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Interviews with Melvin Bradley (Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan), Ovide Duncantell (representative of the Black Heritage Society, sponsors of the 2nd Annual Southpark Community Fair), ...
Interview with Houston Police Chief, Lee Brown, by Margaret Ford. Credits: Ford, Margaret (host), Williams, Joseph (producer), Zapalac, Jamie (director), Butler, Marian (production assistant), Mout...
Interviews with James V. Gbeho (Ghanian Ambassador to the United Nations), Ruby Mosely (Chairperson for the Ebony Fashion Fair), and David Kelly (Development Officer of Texas Southern University). ...
Informational film about the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadet Program. The footage opens with speaker discussing the selection of NASA astronaut candidates, followed by a montage of the CAP summer prog...
Interview with Clarice Freeman about her family's move into the Riverside neighborhood. She talks about Joe Russell, and his role with the civic club. Freeman also discusses the continued role of d...
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 Robey Clark conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Robey Clark went to LSU in 1939 and joined the Navy before graduation. However, they still gave ...
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 Susan Clayton Garwood conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Susan Clayton Garwood, the great-granddaughter of Houston cotton magnate, William Lock...
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 Clemmons conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Interviewers: Kathleen A. Brosnan and Timothy O'Brien.
Clen Del Vance, Sr., shares memories of the Jack Caesar bombing, and how it related to southern justice. He talks about his background as a postal worker, and what it meant socially to be a postal ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Marshall Cloyd studied engineering at both Berkeley and Southern Methodist University before finishing a master’s at Stanford and Harvard Business School. In 1959, Cloyd began working in Mississipp...
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 Ed Collins conducted as part of the Houston History Project. One of three boys, Ed Collins was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. His father owned a plumbin...
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 Mike Collins conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mike Collins is one of the very old hands at archaeology here in Texas. His specialty is lithic...
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 Bruce Collipp conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Bruce Collipp graduated from MIT in 1953 with a masters degree. He started at Shell in 1954....
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 Johnny Comeaux conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Comeaux was born in the early 1920s in Austin, Louisiana. His father was a farmer. He gra...
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 Leon Comeaux conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Leon Comeaux was born in Carencro, Louisiana in 1936. His father was a dairyman for a while and...
Monica Perales interviews Sylvia Garcia, the first Hispanic woman to be elected Commissioner in Harris County. Garcia discusses her personal life, growing up in Palito Blanco, her family, childhood...
Television program on the issue of foreign-grown produce and meat products from the perspective of the American small farmer. Credits: Haight, James (director), Wleczyk, Bennie (panelist), Oldag, B...
Congressman George H. W. Bush is interviewed about mass transit in Houston, and the difficulties related to having more than one federal agency involved. He discusses looking for funds within the v...
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...
Documentary recounting the history of the 1928 Democratic Convention and 1992 Republican Convention. Credits: Ryan, Pat (reporter/producer/writer), Crowe, Robert (videographer/editor), Davis, Sue (...
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 Alison Cook conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Alison Cook is the restaurant critic for the Houston Chronicle. She has been an active member of...
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 Holly Cooper conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Houston Pilot Holly Cooper discusses how she came to be a pilot, following her father’s suggest...
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 Tim Cooper conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Tim Cooper defined the damage done to the Anahuac Wildlife refuge. His commitment to the area and...
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 Edward T. Cotham conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Civil War historian Edward Cotham discusses the personal and military history of Confederat...
Promotional film for the University of Houston. There is particular focus on athletics including notable athletes who graduated UH and the athletic facilities available on campus. The film includes...
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 Couvillon conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. John Couvillon was born in 1920 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father worked for Standard...
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 Craig conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William Craig earned a bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State Universit...
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 Tim Creswell conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Tim Creswell responded to the article in the Baton Rouge Advocate. Born and raised in Abbeville...
Unedited film containing several different clips including the operator of Homesrow Landfill discussing the state of the landfill, and a senator discussing the future of waste management.
Interview with Reverend Burks about the low-income properties owned by his church. Specifically, the interviewer questions Rev. Burks about the poor conditions of the houses. Burks discusses plans ...
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 Leland Culligan conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Leland Culligan is from Birmingham, Alabama, his father was the vice-president of a coal...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Born in Cut Off in 1951, Windell Curole is presently director of the South Lafourche Levee District, where he started in 1980. He was trained as a marine biologist. His father was a shrimper and ro...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Lawrence B. “Buck” Curtis graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1949 and promptly went to work for Conoco in its Wyoming oil fields. Curtis soon wound up leading a burgeoning engineering g...
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...
Edith Villaseñor from the University of Houston's William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design & Art Library interviews artist Dan Li about her exhibit "Spring" as part of the UH Artists Talk program. D...
Dan Pulaski traces the movement of people from north to south of the bayou, based on affluence. He talks about Riverside's perception, and the prominent Jewish families in the area. He talks about ...
Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston
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Elmer “Bud” Danenberger III has a long and distinguished career as an offshore oil and gas expert in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Trained as an engineer at Pennsylvania State University, Da...
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 Jim Danos and Todd Danos conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jim Danos grew up on a farm in southeast Louisiana on Bayou Lafourche. He got invol...
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...
City Councilman and architect David Robinson discusses city planning and governmental processes used to improve neighborhoods, flood prevention, and transportation in the City of Houston. Additiona...
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 Jamison M. Day conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Jamison M. Day was interviewed on June 20, 2006 at his office in Melcher Hall, Room 290B,...
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 Charles De Gravelle conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Charles de Gravelle was born in Thibodaux, LA. His father was a doctor and graduated...
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 Deblieux conducted as part of the Houston History Project. John Deblieux is the Human Resource Director/Risk Management Director for Chet Morrison Contra...
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 Jesse Des Jacques conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Jesse des Jacques was born in 1934 in south Louisiana. His father was a truck driver. ...
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 Pankaj Desai conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pankaj Desai enjoyed an affluent childhood in Bombay where his parents had migrated in the 1930...
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 Ronald Deshotels conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ronald Deshotels was born in Kaplan, Louisiana in 1934. His father was the first person to ...
Belton Oliver, Patricia; Gregory, Elizabeth; Gray, Lisa
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A panel discussion led by Lisa Gray with three deans, Patricia Benton Oliver, Ikhlas Sabouni, and Sarah Whiting in which they discuss the shifting gender dynamics in the world of architecture, both...
Recording of lecture given by Nobel laureate physicist P. A. M. Dirac at the "Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century," held in Trieste, Italy...
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 Lee Dias conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. Lee Dias was born in Paincourtville, Louisiana. His father worked as a truck driver and later o...
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 Velma Dickey conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Velma Dickey was born in Shereveport, Louisiana in 1948. She migrated to Houston after finishin...
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 Rev. Donald R. Dickson conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Rev. Dickson graduated from Yates High School in 1958. He was born and raised in the ...
Hosted by Dr. John Rider, this episode of Doctors in Space examines the safety equipment used by pilots, and eventually astronauts. Dr. Rider introduces Dr. Hubertus Strughold to discuss how space ...
Telethon to benefit the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation patients with paralytic diseases and spinal injuries. Features performances by Roy Liberto and the Bourbon Street Six and Joe E. Lewis. Spea...
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 A.G. Domingue conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Born in 1915, A. G. Domingue was raised in Carencro in a farming family. He began working as a...
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 Eddie Domingue conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Eddie Domingue was born in 1927 on the outskirts of present day Lafayette. He did not finish ...
Donald Caesar discusses the reaction of the Riverside community when his family moved in as the first Black family. He tells the story of the neighbors all pooling money and making an offer to purc...
Interview with Donald Hill about the role of lending institutions in the Riverside neighborhood. He notes that lenders have not served the Black residents of the Riverside neighborhood well, and sp...
Interview with Dora Finger about her experience living in Riverside. She discusses neighborhood children, and the many large parties and holiday gatherings she hosted. Finger describes the integrat...
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 J. David Dozier conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Mr. J. David Dozier is the Director, Congregational Liaison Disaster Preparedness, Interfait...
Interview with Dr. Cairns in which he discusses Australia's position on the war in Vietnam, nuclear weapons, treatment of Aboriginal peoples of Australia, and compulsory voting laws.
Silent scenes featuring short films produced by various students of Dr. William Hawes, communications professor at University of Houston's Jack J. Valenti School of Communication.
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 Ronald Dressel conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dressel was raised on a sugar cane farm in Loreauville, LA. Started in the oil field in 1964 ...
Drew Robins discusses how his family came to live in Riverside. He describes what it was like to grow up in Riverside in the 1950s and 1960s, and the sense of security he felt. He talks about how b...
Television program about the drug problem in Texas. Interviews with student groups and families, with focus on the Laredo Program for drug use and misuse education. The Laredo Program incorporates ...
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 Pat Dunn conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Pat Dunn graduated from Ohio State with a Masters in Civil engineering and began working for Shell ...
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 Elmer Duplantis conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Elmer Duplantis was born and raised in Chauvin, Louisiana. His father worked for Texaco for ...
In this short film by The American Council on Education, Nurse Beulah Miles instructs viewers on the topic of Red Cross home nursing direct nursing care.
Interview with Edith Eisner about her move to Riverside in 1960 as it was integrating, despite her friend's dismay. She discusses the "This Is Our Home" yard sign initiative. She also talks about a...
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 Jim Edmonds conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Jim Edmonds has held the office of chairman of the Port of Houston Authority since 2000. His is ...
One of a series of Texas Educational Agency (TEA) sponsored Civil Defense films presented in the early 1960s meant to address concerns of the Cold War.
One of a series of Texas Educational Agency (TEA) sponsored Civil Defense films presented in the early 1960s meant to address concerns of the Cold War.
One of a series of Texas Educational Agency (TEA) sponsored Civil Defense films presented in the early 1960s meant to address concerns of the Cold War.
One of a series of Texas Educational Agency (TEA) sponsored Civil Defense films presented in the early 1960s meant to address concerns of the Cold War.