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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:

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...

Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-003
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents The Samuel Milner Papers primarily contain research materials that Milner gathered for his uncompleted book project on the USS Houston (CA-30) and members of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery of the Texas National Guard. Some materials may not have been returned to research subjects prior to Milner's death. For inquiries about these items, please contact Special Collections. The most notable materials in the collection are the interviews that Milner did in the 1950s with...

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.

Missouri City Chapter of the Links, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Missouri City Chapter of the Links, Inc. Records
Dates: 1977-2016
Scope and Contents

This collection includes internal publications such as meeting minutes, budget and program reports, correspondence, and organizational standards; conference materials; press clippings and releases; program development and community partnership information; directories; outreach materials; photographs; and documents cataloging the history of the Links, Inc. in Missouri City, Houston, the Western Area, and the international parent organization.

William C. Moffit Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-025
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / William C. Moffit Papers
Dates: 1930-2008; 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.

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...

H. E. Nelson Naval Uniforms and Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-017
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / H. E. Nelson Naval Uniforms and Photograph
Dates: 1918-1998
Scope and Contents

This collection includes two naval uniforms and a panoramic photograph.

New Music America Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-036
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / New Music America Collection
Dates: 1979-1990
Scope and Contents The materials in the collection document New Music America (NMA) festivals, which got their start as "New Music New York" in 1979, and were produced afterward annually by the New Music Alliance in cities across North America from 1980 to 1990. A bulk of the materials document the 1986 NMA in Houston. The records primarily consist of administrative documents, such as professional correspondence, meeting agendas, or mailing lists. Secondary records include catalogs, programs, and press related...

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.

Laura Oren Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Laura Oren Papers
Dates: 1970-1979
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 8 series and is housed in 2 boxes. The focus of the papers is the various organizations with which Oren has been affiliated. Most notably, this collection includes organizational material regarding the Houston Area Feminist Federal Credit Union, the National Organization for Women and Women and Labor organizations.

Outdoor Nature Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-023
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Outdoor Nature Club Records
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.

Paddock Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-014
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Paddock Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Council Records
Dates: 1914-1989; Majority of material found within 1983-1988
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two series: Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Council and Ephemera. The first series contains organizational materials for the GHCVC and is broken into ten sub-series. The second series contains materials related to the city of Houston and the state of Texas and is divided into six sub-series.

The Park People Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / The Park People Records
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...