Showing Collections: 16 - 30 of 52
Hana Ginzbarg Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2010-014
Dates:
1962-1991; Majority of material found within 1970-1985
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection represent Hana Ginzbarg’s working files for Armand Bayou. To make the files accessible to the public, they were organized into three series. Series 1 includes materials related to Ginzbarg’s initial campaign to prevent development in the Armand Bayou area. Papers in Series 2 cover the subsequent efforts to preserve Armand Bayou as a nature education center and protect the area from proposed encroachments. Papers in Series 3 include maps and oversized...
Bessie Alva Griffiths Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1969-020
Dates:
1888-1940
Scope and Contents
The Bessie Alva Griffiths Collection contains photographs, memorabilia, and papers such as programs and miscellaneous correspondence and receipts. The dates of items in the collection range from 1888 to 1940. Original order of materials has been adhered to whenever possible. Correspondence and receipts are arranged in chronological order. Included among the papers in the Griffiths Collection are materials belonging to Griffiths' roommate Katherine Dick, who may have...
Joseph M. Heiser, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2007-024
Dates:
1866-1989
Scope and Contents
Forms part of the Houston History Archives.Most of the Joseph M. Heiser Jr. collection contains papers and very delicate carbon correspondence copies. The Joseph M. Heiser, Jr. Papers is a collection that is comprised of the individual’s obituaries, carbon copy publications, writings, publications, membership acceptance letters, organization donations [philanthropy], will and estates information, correspondence, outdoor nature club correspondence, outdoor nature club publications...
Terry Tarlton Hershey Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2005-005
Dates:
1962-2012
Scope and Contents
This partial collection includes some biographical materials on Terry Hershey, background information on groups who have solicited or received philanthropic support from Hershey or the Hershey Foundation, and available materials on the local groups Hershey supported as a founder, board member, or supporter. A second portion of the Hershey collections includes her collected materials on state and national organizations to which she belonged or served on boards.Additional partial...
Hispanic Women in Leadership Records
Collection
Identifier: 1999-007
Dates:
1977-2000; Majority of material found within 1987-2000
Scope and Contents
The Hispanic Women in Leadership collection contains information about the group's conferences, meetings, organization, and programs. The conferences series is the largest, as the annual conference is the main activity of Hispanic Women. The group organized their papers in three-ring binders, but in order to facilitate access to the collection, the material has for the most part been re-arranged chronologically in broad series such as administrative, correspondence, and conferences, and then...
Houston Area NOW and Other Feminist Activities Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2002-003
Dates:
1970-1996
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the files maintained by the members of the Houston Area (National Organization for Women) NOW. Not all of the files pertain specifically to Houston NOW activities and organizations because several of the members were active in other NOW affiliated organizations. The collection is organized into 11 series: Houston area NOW; Texas NOW organization(s) ; Other state, regional and/or local NOW organizations; National NOW; NOW task forces and committees; NOW social...
Houston Area Women's Center Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 1996-005-b
Dates:
1977-2001; Majority of material found within 1985-1995
Scope and Contents
The Houston Area Women’s Center Photographs contain both color and black and white photographs of various sizes, proof sheets, negatives, slides, and some correspondence. Items date from 1978 to 2001 with most of the material dating from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. The bulk of the collection chronicles the varied activities of the organization, including staff activities such as work, picnics and parties, fundraisers, demonstrations, conferences, seminars and programs. Included in the...
Houston Gorilla Girls Records
Collection
Identifier: 2010-006
Dates:
1985-2000; Majority of material found within 1988-1997
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the records, written works, collected writings, and photographs that document the development of the Houston Gorilla Girls, an anonymnous women’s art collective that protested sexism and racism in the art world from the 1987 to the late nineties. There are nine series, spanning from 1985 to 2000 which are entitled as follows: Correspondence; Organizational Documents and Photographs; Propaganda; Diverse Works Installation: Another Dead Horse; Rice University...
Houston Heights Woman's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: 2006-006
Dates:
1900-2004
Scope and Contents
The records of the Houston Heights Woman’s Club consist of awards, certificates and citations acknowledging the positive efforts and contributions to the community made by the members, yearbooks detailing the year’s events and providing membership lists, photo albums showcasing the numerous activities the club’s members have taken part in over the course of the years, and administrative materials, including meeting minutes and audit reports among other documentation. All materials date from...
Houston National Bank Records
Collection
Identifier: 1969-075
Dates:
1889-1964; Majority of material found in 1930-1955
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative files from the Houston National Bank, as well as scrapbooks of prominent individuals associated with the bank. The administrative files primarily pertain to the bank's 75th anniversary, celebrated in 1951. These files include correspondence, promotional material, photographs, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. The administrative files also include publicity files and materials documenting organizations and conventions associated with the...
Houston Saengerbund Records
Collection
Identifier: 1989-001
Dates:
1874-2013
Scope and Contents
This collection contains event programs, letters, songbooks, newsletters, ledgers, treasury reports, legal case files, and many other materials relating to the activities and administration of the Houston Saengerbund from the years 1874 to 2013. The collection is divided into eight series: Events, Administrative Records, Board of Directors and Committees, Correspondence, Financial Records, Legal Documents, Songbooks, and Publications. Many of the records from the 1950s and earlier are in...
Houston Women's Caucus for Art Records
Collection
Identifier: 1999-001
Dates:
1972-2004; Majority of material found in 1985-2000
Scope and Contents
The papers for the Houston Women's Caucus for Art (HWCA) span from its founding in 1978 to 2004. Some items, however, pre-date this period. The largest portion of the records is devoted to photos and to art exhibitions sponsored by the Caucus. The next largest portion includes newsletters, grant applications and fundraising, financial records, and conferences. The remainder of the collection is devoted to information pertaining to the business of the Caucus, membership, and the visual arts...
H. David Kaplan Schlumberger Well Services Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2007-021
Dates:
1970-1976
Scope and Contents
The H. David Kaplan Schlumberger Well Services Collection contains information ranging from 1970-1976. Consisting of a single box, this collection includes: employee handbooks and insurance information, awards and certificates, presentations and training materials, an assortment of publications about Schlumberger, and personal and employee correspondence. The publications have been cataloged, and can be located in the UH Library...
Burdette Keeland Architectural Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2002-005
Dates:
1926-2000; Majority of material found within 1950-2000
Scope and Contents
The Burdette Keeland Papers cover the period 1926 to 2000 and are comprised of his architectural drawings, business and personal files, memorabilia, photographic prints, and negatives, as well as materials from his teaching career. The collection occupies 25 linear feet of shelves and 15 drawers of flat files. It is stored in 40 boxes, 112 oversize folders, and 5 tubes for rolled material. It also includes one oversized construction sign and one piece of framed artwork.The...
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...
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Photographs 29
- Clippings (information artifacts) 20
- Newsletters 14
- Minutes (administrative records) 13
- Brochures 10
- Administrative records 9
- Nonprofit organizations -- Texas -- Houston 9
- Publications (documents) 9
- Financial records 8
- Scrapbooks 8
- Typescripts 7
- Art -- Texas -- Houston 6
- Bylaws (administrative records) 6
- Houston Region (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions 6
- Women -- Societies and clubs 6
- Records (documents) 5
- Audiotapes 4
- Ephemera 4
- Fliers (printed matter) 4
- Land use -- Planning 4
- Nature conservation 4
- Posters 4
- Programs (documents) 4
- University of Houston. Libraries. Special Collections Department. Visual Arts Collections 4
- Women -- Political activity -- Texas -- Houston 4
- Women artists -- Texas -- Houston 4
- Women's rights -- Texas -- Houston 4
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Texas -- Houston 3
- Articles 3
- Authors -- 20th century 3
- Awards 3
- Feminism 3
- Houston (Tex.) 3
- Houston (Tex.) -- History 3
- Houston (Tex.) -- Politics and government 3
- Houston (Tex.) -- Social life and customs 3
- Leaflets (printed works) 3
- Manuscripts (documents) 3
- Maps (documents) 3
- Pamphlets 3
- Postcards 3
- Speeches (documents) 3
- Videotapes 3
- Agendas (administrative records) 2
- Architecture 2
- Artists 2
- Artists -- Texas -- Houston 2
- Arts -- Texas -- Houston 2
- Audiovisual materials 2
- Authors, American -- 20th century 2
- Bankers -- Texas -- Houston 2
- Businesswomen -- Texas -- Houston 2
- City planning -- Texas -- Houston 2
- Feminism -- United States 2
- Feminism and art 2
- Galley proofs 2
- Greeting cards 2
- Hospitals -- Texas -- Houston -- History 2
- Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 2
- Newspapers 2
- Politicians 2
- Reports 2
- River Oaks (Houston, Tex.) 2
- Suffrage 2
- Suffragists 2
- Urban beautification 2
- Yearbooks 2
- African American artists 1
- African Americans -- Social Conditions 1
- Annual reports 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art and literature -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Arts 1
- Authors 1
- Avant-garde (Music) 1
- Banks and banking -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Breast -- Cancer 1
- Business 1
- Business networks -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Business records 1
- Choral Societies -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Christian women -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Civil rights 1
- Contracts 1
- Demographic transition -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century 1
- Diaries 1
- Drawings (visual works) 1
- Education 1
- Floodplain management 1
- Folklore 1
- German Americans -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Health education 1
- Health education of women 1
- Hispanic American women -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Texas -- Houston 1
- Houston Heights (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Interviews 1
- Inventories 1 ∧ less
- Language
- Dutch; Flemish 1
- French 1
- German 1
- Norwegian 1
- Names
- Houston History Archives 9
- Hershey, Terese Tarlton 2
- National Women's Conference 2
- Randal, Marjorie 2
- University of Houston. Libraries. Special Collections Department. Architecture & Planning Research Collections 2
- Altrusa International 1
- Astrodome (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Autry, James L. 1
- Bayou Preservation Association 1
- Ben Taub General Hospital 1
- Brigid's Place (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Christ Church Cathedral (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Citizens' Environmental Coalition 1
- Cole, Thomas R., 1949- 1
- Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Cullinan, J. S. (Joseph Stephen), 1860-1937 1
- Cunningham, Minnie Fisher 1
- De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002 1
- De Hartog, Marjorie 1
- Emmott, Sarah H. 1
- Ewing Family 1
- Ewing, Gladys 1
- Ewing, Josie Vesta 1
- Ewing, Mary Ellen Williams, 1862-1919 1
- Ewing, Presley Kittredge, 1860- 1
- Flaxman, Thomas 1
- Galbreth, Michael, 1956-2019 1
- Ginzbarg, Hana 1
- Griffiths, Bessie Alva, 1896- 1
- Hale, Leon 1
- Heiser, Joseph Mathew, Jr., 1897-1987 1
- Hightower, Nikki Van, 1939- 1
- Hispanic Women in Leadership 1
- Hofheinz, Roy, 1912-1982 1
- Houston Astros (Baseball team) 1
- Houston Colt 45's (Baseball team) 1
- Houston National Bank (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Houston Saengerbund 1
- Houston Symphony Orchestra 1
- Houston Symphony Society 1
- Hughes, Howard Robard, 1869-1924 1
- Jefferson Davis Hospital (Houston, Tex.) 1
- Kaplan, H. David 1
- Keeland, Burdette 1
- Kirksey, George Turner, 1904-1971 1
- Lee, Norma 1
- Long, Bert L. 1
- Magnolia Petroleum Company 1
- Mease, Quentin R., 1908-2009 1
- Mindiola, Tatcho 1
- Mydolls (Punk rock group) 1
- National American Woman Suffrage Association 1
- New Music America (Festival) 1
- Perry, Marcella 1
- Port of Houston Authority 1
- Randolph, Lynn, 1938- 1
- Rice University 1
- River Oaks Business Women's Exchange Club 1
- Romansky, Alvin 1
- Sarwar, Sehba 1
- Schlumberger Well Services 1
- Schwartz, Jon, 1948- 1
- Stearns, Eldrewey 1
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 1
- Texas Company 1
- Texas Equal Suffrage Association 1
- Texas. Legislature 1
- United States. Congress. House 1
- University of Houston 1
- University of Houston -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- University of Houston -- Faculty 1
- University of Houston. Center for Mexican American Studies 1
- University of Houston. Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design 1
- University of Houston. School of Theatre and Dance 1
- Voices Breaking Boundaries (Organization) 1
- Waldo, Wilmer 1
- Women in the Visual and Literary Arts 1
- Women's Caucus for Art. Houston Chapter 1
- Women's Fund for Health Education and Research 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more