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Dr. Gerald E. Osborne University of Houston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-010
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: ca. 1980s
Content Description Artifacts and memorabilia documenting the history of the University of Houston.

Frank Elijah Dudley Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 1956-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1954-1956
Scope and Contents Holdings consist of two scrapbooks. Contain writings by Dudley, correspondence, maps, photographs, photostatic copies, mementos, and artifacts.

Earl V. Staley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-005
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1930s-2018; Majority of material found within 1970s-2018
Content Description This collection contains materials documenting Staley’s artistic production, including sketch books, exhibit catalogues and other exhibit documentation, clippings, and photographs. It also includes family photographs.

This collection is not yet fully processed but may be available for research. Please contact collection curator Christian Kelleher at cdkelleher@uh.edu for more information.

Early Texas Documents Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1973-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1790-1923
Scope and Contents The collection is a result of integrating 10 smaller artificial collections into one larger artificial collection to improve organization and facilitate greater access. It chronicles the history of Texas, from the Spanish Colonial Era through the turn of the 20th century. The material has been arranged chronologically into eight series based on eras of Texas History: Spanish Colonial, Mexican Colonial, 1836, Republic, Mexican War, Early Statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward...

William W. Edgerton Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 1955-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1862-1865
Scope and Contents The William W. Edgerton collection is composed of personal correspondence between Civil War private William Wilberforce Edgerton of the 107th New York Volunteers and his immediate family. Most of the letters are between William W. Edgerton and his mother, Dorothy Doud Edgerton. Additional correspondents include his brother, John Howard Edgerton, and his sisters, Martha Newton and Augusta Tenney. The correspondence is arranged chronologically. Following it are some battle diaries...

Harriett Joan Ehrlich Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-005
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1967-2007; Majority of material found within 1990-2005
Scope and Contents The contents of this collection comprise the life of Harriet Joan Ehrlich. The bulk of the materials contained within revolve around Ehrlich’s tenure with the EEOC, specifically as director. The collection has been divided into eight (8) series: Correspondence, Certificates, Personal Writings, Multimedia, News Clippings, Press Books, In-Service Educational Materials, and Ephemera.

Professor Roger Eichhorn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-013
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1948-1995
Scope and Contents The Professor Roger Eichhorn Papers consist correspondence, publications, reports, and photographs documenting Eichhorn's tenure as dean of the Cullen College of Engineering.

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

Herman George Eiden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1939-2005; Majority of material found in 1939-1941
Scope and Contents: The Herman George Eiden Papers consists of three albums of photos and mementos from Eiden's service in the Pacific while in the United States Navy. It also includes correspondance to and from Eiden, films and a log script by Eiden, as well as articles, newspapers, and brochures in relation to the sinking of the Houston (Cruiser: CA-30) and its 60th anniversary commemoration.

Eleanor Freed Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AAA_MFAH 3538
Found in: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Texas Art Project Microfilm
Dates: 1965-1984
Scope and Contents Available only on microfilm at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.The Eleanor Freed Papers were microfilmed for the Texas Art Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. Currently the papers can be accessed on microfilm at MFAH.The University of Houston Libraries and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are digitizing the Texas Art Project microfilm as part of a collaborative TexTreasures 2020 grant project...

Elisabet Ney papers

 Collection
Identifier: AAA 10541
Found in: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Texas Art Project Microfilm
Dates: 1865-1984
Scope and Contents Biographical accounts; a history of the Ney Museum; Ney family, business and Ney Museum correspondence, 1871-1981; a transcript of an interview with the museum's curator, Mrs. J.W. Rutland; articles and poems dedicated to Ney and 4 of her notebooks, 1865-1898, containing letters and accounts of her experiences with Guiseppe Garibaldi and her travels to Egypt; legal documents, Ney's marriage certificate, contracts for indenture, deeds and wills of her husband, Edmund Montgomery; financial...

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,...

Sarah and Army Emmott Environmental Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-028
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1975-1990
Scope and Contents Materials available in this collection represent Sarah Emmott’s personal files. Archival processing preserved the original order of the materials as collected by Emmott. Alphabetical order is the primary arrangement pattern with multiples of an organization or issue arranged in chronological order. Emmott’s papers comprise three series housed in 15 boxes. Series 1 holds a single folder for biographical and historical materials on the Emmotts. Series 2 covers materials collected from...

Evaline C. Sellors papers

 Collection
Identifier: AAA 10552
Found in: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Texas Art Project Microfilm
Dates: 1915-1980
Scope and Contents Five scrapbooks containing: letters, clippings, catalogs, and memorabilia regarding Sellors' career, the Fort Worth School of Fine Arts which she founded with Sallie Gillespie and Blanche McVeigh in 1932, the Dallas Craft Guild, and the careers of Jerry Bywaters, Octavio Medellin, Allie Tennant, Charles Umlauf, Bror Utter, and others. Also included are exhibition catalogs and miscellany.

Ewing Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-020
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1877-2011; Majority of material found within 1911-1926
Scope and Contents The full finding aid is available on TARO: https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uhsc/00098/hsc-00098.htmlThe Ewing Family Papers are housed in 6 boxes and organized into 5 series titled Mary Ellen Ewing, Gladys Ewing, Family Photographs, Presley K. Ewing, and Josie (Vesta) Ewing, this collection documents the feminist activities of Mary Ellen Ewing, Gladys Ewing’s social life, legal and familial...

Faculty Evaluations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-002
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Dates: 1949-1996
Scope and Contents This collection does not currently have a finding aid available online. For assistance, please contact Special Collections by emailing mmmanning@uh.edu.

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Houston (Cruiser : CA-30) 5
University of Houston. Creative Writing Program 5
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University of Houston. College of Business Administration 4
University of Houston. Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design 4
DJ Screw, 1971-2000 3
Miller, Vassar 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
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University of Houston. Department of History 3
University of Houston. Faculty Senate 3
University of Houston. Libraries 3
University of Houston. School of Communication 3
American Association of University Professors. University of Houston Chapter 2
Bernrieder, William A. 2
Burma-Siam Railroad 2
Dixon, Royal, 1885-1962 2
Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 2
Fuermann, George, 1918-2001 2
GRETA (Organization : Texas) 2
Galbreth, Michael, 1956- 2
Hershey, Terese Tarlton 2
Hood, Dorothy, 1918-2000 2
Houston Symphony Orchestra 2
Houston Symphony Society 2
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 2
KUHT Film Productions 2
KUHT-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) 2
Kaplan, H. David 2
Lienhard, John H., 1930- 2
Lindahl, Carl, 1947- 2
Long, Bert L. 2
Lowry, Beverly 2
Moody Gallery (Houston, Tex.) 2
National Women's Conference 2
Oberholtzer, E. E. (Edison Ellsworth), 1880-1954 2
Phi Kappa Phi 2
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) 2
Randal, Marjorie 2
Randolph, Lynn, 1938- 2
Salinas, Porfirio, 1910-1973 2
Screwed Up Click (Musical group) 2
Shuart, Carey Chenoweth 2
Texas Medical Center 2
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2
United States. Navy 2
University of Houston. College of Arts and Sciences 2
University of Houston. College of Education 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. Veteran's Office 2
University of Houston. Women's Studies Program 2
Actors Studio (New York, N.Y.) 1
Albrecht, Mary Dickson, 1930-2007 1
Allensworth, Jane, 1937- 1
Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 1
Alonzo y Sus Rancheros 1
Alonzo, Frank 1
Alonzo, Ventura 1
Altrusa International 1
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Association of University Women. West Harris County Branch 1
American G.I. Forum 1
Anderson, Clayton & Co. 1
Anderson, John Q., 1941-1970 1
Ant Farm (Design group) 1
Armstrong, Martha, 1935- 1
Art Guys (Group) 1
Arte Público Press 1
Astrodome (Houston, Tex.) 1
Autry, James L. 1
Baker, Adelaide Lovett 1
Barnett, E. Virginia 1
Barthelme, Donald, 1907-1996 1
Barthelme, Marion K. (Marion Knox), 1944- 1
Battin, Tom C. 1
Battin, Tom, 1958- 1
Bayou Preservation Association 1
Ben Taub General Hospital 1
Beste, Peter 1
Bless, Nancy 1
Bloom, Suzanne, 1943- 1
Borish, Irvin M. 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Bradley, Loris A. 1
Brants, Cynthia, 1924- 1
Brennan, Fran 1
Brigid's Place (Houston, Tex.) 1
Bristow, Wilanna 1
Brooks, Dale, 1954-2014 1
Brotherton, Naomi 1
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