Browsing Special Collections by Issue Date

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    • Laffite Society Papers, 1806-2016 (Bulk 1995-2015) 

      Laffite Society (1806-2016 )
      Organized in 1975 as the Laffite Study Group by a group of historians, it reorganized in 1994 as the Laffite Society in Galveston, Texas, as a study and social group researching the lives, descendants and associates of ...

    • Henry N. Hooper Bell, 1857 

      Hooper, Henry; de Vries, Robbie (1857)
      One bell, cast by Henry N. Hooper and Company in Boston, 1857. Originally purchased to serve as the tower bell in the center of the Texas A&M University at Galveston campus, the bell is currently displayed in the library. ...

    • Richard E. Halter, Log Book 1866-1869 

      Halter, Richard E. (1866)
      Journal of the daily operations of the hydrographic party of Sub Asst. R.E. Halter. Cruises 1866-1869.

    • D. Brian Anderson Collection (S.S. Titanic), 1912, 2000-2005 

      various authors (1912; 2000)
      The D. Brian Anderson Collection of 170 Titanic-related books (non-fiction and fiction), calendars, wall charts, paper models, videos, music, and software was donated to the library in June 2005 by Mr. Anderson. Mr. ...

    • Galveston Harbor Model Papers, 1936-1937, 1991 

      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1936)
      Copies of the original field forms (typed by the District from the raw field sheets, which no longer exist) of the current velocity surveys conducted by the Galveston District during the 1930s, to provide supporting and ...

    • Margaret Swett Henson (1924-2001) Collection 

      Henson, Margaret Swett (1938)
      Texas historian Margaret Swett Henson lived from 1924 to 2001. She lived and worked in the Houston area but her historical research and writing embraced all of Texas. She was a member of the Tejano Association for ...

    • Gulf Agency, Inc. Collection 

      -- (1939)
      The Gulf Agency, Inc. Collection was donated to the Williams Library at Texas A&M University at Galveston by the Moore Memorial Library of Texas City, TX.

    • Stephen Curley Papers, 1939-2007 

      Curley, Stephen (1939-2007)
      Author and English faculty member at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Graduate of Fordham University (B.A.); and Rice University (Ph.D.) Contains subject and chronological files pertaining to the research for the book, ...

    • Frank G. Malik Collection 

      Malik, Frank G. (1949)
      This collection of papers of Frank G. Malik documents some of his career as a chemical engineer with Mobil Oil Company in Beaumont, his service in the Naval Reserve, 8th District, New Orleans, LA, and as a leader and ...

    • Texas Gulf Sulphur Collection 

      -- (1952)
      Collection of aerial photographs of the Galveston area coastline, from flyovers in 1952 and 1953. It consists of 78 black and white photographs.

    • SS Texaco Oklahoma Collection 

      -- (1958)
      The collection of copies of testimony and exhibits of the Marine Board of Investigation concerning the loss of the SS Texaco Oklahoma and 33 lives on March 27, 1971 was donated to Texas Maritime Academy by Lt. R.B. Harden, ...

    • Peter J. LaValle Papers, 1958-1966 

      LaValle, Peter J. (1958-1966)
      Correspondence, minutes, reports and a menu from Gaidos restaurant pertaining to the establishment of the Texas Maritime Academy located in Galveston with the help of legislators and local businessmen. The correspondence ...

    • Joseph Maxwell "Max" Teare Papers 

      Teare, Joseph Maxwell; Teare, Max (1963)
      Joseph Maxwell “Max” Teare was a student at the Texas Maritime Academy and from 1964-1967 and currently works at Texas A&M Galveston as the 2nd mate on the training ship. The papers include letters, grade reports, news ...

    • Houston Ship Channel Waste Load Evaluation Papers, 1964-1987 

      Texas Department of Water Resources (Texas Department of Water Resources, 1964)
      Houston Ship Channel Waste Load Evaluation. This collection includes correspondence, maps, original collected data regarding wastewater levels. In order to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control ...

    • R.F. Hunt papers, c. 1964-1968 

      Hunt, R.F. (1964)
      This collection of ten items was a gift to the Jack K. Williams Library Special Collections by Charles M. Freeman. The collection includes correspondence from the Captain of the USS Boxer to friends and family of the ship; ...

    • Sammy Ray Papers, 1964-2013 

      Ray, Sammy (1964-2013)
      Sammy Ray was a Professor Emeritus and longtime employee of Texas A&M University at Galveston. The collection consists of records documenting the establishment of the Texas Maritime Academy in Galveston, Texas, files on ...

    • Capt. Karl P. Fanning Collection 

      Fanning, Karl P. (1965)
      This collection of papers of Capt. Karl P. Fanning are class notes which he took as a student at Texas Maritime Academy studying for his B.S. degree and 3rd Mates License which he received in May 1967. The courses represented ...

    • Delbert D. Sprague Papers (T/S Texas Clippper 1965 Cruise Records) 

      Sprague, Delbert D. (1965)
      Master electrician and former student of the Texas Maritime Academy (TMA) at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Consists of a collection of records from the first voyage of the training ship, Texas Clipper, during the 1965 ...

    • J. Morgan Wells, Aquanaut 

      Wells, J. Morgan (1965)
      Morgan Wells was an aquanaut on both SeaLabII (1965) and Tektite II (1970). While on both missions, he writes to "Debb" about life at the bottom of the sea. While onboard Tektite II, the crew experienced an earthquake, ...

    • W.T. Gooding Collection 

      -- (1966)
      This is a collection of log books of merchant marine cruises collected by Mr. Gooding between 1966 and 1971.