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1850s and 1860s Hotel and Restaurant Menus
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1911 Houston Society with Gladys Ewing
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Architecture Retail Pamphlet Collection
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Blanche Espy Chenoweth, Her Life, Her Times
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Book of Hours, Use of Reims
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DJ Screw Photographs and Memorabilia
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Frontier Fiesta
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Galveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs
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Harry Walker Photographs
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Havana, Cuba, The Summer Land of the World
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Historic Houston Photographs
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Historic Maps
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Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters
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Historic Texas Postcards
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Houston Fire Department
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Houston the Magnolia City
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Houston Negro Hospital
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Houstonian Yearbook Collection
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India Illustrated
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Israel Shreve Revolutionary War Letters, 1768-1894
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Jagdish Mehra Audio Collection
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KUHT Highlights
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Kenneth Franzheim Collection
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Lt. Robert B. Fulton USS Houston Letters
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Luis Marquez Photographs
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Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB-613) Photographs
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Mary Ellen Ewing vs the Houston School Board
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers
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Moderner Volkskunst Zierat
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Mrs. Anson Jones Letters
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Oral Histories from the Houston History Project
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The Park People Annual Awards Dinner Invitations
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Scenes from the Middle East
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Selections from the Alonso S. Perales Papers
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SEM Collection (1914 – 1925)
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Shamrock Hotel Collection
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Sheet Music of Flute and Violin Duets, 1790s-1850s
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Ship Channel Collection
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Ship of Fools Woodcuts
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Student Art Exhibit
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Texas City 1947 Disaster Photographs
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Theodor de Bry's America
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Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts
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University of Houston Buildings
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University of Houston People
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University of Houston Campus Life
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University of Houston Women’s Studies Living Archives Recordings
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USS Houston Blue Bonnet Newsletters
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William Slough USS Houston Letters
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Obituary (memorial service program) for Big Moe
October 20, 2007
Big Moe, born Kenneth Dionell Moore, was known for "rap-singing" on DJ Screw mixtapes and on solo albums. His rich voice added R&B style to "June 27th", DJ Screw's best-selling tape, and to the classic...
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Obituary (memorial service program) for DJ Screw
November 2000
DJ Screw, or Robert Earl Davis, Jr., made his mark on the world by creating a new production technique called "chopped and screwed," which was distributed on popular mixtapes that also featured local rappers...
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Obituary (memorial service program) for Big Hawk
May 1, 2006
Big Hawk, born as John Edward Hawkins, was the older brother of Fat Pat, and followed his sibling into the rap game with the Screwed Up Click. HAWK, a family man who had worked at an insurance company...
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Juneteenth Rap Explosion featuring Screwed Up Click's D.E.A., Southside Playaz, Straight Profit Records
June 1999
This Juneteenth concert was held at Vernon L. Richards Riverbend Park on the outskirts of Smithville, the small Texas town where DJ Screw was raised. Performers were all members of rap collective the Screwed...
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DJ Screw's car
July 22, 2006
DJ Screw drove a 1996 Impala Super Sport on blades (chrome rims with a propeller-like shape) that he had painted "screw blue." In 2006, his car was restored with his portrait on the hood and displayed...
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Obituary (memorial service program) for Fat Pat
February 7, 1998
Fat Pat, whose given name was Patrick Lamark Hawkins, was expected by many in Houston to break out nationally as a rapper. On February 3, 1998, he went to an apartment in Southwest Houston where an Austin...
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DJ Screw on the mixer and turntables.
February 24, 1996
DJ Screw on the mixer and turntables in the "wood room" at his house on Greenstone in the Gulfgate area, where he lived with longtime girlfriend Nikki Williams. Many of the screw tapes that he was famous...
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Al-D and DeMo
February 23, 1996
Rappers Al-D and DeMo at Screw's house on Greenstone. Though not related, Al-D and Screw were so close that they described themselves as brothers. In addition to rapping on screw tapes, Al-D also released...
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Maestro in his studio, Samplified Digital Recording Studio in Missouri City.
February 22. 1996
According to Russell Washington of BigTyme Records, the late Maestro "was an integral part of what we did." He engineered and mixed DJ Screw's studio albums "3 'N the Mornin'", "All Screwed Up", and "I...
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DJ Screw at Samplified Digital Recording Studio during the recording of 3 N tha Mornin' in 1996.
February 22, 1996
DJ Screw recorded a series of "aboveground" albums for the local label BigTyme Recordz, owned by Russell Washington. They were recorded and mixed by Maestro at Samplified Digital Recording Studio in Missouri...
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DJ Screw and DJ Chill behind the turntables
ca. 1992
DJ Screw and his close friend DJ Chill (then an MC) were hired to provide music for a middle school dance at Gregory Lincoln Education Center. Their equipment included one turntable that belonged to DJ...
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DJ Screw with rap duo
ca. 1989
In the late eighties, a teenage DJ Screw rocked the latest in hip hop style with his high top fade, single earring, and customized bomber jacket. He was photographed with a local rap group that he used...
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Tire & Wheel Connection II and Car Tek Audio presents its 4th Annual Car & Truck Show and Concert flyer
August 10, 1997
This flyer promotes a concert featuring Houston rap groups and artists 20-2-Life, 380, Criminal Element, Woss-Ness, Big Love, Lil' Keke, and "D" of Trinity Garden Cartel. The concert, sponsored by two...
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Flyer for "New Album Release Party featuring Lil Flip, Sucka Free Records, & Botany Boys, Big Shot Records, Sat. Feb. 19th"
[February 2000]
This concert at Houston's Club Fusion celebrated the release of the albums "The Leprechaun" by Lil' Flip and "Forever Botany" by the Botany Boys. Guests were a "who's who" of Houston hip hop, including...
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Screwed Up Click members
[2000-2007]
Members of the rap collective the Screwed Up Click gather for a group picture in front of a "Screwed Up Click" backdrop. Back row: Ira, unknown, Big Pokey, Z-Ro, Trae, MJ, Middle row: Yungstar, Meshah...
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HAWK, facing camera
[2000-2006]
The rapper HAWK stands in front of a backdrop at a club, wearing a jersey printed with "Original S.U.C." and "713" (Houston's area code). He also wears a Screwed Up Click piece and chain.
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HAWK, back to the camera
[2000-2006]
The rapper HAWK stands with his back to the camera to display the lettering printed on the back of his jersey that reads "R.I.P. D.J. Screw." Behind him is a painted backdrop at a club.
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Partial song list for a screw tape
[1999]
DJ Screw kept small notepads in which he jotted down phone numbers and other things. This page shows what looks like a partial list of songs for a screw tape. The songs are by Fat Pat and the group Dead...
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"The Fellas: Stick 1, T-Bone, Big J., Kay Kay, Zuki, Lil Ke-Ke, Black"
[1990s]
Young Screwed Up Click members and friends pose for a snapshot holding 40s (bottles of malt liquor) and cell phones in front of an apartment complex on Houston's South Side. Standing: unknown, Russell,...
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DJ Screw in baseball uniform
[1970s]
DJ Screw wears his baseball uniform for the Pirates, his childhood team from Smithville, Texas.
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