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Nonprofit organizations -- Texas -- Houston

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ben T. Reyes Papers

 Collection
Identifier:  MSS 0103
Scope and Contents The collection covers the time span of 1970 thorough 1988, although Mr. Reyes served on Houston City Council through 1995. Reyes’ service in the House is documented in boxes 1 through folder 12 of box 8. The remainder of the collection is concerned almost entirely with his service on City Council.The primary format is correspondence but also includes address lists, affidavit of substantial interest, applications, brochures, city ordinances, financial statements, graphs, lawsuits,...
Dates: 1970-2006; Majority of material found in 1984-1988

Elvira Aranda Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1425
Content Description This collection contains information about the history of the Sociedad Mutualista Obrera Mexicana and it's founder Celestino Suarez as well as information about his daughter, Elvira Aranda and her husband David Aranda. The collection has photos of Elvira and David Aranda as well as an interview transcript with Elvira discussing her early life and experience with discrimination, copies of David Aranda's military documents, and a 50th anniversary magazine celebrating the Sociedad Mutualista...
Dates: 1945-2002

Graciela Saenz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1395
Scope and Contents The collection covers the period 1992-2000, which includes the years that Saenz served on Houston City Council. It includes address lists, agendas, appointment calendars, bank statements, brochures, checks, correspondence, greeting cards, invitations, mechanical copies of fax transmissions, memos, message logs, meeting minutes, news releases, newsletters, newspaper articles, note pads, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, requests for meetings, schedules, and voter analysis...
Dates: 1992-2000; Majority of material found in 1997

Houston Young Women's Christian Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG F 0017
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of organizational records, scrapbooks, and correspondence related to the Houston YWCA and Blue Triangle Branch. Of note are board meeting minutes and the financial records of the organization.

Dates: 1907-1986
African American History Research Center
Houston Public Library
1300 Victor Street
Houston, Texas 77019
832-393-1440
HPL.Gregoryschool@houstontx.gov
Houston History Research Center
Houston Public Library
550 McKinney St.
Houston, Texas 77002
832-393-1662
TXR.Reference@houstontx.gov