Astrodome (Houston, Tex.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Astrodome, 1966
Item — Container: Shelf: 038-022-005
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...
Gast, James. "The Astrodome: Building an American Spectacle", March 10, 2016
Item
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
/
2019-016, Miscellaneous Houston & Texas History Collections
Dates:
March 10, 2016
Scope and Contents
Recording of a lecture on the history, development, and engineering of the Astrodome given by James Gast at the Bellaire Historical Society on March 10, 2016.
George Kirksey Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1971-002
Dates:
1910-1971
Scope and Contents
The George Kirksey Papers contain clippings, manuscripts, some correspondence, scrapbooks, and numerous photographs. Materials are dated between 1910 and 1971. The collection comprises 18 manuscript boxes and has 3,363 items. The collection is divided into several series, based on a particular function of Kirksey's life or by form (photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items). The collection arrived at the University of Houston Special Collections unorganized for the most...
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