Joe Pratt, NEH Cullen Chair of Business and History By Debbie Z. Harwell, Editor It is with great sadness we share the news that our founder and friend Joe Pratt passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025. Beloved by family, friends, colleagues, and students, Joe brought joy to all who knew him. He always said […]
By Jonas Leon Kaupert Members of the Houston Saengerbund host Oktoberfest at their new headquarters, located in the Houston Heights, in 2023. They spent time throughout their season practicing for the event, which celebrates their German heritage. Photo courtesy of the Houston Saengerbund. Houston ranks as one of the most diverse cities in the United […]
By Daniel Killian The On Leong Merchants Association formed in 1893 as a national mutual aid society for Chinese men. The Houston chapter filed with the Texas Secretary of State in 1944, although it existed prior to that time. Photo courtesy of the Houston History Research Center, Houston Public Library, MSS-1248-0404. Today, when Houstonians refer […]
By Miranda Ruzinsky Ana Eigler, Sephardic, married her husband Robert Eigler, Ashkenazi, in 1973. They maintained a bicultural Jewish household of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish practices alongside their shared Latin heritage. All photos courtesy of Ana Eigler. This is a story about identity—self-asserted and externally imposed. Ana Eigler, a Sephardic Jew from Latin America, understood […]
by Grace Jarman Lizbeth Ortiz, Houston artist and founder of the Frida Festival, shares her passion for the arts in a way that showcases her heritage and connects with her community. Photo courtesy of Lizbeth Ortiz and Anthony Rathbun Photography. In spring, as the air turns to the heat of a Houston summer, the streets […]
By Adithi Nythruva Veronica and her aunt, Sister Rezka Zuzek, visit the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1974. All photos courtesy of Veronica Fahys unless otherwise noted. Since the nation’s inception, immigrants have molded the United States into the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” From […]
By Maj. Riley M. Kramer Maj. Gen. George Patton during the second phase of the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941. Photo courtesy of the US Army TRADOC. Gen. George Patton, perhaps the most iconic American commander of the twentieth century, destroyed Nazi formations in North Africa, Sicily, and the Ardennes Forest. We all know this story; […]
By Marisa Ramierez The story of the University of Houston (UH) at Sugar Land has two parts: its history as a University of Houston System (UHS) campus and its history as a University of Houston instructional site. Woven through its history, like the winding Brazos River, are partnerships with other higher education entities, city and […]
By Caitlyn Jones I was walking to my car in downtown Houston on a humid afternoon in 2020 when I first saw it. There, glinting off the red brick of the Hobby Center, was the only physical marker of the history that happened there on a steamy weekend in November 1977. “The Sam Houston Coliseum, […]
No one at the time of founding would guess that the runner up town of Houston would supersede the notable town of Harrisburg. However, such was the fate of Harrisburg; a promising town with enormous potential became just another acquisition of the younger, more accomplished neighboring city of Houston.
Follow