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Business

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Anderson, Clayton, & Co. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-005
Dates: 1894-2012; Majority of material found within 1914-1986
Scope and Contents

Records of Houston-based Anderson, Clayton, and Co. in this collection include financial documentation, correspondence, publications, and other media.

Joseph S. Cullinan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-009
Dates: 1893-1939
Scope and Contents Aside from its obvious use as a significant source for those persons interested in the petroleum industry, this collection covers a wide range of other research topics.  Business and economic historians will be interested in the extensive financial records and correspondence of such companies as the Petroleum Iron Works Co., Producers Oil Co., the Texas Company, Farmer's Petroleum Co., and the American Republics Corporation.  The collection includes records of the land division of the...

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-005
Dates: 1996-2017
Scope and Contents When UH’s Center for Public History and the University Libraries collaborated to create the Houston History Archives (UH-HHA), part of their mission included a repository for oral histories that tell stories of the growth and development of the Gulf Coast region from multiple points of view. To that end, the Houston Oral History Project in the Center for Public History trains history graduate students to research and interview Houstonians with recollections of the city’s civil rights,...

William W. Sherrill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-012
Dates: 1920-2018; Majority of material found within 1960-2017
Scope and Contents

The William W. Sherrill Papers consist of awards, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, financial materials, books, and other materials relevant to Sherrill’s experiences as a Marine, student, entrepreneur, public servant, and teacher. Dating from 1945 to 2016, materials are arranged by function, including awards, autobiographical research materials, correspondence, events and appearances, newspaper clippings, photographs, Houstonians, and subject files.