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 13 Collections and/or Records:
Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC) Records
Collection
Identifier: 2007-001
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC) Records
Dates:
1966-2008
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,...
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...
Foley's Department Store Records
Collection
Identifier: 2007-004
Dates:
1845-2006; Majority of material found within 1900-2005
Scope and Contents
Foley's Department Store Records comprise 42 record cartons, 16 oversized boxes, 32 bound ledgers and real estate records that are open to the public. In addition, there are 32 scrapbooks that are too fragile for public viewing. Records begin with the first stockholders' meeting held in 1911, preserved in a bound journal. Each year (primary organizational series) of the collection is divided into sub-series including Finances, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Publications, and...
Houston Electric Auto Association Records
Collection
Identifier: 2016-047
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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Houston Electric Auto Association Records
Dates:
1973-2011; Majority of material found within 1995-2006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the organization's correspondence with the government and members' correspondence amongst themselves, as well as announcements of meetings and different events that they held occasionally. It also includes electric battery review booklets plus articles showing the organization and members' various achievements. Included are photographs of various occasions hosted or attended by the Houston Electric Auto Association members, brochures showing different...
Keep Houston Beautiful Records
Collection
Identifier: 2012-007
Dates:
1977-2012; Majority of material found within 2000-2008
Scope and Contents
This collection includes award applications Keep Houston Beautiful has made to win monetary awards from Keep America Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful. It also includes awards Keep Houston Beautiful has won and awards that Keep Houston Beautiful has nominated community partners for. Included are administrative records, community initiatives of Keep Houston Beautiful, and various Keep Houston Beautiful events. This collection also includes photographs, press coverage, training materials, and...
John Henry Kirby Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2006-008
Dates:
1884-1944
Scope and Contents
The majority of this manuscript collection consists of general and business correspondence concerning John Henry Kirby and his various business interests in southeast Texas. The manuscripts include holograph and typewritten letters, telegrams and postcards. Legal and land documents include deeds and abstracts, and business documents include checks and vouchers.In 1965 the collection was deposited in the archives of the Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, at that time housed...
Outdoor Nature Club Records
Collection
Identifier: 2007-023
Dates:
1923-2007
Scope and Contents
Forms part of Houston History Archives. Primarily organizational records including meeting minutes, newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, annual reports, and financial records. Outdoor Nature Club Records include approximately 20 linear feet of records including the materials for the study groups.
The Park People Records
Collection
Identifier: 2005-004
Dates:
1970-2009; Majority of material found within 1978-2005
Scope and Contents
The Park People’s Records include standard organizational documents, including meeting minutes, personnel management, and financial records, plus city planning proposals and reports covering thirty years. Records include grant applications for federal and state programs. They also include details about local programs such as Treescape, a collaborative effort among Trees for Houston, Scenic Houston, and City of Houston in a program to provide incentives and enforcement of the Tree and Shrub...
Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2008-008
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.
Scenic Houston - Scenic Texas Records
Collection
Identifier: 2008-010
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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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...
Tenneco Energy History Records
Collection
Identifier: 2016-005
Dates:
1946-2014; Majority of material found within 1974-1988
Scope and Contents
Records in this collection of Tenneco history include three major areas of interest. One group consists of management and planning records created by executives of Tenneco. The second group reflects a joint effort to write the history of Tenneco, Built from Scratch. Draft manuscripts, publication costs, and a Tenneco management reunion reflect the concerted effort to document the company’s history. A third group contains in-house publications reflecting Tenneco’s business accomplishments...
This is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale Film Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-020
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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This is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale Film Collection
Dates:
1925-2011; Majority of material found within 1985-1988
Scope and Contents
The This is Our Home, It Is Not for Sale Film Collection contains records covering the full scope of the production of a documentary film. Records cover fundraising activities, releases and contracts, insurance, research materials, production notes and logs, film screenings and festivals, photographs, and posters. The documentary film is available for viewing on DVD in UH Libraries Special Collections and for purchase at ...
World Affairs Council (Gulf Coast/Houston) Records
Collection
Identifier: 2010-015
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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World Affairs Council (Gulf Coast/Houston) Records
Dates:
1976-1998
Scope and Contents
Collection includes records relating to the formation and development of the Gulf Coast Council on Foreign Affairs and its successor organizations, the Gulf Coast World Affairs Council, and the Houston World Affairs Council. Documents reveal the administrative processes by which the organizations were governed and the various programs and events sponsored by the organizations. Such events include an array of invited speakers, some of considerable note, and trips to various countries,...