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Claude Elliott Texana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1974-001
Dates: 1798-1963
Scope and Contents This is an artificial and disparate collection of Texana, or materials relating to the history of Texas. In order for the collection to be useful to researchers, an artificial order was imposed by the processor. The collection is divided into seven series: Pre-Republic (to 1836); Republic (1836-1845); Annexation and Early Statehood (1845-1860); Civil War and Expansion (1861-1901); Modern Statehood (1901-1956); Claude Elliott Papers; and Governors Ferguson/Sterling Papers. Series, sub-series,...

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.

Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers

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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...

Greater Houston Women's Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-006
Dates: 1989-2000
Scope and Contents The records of the Greater Houston Women's Foundation (GHWF) consist mainly of documents related to the organization, including financial and administrative records, membership records, newsletters, correspondence, and some oversize material such as promotional posters and placards. The material is arranged into eleven series: Administrative Records, Articles, Correspondence, Education, Ephemera, Financial Records, Invitations, Membership Records, Newsletters, Oversize Materials,...

Helen Moore Barthelme Papers

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Identifier: 2008-021
Dates: 1949-2002
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, short stories, and articles related to or written by Donald Barthelme and his brothers, Rick, Steve, and Peter Barthelme, as well as notes by Helen Barthelme. This collection contains research that Helen Barthelme gathered in order to write a biography on Donald Barthelme Jr., Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound. This collection encompasses his early life and career both as a writer and as director of the...

Hispanic Women in Leadership Records

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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

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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 Electric Auto Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-047
Dates: 1973-2011; Majority of material found within 1995-2006
Scope and Contents This collection includes the organization's correspondence with the government and members' correspondence amongst themselves, as well as announcements of meetings and different events that they held occasionally. It also includes electric battery review booklets plus articles showing the organization and members' various achievements. Included are photographs of various occasions hosted or attended by the Houston Electric Auto Association members, brochures showing different...

Houston Gorilla Girls Records

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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 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...

Infernal Bridegroom Productions and The Catastrophic Theatre Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-013
Dates: 1993-2010; Majority of material found within 1993-2007
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting productions presented by Infernal Bridegroom Productions during their operations from 1993 to 2007 and those of Catastrophic Theatre from its founding in 2007. These materials consist of production notes, playbills, postcards, scripts, photographs, posters, news clippings, and press relating to these productions. Additionally, there is a small series of documents relating to the company as a whole, including press, gala invitations, and...

Betty C. Jukes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-008
Dates: 1918-2014; Majority of material found within 1967-2014
Scope and Contents This processed portion of this collection consists of 26 linear feet and is predominantly comprised of documents related to Betty Jukes’ nearly fifty years as an event planner, philanthropist, and volunteer in Houston. Organizations of note that Mrs. Jukes was involved with include the Houston Junior Woman’s Club, The Woman’s Club of Houston, the Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Fund, and more. Spanning the years of 1967 through 2014, this collection also includes various...

Sylvan Karchmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1983-001
Dates: 1933-1982
Scope and Contents The collection is organized into four series: I. Correspondence, 1933-1985 (1.5 boxes), II. Works - Short Stories, 1940-1982 (4 boxes), III. Works - Plays, 1953-1977 (2 boxes), and IV. Career and Personal (1 box). The Correspondence series consists mainly of outgoing letters written to Gladys Moore, a lifelong friend and correspondent. The two Works series include published and unpublished drafts. Career and Personal series includes book reviews by Karchmer, clippings, play production...

Bruce Kellner Vassar Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-006
Dates: 1970-2000
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, creative works, clippings, and printed matter written by or related to the poet Vassar Miller. The materials fall between the years 1969 and 2000. Included in this collection are poems and other works by Vassar Miller, critical essays about Vassar Miller, photocopied newspaper clippings, and a typescript of Bruce Kellner's play about Vassar Miller, Swimming on Concrete. Several folders include correspondence related to Vassar Miller's care...

Kenneth W. Kennedy World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-019
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...

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Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 1
Allred, James V., 1899-1959 1
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Ben Taub General Hospital 1
Bentsen, Kenneth, 1926-2013 1
Brooks, Dale, 1954-2014 1
Burma-Siam Railroad 1
Catastrophic Theatre 1
Chenoweth, Blanche Espy 1
Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.) 1
Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, Tex.) 1
Cooper, Tamarie 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Cunningham, Minnie Fisher 1
De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002 1
De Hartog, Marjorie 1
Elliott, Claude, 1896-1958 1
Farb, Carolyn 1
Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 1
Ferguson, Miriam Amanda, 1875-1961 1
Flaxman, Thomas 1
GRETA (Organization : Texas) 1
Greater Houston Women's Foundation 1
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Hightower, Nikki Van, 1939- 1
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Hofheinz, Roy, 1912-1982 1
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Jefferson Davis Hospital (Houston, Tex.) 1
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KUHT-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) 1
Karchmer, Sylvan 1
Kazan, Elia 1
Kellner, Bruce 1
Kennedy, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1916-1957 1
Kennedy, Kenneth W. 1
Kirksey, George Turner, 1904-1971 1
Lambright, Jeanie Sutton 1
Leiber, Fritz, 1910-1992 1
Long, Bert L. 1
Lowry, W. McNeil (Wilson McNeil), 1913- 1
Martin, Mary, 1913-1990 1
May, Linda 1
McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998 1
Michels, Doug, 1943-2003 1
Miller, Vassar 1
National American Woman Suffrage Association 1
Nicholson, Patrick James, 1921- 1
Nodler, Jason 1
Parker, Annise 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Patchen, Miriam 1
Pennybacker, Ruth 1
Perry, Marcella 1
Port of Houston Authority 1
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) 1
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project 1
Romansky, Alvin 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Sarwar, Sehba 1
Shrimplin, William B. 1
Shuart, Carey Chenoweth 1
Sondock, Ruby K. 1
Stead, Bette Ann, 1935- 1
Sterling, Ross S., 1875-1949 1
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 1
Texas Equal Suffrage Association 1
Texas. Legislature 1
Texas. Supreme Court 1
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1
University of Houston. Department of English 1
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University of Houston. Latin American Studies Program 1
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University of Houston. Office of University Relations 1
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University of Houston. School of Theatre and Dance 1
Vance, Nina, 1914-1980 1
Voices Breaking Boundaries (Organization) 1
Werlin, Joseph Sidney, 1900-1964 1
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 1
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