) 2
Baker, Rowena Crawford 2
Baker, Walter Browne, Jr., 1925-1994 2
Bean, Gloria 2
Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006 2
Bentsen, Lloyd 2
Bethje, Eliza 2
Black, William 2
Block, Linda 2
Bloome, Jarrod D. 2
Bourgeois, Andre 2
Brotzen, Franz R. 2
Brown & Root, Inc. 2
Brown family 2
Brown, Alice Pratt 2
Brown, Herman,1892-1962 2
Brown, Margarett Root 2
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 2
Burrus, C. S. (C. Sidney) 2
Caine, Hall, Sir 2
Camfield, William A. 2
Cannady, William 2
Castaneda, Christopher James 2
Castaneda, James A. 2
Catholic Church 2
Chen, Edward Kin Tung 2
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
Cohen, Esther 2
Cohen, Henry, Rabbi 2
Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex) 2
Cruikshank, George 2
Cullum, George W. (George Washington) 2
Davies, Joseph Ilott 2
Davis, Varina Howell 2
DePelchin Children's Center 2
Denn, Meyer 2
Dessler, Alexander J. 2
Dickens, Charles 2
Doughtie, Edward 2
Dufour, Reginald J. 2
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