University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Description
The mission of Special Collections at the University of Houston Libraries is to preserve, safeguard, organize, and describe materials in our collecting areas, making them available for current and future generations. Special Collections supports the teaching and research activities of the University of Houston, and serves as a resource for the scholarly community and the general public. The services provided include reference, instruction, archival collections processing, book processing, digitization, collection development, exhibits, marketing, and outreach.
The University of Houston Libraries Special Collections includes eleven collecting areas:
- Architecture and Planning
- Carey C. Shuart Women’s Archive & Research Collection
- Contemporary Literature
- Hispanic Collections
- Houston & Texas History
- Houston Hip Hop
- Houston History Archives
- Performing & Visual Arts
- University Archives
- USS Houston & Military History
- Rare Books
Contact Information
- Staff Contact Information: http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/staff-directory/department/special-collections
- Phone: 713-743-9750
- Physical Address: 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000. Special Collections is located within the M.D. Anderson Library on the 2nd Floor in the Red Wing near the Elevators in Suite 260.
Links:
- Website: http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/staff-directory/department/special-collections
- Citing Special Collections Materials: http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections/citing-special-collections-materials/li>
Items from the Woodson Research Center
Collection Items
Letter to George Kirksey
Regarding a statement of his account during his time involved in Houston Sports Association
![Booklet, "Houston Sports Association National League Welcomes You Aboard," for George Kirksey on the "Rain or Shine" Tour](http://astrodomememories.org/files/square_thumbnails/d49bb8ebe1377c1cfa5f1dd0eb0e8715.jpg "Booklet, "Houston Sports Association National League Welcomes You Aboard," for George Kirksey on the "Rain or Shine" Tour")
![Photograph, George Kirksey and Colt 45's Player Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox Standing Under the Dome](http://astrodomememories.org/files/square_thumbnails/55d47de9d9e2bec9f2799efec84435e2.jpg "Photograph, George Kirksey and Colt 45's Player Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox Standing Under the Dome")
![Photograph, George Kirksey and Colt 45's Player Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox Looking up at the Dome](http://astrodomememories.org/files/square_thumbnails/b862ff6f6059f622a80f55149cbc9f87.jpg "Photograph, George Kirksey and Colt 45's Player Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox Looking up at the Dome")
![Photograph, Daniel "Rusty" Staub and Stan Musial](http://astrodomememories.org/files/square_thumbnails/332bfdba9ed9132700b478a206b6be9e.jpg "Photograph, Daniel "Rusty" Staub and Stan Musial")
![Autographed Photograph, Daniel "Rusty" Staub](http://astrodomememories.org/files/square_thumbnails/73eb21942021a1f2bc55dfec6de04403.jpg "Autographed Photograph, Daniel "Rusty" Staub")
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