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Altrusa International Inc., Club of Houston Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1936-2009; Majority of material found within 1999-2009
Scope and Contents The full finding aid is available on TARO: https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uhsc/00097/hsc-00097.htmlThe collection is organized in 17 series and is housed in 6 boxes that document the organization and community volunteer programs of the Altrusa Club of Houston. The collection includes meeting minutes, financial records, and annual records. Concerning the club's yearly activities, there...

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,...

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...

Marcella Perry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-011
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1945-1989; Majority of material found in 1970-1985
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to Marcella Perry's work as a banker and politician between 1945 and 1985. The contents are broken up into two series: News, Events, and Correspondence; and Photos, Scanned Documents, and Scrapbooks. The sequencing is chronological and maintains the original structure created by Marcella and her family as closely as possible.

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.

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Clippings (information artifacts) 4
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Bankers -- Texas -- Houston 2
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Banks and banking -- Texas -- Houston 1
Businesswomen -- Texas -- Houston 1
Bylaws (administrative records) 1
Diaries 1
Financial records 1
Government records 1
Invitations 1
Judges -- Texas 1
Legal documents 1
Minutes (administrative records) 1
Newsletters 1
Newspapers 1
Nonprofit organizations -- Texas -- Houston 1
Pamphlets 1
Personal papers 1
Sheet music 1
Speeches (documents) 1
Texas -- History 1
Texas -- History -- 1846-1950 1
Texas -- History -- 1951- 1
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 1
Texas -- History -- To 1846 1
Voluntarism 1
Women -- Societies and clubs 1
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Norwegian 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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Altrusa International 1
Elliott, Claude, 1896-1958 1
Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 1
Ferguson, Miriam Amanda, 1875-1961 1
Houston National Bank (Houston, Tex.) 1
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Perry, Marcella 1
Port of Houston Authority 1
Sondock, Ruby K. 1
Sterling, Ross S., 1875-1949 1
Texas. Supreme Court 1
University of Houston. Law Center -- Alumni and alumnae 1
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