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Audiotapes

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Sound recordings on magnetic tape.

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on Kenneth Patchen

 Collection
Identifier: 1977-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Collection on Kenneth Patchen
Dates: 1934-1976
Scope and Contents The Kenneth Patchen Collection contains correspondence, photographs, publicity and promotional materials, books, picture-poems, sound recordings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items.The collection was received with chronological item descriptions composed by Ronald Dunkin, the original collector of the materials. In order to facilitate access, the items in the collection were categorized according to type of material and placed by date within category. The books,...

Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-007
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas Records
Dates: 1936-2011
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 12 boxes and 17 linear feet and documents the evolution of the Maternal Health Center of Houston into the Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas branch. Material in the collection is dated from 1936 until 2004. The collection contains historical information about the origins of the Planned Parenthood of Southeast Texas and the Maternal Health Center as well as the national birth control movement and Planned Parenthood Federation. The collection...

Six Radio Commercials for the Chicago Sun-Times Classified ads by Eddie Lawrence, The Old Philosopher

 Item — Shelf: 038-022-006
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2024-025, Cinema Bomar Films
Dates: 1956-1978
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Cinema Bomar Films was donated and curated by the 16mm film collective, Cinema Bomar, which highlights local Houstonian home movies, camera tests, as well as promotional and industrial films created for Pennzoil, the Houston Chronicle, Monsanto, and IBM 1800. Of special interest is the Kennedy Assassination – Chronicle, 1963, film created by August Galiano, an amateur filmmaker and father of collection donor, Elizabeth Nelson, which depicts Galiano’s day working at the Houston Chronicle when...

Texas Optometric Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Texas Optometric Association Records
Dates: Majority of material found within 1954-1990
Scope and Contents

This collection contains five series: The TOA President Correspondence, Executive Secretary Correspondence, TOA Committee Correspondence, TOA Administration, and Audio Tapes. Material includes correspondence, memoranda, meetings, newspaper clippings, reports, audio tapes and other administrative material. The collection is arranged chronologically within each series, dating from 1950 to 1999, adhering as much as possible to the original order.

UH Oral History Transcripts and Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-002
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / UH Oral History Transcripts and Recordings
Dates: 1978-1981
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the transcripts and cassettes of the Phi Kappa Phi oral history interviews. A small amount of written material and three computer diskettes are also included with the collection. All materials date from 1978 to 1985. The cassettes have been boxed separately for preservation reasons.

Untitled audio

 Item — Shelf: 038-022-006
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2024-025, Cinema Bomar Films
Dates: 1956-1978
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Cinema Bomar Films was donated and curated by the 16mm film collective, Cinema Bomar, which highlights local Houstonian home movies, camera tests, as well as promotional and industrial films created for Pennzoil, the Houston Chronicle, Monsanto, and IBM 1800. Of special interest is the Kennedy Assassination – Chronicle, 1963, film created by August Galiano, an amateur filmmaker and father of collection donor, Elizabeth Nelson, which depicts Galiano’s day working at the Houston Chronicle when...

Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers
Dates: 1923-1980
Scope and Contents

The Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers document Nina Vance's career developing and directing the Alley Theatre and also contains personal items from her life. The collection is divided into three series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, and Alley Theatre Papers. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, sound recordings, clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, date books, and miscellaneous items such as receipts and ephemera.

Dr. José E. Vega Bilingual Education Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-043
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Dr. José E. Vega Bilingual Education Recordings
Dates: 1975-1979; Majority of material found in 1979
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 26 audio cassettes created as part of José E. Vega's doctoral research on the passage of bilingual education legislation in Texas from 1969 to 1973 as well as follow-up research on bilingual education legislation introduced from 1975 to 1981. Recorded content includes senate committee hearings, personal notes, and interviews with legislators and administrators involved in bilingual education legislation in Texas. Topics discussed include the passage and...