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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to still images produced from radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear radiation), generally by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film, paper, glass, or metal. Photographs may be positive or negative, opaque or transparent. The concept does not include reproductive prints of documents and technical drawings, for which descriptors found under "

Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on Kenneth Patchen

 Collection
Identifier: 1977-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Collection on Kenneth Patchen
Dates: 1934-1976
Scope and Contents The Kenneth Patchen Collection contains correspondence, photographs, publicity and promotional materials, books, picture-poems, sound recordings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items.The collection was received with chronological item descriptions composed by Ronald Dunkin, the original collector of the materials. In order to facilitate access, the items in the collection were categorized according to type of material and placed by date within category. The books,...

Marcella Perry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-011
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Marcella Perry Papers
Dates: 1945-1989; Majority of material found in 1970-1985
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to Marcella Perry's work as a banker and politician between 1945 and 1985. The contents are broken up into two series: News, Events, and Correspondence; and Photos, Scanned Documents, and Scrapbooks. The sequencing is chronological and maintains the original structure created by Marcella and her family as closely as possible.

Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-007
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas Records
Dates: 1936-2004
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 12 boxes and 17 linear feet and documents the evolution of the Maternal Health Center of Houston into the Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas branch. Material in the collection is dated from 1936 until 2004. The collection contains historical information about the origins of the Planned Parenthood of Southeast Texas and the Maternal Health Center as well as the national birth control movement and Planned Parenthood Federation. The collection...

Paul E. Purser Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1970-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Paul E. Purser Papers
Dates: 1940-1975
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of typescripts, page proofs and other materials related to the work "Manned Spacecraft," reports and articles, as well as Purser's files of clippings and research materials.

Jose Quintero Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-009
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Jose Quintero Papers
Dates: 1949-1998
Scope and Contents The Jose Quintero Papers consist largely of materials related to Quintero's directing and teaching, supplemented by professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, and other theater memorabilia. The papers are arranged in five series: Theater Papers, 1950-1996 (6 boxes), Correspondence, 1949-1999 (2 boxes), Works, (1 box), Career (1 box), and Posters.The papers arrived at University of Houston Special Collections directly from Jose Quintero and Nicholas Tsacrios. They were...

Lynn Randolph Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-015
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Lynn Randolph Papers
Dates: 1967-2008
Scope and Contents The eleven series of Lynn Randolph Papers are housed in three boxes and contain documentation of her exemplary training and career in the visual fine arts including exhibits, shows, reviews, individual art projects, and collaborations. The documentation of her longtime feminist and human rights activism in Houston and abroad is also an important part of the collection just as it is her life. Lynn Randolph's collaboration, both visual and literary, with Donna Haraway is represented as is her...

River Oaks Blossom Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / River Oaks Blossom Club Records
Dates: 1939-2004
Scope and Contents

The River Oaks Blossom Club collection contains material dating from the Club's inception in 1939 through 2004. The collection is divided into three series: Yearbooks, Administrative, and Photographs. The Yearbooks and Photographs are arranged chronologically. The Administrative series is arranged chronologically, then alphabetically.

River Oaks Business Women's Exchange Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-007
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / River Oaks Business Women's Exchange Club Records
Dates: 1977-2007
Scope and Contents The full finding aid is available on TARO: https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uhsc/00152/hsc-00152.htmlThe collection is housed in 3 boxes and 2 drawers and is organized into 10 series entitled: Organizational Documents, Roster/Year Books, Newsletters, Photographic Works, ROBWEC Anniversaries, Invitations and Greetings, Clippings, Correspondence, Notes, and Ephemera. The bulk of the material...

River Oaks Rose Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-003
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / River Oaks Rose Club Records
Dates: 1974-2014
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photos of Rose Club events, yearbooks that catalog membership, secretarial records and correspondence, and several scrapbooks. The majority of the materials are arranged chronologically and in the order they were received from donors.

ROADwomen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-014
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / ROADwomen Records
Dates: 1994-2008; Majority of material found within 1997-2002
Scope and Contents The collection is primarily concerned with the River Oaks Area Democratic Women, though it also contains material for both Democrat and Republican political candidates. Material in the collection includes correspondence, business and financial records, photographs, and the organization’s publication, Register. The collection is divided into six series: Governance, ROADwomen Register, Events and Programs, Organizations, Campaign Materials, and Various Materials. All series are arranged...

Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo Papers
Dates: 1971-2004
Scope and Contents

Ninfa’s Papers include business plans, business, personal, and political correspondence, photographs, magazine and newspaper clippings press coverage, proof of public service deeds, scrapbooks, artifacts (buttons and stamps, memorabilia, menus, plaques), and framed enlarged picture and media items and roughly cover the years from 1971 to 2001.

Alvin Romansky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1968-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Alvin Romansky Papers
Dates: 1907-1994
Scope and Contents The Alvin Romansky Papers include photographs, correspondence, documents, printed materials, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia related to the life and civic pursuits of Alvin Romansky, his father Joseph Romansky, and his uncle Thomas Flaxman. The bulk of the material (principally that related to Alvin Romansky) dates from the 1950s, but a significant amount of material related to Thomas Flaxman dates from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first...

Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-010
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers
Dates: 1914-2005
Scope and Contents

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Samplified Digital Recording Studios Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-006
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Samplified Digital Recording Studios Records
Dates: 1995-2003; Majority of material found within 1995-2003
Scope and Contents This collection contains Alesis Digital Audio Tapes (ADATs), invoices, photographs, and posters from Samplified Digital Recording Studios and is divided into four series: Recordings, Invoices, Promotional Materials, and Photographs. The ADATs contain recordings by many prominent Houston hip hop artists, most notably several sets of tapes containing master recordings by DJ Screw. Due to the fragility of the original ADATs, they cannot be played directly, but digital access files are...

Scenic Houston - Scenic Texas Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-010
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Scenic Houston - Scenic Texas Records
Dates: 1963-2008
Scope and Contents Scenic Houston is a chapter of Scenic Texas, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that focuses on promoting policies and actions that enhance the beauty and appeal of our streetscapes and roadways. Scenic Houston works to reduce existing billboard blight, prevent new billboard construction, foster attractive on-premises signage, incorporate context-sensitive design in the planning of highways and other public projects, and protect the natural beauty and distinctive character of our...