Foley's (Firm)
Organization
Parallel Names
- Foley's Department Store
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
1982 Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1982
File — Box: 1
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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2020-025, Miscellaneous Houston History Association Collections
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Audio and Video Materials
Dates:
1982
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This assembled collection contains files and items collected as part of the Houston History Archives project in Special Collections.
Foley's Department Store Records
Collection
Identifier: 2007-004
Dates:
1845-2006; Majority of material found within 1900-2005
Scope and Contents
Foley's Department Store Records comprise 42 record cartons, 16 oversized boxes, 32 bound ledgers and real estate records that are open to the public. In addition, there are 32 scrapbooks that are too fragile for public viewing. Records begin with the first stockholders' meeting held in 1911, preserved in a bound journal. Each year (primary organizational series) of the collection is divided into sub-series including Finances, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Publications, and...
Foley's Fashion Shoot, 1966
Item — Container: Shelf: 038-022-003
Dates:
1966
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Cinema Bomar Films was donated and curated by the 16mm film collective, Cinema Bomar, which highlights local Houstonian home movies, camera tests, as well as promotional and industrial films created for Pennzoil, the Houston Chronicle, Monsanto, and IBM 1800. Of special interest is the Kennedy Assassination – Chronicle, 1963, film created by August Galiano, an amateur filmmaker and father of collection donor, Elizabeth Nelson, which depicts Galiano’s day working at the Houston Chronicle when...
Houston Chronicle, 1970s
Item — Container: Shelf: 038-022-005
Dates:
1970s
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Cinema Bomar Films was donated and curated by the 16mm film collective, Cinema Bomar, which highlights local Houstonian home movies, camera tests, as well as promotional and industrial films created for Pennzoil, the Houston Chronicle, Monsanto, and IBM 1800. Of special interest is the Kennedy Assassination – Chronicle, 1963, film created by August Galiano, an amateur filmmaker and father of collection donor, Elizabeth Nelson, which depicts Galiano’s day working at the Houston Chronicle when...
Lasker M. Meyer Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2022-025
Dates:
approximately 1980s
Content Description
Speeches, correspondence, scrapbook, and other materials documenting the career of Lasker M. Meyer of Meyer Bros., Foley's, and Federated department stores.
Shopping in Houston, 1960s
Item — Container: Shelf: 038-022-004
Dates:
1960s
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Cinema Bomar Films was donated and curated by the 16mm film collective, Cinema Bomar, which highlights local Houstonian home movies, camera tests, as well as promotional and industrial films created for Pennzoil, the Houston Chronicle, Monsanto, and IBM 1800. Of special interest is the Kennedy Assassination – Chronicle, 1963, film created by August Galiano, an amateur filmmaker and father of collection donor, Elizabeth Nelson, which depicts Galiano’s day working at the Houston Chronicle when...
Three renderings of proposed Foley's flagship store in downtown Houston, 1940s
Collection
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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2019-016, Miscellaneous Houston & Texas History Collections
Dates:
1940s
Scope and Contents
Three framed rendertings of proposed designs for the downtown Foley's department store building.
Accession number 2019-055.
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- Correspondence 1
- Financial records 1
- Houston (Tex.) -- Newspapers 1
- Legal documents 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Newsletters 1
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