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Carolyn Farb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-005
Dates: 1955-2011; Majority of material found within 2000-2011
Scope and Contents

The collection primarily contains papers, photographs, and newspaper clippings, the majority pertaining to Carolyn Farb's fundraising activities. The material has been arranged into twelve series: Fundraising Events, Honors and Awards, Organization Affiliations, Creative Works, Speeches, Personal Life, Correspondence, Scrapbooks and Yearbooks, Memorabilia, Printed Material, Photographic Material, and Video and Audio Recordings.

Federation of Houston Professional Women Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-006
Dates: 1981-2000
Scope and Contents The papers of the Federation of Houston Professional Women (FHPW) consist primarily of meeting notices, agendas, and minutes; fliers for Federation or Federation-sponsored activities; financial reports; membership rosters; and photographs. The majority of the material falls between 1990 and 1997. The collection does, however, contain the minutes of the original meeting of the FHPW in 1981. Member organization rosters give researchers an impression of women's business and professional...

Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-010
Dates: 1914-1964
Scope and Contents The Cunningham Papers are divided into 9 series and 10 boxes making up approximately 9 linear feet spanning the years 1914 to 1964. The papers include correspondence, press releases, news clippings, programs, bulletins, speeches, expense accounts, campaign lists, strategic plans and organizational materials.These materials document Mrs. Cunningham's heavy involvement in the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the Texas Equal Suffrage Association, other state suffrage...

Charles D. Fitch oil & gas industry collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-055
Dates: approximately 1955-2007
Content Description

The Fitch collection consists of maps, books, guides, manuals and other items related to the oil & gas industry.

Books from the collection have been separated for cataloging.

Carlisle Floyd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-009
Dates: 1966-1992
Scope and Contents

This collection contains manuscript scores for 6 of Carlisle Floyd's works, dating from 1958 to 1992.

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...

UH Folklore Archives

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-020
Dates: approximately 1976-2014
Scope and Contents Approximately 13 linear feet consisting predominantly of ethnographic interviews, fieldwork, and reports produced for folklore courses taught by Carl Lindahl and Susan Stahl for the UH English Department from the 1970s through 2010s. A sample of student work of the department’s first folklorist can be found in the John Q. Anderson Papers. The UH Folklore Archives documents the diverse cultures of Houston as documented primarily by UH students. The Folklore Archives also contains research...

Mary Foote Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-016
Dates: 1960s
Scope and Contents

The Mary Foote Manuscripts Collection contains four of the children's moralistic or cautionary tales of author Mary P. Foote.

UH Forensics Team Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-002
Dates: 1956-1973
Scope and Contents

The U.H. Forensics Team Records contains newspaper articles, schedules of tournament events, correspondence, tapes, and photographs relating to the U.H. Forensics Team between the years of 1956-1973. Typically the newspaper articles describe the team's performance at various national tournaments.

Al Forster Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-056
Dates: 20th-21st cent.
Content Description

Architectural illustrations of Al Forster. The collection is not yet processed, but is available for research. Please contact collection curator Vince Lee at velee@uh.edu.

"Forum" Magazine Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-002
Dates: 1964-1976
Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection consists of acceptances, reviews, and rejection letters sent out between January of 1964 and November of 1976; it also includes general correspondence concerning Donald Lee in the 1960s.

George E. Fox Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-033
Dates: approximately 1974-1984
Scope and Contents The collection covers the Fox-Woese collaboration from its beginnings in 1973 until 1985 and contains approximately 5 linear feet of records, including correspondence, manuscripts for articles, research, data analysis, and photographs of laboratory equipment.The highlight of the collection are multiple draft versions of each of the major manuscripts, which provide insight to what they were thinking at the time.This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about...

John H. Freeman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1977-002
Dates: approximately 1956-1985
Scope and Contents

This collection does not currently have a full finding aid available online. For assistance, please contact Special Collections by emailing mmmanning@uh.edu.

The collection consists primarily of awards and honors recognizing Mr. Freeman's contributions to the field of medicine, as well as to the University of Houston Libraries.

Robert Freund Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-003
Dates: 1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents The Robert Freund Papers include newspapers; clippings; and University of Houston Committee to End the War newsletters (and drafts), correspondence, and flyers from 1968 to 1971. Additionally, the collection documents the Plenary Session to the Constitutional Convention (September 1970), the National Peace Action Coalition Convention (December 1970), SDS (students for a democratic society) and other organizations, National Peace Action Coalition Convention (December 1970), and contains a 76...

UH Frontier Fiesta Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-003
Dates: 1941-2014; Majority of material found within 1952-1959
Scope and Contents

This collection contains paper records related to Frontier Fiesta, dating from 1941 to 2011, with a bulk from the 1950s. Materials have been arranged by series, and chronologically within each. Materials found in this collection include programs, newspaper clippings, financial records, contracts, applications, rules and regulations, show scripts, correspondence, and photographs

Series 7 contains digital archival materials produced in 2014.

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KPFT-FM (Radio station : Houston, Tex.) 3
League of United Latin American Citizens 3
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
University of Houston -- Administration 3
University of Houston. Faculty Senate 3
University of Houston. School of Communication 3
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American Association of University Professors. University of Houston Chapter 2
Art Museum of South Texas 2
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Houston Grand Opera 2
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Kaplan, H. David 2
Lienhard, John H., 1930- 2
Lindahl, Carl, 1947- 2
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McElhinney, Charles Flemming 2
Moody Gallery (Houston, Tex.) 2
Oberholtzer, E. E. (Edison Ellsworth), 1880-1954 2
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Phi Kappa Phi 2
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Sarwar, Sehba 2
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Texas Medical Center 2
United States. Congress. House 2
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2
United States. Navy 2
University of Houston. Center for Mexican American Studies 2
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University of Houston. College of Optometry 2
University of Houston. Law Center -- Alumni and alumnae 2
University of Houston. Office of University Relations 2
University of Houston. School of Theatre and Dance 2
University of Houston. Veteran's Office 2
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Aker, Joe C. 1
Allred, James V., 1899-1959 1
Alonzo y Sus Rancheros 1
Alonzo, Frank 1
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Altrusa International 1
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American Association of University Women. West Harris County Branch 1
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