The Photograph Collection contains images from the 1800s to the present, documenting all aspects of life in Texas, with an emphasis on Houston. The digital collections represent a range of subjects from within the archive's physical holdings. This is not an exhaustive list of the images held within the manuscript and photograph archives of the African American History Research Center.
African American Photograph Collections
WILLIE BLACKMON - PH 0001
Images of Phillis Wheatley High School, Sports, and the Blackmon family.
ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY - PH 0003
Images of Douglass Elementary, Franklin Beauty School, and family members.
C.F. AND HORTENSE SMITH - PH 0006
Images of the Smith family in Houston and Tuskegee, Alabama during the 1930s & 1940s.
PINE CREST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - PH 0010
Pinecrest Presbyterian Church contains photos of the founding pastor, Sunday school, and a boy scout troop.
AUGUST AND LUGRELIA LONG FAMILY - PH 0014
The August and Lugrelia Long Collection contains 42 family photos from 1935-1997.
SPIRITUAL GOSPEL SINGERS OF HOUSTON - PH 0015
Images of the gospel group during the 1930s - 1940s.
ROETT FAMILY - PH 0016
The Roett Family Collection contains images of the family from the 1920s-1940s.
McCullough Family - PH 0017
This collection consists of images from the 1880s-1971 of the McCullough family of Independence Heights.
Burns Family - PH 0022
The Burns Family collection contains images of individual family members during the 1800s-1950s.
Willie Lee Gay - PH 0027
This collection contains images of Houston historic sites and leaders from 1900-1990.
BONNER FAMILY - PH 0028
The Bonner Family collection consists of various images of the Bonner family descendants in Houston and Chicago from the 1930s- 1980s.
BENNIE LEWIS JACKSON - PH 0030
mages of Gregory Elementary school students and interior and exterior views of a Houston business about 1948-1965
ORA L. GIBBS - PH 0031
The Ora L. Gibbs collection consists of images of descendants of Ora Gibbs and various newspaper clippings.
BRENDA GILLIAM - PH 0032
Images of New Zion Temple Church and the Gregory Elementary May Pole event during the 1960s-1970s
JOHN HIGHTOWER - PH 0033
Images of Gregory Elementary students and Booker T. Washington High School sports teams from 1946- 1955
EDWARDS-BROWN FAMILY - PH 0035
Images of the Edwards, Minor, and Griffin family in Houston, Third Ward and the Eldorado Ballroom from 1921- 1972
IRA FAYE DAVIS COLLECTION - PH 0038
Images of the May Fait event at Gregory Elementary in the late 1950s -1960s