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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

William A. Bernrieder Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / William A. Bernrieder Collection
Dates: 1917-1988
Scope and Contents The William A. Bernrieder Collection has a great deal of information about the history of the USS Houston (CA-30) as well as the USS Texas and Franklin Roosevelt's visit to Houston in 1936. Bernrieder corresponded with many of the leading businessmen and politicians in Houston during his lifetime, as well as officers in the Navy. The collection dates from 1917- 1988, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929-1936 and from 1970-1986. Bernrieder kept a considerable amount of...

William A. Bernrieder Port of Houston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-002
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / William A. Bernrieder Port of Houston Collection
Dates: 1945-1979
Scope and Contents

This small collection deals entirely with the Port of Houston. It is comprised entirely of clippings and publications related to the history of the Port of Houston.

Cruiser Houston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Cruiser Houston Collection
Dates: 1917-2008; Majority of material found within 1929-1945
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials in a wide variety of formats that document the history of the USS Houston (CA-30) and her crew. A significant portion of the material dates from the period 1929 to 1945. There is also a large quantity of material that dates from the 1980s to the present.The materials have been divided into four major categories: Core Material is the material most frequently requested by researchers, and includes Photographs, Negatives and...

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Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Houston Ship Channel (Tex.) 2
Correspondence 1
Diaries 1
Greeting cards 1
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Harbors -- Texas -- Houston 1
Houston (Tex.) -- History 1
Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942 1
Memorabilia 1
Negatives (photographs) 1
Newsletters 1
Photographs 1
Postcards 1
Publications (documents) 1
Reports 1
Rosters 1
Scrapbooks 1
Souvenirs 1
Sunda Strait, Battle of, Indonesia, 1942 1
Videotapes 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and Prisons, Japanese 1
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