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Joseph Samuels tours sites along Almeda Road that were significant to the Jewish community. He points out the former site of Kaplan's Delicatessen, and Dushkin's Cleaners.
Joseph Samuels talks about Washington Terrace in relation to Riverside Terrace, and how the neighborhoods served the Jewish community. He talks about reactions among the Jewish community to the Jac...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Aaron Joskowitz conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Aaron Joskowitz is twenty-five years of age. He is the grandson of two Holocaust survivors. ...
Documentary on the history and current conditions of life in the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, a history dating from the 1700s in Texas. Credits: Snavely, John (editor), Beasley, Brian (editor)...
Interview topics include Juan Rodriguez's life, his profession as a hairdresser, and participation in The Diana Foundation, Houston's oldest LGBT organization. Interview by Timothy Vale.
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Kenneth Kaigler conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1929 in Weslaco, Texas, Mr. Kenneth Kaigler went into the military service after he ...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Interview with Katherine Howe about growing up in Riverside neighborhood, and her family's eventual move away. In particular she discusses her family and her own impressions of the changes in the a...
Jane Ely interviews former Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire, a political science professor and the first woman to be elected to Houston government. She talks about her path into politics and her experi...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Sharad Kavadi and Vasudha Kavadi conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Raised in Puna and Bombay, Sharad and Vasudha Kavadi have lived in Houston ...
Keith Bardin talks about the Riverside economy and the role St. James' Episcopal Church played in the community. He discusses Black society and community relations.
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Thomas Kelly conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Tom Kelly was a long-time boat builder. He was vice-president of operations at Seward Seacraft ...
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This is an oral history interview with Kevin Kendall conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen A. Brosnan and Ramona Hopkins.
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Altha Lee Kennedy conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Altha Lee Kennedy is a life-long resident of Lafayette and is the sister of J. C. Chargois...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Wesal Kesbeh conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Wesal Kesbeh was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents from the West Bank. The family moved to ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Mazahir Khan conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in Rampur, India, Mazahir Khan migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1955 where he attended the...
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This is an oral history interview with Craig King conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Craig King was born and raised on the Texas City Ship Channel, where his father worked as a welde...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Huey Kleinpeter conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Huey Kleinpeter was born in 1924 and grew up down on the bayou, six miles out of Plaquemine....
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Gloria Knox conducted as part of the Houston History Project. In 1906, Gloria Knox was born in north Louisiana (Coushatta) to a family of teachers, her father...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Vimal Kothari conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Vimal Kothari arrived in Houston from Bombay in 1979 to work on an MS in electrical engineerin...
Collection of early KUHT production facilities and projects. Most of the film is behind-the-scenes footage from KUHT programs. NBC television welcomes KUHT and congratulates the station for the wor...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Eleni Kyriazis conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Eleni Kyriazis is a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Houston, Texas. She h...
Interview with Henry Gissel about growing up in the Riverside neighborhood in the WWII era. In particular he notes that the Jewish and non-Jewish children all played together, though some differenc...
L. Thain explains how his father chose a location in Riverside to settle, rather than River Oaks. He describes the trouble his mother had when she decided to try to rent our their house once the ne...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with John P. La Borde conducted as part of the Houston History Project. John La Borde, brother of Alden "Doc" La Borde, founder of ODECO, was the long-time preside...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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George Lagers was born in Maastricht, Germany, in the middle of the Second World War. Lagers eventually became interested in naval architecture, and in 1968 earned his degree from Delft University....
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Tom Lambert, the CEO of Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County discusses the history of transit in Houston, including popular modes of travel and the reasons for their popularity. The inte...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Alfred Lambson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Alfred Lambson was born in Lawtell, Louisiana, in 1917. His father was born in Massachusetts ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with James M. Lampton conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jim Lampton graduated from LSU with a degree in geology and joined Shell in 1951. He had w...
Television program describing the benefits and history of Houston's Buffalo Bayou. The narrator discusses the bayou's problems with pollution and neglect, and looks at the bayou's future. Credits: ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with William Dudley Lastrapes conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William "Dud" Lastrapes was born in New Orleans, but moved to Opelousas, Louisiana ...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Cherry Lawrence conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Cherry Lawrence was born in Morbihan, Louisiana into a large family. She and her sibling...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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This is an oral history interview with Houston Le Jeune conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Houston LeJeune was interviewed on the history of Sun Oil. He went to work for Sun at the ...
This interview was conducted as part of the Sharing Stories Challenge from Gloria Steinem during the “National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 Into The 21st Century” conference. Additional keywords...