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Houston National Bank Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-075
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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...

Kenneth W. Kennedy World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-019
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1905-1945; Majority of material found in 1937-1945
Scope and Contents This collection is primarily concerned with correspondence from Kenneth Wade Kennedy relating to his World War II service. The collection also includes correspondence from various family members, newspaper clippings relevant to the family, and a small number of musical programs and wedding invitations. All letters are arranged chronologically with the exception of a discreet number of letters from various family members which have been arranged alphabetically by author. Newspaper...

Linda May Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-009
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1969-2006; Majority of material found within 1970-2000
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of Linda May, a Houston feminist activist who coordinated numerous national and global women’s conferences and represented the American Jewish Coalition at the 1985 and 1995 United Nations’ NGO Conference on Women. The series are arranged by organizational or institutional affiliation, and each contains photos, correspondence, press clippings, and literature. Linda May also has a book collection with Special Collections. For separated books, see Separated...

Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1943-1945
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of correspondence from Captain O.C. McDavid during his service in World War II in the South Pacific. The collection also includes a handful of correspondence addressed to Captain McDavid, newsletters from his service, memorabilia collected while abroad, a sketch drawn by Captain McDavid, newspaper clippings, and Letters from OC: The War Years--1940 through 1945, compiled by Gene McDavid. Correspondence from Captain McDavid is arranged...

Judge Ruby Kless Sondock Scrapbook and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-015
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1930-1983; Majority of material found in 1982
Scope and Contents

Housed in 2 boxes, this two-series collection primarily documents the year of Judge Sondock's appointment to the Texas Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1982. Most notably, this collection includes a 25" by 17", 96-page scrapbook consisting of clippings, photographs, invitations, programs, correspondence, and congratulatory notes regarding her 1982 appointment. Additionally, this collection contains childhood photographs of Judge Sondock from the 1930s.

Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1923-1980
Scope and Contents

The Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers document Nina Vance's career developing and directing the Alley Theatre and also contains personal items from her life. The collection is divided into three series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, and Alley Theatre Papers. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, sound recordings, clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, date books, and miscellaneous items such as receipts and ephemera.

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Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 1
Houston National Bank (Houston, Tex.) 1
Kennedy, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1916-1957 1
Kennedy, Kenneth W. 1
Lowry, W. McNeil (Wilson McNeil), 1913- 1
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May, Linda 1
McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998 1
Sondock, Ruby K. 1
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Vance, Nina, 1914-1980 1
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