Scope and Contents The Bayou Preservation Association maintains files on its activities from its beginnings in the 1960s. Materials on the history of Buffalo Bayou date back to the 1920s, so the collection is dated from that period. Most of the materials collected for the archives were housed in the BPA offices, but those papers included contributions from Terry Hershey, Frank Smith, George Mitchell, and Fred Lazure, as well as others. Overall, the papers represent a broad overview of BPA’s activities, but...

Scope and Contents Forms part of the Houston History Archives.CEC's archival records collection includes documentation of Houston's environmental history and CEC's organizational efforts from 1966 to 2000. The CEC records collection arises from three separate accessions. First and largest are the records preserved in the CEC offices. With a few exceptions, the CEC office records document organization activities during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. In addition to administrative, financial,...

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...