Souvenirs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Objects serving as tokens of remembrance of some person, place, or event.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
William A. Bernrieder Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1979-001
Dates:
1917-1988
Scope and Contents
The William A. Bernrieder Collection has a great deal of information about the history of the USS Houston (CA-30) as well as the USS Texas and Franklin Roosevelt's visit to Houston in 1936. Bernrieder corresponded with many of the leading businessmen and politicians in Houston during his lifetime, as well as officers in the Navy. The collection dates from 1917- 1988, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929-1936 and from 1970-1986. Bernrieder kept a considerable amount of...
H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1986-001
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection
Dates:
1940-1996
Scope and Contents
The H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection contains correspondence, publicity photographs, photographs taken by Kaplan, programs, various arts publications, autographs, and miscellaneous items such as ticket stubs and clippings. There are more than 1,000 color 35mm slides taken by Kaplan of opera performances and rehearsals by the Houston Grand Opera. Additional oversized collages, posters, showcards, and artwork, along with several framed items, are housed separately. A large part of...
UH African American Studies Department Records
Collection
Identifier: 2001-005
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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UH African American Studies Department Records
Dates:
1971, 1990s-2018
Scope and Contents
The processed portion of the collection includes information about the history of the African American Studies Department, the First Annual Wilson Whitley Golf Tournament, fellowship programs, and study abroad programs. Materials in the processed portion include annual reports, brochures, catalogs, development plans, grant proposals, and reports to the community, dated 1990 to 2004 with one item, a Tribute to Lynn Eusan, from 1971. The processed portion arrived at the archives in relatively...
Kathryn J. Whitmire Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2004-002
Dates:
1972-1992
Scope and Contents
This set of papers documents Kathy Whitmire's long, active political career as the mayor of Houston throughout the 1980s. The collection is organized into four major series beginning chronologically with Jim Whitmire's political documents, Kathy Whitmire's career as city controller, followed by her mayoral campaigns and city business during each term, and documentation upon her defeat in 1991. The materials largely consist of Whitmire's campaign and city business documents including...