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Auxiliary of the Center for Hearing and Speech Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-002
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1977-2015
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to the establishment of the Auxiliary fundraising board of the Houston Center for Hearing and Speech, formerly known as the Houston School for Deaf Children. Press clippings, school newsletters, copies of speeches, and gala and meeting invitations are all included.

Cheryl Crawford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-002
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1862-1981
Scope and Contents The Cheryl Crawford Papers document her career in theater from almost the beginning in the 1920s through the years immediately preceding the sale of her collection to the University of Houston. Items date between 1862 and 1981, with the bulk of the items dated 1940 through 1978. There are 3,335 items in the collection. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, playbills, audio tapes, posters, sheet music, sound recordings, clippings,...

Claude Elliott Texana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1974-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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,...

Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-010
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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...

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...

Nikki Van Hightower Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-017
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1967-1997
Scope and Contents This collection documents the career of Nikki Van Hightower from the time of her appointment as Women's Advocate up to, and including, her work as Harris County Treasurer. It contains material dating from 1967 to 1997, with the bulk of the material dating from 1977 to 1989. Types of material within the collection include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, speeches, commentaries, press statements, publications, diaries, photographs and clippings. The papers were...

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Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.) 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
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Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 1
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Ferguson, Miriam Amanda, 1875-1961 1
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Kazan, Elia 1
Martin, Mary, 1913-1990 1
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National American Woman Suffrage Association 1
Sterling, Ross S., 1875-1949 1
Texas Equal Suffrage Association 1
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 1
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 1
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