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This collection contains news clippings and other publications related to the history of the Port of Houston, compiled by William A. Bernrieder, Executive Secretary of the Cruiser Houston Committee and former assistant to Houston mayor Oscar Holcombe.

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The James H. Branard, Jr. Port of Houston Collection contains photographs primarily of ships and workers on the Long Reach docks on the Houston Ship Channel, collected by Branard, Jr., who was the former Vice President of Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co., and was in charge of operations at Gulf Atlantic's Long Reach division. The collection also contains articles, publications, and other ephemera on Long Reach and the Port of Houston.

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This collection contains photographic prints of various people and places in Houston primarily taken by photographers Bob and Marvin Bailey during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the photographs were shown in an exhibition titled "Houston: A Photographic Portrait, 1930s-1940s," which took place at Detering Book Gallery, owned and operated by Herman E. Detering III, during FotoFest 1992.

Scope and Contents This collection contains clippings of "Houston Heritage" articles from the Houston Business Journal, a weekly publication that covers local business news across the Greater Houston region. "Houston Heritage" was a weekly column that featured biographical and historical profiles on a wide range of individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other topics concerning Houston and Texas as a whole. The articles were written primarily by Houston historian Betty Trapp Chapman, as well as...