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Our goal is to showcase digital collections of materials documenting the history of the University of Houston, City of Houston, and State of Texas, as well as other historically and culturally significant materials related to the University’s teaching and research mission.

The digital collections currently available for display are composed of unique images drawn from the collections of the University of Houston Libraries. We’re opening our doors and extending our walls to feature some of our hidden gems. Please enjoy!

Along with the advances in library preservation comes a new way to bring the history of UH to your computer and the world. The University Libraries is currently kicking off a project to digitize and make available online the entire set of UH Houstonian Yearbooks. By sponsoring your graduation year volume, you can preserve the original copy by limiting its usage as well as providing hundreds of pages of history, photographs and memories for years to come. Download the sponsorship form or contact Iska G. Wire. Hurry they are going quickly!

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	Ewing Family Papers This collection represents several scrapbooks documenting the social and political suffrage activities of Mrs. Kittridge (Mary Ellen) Ewing. During the early 20th Century Mrs. Ewing, who was socially prominent and the wife of a judge, also participated in a broad spectrum of educational and benevolent movements. The Ewing Family Papers were acquired through very generous funding from Fiesta Mart Inc. View Collection
	Luis Marzuez Photographs These twenty-five hand-tinted color photographs reside in a 20 1/2 inch x 12 1/2 detailed embossed leather album which is dated 8-10-1937. Each photograph is signed and titled by Luis Marquez. The collection was given as a gift to Mrs. Allred after she and Governor Allred visited Mexico in 1937. View Collection
	Mrs. Anson Jones Letters Mary Smith McCrory Jones (1819-1907) was the wife of Anson Jones, who served as the President of the Republic of Texas from 1844 to 1846. This digital collection contains mostly letters written by Mary Jones during the decades following the death of her husband, between 1861 and 1881. Many of them deal with issues related to land that she owned, about which she frequently consulted her children for assistance. View Collection
	Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB-613) Photographs These black and white photographs document the daily life of Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB-613) during World War II, probably on Kwajalein Island. Subjects include planes and their crews, planes flying with a convoy near Eniwetok Atoll, and the men of various squadron departments and sports teams. They were taken by Clell Thorpe, a Marine Corps photographer and Houston resident whose papers are held in UH Libraries Special Collections. View Collection
	Galveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs While many people are familiar with the Great Storm that devastated Galveston in 1900, fewer are aware of the hurricane that made landfall on August 17, 1915. While the 1915 storm caused $50 million worth of property damage, it only resulted in 275 deaths because of the protective seawall that had been constructed following the 1900 hurricane. The black and white photographs in this collection were taken by Rex Dunbar Frazier, a representative of Stone & Webster Engineering who went to the region to collect data and document damage. View Collection
	Historic Houston Photographs Downtown Houston with horse-drawn buggies, the old City Hall and Union Station buildings, verdant parks and swimming holes. See the Houston of yesteryear in these photographs, gathered over twenty years by Houston Post newspaperman and local historian George Fuermann. The digital collection Historic Houston Photographs is drawn from the extensive group of research materials known as the George Fuermann Texas and Houston Collection. View Collection
	The Houstonian Yearbooks Published by the university students this resource chronicles the growth of the University of Houston and the experiences of its students. Click Sponsorship Form to sponsor your graduation yearbook. View Collection
	Texas City Disaster Photographs, 1947 These small black and white photographs document the aftermath of the 'Texas City Disaster,' an industrial disaster set off by an explosion of ammonium nitrate being carried by a ship docked at Texas City. According to the ship's anchor monument in Texas City, 576 people were killed during the event. These photographs were taken by an unknown individual between April 16 and April 21, 1947. View Collection
	UH Buildings Find photographs of University of Houston buildings from Agnes Arnold Hall to the postwar Veterans Village (no longer standing). Almost 300 images from the University Archives document the built environment of the main campus from the 1930s to the 1990s. Additional photographs in print and negative format may be viewed by visiting the University Archives in person. View Collection
	UH People Past UH Presidents and Chancellors, members of the Board of Regents, faculty members, athletes, campus visitors, and distinguished alumni may all be found in this historical photograph collection. There are even pictures of Shasta! Most of the images date from the 1980s or earlier, and represent only a portion of the photographic prints and negatives that are held by the University Archives. View Collection

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