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Documentary on the history of the Merchant and Manufactured Building, the home of the University of Houston, Downtown. Credits: Slanina, George, Jr. (editor/audio/lighting), Tanamachi, Tim (audio/l...
Gregory, Elizabeth; Farrar Karkabi, Barbara; Cassidy, Helen
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A panel discussion led by Barbara Karkabi, in which Houston area feminist leaders from the 1970s (Helen Cassidy, Nikki Van Hightower, Barbara Farrar Karkabi, Frances M. Northcutt, and Celia Teresa)...
King Herring, Joanne; Gregory, Elizabeth; Feldman, Claudia
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Claudia Feldman interviews Joanne King Herring about her charities, book, and role in Charlie Wilson's effort to help Afghan resistance fighters get support from the United States government.
Interview with journalist Walter Cronkite by Ann Hodges. Credits: Hodges, Ann (interviewer), Stewart, Lisa Dresser (producer), Weiss, Jeffrey (director/editor), Menuet, Yvonne (coordinating produce...
Dr. Richard I. Evans explores the psychology of creativity through a series of interviews. Dr. J. P. Guilford, Dr. Donald M. MacKinnon, and Dr. Irving A. Taylor are all interviewed on their studies...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Nancy Beck Young interviews former Democratic Senator Don Adams about Texas politics during his tenures in the state House and the Senate. He begins his reflections by recalling the Constitutional ...
NASA film describing the problems that occurred during the launch of Skylab 1, and the efforts made to remedy the problems for Skylab 3 mission. Includes interviews with program director William C....
In-studio video recording of After Hours. Tape label information: "Opens with 'We Sing the Body Electric' & great musical intro for guests, WAVE [Women Against Violence Everywhere] represented by I...
Representative Al Edwards describes segregation in Houston when he was a child, and how Riverside has changed since then. He discusses the impact of high property values in the area on home buying....
Alfred and Edward Kahn discuss living in Riverside as children and the changes that have taken place in the neighborhood since then. They comment on why white residents left Riverside as Black resi...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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HFD EMS Assistant Chief David Almaguer discusses how he became a paramedic, the impact of Life Flight on Houston medicine, his memories of Red Duke, and the role Houston EMS has played in its 45-ye...
This is the season premiere of Almanac, which J. D. Houston describes as a fast-paced news magazine program. The first segment is a review of news for the week. The second segment is an interview w...
The first segment, entitled "News Notes," is a review of news for the week. The second segment is a political panel discussion with Prof. Richard W. Murray of the University of Houston, former Hous...
The first segment, entitled "News Notes," is a review of news for the week with J. D. Houston and Betty Ann Bowser. Second segment is interview with Mayor Kathy Whitmire. Third segment is Almanac's...
The first segment, entitled "News Notes," is a review of news for the week with J. D. Houston and Betty Ann Bowser. Second segment is an interview with Harris County Sheriff Johnny Klevenhagen abou...
First segment is interview with Councilmember Ben Reyes, Jane Ely of the Houston Chronicle, Bruce Oppenheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, and former Houston Mayor,...
First segment is interview with Jim Green, Director of the Harris County Flood Control Department, Al Rose, Assistant Director for Public Works, and Paul Wilson, of the Army Corps of Engineers abou...
First segment is interview with David Dow, Professor in the University of Houston's Law School, Peter Durkin, Executive Director of Houston's Planned Parenthood, and Ben Broocks, of Houston's LifeH...
First segment is interview with Dr. William Roberts, Deputy Manager of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Houston, about controversies surrounding Houston's Housing and Urban Development office...
First segment is interview with Professor William Cunningham, Director of Center for International Studies at University of St. Thomas, Peter Roussel, former Deputy Press Secretary for Ronald Reaga...
First segment is interview with Jan J. Harper, President of the Texas Shrimpers Association, and Al Barr, from Help Endangered Animals Ridley Turtles, about the issues regarding shrimper's nets and...
First segment is interview with Jan J. Harper, President of the Texas Shrimpers Association, about continued controversy over shrimper's nets and the use of turtle excluder devices. Second segment ...
First segment includes highlights from the week's news, and interview with Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas, along with Jane Ely, of the Houston Chronicle, and Tom Kennedy, of the Houston Post...
First segment includes highlights from the week's news, and interview with Elizabeth Spates, who challenged Leland in the last election, Representative Sylvester Turner, and David Jones, President ...
First segment includes highlights from the week's news, and interview with Dr. Red Duke, Head of Life Flight Program at Hermann Hospital, Ron Stutes, COO of Hermann Hospital, Virginia Scott, V. P. ...
The episode opens with "This Week Gone By," featuring Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle commenting on police brutality incident involving Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Ed McMahon's pending divorce. In the ...
The first segment is a discussion about President Bush's drug control plan with Ira Jones, Assistant District Attorney for Harris County; Nancy Branson, chairwoman for The Shoulder, a nonprofit dru...
In the first segment, Almanac begins a review of candidates aiming to replace Mickey Leland in congress. State Senator Craig Washington joins a discussion with J. D. Houston, Betty Ann Bowser, Jane...
First segment is discussion about drunk driving in Houston, with City Councilwoman Eleanor Tinsley, Vera Cronin, Judicial Coordinator for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Brian Poole, the father ...
First segment is discussion with State Rep. Al Edwards, about his congressional campaign. Jane Ely of the Houston Chronicle and former Houston mayor Jim McConn join the discussion. The second segme...
First segment is discussion on taxes with Lee F. Burrows, a lawyer, and Ken Graeber, Executive Director of the Harris County Appraisal District. Second segment, featuring Jane Ely of the Houston Ch...
First segment discusses the West Coast earthquake of 1989 with Dr. Carl Norman, Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Houston. In the second segment, Galveston City Manager Doug W. Ma...
First segment is discussion about the explosion of the Phillips petrochemical plant in Pasadena, with B. T. Walker, a former Phillips plant employee and Charles Roberts, member of the Oil, Chemical...
This episode is a special pre-election edition of Almanac, with viewers having sent in questions for mayoral candidates Kathy Whitmire and Fred Hofheinz. Incumbent Kathy Whitmire is interviewed by ...
First segment is two separate interviews, one with State Senator Craig Washington, and one with City Councilmember Anthony Hall, about their participation in the upcoming run for late Congressman M...
First segment focuses on shootings by the Houston Police Department in light of another recent shooting during a routine traffic stop, and the FBI investigation into the Ida Lee Delaney shooting. B...
First segment is interview with Ruth Sorelle, Houston Chronicle Medical Reporter, Joe Rubio, Director of Community Services for March of Dimes, about the high infant mortality rates in Houston. Sec...
In the first segment, Almanac's "Political Panel" of Richard W. Murray, Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, Jane Ely, columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Garvin Berry, KTR...
First segment is interview with Mark White and members of Almanac's "Political Panel," Tom Kennedy, columnist for the Houston Post, and Garvin Berry, of KTRH Radio, about White's campaign for gover...
First segment is interview about with Mayor Kathy Whitmire, and members of Almanac's "Political Panel," Tom Kennedy, of the Houston Post, and Jane Ely, of the Houston Chronicle, about the resignati...
The episode begins with a note from John Davenport on the crisis unfolding in Panama. In the first segment, John Davenport and Betty Ann Bowser interview Dr. Robert Kendrick, Professor of Criminal ...
Episode is 1989 year in review. This episode looks at Almanac's programming for the year with highlights from the news and the producer's favorite episodes. Episode includes commentary from Linda E...
First segment is interview with engineer, Joe Olson, and Professor Walter McCoy, a city planning specialist from Texas Southern University, about plans for the city of Houston going forward. In the...
First segment is interview with Dr. Paul Glezen, an epidemiologist at the Influenza Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, and City Councilmember, Dale Gorczynski, about the A-Shanghai flu ...
First segment is interview with City Councilmember Jim Greenwood, and Professor Robert Kendrick, of the University of Houston-Downtown's Criminal Justice Center, about Deputy Chief Elizabeth Watson...