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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
4,609
Hidden Selections of Houston’s African American and Jewish Heritage
4,433
The Rice Thresher
2,955
African American Newspapers
1,141
The Houston Informer
1,141
Houston Age
310
Osterhout Papers
170
Southwest Chinese Journal
115
Public News
88
Texas History Collection
1
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The Rice Thresher
2,955
Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records (MS 722)
1,893
The Message
1,542
United Orthodox Synagogues records (MS 712)
699
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston [Bulletin]
640
Rev. William A. Lawson papers (MS 532)
586
The Informer
348
The Houston Informer
346
The Age
309
The Informer and Texas Freeman
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[Two Women Working on Art]
Photograph of two women hunched over a work table, working on art. The woman at center, wearing a red cap, holds a pencil in her left hand and rests her right elbow on the table, and the woman at right, in a pink shirt, aligns a ruler on a tilted piece of paper. Art materials are placed on tables along the back wall next to canvases and a letterboard perched on the wall.
Date:
1988
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Woman Crafting with Paper and String]
Photograph of a woman crafting with a paper cut-out and a black string in her hands. She stands near a desk with art prints and a small beige globe placed on it.
Date:
1988
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Woman Drawing with a Pencil]
Photograph of a woman drawing onto a large piece of sketch paper with a pencil in her right hand. On her desk is also a metal ruler and several curved and colored paper cut-outs. Newspaper and magazine clippings are pinned onto a board behind her.
Date:
1988
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Walter Price Copyrighted Songs]
Catalog of songs composed and copyrighted by Big Walter Price, used as part Brown v. Ames, a larger copyright infringement case between a group of performers and Roy Ames. Additional copyright information, such as copyright dates, copyright certificate numbers, and copyright renewal dates, are not specified. Several songs are specified along with their album, and many entries are highlighted in yellow.
Date:
1999
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sunshine Record Company Contract with Artie Golden]
Typed and handwritten affidavit form stipulating a contract between Sunshine Record Company and Artie Golden for the production and distribution of a 7" record titled "Look Out" / "Advice". The agreement states that income from sales of the record will be used to recoup a $454.00 investment and outlines profit shares.
Date:
December 11, 1965
Creator:
Price, Walter
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sunshine Performer Contract with Billy K. Collins]
Contract between Sunshine Record Company and Billy K. Collins, a/k/a "Billy Straight", specifying roles and obligations between Sunshine Records and Collins. The contract is signed and notarized.
Date:
November 27, 1962
Creator:
Sunshine Recording Company
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ensemble Theatre Board Members #1]
Photograph of the Ensemble Theatre board of directors, grouped together in three rows along the upper seats of an auditorium. All face forward, with some members standing or leaning against the chairs.
Date:
[1976..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ensemble Theatre Board Members, Back View]
Photograph of the Ensemble Theatre board of directors, grouped together in three rows along the upper seats of an auditorium. They are viewed from above and behind, and seated members below look towards the stage and to the left. Four individuals stand along the railings of the auditorium seats, facing the back of the auditorium.
Date:
[1976..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ensemble Theatre Board Members #2]
Photograph of the Ensemble Theatre board of directors, grouped together in three rows along the upper seats of an auditorium. Five individuals lean against a set of white railings, with two rows of board members seated to their left. They look upwards towards the photographer.
Date:
[1976..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Mangolia" Scene]
Photograph of a scene from "The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Mangolia", a play by Preston Jones and produced by the Alley Theatre in Houston. Three actors, including Big Walter Price (back center), struggle to lift actor Lyle Talbot from a wheelchair on a worn and rustic set.
Date:
1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Walter Price Performing at a Piano]
Photograph of Big Walter Price performing at a piano. Price, facing the right and smiling, sings into a microphone placed next to the keys, while a drummer (obscured by a cymbal) plays behind him.
Date:
1984
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Walter Price with a Beer]
Photograph of Big Walter Price, seated on a piano bench, holding a beer. He lifts the glass of beer straight up, level with his head, and looks at it while smiling slightly.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Salaries Paid By M. C. Durant, 1860]
Receipt for the hire of Amy and Sophia to John M. Prewitt by M. C. Durant for $30.
Date:
February 20, 1860
Creator:
Durant, M. C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Salaries Paid By J. Prewitt]
Receipt for the hire of "Amy" and "Sophia" in 1859[?] by J. Prewitt, totaling $127.77 out of a total payment of $200.
Date:
January 12, 1860
Creator:
Durant, M. C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. C. Durant - March 15, 1862]
Letter from M. C. Durant to an unknown correspondent asking him to pay "Mom Any" $3. Durant says he had asked Irvin Wilson to inform the correspondent already.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Durant, M. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note for Dr. P. Archer]
Note from H J. Braunig promising to pay Dr P. Archer $75 for value received.
Date:
February 13, 1861
Creator:
Braunig, H. J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. C. Durant to John Prewitt - March 20, 1861]
Letter from M. C. Durant to John Prewitt, asking that Prewitt pay Mr. Milian[?] the sum of $20.80, a value which Durant says he will credit with his notes.
Date:
March 20, 1861
Creator:
Durant, M. C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Confederate Tax Receipt for J M. Prewitt, 1862]
Confederate tax receipt issued to John M. Prewitt for the amount of $450 due in 1862 in Confederate Treasury Notes.
Date:
January 11, 1864
Creator:
Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Tax Receipt for J. M. Prewitt, 1861]
War tax receipt issued to John M. Prewitt for the amount of $3 due in 1861 in Confederate Treasury Notes.
Date:
June 11, 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt for M. C. Durant, 1858]
Receipt for taxes paid by M. C. Durant for properties owned in Brazoria County, totaling $9.28 due for 1858.
Date:
July 26, 1859
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History