This collection is comprised of digital versions of approximately 200 photographic prints created by documentary photographer Peter Beste as part of the nine year project that became the book Houston Rap. Hip hop artists depicted include Scarface and Willie D of Geto Boys, Choice, Bun...
The Southern Conservative ("to plead for a return of Constitutional Government") was a right-wing newspaper published from 1950 to 1962. The publication was edited and owned by Ida Darden of Fort Worth, Texas, and financed largely by such Texas oilmen as George W. Armstrong and Arch...
The community and student literature and arts magazine, Domestic Crude, ran from 1982 to 1985. Phillip Lopate, the essayist who taught in the University of Houston creative writing program from 1981 to 1989, was the faculty advisor for the four Domestic Crude issues. Lopate stated that...
Most of the 107 original posters in this digital collection were created to promote recordings by Houston hip hop artists, including such well-known figures as Bun B, DJ Screw, Paul Wall, and Scarface. The collection is also rich in the posters of artists from two underground rap...
Houston Earlier Texas Art Group (HETAG) Newsletters
The Houston Earlier Texas Art Group Newsletter is a publication of CASETA, the Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art. CASETA promotes the preservation, study, and appreciation of Texas visual arts and its history. The Houston Earlier Texas Art Group (HETAG) was...
This digital collections represents six volumes from Bebe Gow's scrapbook collection spanning the years 1927 to 1961. Bebe Lord Gow was born Barbara Jane Lord to Andrew James Lord and Evelyn Wiggins Lord in New Vernon, New Jersey, on May 21, 1927. The scrapbooks were started by Bebe as...
This collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence documenting the World War II experience of Herman George Eiden, who served in the Pacific while in the United States Navy. Eiden was a Fireman First Class assigned to the U.S.S. Houston (CA-30), where he recorded his...
