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Advertisements

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Public notices or paid announcements, especially those in print. For announcements paid for by an advertiser and broadcast on radio or television, use "commercials."

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Foley's Department Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Foley's Department Store Records
Dates: 1845-2006; Majority of material found within 1900-2005
Scope and Contents Foley's Department Store Records comprise 42 record cartons, 16 oversized boxes, 32 bound ledgers and real estate records that are open to the public. In addition, there are 32 scrapbooks that are too fragile for public viewing. Records begin with the first stockholders' meeting held in 1911, preserved in a bound journal. Each year (primary organizational series) of the collection is divided into sub-series including Finances, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Publications, and...

UH News Releases

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-067
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / UH News Releases
Dates: 1947-1954
Scope and Contents The UH News Releases include official university news releases, advertisements, correspondence, and administrative records, dating from 1947-1954. This collection is arranged into series based primarily on how it was originally received.The News Release series is the largest in the collection, containing 56 folders. Materials date from May 1950 to August 1954 and are divided by month of the release. These releases cover almost every aspect of the University including...

Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo Papers
Dates: 1971-2004
Scope and Contents

Ninfa’s Papers include business plans, business, personal, and political correspondence, photographs, magazine and newspaper clippings press coverage, proof of public service deeds, scrapbooks, artifacts (buttons and stamps, memorabilia, menus, plaques), and framed enlarged picture and media items and roughly cover the years from 1971 to 2001.

UH Women's Resource Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-009
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / UH Women's Resource Center Records
Dates: 2004-2008
Scope and Contents

This collection includes materials related to the UH Women’s Resource Center. The collection is broken into four series: General Information, Advertisements, Organizations, and Printed Materials.

John C. Walker Texas Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-040
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / John C. Walker Texas Counties Collection
Dates: 1818-1907
Scope and Contents

This collection contains legal documents, advertisements, correspondence, and maps from various Texas counties dating from 1818 to 1907. Deeds and tax receipts make up a signififcant portion of the collection. Counties represented include Angelina, Cherokee, Tyler, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Harris. Documents from the Republic of Texas are also included.