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Hollywood Cemetery Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0359
Scope and Contents Note
This collection consists of business papers, a historical marker application, a proposal to digitize historical records, burial/disinternment applications, and the personal research notes of Donna Beth Shaw.
Dates:
1902-2011
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Horace Dickinson Taylor Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0053
Scope and Contents
The Taylor family collection consists of correspondence to and from Horace Dickinson Taylor and his family between 1848 and 1898. The letters concern daily life in the nineteenth century. There is, however, a noticeable gap in the correspondence during the Civil War period. A brief history, written in 1965 by a descendant, is also included.
Dates:
1848-1898
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Anti-Viet Nam War Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0173
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of printed material, much of which was published by the Students for a Democratic Society, a leading anti-war organization commonly known by its acronym "SDS". The documents, newsletters, and other publications in this collection establish the national and international opposition to the war and place local opposition to it in Houston within a proper context. This collection also established the historic connection between opposition to the war and opposition to...
Dates:
1965-1973
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission (HAHC) Records
Collection
Identifier: RG A 0030
Scope and Contents
Collected records of HAHC meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, and selected references used to make decisions regarding special projects from 1984-1992. Of note are some documents concerning the establishment of the commission in 1984.
Dates:
1984-1992
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Builders Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0393
Scope and Contents
This collection contains promotional materials and floor plans from various companies and subdivisions from the Houston suburbs.
Dates:
1981-1984
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Business and Professional Men's Club
Collection
Identifier: RG 0020
Scope and Contents
The Houston Business and Professional Men's Club Collection houses the records of the organization. This collection, which dates from 1948 to 2006 contains materials that documents its founding, strategic operations, and membership throughtout its history. Materials include constitution and by-laws, past presidents, committee duties, parliamentary procudures, meeting formats, financial reports, member biographies, annual banquet programs and honorees, membership directories, mailing lists,...
Dates:
1948 - 2006; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2006
Found in:
Gregory School
Houston City Charter Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: RG A 0027
Scope and Contents
This collection contains scrapbooks of news clippings and the minutes of the Charter Commission.
Dates:
1938
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Heights Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0229
Scope and Contents
MSS 0229 Houston Heights Photographs is an artificial collection consisting of 181 images documenting the Houston Heights neighborhood from 1904 to 1975. The collection consists largely of copy negatives and copy prints, many or all of which were likely produced by HMRC staff. In most cases, the donor(s) appear to have retained the original photographs. Photographs 1-8 are original prints, with at least three of these attributed to Frank Schlueter. Pictured in the collection are homes,...
Dates:
1904 - 1974
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Historic Landmark and Protected Landmark Reports
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0178
Content Description
Collection contains landmark nominations, protected landmark nominations, National Residential Historic District applications and research created by Preservation Houston staff members that detail the history of buildings structures in black neighborhoods. Researchers interested in the history of black neighborhoods in Houston will find this collection a valuable resource.
Dates:
1997- 2016
Found in:
Gregory School
Houston Modern Dance Council
Collection
Identifier: RG E 0075
Scope and Contents
This collection focuses primarily on Roberta Stokes and her modern dance endeavors. From 1975 to 1988, Stokes served as a pioneer of the modern dance scene in Houston. This collection consists of photographs, promotional materials, scrapbook pages, audio tapes, video cassettes, transcripts, correspondence, and drawings.
Dates:
1966-1989; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1987
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Municipal Arts Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: RG A 0033
Scope and Contents
The Houston Municipal Art Commission Collection contains artwork and operational records from approximately forty years of the Commission's existence. The artwork records consist of background information on proposed artists and pieces of art, conservation histories, and other published and unpublished information about artwork owned by the City of Houston. The operational records consist of financial data, personnel records, correspondence, minutes, and other information about the Commission...
Dates:
1965 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Music Teachers Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 1307
Dates:
1941-1998
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0157
Dates:
1859-1975
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0187
Dates:
1896-1948; Majority of material found within 1910-1929
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Social Service Bureau
Collection
Identifier: RG A 0028
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents that chronicle the activities of the Houston Social Service Bureau (later, the Family Service Bureau), including administrative documents and publications relevant to the Bureau's mission to serve needy families and unemployed individuals in Houston.
Dates:
1914-1938
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Subdivision Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0118
Scope and Contents
The Houston Subdivision Collection is a collection consisting of brochures, pamphlets, and plat maps documenting the development of new subdivisions in the Houston area. The boxed material contains abstracts of titles, brochures, lists of property owners, and newspaper clippings. The plat maps are from different subdivisions, each newly created at that particular time. Also included with the plat maps are three Houston street directories and city maps of the 1890s and 1900s.
Dates:
1890-1979
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston U.S. Post Office Building Construction Records
Collection
Identifier: RG O 0002
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains information on the construction of a U.S. Post Office in Houston in the late 1880s, as well as payroll vouchers and some correspondence regarding the professionalization of the federal civil service.
Dates:
1888-1889
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Houston Young Women's Christian Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RG F 0017
Dates:
1907-1986
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Hugh and Versie Shelton Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0032
Scope and Contents
The Hugh and Versie Shelton Collection contains the personal papers of Versie Shelton. This collection,, which dates from 1906 to 2004, consists of correspondence between Rita Shelton and here parent and correspondonce from Adelphi College. Photographs showcase the intimate family bond and acheivements of the Shelton family. Most of the collection pertains to information relating to the community involvement, relationships and accomplishments of the Shelton family.
Dates:
1906 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1948 - 2003
Found in:
Gregory School
Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr. Architectural Drawings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0445
Scope and Contents
This collection is entirely comprised of architectural drawings. Please see the Architectural Drawings Database for information on the drawings of Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr. at HMRC. Accessing drawings may require an appointment, please contact HMRC for details.
Dates:
1949-1976
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr./Graham B. Luhn Architectural Drawings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1196
Content Description
This collection is entirely comprised of architectural drawings. Please see the Architectural Drawings Database for information on the drawings of Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr. at HMRC. Accessing drawings may require an appointment, please contact HMRC for details.
Dates:
1950-1973
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Independent Metal Workers Union Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 0064
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection describe major events in the history of the Independent Metalworker's Union, a Houston organized labor entity. Specifically, numerous contracts and wage agreements between the Union and Hughes Tool Company, the workers of which the Union represented, give a historical view of the relationship between the Union, its members, and Hughes Tool Co. Additionally, petitions and copies of cases given before the National Labor Relations Board give insight into racial...
Dates:
1937-1981; Majority of material found within 1947-1968
Found in:
Gregory School
J. F. Usener, Sr. and Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0007
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection document the Usener's interest in a four acre parcel of land south of San Jacinto Bay near LaPorte, known as the old Prince Green tract. Materials date from 1927-1971 and range from legal documents and maps to newsletter clippings and photographs. These volumes and other material relating to the yacht basin, real estate, and the increasing industrialization of the area provide material for scholars researching recreational activities and the burgeoning industrial...
Dates:
1927-1971
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Reverend Jack Yates and Antioch Baptist Church Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0281
Scope and Contents
Much of the material donated by Whiting is documentation on her brother Samuel A. Countee, a celebrated African-American artist, who died in 1959; material from her aunt Pinkie Yates, whom Whiting lived with for a time and taught at the Gregory School in the Fourth Ward; documentation of Whiting’s successful efforts to establish Antioch Baptist Church as a historical landmark; and photographs.Much of the material donated by McCullough is related to her husband, Arthur McCullough...
Dates:
1872-1994; Majority of material found in 1900s-1980s
Found in:
Gregory School
Jeff Collins Family History and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0131
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of 59 photographs of African-Americans dating from 1885 to 1979, which feature members of the Collins, Gay, Ligons, Johnson, and Williams families, as well as their relatives and friends, who were farmers, teachers, railroad employees, and active churchgoers. The images are set in Houston, as well as the counties of Houston, Willard, and Trinity. The photographs are both studio and snapshot portraits and include a few tintypes and silver gelatin prints. ...
Dates:
1885-1979
Found in:
Gregory School
Jim McConn Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0195
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers from Jim McConn’s time as a city council member and as mayor. The collection also includes files from many of his executive assistants while in office. Additionally, photographs document mayoral activities and events, and audio recordings capture many mayoral news conferences.
Dates:
1972-1981
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Jim Westmoreland Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0389
Scope and Contents
The collection spans the years 1974 to 1989, and features the papers and records of Jim Westmoreland, a City Councilman in Houston, Texas. The collection consists of correspondence, memorandums, work on codes of ordinances, meetings notes, and photographs.The collection also contains reports concerning IAH parking, Houston billboards controversy, and many different committees, including aviation, civil service advisory, council rules, municipal golf course, and the billboard...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Joe H. Eagle Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0073
Scope and Contents
Except for one lengthy letter to John Henry Kirby in 1908, the Eagle Papers generally cover the period from 1933 to 1955 and include political, business, and personal correspondence. The 1936 Senatorial campaign is documented as well as congressional patronage for postal jobs. Correspondence concerning the effort to eliminate Victor Gluck from the post office as a suspected Communist sympathizer is particularly interesting.
Dates:
1908-1955; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1955
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
John E. Loeffler Railway Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0117
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises of documentation of and materials related to the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway which began operation in 1851. Ledgers, maps, reports, photographs and clippings depict the growth of the railway and its relation to the to the industry. Historical narratives and accounts add further insight into the railway, which was later part of the Galveston, Harrisburg, San Antonio Railway, and ultimately a section of the Southern Pacific. Highlights of the...
Dates:
1851-1967
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
John E.T. Milsaps Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0033
Scope and Contents
Along the way Major Milsaps kept a meticulous seventy-three volume diary which chronicles not only his army activities, but also a host of general observations useful to researchers. In addition, the Milsaps Papers contain extensive scrapbooks of personal and salvationist material, personal correspondence and an extensive photographic collections. Similarly, the papers contain a significant body of Salvation Army literature and ephemera unique in this country. When the only complete...
Dates:
1531-1986; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1930
Found in:
Houston Metropolitan Research Center
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The African American Library at the Gregory School
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