Confronting Jim Crow Vol. 8, No. 1 (Fall 2010) Download PDF Letter from Editor 2 Guardians Against Change: The Ku Klux Klan in Houston and Harris County, 1920-1925 by Casey Greene 6 Illinois Jacquet: Integrating Houston Jazz Audiences . . . Lands Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in Jail by Aimee L’Heureux 9 […]
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Volume 7, Number 3
Houston’s Helping Hands: Remembering Katrina Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer 2010) Download PDFLetter From the Editor and Statement by Mayor Bill White 2 Features: Frank McBride: Covering Katrina from New Orleans to Houston Interview by Ernesto Valdes 4 Judge Robert Eckels: “We can do whatever we have to…” Interview by David Goldstein 6 Michael Moore: […]
Volume 7, Number 2
Theatre Arts Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 2010) Download PDF Letter from the Editor 2 Features: NOW SHOWING: “One Singular Sensation…”Tracing Houston Theatre History from its Earliest Days to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts by Ernesto Valdes 10 Giving as a Hobby: A Family Legacy by Patricia Pando and Robert Pando 14 […]
Volume 7, Number 1
Houston Rodeo Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2009) Download PDF Letter from Editor and Leroy Shafer 2 Feature Article: Show and Rodeo-The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: A Historical Perspective by Jim Saye 10 Educational Programs and Scholarships by Aimee L’Heureux 16 Historic Preservation: The Spanish Mustang and the Long Way Home by Callie […]
Volume 6, Number 3
Summer Sports Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer 2009) Download PDF Letter from Editor 2 Reader’s Forum 4 Features: A Conversation with… MR. ASTRO, LARRY DIERKER and Joe Pratt 14 That You May Win: Tom Tellez Teaches UH Athletes to Go for the Gold by Ernesto Valdes 20 Rain or Shine: How Houston Developed […]
Volume 6, Number 2
Ideson and Preservation Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 2009) Download PDFLetter from Editor Joe Pratt 2 Featured articles: Julia Bedford Ideson: A Woman for All Seasons by Betty Chapman 7 The Preservation and Expansion of Julia Ideson Building by Barry Moore 10 Historic Preservation: The Long Journey of the Merchants and Manufacturers Building by Garna […]
Volume 6, Number 1
NASA Johnson Space Center (1958-1978) Vol. 6, No. 1 (Fall 2008) Download PDF 4 From the Editor by Joseph A.Pratt, Editor-in-Chief 6 The Right Place – Houston Makes History by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal 14 Remembering Apollo 8 by Christopher C. Kraft 28 The First Days in Houston by Burton Chapman 32 Owls in Space: Rice University’s […]
Volume 5, Number 3
Hurricanes Vol. 5, No. 3 (Summer 2008) Download PDF Letter from Editor 4 Reader’s Forum: Sept 1900 Monday Night 6 Eyes of Storms by Joseph Pratt, Editor-in-Chief 8 The 1915 Hurricane: Texas Tempest by Jim Saye 20 Racer’s Storm: The Benchmark Hurricane of 1837 by James L. Glass 28 Culture High and Low: […]
Volume 5, Number 2
Transportation Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 2008) Download PDF Letter from Editor 4 Reader’s Forum: First Views of Houston-August 1926 by Rollin H.Baker 7 Labor’s Last Stand in the Refinery: The Shell Oil Strike of 1962-1963 by Tyler Priest 16 The Gulf Freeway: Van London’s Legacy by Tom Watson McKinney 25 Razed: One […]
Volume 5, Number 1
Lawyers and Politics in Houston Vol. 5, No. 1 (Fall 2007) Download PDFLetter from the Editor 2 Reader’s Forum 4 Conversations with: Richard “Racehorse” Haynes Lawyer Interviewed by Ernesto Valdes 11 Tenacious Spirit: Behind the Bricks and Mortar of Historic Texas Courthouses by Tiffany Sebreiber 19 Historic Preservation: West Mansion Clear Lake by David Bush […]