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African American women

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Vanessa Gilmore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-034
Dates: 1991-2022
Content Description This collection includes documents and materials related to Judge Vanessa Gilmore’s service and confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; professional and personal correspondence; event flyers, programs, and invitations; personal items; and newspaper articles and clippings regarding her judicial work and public service. Also included are materials documenting her advocacy for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); records from her leadership and...

Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Beta Phi Chapter Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-021
Dates: approximately 1970s
Content Description

Scrapbook album, photographs, and documents of the African American sorority Iota Phi Lambda's Beta Phi Chapter, circa 1970s.

Missouri City Chapter of the Links, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-001
Dates: 1977-2016
Scope and Contents

This collection includes internal publications such as meeting minutes, budget and program reports, correspondence, and organizational standards; conference materials; press clippings and releases; program development and community partnership information; directories; outreach materials; photographs; and documents cataloging the history of the Links, Inc. in Missouri City, Houston, the Western Area, and the international parent organization.

Top Ladies of Distinction Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-015
Dates: 1964-2003
Scope and Contents This collection contains administrative and publicity materials from the Top Ladies of Distinction, a Houston-based service organization incorporated in 1964. Materials include minutes, budgets, programs, scrapbooks, and issues of the organization's annual publication, "The Crown." The collection also contains materials on the Top Teens of America, a program sponsored by the Top Ladies of Distinction to further serve young people. These materials include a brochure, two annual...