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 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Brown & Root / George R. Brown Executive Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0488
Abstract

The bulk of this material consists of business records of the Brown & Root firm and Brown Shipbuilding Co., relating in particular to building projects and joint ventures with other companies such as Zapata Offshore, Texas Gulf Sulphur and ARMCO Steel, as well as internal operations of the firm. Formats include correspondence, internal memos, project site drawings, photographs, reports, notes, and newsclippings.

Dates: 1937-1978

Chandler Davidson Voting Rights papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0528
Abstract:

The Chandler Davidson Voting Rights papers collection includes research material, demographic data, reports, trial materials, correspondence, letters, information about court cases, and several essays and books relating to voting rights in the United States.

Dates: 1961-2006

Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0332
Abstract:

Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records pertain to the business of the Wichita Indian Agency as well as receipts, quartermasters’ store lists, payment abstracts, invoices, and records of acquisitions made by the Confederate States of America in the State of Texas.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Confederate Imprint collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0071
Abstract

Official documents, books, advertisements, religious pamphlets, maps, and various other materials related to life in the Confederacy during the period of the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1855-1879

David Westheimer literary papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0345
Abstract

Contains materials relating to Westheimer's literary work, including manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, reviews, research, and correspondence

Dates: 1940 - 1997

Dillingham Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0257
Abstract

The Dillingham Family Papers, consisting of approximately 900 items or 1.25 linear feet, follows the history of a prominent Texas family from 1858 to 1958. Correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, photographs, journals, poetry, and newspaper clippings show the life style of a family who moved into Texas during the prosperous era of the late nineteenth century and played an important role in developing both the social and economic framework of Houston.

Dates: 1858 - 1958

Edgar S. Maclay letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0147
Abstract:

Letters written by Maclay to Admiral Thomas A. Stevens mentioning his intention to write a comprehensive account of the Navy’s part in the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1894 - 1895

General George Cullum Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0112
Abstract:

A letter written during the U.S. Civil War on November 14, 1861, from New York by Union Army General George W. Cullum to a close friend (‘My dear Colonel’) concerning Cullum’s recent promotion to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers with assignment to serve under General Henry Halleck; Cullum also reflects on army politics and inquires about family members.

Dates: 1861

Houston Book Clubs research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0521
Abstract:

The Houston Book Clubs Research Materials consist of material from 1993-2007, including interviews, surveys, emails, reports, essays, lists, and correspondence between Elizabeth Long and members of the literary community. The files were compiled by Elizabeth Long during her study of the role of women's reading groups for her 2003 book "Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life" (University of Chicago Press).

Dates: 1993 - 2007

Hugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0125
Abstract:

Many of these letters are courtship letters to Wilson's future wife, Mary Grier, containing information on the aspirations and attitudes of people in South Carolina whose wealth was based on the stolen labor of enslaved people during the U.S. Civil War period. Wilson also relays information about hospitals, medicine, schools, cemteries, camp life and the military, and the issue of conscription.

Dates: 1862 - 1868