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Harper Leiper Photographs
Harris County Flood Control Photographs
Harrison Family Collection
Harry Luke, Jr. Photographs
Hazel Hainsworth Young and Robert W. Hainsworth Papers
Hazel Hainsworth Young Collection
Hazel McCullough Collection
Heather and Thistle, Scottish Society Collection
Hector Garcia / Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations Papers
Heiser-Alban Collection of Historical Circus Materials
Helen G. Perry Family Collection
Henry V. Sanchez Papers
This collection contains the personal and legal records of Henry V. Sanchez. Legal Records pertain mostly to the trials surrounding those arrested and accused of inciting a riot during the Moody Park incident in Houston in 1978. This collection also contains digital scans of select pieces of art created by Henry V. Sanchez as well as photographs of Sanchez.
Hicks Family Collection 1890s-1960s
This collection partially documents the lives of Maggie Johnson Hicks and daughter Betty Hicks Wilson. Over 300 photographs in this collection offer those interested in African-American history a good pictorial review of three generations of a family living in Houston’s 6th and 4th Wards in the early and mid-20th century. It also includes various certificates, diplomas, and transcripts. Of note are two Texas Southern University yearbooks from 1948 and 1949.
Hilliard Taylor Family Photographs
This collection consists of 229 black and white photographs and biographical materials. Photographs depict the Taylor family and home life in Houston, Boley, Oklahoma and Hot Springs, Arkansas from 1914 to 1997. This collection provides a glimpse into black family life and during the early 20th century. Most images are related to James and Josie’s life in Houston, but several are of Hilliard’s success after migration.
Hispanic Heritage Month Scanning and Oral History Days Collection
This collection contains the 5 interviews and 12 digital files acquired at two Scanning and Oral History Day events hosted by the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. These events took place on September 21 and October 12, 2013 as part of the Houston Public Library’s Hispanic Heritage Month programming.
HMRC Houston Photograph Collection
MSS 0157 is is an artificial collection created by the Houston Public Library's "Texas Room" local history collections, now housed at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Like MSS 0114 HMRC Photograph Collection, it contains photos of Houston gathered from various sources. There are 2697 photographs, ranging in date from 1859-1973. Subjects include buildings, cityscapes, and portraits of prominent individuals. Most of the photos are black and white.
HMRC Photograph Collection
HMRC Small Collections
HMRC Texas Photograph Collection
Hollywood Cemetery Collection
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.
Horace Dickinson Taylor Family Papers
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.
Houston Anti-Viet Nam War Collection
Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission (HAHC) Records
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.
Houston Builders Collection
This collection contains promotional materials and floor plans from various companies and subdivisions from the Houston suburbs.
Houston Business and Professional Men's Club
Houston Chronicle "Liquor" or "Lounge" Photographs
Houston Chronicle Photographs
Houston City Charter Commission Records
This collection contains scrapbooks of news clippings and the minutes of the Charter Commission.
Houston Conjunto Festival Video Recordings
Houston Heights Photographs
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