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Great American Eclipse 2017 8/14/2017 Categories: NewsSTEMHistory Tags: solar eclipseeclipsesunHoustonviewing HPL is your source for information on this year's historic solar eclipse!
LGBT Pride Month 2017 6/15/2017 Categories: HistoryCommunity Tags: gay prideequalityequal rights HPL Celebrates Pride Month!
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Cookbooks 5/16/2017 Categories: Featured ResourcesHistoryStaff Tags: asian foodfoodie houston Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Lawson Love Letters 2/17/2017 Categories: History Tags: lovelove letterslibrary lovers month Read the story behind these love letters, available electronically.
It's Football Time in Houston! 1/31/2017 Categories: History Tags: super bowlnflFootballpatriotsfalcons From our archives, a look back at Super Bowl VIII played at Rice Stadium.
Houston Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1/11/2017 Categories: CommunityHolidayHistory Tags: Houstonheritagecelebrations See what Houston has planned for this year's MLK Day celebrations!
The Clayton Library Town Crier 7/19/2016 Categories: ResearchCommunityHistoryTechnology Tags: genealogyclaytonfamily historyfamily researchfamily photosscanningdigitizing The Clayton Library Town Crier Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research's quarterly newsletter.
National Women's Conference of 1977 3/29/2016 Categories: HistoryResearch Tags: women's historyhouston history A spotlight on National Women’s Conference held in Houston in 1977.
Exploring History: the Slave Narrative Collection at HMRC 2/22/2016 Categories: History Tags: AAHMAfrican American historyblack historyarchivesslavesslaverySlave Narrative Project HMRC's collection of the Slave Narrative Project in Texas contains correspondence, transcripts, photographs and other materials.
Meet our scholars! 2/15/2016 Categories: HistoryResearch Tags: Gregory Schoolarchivesscholarrice universitykinder institute Gregory School's Scholar-in-Residence program.
