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Pearland Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1983
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.56 -95.31
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Cristina Martinez June 6, 2016.

Description: Cristina E. Martinez was born in 1961 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Arriving in the United States when she was twelve years old, her family settled in Katy, a northeastern suburb of Houston, Texas. She witnessed sexual discrimination due to her unwillingness to hide that she was a Mexican lesbian. Martinez would eventually be kicked out of her house and was taken in by LGBTQ members of the Montrose community. Due to her experiences, she would found a Rainbow House for queer youth who experienced hom… more
Date: June 29, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra & Martinez, Cristina
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with James Grays, July 28, 2016

Description: Mr. Grays was born in Dayton in 1947. Grays grew up in the Low-Woods community of Dayton. Grays mentioned a time when the church vehicle was stranded and they were not allowed in an establishment to call for aid in the late 1950s. Grays attended Prairie View and graduated in 1969. Grays then taught for a year in Port Arthur teaching drafting. Grays had some difficulty with promotions and training in the workplace as a drafter and plant/piping designer.
Date: July 28, 2016
Duration: 59 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmin & Grays, James
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Torivio Castillo - 1950-08-02]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC First National Vice-President, to Torivio Castillo of Pearland, Texas, dated August 2, 1950. The letter discusses starting new LULAC councils in Brazoria County, and refers to LULAC scholarships given to college-bound students.
Date: August 2, 1950
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Pearland Quadrangle

Description: Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.56 -95.31
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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