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Rodney Ellis Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0061

Content Description The Rodney Ellis Collection contains materials related to the personal and professional activities of Rodney Ellis from 1972 to 2012. Newspaper clippings, which make up the greatest quantity of materials, highlight his legislative work during the early twenty first century. Clippings cover the legislative activities surrounding the veto of Senate Bill 750, a death penalty bill to limit the execution of the intellectually challenged. Includes a small quantity of letters, programs, an award,...

Dates: 1972-2012

Found in: Gregory School

Rodney L. Griffin Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0023

Scope and Contents The Rodney L. Griffin collection contains personal materials, which date from 1961 to 2009, that chronicle his experiences in the first desegregated Houston high school chess tournament in the 1960s. This collection consists of newspaper articles, photographs, and an election flyer. Researchers interested in urban high school clubs and activities after desegregation will find this a valuable resource.

Dates: 1961 - 2009

Found in: Gregory School

Roett Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0002

Scope and Contents The collection consists of photocopies of original family photos, correspondence, clippings, printed materials, an autobiography of Rupert Orlando Roett and a studio portrait of Dr. Catherine Roett dating from 1975-1988. The collection is not comprehensive but provides background on her family.

Dates: 1975-1998

Found in: Gregory School

Rollins Jewelry Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 0012

Scope and Contents The Rollins Jewelry Collection houses the business records of Rollins Jewelry from 1943 to 2010. This collection contains administrative and business records, meeting minutes and notes, By-laws and articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence to Frank from various community leaders, business owners and customers. Also includes awards from various organizations he held membership in, programs from St. Mary of the Purification Catholic Church, and various sports related and church ephemera....

Dates: 1943 - 2010

Found in: Gregory School

Roscoe Cavitt Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0026

Scope and Contents Note The Roscoe and O’Neta Cavitt Collection houses the professional and personal papers of Roscoe and O'netta Cavitt. This collection, which dates from 1941 to 2002, consists of documents, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, meetings and conferences, photographs, newsclippings, and press releases pertaining to the business and operations of the Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce from 1941 to 2002. Also contained are personal files and records of Roscoe and O’Neta Cavitt.

Dates: 1941 - 2002

Found in: Gregory School

Roy W. Leibsle Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0139

Scope and Contents This collection includes architectural specification books belonging to Roy W. Leibsle, A.I.A, for the Houston Municipal Airport (1949, 1950), Woodland Park Recreational Building (1948), Hartman Park Recreational Building (1953), Roberts Elementary School (1947), and Jefferson Davis High School (1949). Of note, is a set of specifications for the construction of Houston City Hall (1937).

Dates: 1947-1953

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Ruth T. Bello Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0363

Scope and Contents This collection includes essays written by Ruth T. Bello on the history of Presbyterianism in Mexican American communities in Texas along with her research notes, a small selection of church bulletins from the First Mexican Presbyterian Church in Houston, two choir hymnals, and 42 photographs related to the Bello family and other Texas families active in the Presbyterian church.

Dates: 1916-1989; Majority of material found in 1930s-1940s

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Samuel Collins III Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0021

Scope and Contents The Samuel Collins III Family Collection consists of the Juneteenth painting entitled, “Free at Last” by the artist Ted Ellis in 2006. Also included is a paper on about painting written by Samuel Collins III.

Dates: 1915 - 2008

Found in: Gregory School

Samuel Darlington Hewes Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0102

Scope and Contents This collection consists of copy photographs depicting Houston in the 1860s. There are eight physical prints, but only five distinct images among them.

Dates: 1860s-1870

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

San Jacinto Museum Collection of Cecil Thomson Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0200

Dates: 1880-1949

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Sandra Wilson Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0050

Scope and Contents The Sandra Ann Wilson Collection houses the personal papers of Sandra Wilson. This collection, which dates from 1945 to 1985, contains correspondence, special event programs, newspaper clippings, and digital only photographs. Records highlight her experiences as a student at Booker T. Washington High School.

The digital only photographs are available online at the Houston Public Digital Archive.

Dates: 1945 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1958

Found in: Gregory School

Santa Fe Railroad Records

Collection

Identifier: RG D 0004

Scope and Contents The Santa Fe Railroad Collection consists of materials dealing with the administration and operation of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Company from 1897 to 1968. Much of the collection deals with the legal aspects of the Company's operation including relationships with other railroads, corporations, the states and the federal government. The collection also contains information pertaining to company mergers, litigation, and laws as well as information on subjects such as the...

Dates: 1897-1968

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Sargent Roy & Tracy Cosey Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0072

Content Description The Sargent Roy & Tracy Cosey Collection contains several artifacts including a identification card from 1933, a dog tag and name badge from the Harris County Sheriff's Department. This small collection, documents the existence and role of black law enforcement in the Houston area.

Dates: 1933, 1965

Found in: Gregory School

Scanlan-Moody Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0236

Scope and Contents This collection contains bills and receipts for numerous Houston area stores and businesses at the start of the 20th century. The receipts seem to be for the De Bajligethy household. There is also a folder of correspondence, primarily from T.H. Scanlan to a De Bajligethy, probably Bonaparte N.C. De Bajligethy. Additionally, the collection contains two railway maps and schedules and a business advertisement.

Dates: 1900 - 1930

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Schoen Family Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0193

Scope and Contents This collection contains two photo albums and four autograph books. The autograph books were owned by Bertha Schoen. The photos depict people from the mid-1840s to the turn of the century. You can trace the linage of this family by noticing earlier portraits taken in Austria, in particular the town of Olmütz. Later portraits were taken by studios in St. Louis, MO; New Orleans, LA; Cincinnati, OH; Richmond and Petersburg, VA; Philadelphia, PA; New York City and Albany, NY. Many Texas...

Dates: 1840-1900

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Seymour M. Tatar Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0480

Content Description The collection consists primarily of slides from educational, medical, housing, shopping centers, and other projects throughout Maryland, Florida, and Texas. While most of the material is undated, based on architectural styles and the creator’s career most of the projects may have been completed in the 1960s through 1970s.

Dates: c. 1960s-1970s

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Shepherd / La Porte, Texas Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0299

Scope and Contents The Shepherd/La Porte, Texas collection contains reproduction photographs of Texas areas, with a concentration of photographs from the Kemah area.

Dates: approximately 1900

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Slave Narratives

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0154

Content Description The Slave Narratives Collection contains 45 first-person accounts of former slaves conducted during the 1930s in Galveston County, Harris County, and Jefferson County, Texas and 55 black-and-white photographs. Administrative files include correspondence between Works Progressive Administration interviewers and their supervisors.

Dates: 1930s

Found in: Gregory School

Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 0009

Scope and Content Note The Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church collection houses the records of the cuhurch from 1871 to 2010. This colleciton is compromised of deed contracts, news clippings, church history documents, church directories, souvenir program booklets, anniversary service programs and administrative documents.

Dates: 1871 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1962 - 2010

Found in: Gregory School

Sneed Family Collection 1900-1970s

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0149

Scope and Contents This collection is composed entirely of photographs (34 in number) which document the lives of two sisters in Houston from 1900 to the 1907s. The photographs capture important events, such as graduations and weddings, while tracing the careers of these black women as professional educators and club women who were active in LINKS, the Smart Set Club, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and the Married Ladies Social, Art, and Charity Club.Every photograph in this collection has a...

Dates: 1900 - 1980

Found in: Gregory School

RG 0054 Southern Africa Task Force/Free South Africa Movement

Collection

Identifier: RG 0054

Content Description This collection contains meeting minutes, organizational history, news clippings, correspondence, newsletters and event promotional materials related to the activities of the South Africa Task Force, a local South African protest group. Most materials document protest activities in Houston during the 1980s. Of interest are clippings of protest activities of Al Edwards and Ernest McGowen and materials on the boycott of the Shell company and other companies with financial ties to the South...

Dates: 1980s

Found in: Gregory School

Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc (S.C.A.A.S.I)

Collection

Identifier: RG 0001

Scope and Contents The Records of the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. contains back issues of the journal, The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies, from 1980 through the Spring 2009 edition. The journal contains papers and articles presented at the annual meetings that center on black history and culture that originated in or affected the South.

Dates: 1980 - 2009

Found in: Gregory School

Sylvia Brooks Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0011

Scope and Contents The Sylvia Brooks Collection houses the papers of Sylvia Brooks. This collection, which dates from, 1990 to 2007 includes newsclippings, publications, awards, scrapbooks, and photographs that document her tenure and accomplishments as the President of the Houston Area Urban League. This collection is valuable for topics on women's leadership and community work in urban areas.

Dates: 1990 - 2007

Found in: Gregory School

T. C. Stroter Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0017

Scope and Contents The collection in 4 boxes contains the personal and business papers of members of the T.C Stroter family spanning multiple generations. The bulk of the collection consits of family papers, personal, and business correspondence, and photographs from 1885 to 1973. The collection is organized chronologically within each series. Series 1 contains the Stroter family's deeds and land records from 1845 to 1926. The Family owned Texas property in Harris, Travis, San Patricio, and Shelby...

Dates: 1885-1964 1912-1945; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1945

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

T. D. Howe Construction Company Photographs

Collection

Identifier: RG D 0084

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 194 photographs of buildings in the Houston area, dating from 1938-1984. In many cases, T. D. Howe Construction Company is clearly identified for their role in building the structures.Buildings documented in this collection include schools and churches, as well as industrial and commercial structures. Southwestern Bell, Transcontinental Gas and Pipeline Corporation, and the San Jacinto College North Campus are among the clients prominently featured. Many...

Dates: 1938-1984

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Talbott Wilson Architectural Drawings

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1342

Content Description The Talbott Wilson Architectural Drawings collection is comprised entirely of architectural drawings. Please see the Architectural Drawings Database for information on Talbott Wilson drawings at HMRC. Accessing drawings may require an appointment, please contact HMRC for details.

Dates: 1952-1987

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Texas Association of Women's Clubs, Houston

Collection

Identifier: RG 0067

Scope and Contents The Texas Association of Women’s Clubs, Houston Branch collection contains the history of the City Federation of Women's Clubs from 1957-1985. It contains meeting minutes, funeral programs, year books, convention programs, correspondence, a handbook, plaque, and photographs documentinng their activities.

Dates: 1957 - 1985

Found in: Gregory School

Texas Jazz Archive Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG E 0071

Scope and Contents Collection strong points are the oral history interviews and the number of photographs chronicling these musicians’ professional careers. The name of the collection, the Texas Jazz Archive, is lenient, as there are other musical genres and artistic professionals associated with the collection, however documentation suggests that this was the determined group of artists to be associated with the Texas Jazz Archive. It could have been in anticipation of expanding it to a blues and jazz...

Dates: 1975-1991

Found in: Houston Metropolitan Research Center

RG 0060 Texas Methodist and Methodist-Episcopal Church Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 0060

Scope and Contents This collection is composed entirely of microfilmed copies of the published proceedings of the Methodist and the Methodist-Episcopal Church of Texas from 1891 to 1970. The annual proceedings contain much information on black churches in Houston as well as those in other areas of the state. In addition to membership, financial, and other types of institutional data they reflect, the role of churches and church people in many kinds of community activities, such as anti-KKK and anti-lynching...

Dates: 1891-1970

Found in: Gregory School

Texas Southern University Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 0003

Scope and Contents The Texas Southern University Collection consists of publications of the university. This collection, which dates from 1956 to 1995 includes annual reports, general catalog bulletins, reports, and newspapers published by the university and its students.

Dates: 1956 - 1995

Found in: Gregory School

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Rodney Ellis Collection

Rodney L. Griffin Collection

Roett Family Collection

Rollins Jewelry Collection

Roscoe Cavitt Collection

Roy W. Leibsle Papers

Ruth T. Bello Papers

Samuel Collins III Family Collection

Samuel Darlington Hewes Photographs

San Jacinto Museum Collection of Cecil Thomson Photographs

Sandra Wilson Collection

Santa Fe Railroad Records

Sargent Roy & Tracy Cosey Collection

Scanlan-Moody Papers

Schoen Family Photographs

Seymour M. Tatar Papers

Shepherd / La Porte, Texas Photographs

Slave Narratives

Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church Collection

Sneed Family Collection 1900-1970s

RG 0054 Southern Africa Task Force/Free South Africa Movement

Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc (S.C.A.A.S.I)

Sylvia Brooks Collection

T. C. Stroter Papers

T. D. Howe Construction Company Photographs

Talbott Wilson Architectural Drawings

Texas Association of Women's Clubs, Houston

Texas Jazz Archive Collection

RG 0060 Texas Methodist and Methodist-Episcopal Church Collection

Texas Southern University Collection

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