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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:

W. D. Lowther Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 1970-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / W. D. Lowther Civil War Letters
Dates: 1863-1864
Scope and Contents

The Lowther collection consists of 12 letters from Confederate soldier W. D. Lowther to his fiancee, Phronie or Fronie Autry, in Texas during the United States Civil War. Dated from June 1863 through May 1864, these handwritten letters are all accompanied by typed transcriptions, and a few folders contain handwritten transcripts as well.

Frank E. Lozo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-030
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Frank E. Lozo Papers
Dates: 1890-1991; Majority of material found within 1937-1979
Scope and Contents

Written works, field notebooks, maps, photographs, and publications from Frank E. Lozo, geologist with Shell Development Company.

Linda May Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-009
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Linda May Papers
Dates: 1969-2006; Majority of material found within 1970-2000
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of Linda May, a Houston feminist activist who coordinated numerous national and global women’s conferences and represented the American Jewish Coalition at the 1985 and 1995 United Nations’ NGO Conference on Women. The series are arranged by organizational or institutional affiliation, and each contains photos, correspondence, press clippings, and literature. Linda May also has a book collection with Special Collections. For separated books, see Separated...

Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters
Dates: 1943-1945
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of correspondence from Captain O.C. McDavid during his service in World War II in the South Pacific. The collection also includes a handful of correspondence addressed to Captain McDavid, newsletters from his service, memorabilia collected while abroad, a sketch drawn by Captain McDavid, newspaper clippings, and Letters from OC: The War Years--1940 through 1945, compiled by Gene McDavid. Correspondence from Captain McDavid is arranged...

Larry McMurtry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1970-006
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Larry McMurtry Papers
Dates: 1955-1986
Scope and Contents The Larry McMurtry Collection contains multiple typescript manuscript drafts of the novels Leaving Cheyenne, The Last Picture Show, Moving On, Somebody's Darling, Cadillac Jack: A Novel, The Desert Rose, Lonesome Dove, and Texasville, plus manuscript notes and publisher's copies related to some of these works. The collection also contains the typescript manuscripts and first galley proofs for the book of essays In a Narrow Grave. The McMurtry Collection includes a screenplay for...

Maxine Mesinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-002
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Maxine Mesinger Papers
Dates: 1965-2001
Scope and Contents

Clippings spanning the run of Messinger's "Big City Beat" column make up the bulk of this collection. The collection contains photographs documenting Mesinger's social life, friends and family, a small amount of correspondence from family and friends, and two audiotapes.

Collection of Mexico Documents

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-027
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Collection of Mexico Documents
Dates: 1570-1913; Majority of material found within 1821-1869
Scope and Contents The Mexico Documents Collection is a result of combining several smaller artificial collections into one in order to improve organization and facilitate access. The collection chronicles the history of Mexico from Spanish rule to the Mexican Revolution. The material has been arranged chronologically into four series: the Colonial Period to Mexican Independence to the Mexican-American War, the Mexican-American War to the Mexican Revolution, and documents with unknown dates. The bulk of the...

Doug Michels Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-005
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Doug Michels Architectural Papers
Dates: 1944-2003; Majority of material found within 1968-2003
Scope and Contents

This collection includes sketches, renderings, and construction drawings for Doug Michels' design projects; portfolios of his art and design work; 35mm slides and photographic prints; video tapes; movie scripts; publications; personal and business files; and memorabilia. Materials are arranged in series by format or genre and chronologically within each series from 1940s to 2004, with a bulk from 1970s to 1990s.

Vassar Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1987-003
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Vassar Miller Papers
Dates: 1937-1992
Scope and Contents The Vassar Miller Papers contain material pertaining to Miller's writings, career, and personal life, and materials pertaining to the editing and publication of the anthology. Materials range in date from circa 1937 to 1992, with most of the material falling between the years 1960 to 1986. The series relating to Miller's own work and life contain correspondence, poems, short stories, plays, miscellaneous works, drafts and typescripts of published works, and material related to...

Tatcho Mindiola Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-012
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Tatcho Mindiola Papers
Dates: 1970-2015
Abstract

This collection documents the academic career, community service and advocacy, and local civil rights activist work of Tatcho Mindiola, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and former director of the Center for Mexican American Studies. Materials include correspondence, course planning materials, research data, program files, published and unpublished manuscripts, and a significant amount of published reference material.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Small Collections

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-081
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Miscellaneous Manuscripts Small Collections
Dates: 1657-1975
Scope and Contents This grouping of small archival collections--often just a single item or folder--consists of manuscripts from a variety of sources. Included are correspondence, legal documents, printed documents, and other formats. In addition to original documents, some folders also contain transcriptions, translations, or preliminary research notes.Where possible, documents clustered around particular themes or collecting areas have been grouped into series. Within the first four series, items...

William C. Moffit Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-025
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / William C. Moffit Papers
Dates: 1873; 1927-2007; undated; Majority of material found within 1960s-1980s
Scope and Contents The William C. Moffit papers contains 44 cartons. The collection is organized into 14 series: Personal/Office Files, Teaching Materials, Sheet Music, University Fight Songs, Moffit Arrangements of SWC Fight Songs, Small Sectional Sheet Music, Moffit’s Resource Materials and Michigan State Band Books, Original Working Scores, Formations, Audio Cassettes and Records, Ephemera, Music Books, Awards, and Oversize material.The collection includes personal office files, teaching aids,...

Flora Moon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-006
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Flora Moon Papers
Dates: 1976-2012; Majority of material found within 1991-2004
Scope and Contents

The majority of this collection contains documentation and notes pertaining to the creation of the short documentary film The Living Tree. Other items include film scripts, periodicals and ephemera from her film career.

Moreno Family Houston Experience Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-012
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Moreno Family Houston Experience Collection
Dates: 1972-2006; Majority of material found within 1972-1976
Scope and Contents

This collection contains meeting minutes, treasury reports, correspondence, and documents related to the meetings of the Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations (PASSO).

This collection also contains documents about the organization of the Conferencia de Mujeres por la Raza. Lastly, this collection contains some typewritten copies of biographies of famous individuals. Materials are arranged chronologically.

Mydolls Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Mydolls Records
Dates: 1978-2018
Scope and Contents The Mydolls Records contain approximately 3.5 linear feet of archival records that document the career of the women-led group and reveal its 40-year advocacy of equality, female empowerment, and minority representation in the arts. The post-punk band Mydolls is a Houston band formed in 1978 with members Trish Herrera, Dianna Ray, Linda Younger, and George Reyes. The archival collection preserves the band’s early history in photographs, letters, flyers, zines, and cassette tapes from the...