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Texas--Houston

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:

Neumann Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0241
Abstract

Chiefly letters to Louisa (Neumann) Bering, a resident of Houston, Tex., from her brothers and sisters, including letters from her brother, Emil Neumann, describing his service in the Confederate Army, stationed at Fort Eagle Grove (Fort Moore) and Galveston, Tex.; together with clippings and photos. Includes material relating to land in Texas, Bering family, and Little Rock, AR, during the Civil War.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1856 - 1886; 1850 - 1955

Niels Esperson Building photo album

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1030
Abstract

The collection consists of a photo album containing 45 black and white photos of the interior and exterior of the Niels Esperson Building in Houston, Texas, ca. 1927.

Dates: circa 1927

Olmstead Brothers landscaping in Houston records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0172
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, design documents, planting lists, and photographs that cover the history of the gardens designed for J. Robert Neal in Houston from the initial contact of the Olmsted firm to inquiries by the present owners of the property concerning restoration.

Dates: 1931 - 1939

Oswald Mueller manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0243
Abstract

This typewritten manuscript is titled "Seeking the Garden of the World". It is Oswald Mueller’s English translation of Fritz Scheffel’s Deutsche suchen den Garten der Welt. Mueller authors the preface, in which he describes the story as that of the failed German attempt to colonize Texas into a New-Germania.

Dates: 1948

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

Peaceable Kingdom architectural community construction project posters, photographs, and drawings

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1120
Abstract

The architectural drawings, event posters, photographs, and annual reports in this collection represent the construction of the Peaceable Kingdom barn, as well as activities of the community, located in Texas at Washington-on-the-Brazos.

Dates: circa 1973

Peter Gardner collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0779
Abstract

This collection consists of digitized wav and mp3 files, along with jpeg images of the original 2-track audio reels created by Peter Gardner.

Dates: 1959 - 1966

Pimp C rap artist collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0651
Abstract

The Pimp C rap artist collection includes several documents and promotional items including handwritten lyrics and contracts to promotional flats for his group Underground Kingz (UGK).

Dates: 1987 - 2008

Pleasantville neighborhood history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0935
Content Description

Book written by Talmadge Sharp Sr. & Geneva Sharp, 2002, cataloged separately WRC group with gift note "Gift of Mrs. Geneva Sharp". Donated during oral history interview taken by Dr. Zoe Wool, Rice University, Dept. of Anthropology, in Mrs. Sharp's home, with an intention that the book be digitized and put online, pending Mrs. Sharp's written permission.

Dates: 2002 - 2022

Plumb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1077
Abstract

This collection is made up of two boxes containing bulletins and programs, committee and board documents, correspondence, directories and yearbooks, financial records, publications, and writings from Steven Plumb ranging from 1968 to 2015.

Dates: 1968 - 2015