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Cruiser Houston Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1981-001
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...
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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- Diaries 1
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- Negatives (photographs) 1
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- Sunda Strait, Battle of, Indonesia, 1942 1
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and Prisons, Japanese 1 ∧ less
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- Astrodome (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Burma-Siam Railroad 1
- Hofheinz, Roy, 1912-1982 1
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