TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
1. Annual Meeting Minutes
2. Cotton Exchange Building Company
3. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Related
Material
4. Second Mortgage and Securities & Exchange
Commission Conflict
5. Telegrams
6. Daily Quotations
7. Garage and Sundry Charge Register
8. Record of Houston Cotton Movement
9. Cotton Seed Quotations
10. Record of Houston Port Movement
11. Cash Journal Voucher Records
12. Visitors Registers
13. Payrolls
14. Floor Records
15. Daily Transactions
16. Light and Power Records
17. Receipts
18. Futures Markets
19. Record of Steamers
20. Cash Books
21. Miscellaneous Financial Ledgers
22. Blank Stock Certificates
23. Photographs
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Houston Cotton Exchange Collection:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library
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| Creator | Houston Cotton
Exchange |
| Title | Houston Cotton Exchange
Collection |
| Identification | RG D 16 |
| Extent | 2 document boxes, 1
record storage carton, and 90 Ledger Volumes; approximately 40 linear
feet. |
| Language | Materials are in
English. |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center,
Houston Public Library |
From its earliest years, Houston served as a collection, marketing,
and transshipment center for cotton grown in the hinterland around it. In 1874
a group of the city's businessmen decided that the volume of cotton traffic
passing through Houston, as well as the increasing complexity of trading it on
a rational and uniform basis, required the establishment of a central,
regulatory exchange. That year the Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange--later
renamed the Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade--was founded. It became
the place, wrote one observer, "where King Cotton holds court in Houston."
Stimulated by its cotton trade, which was the second largest in the
world by 1900, a network of support facilities was built in Houston to maximize
both efficiency and profits. These included a modern port with state-of-the-art
warves and fittings, a connecting canal to the Gulf Coast, and early railroad
and telegraph service. In a retrospective survey of the historical role of
cotton and the Cotton Exchange, the
Houston Chronicle concluded that "no other
organization has done more to build Houston's commerce and industry, stabilize
its economy, develop its port, or furnish its civic leadership than the Houston
Cotton Exchange. Cotton forced the building of transportation and handling
facilities, and played a major part in the success of banks and other
businesses and industries. Cotton money built Houston. Every phase of its life
has been guided by the members of the Cotton Exchange."
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It consists of financial records, the meeting minutes and
correspondence of the Board of Directors, photographs, and other material
pertaining to the history of the Exchange and Houston that will be of
particular interest to those investigating economic and political topics.
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Arrangement
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| This collection is arranged by the type of material. Each different
kind of material is in chronological order. Most of it is contained in the
original, heavy-duty ledger volumes of the Cotton Exchange, except for the
minutes and correspondence indicated on the following Container List. |
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Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
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| Subjects |
| | Boards of
trade--Texas--Houston |
| | Cotton
trade--Employees--Texas--Houston |
| | Cotton--Prices--Louisiana--New Orleans |
| | Cotton
trade--Texas--Houston |
| | Cottonseed |
| | Houston Ship Channel
(Tex.) |
| | Shipping--Texas-Houston |
| Organizations |
| | Chicago Cotton
Exchange |
| | Houston Cotton Exchange
and Board of Trade |
| | Liverpool Cotton Exchange
(England) |
| | New Orleans Cotton
Exchange |
| | New York Cotton
Exchange |
| | Port of Houston
Authority |
| | United States. Securities
and Exchange Commission |
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Houston Cotton Exchange Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research
Center, Houston Public Library
The Houston Cotton Exchange Collection was transferred to Houston
Metropolitan Research Center from the Houston Cotton Exchange in 1978.
Processed by Howard Beeth; completed
April 21, 1982
The collection has been partially microfilmed.
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1. Annual Meeting Minutes
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| Volume |
| 1 | | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Meeting Minutes,
1878-1889 |
| Volume |
| 2 | | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Meeting Minutes,
1906-1922 |
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2. Cotton Exchange Building Company
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Cotton Exchange Building Company: Record Book,
1893-1907 |
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3. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Related
Material
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 2 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1923-1929 |
| 3 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1930-1939 |
| 4 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1931 |
| 5 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1932 |
| 6 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1933 |
| 7 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1934 |
| 8 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1935 |
| 9 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1936 |
| 10 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1937 |
| 11 | | Houston Port and Traffic Bureau: Monthly Reports,
1936-1937 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 1 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1940-1945 |
| 2 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1946 |
| 3 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1947 |
| 4 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1948 |
| 5 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
1949 |
| 6 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1950-1951 |
| 7 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-June,
1950 |
| 8 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Dec,
1950 |
| 9 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-June,
1951 |
| 10 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Dec,
1951 |
| 11 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1952 |
| 12 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-June,
1952 |
| 13 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Dec,
1952 |
| 14 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1953 |
| 15 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1953 |
| 16 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1953 |
| 17 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1953 |
| 18 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1953 |
| 19 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1954 |
| 20 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1954 |
| 21 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1954 |
| 22 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1954 |
| 23 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1954 |
| 24 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1955 |
| 25 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1955 |
| 26 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1955 |
| 27 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1955 |
| 28 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1955 |
| 29 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1956 |
| 30 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1956 |
| 31 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1956 |
| 32 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1956 |
| 33 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1956 |
| 34 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Annual
Stockholders Meeting Papers,
1957 |
| 35 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1957 |
| 36 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June, 1957 |
| 37 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1957 |
| 38 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1957 |
| 39 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1958 |
| 40 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1958 |
| 41 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1958 |
| 42 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1958 |
| 43 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-March,
1959 |
| 44 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1959 |
| 45 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
April-June,
1961 |
| 46 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
July-Sept,
1961 |
| 47 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Oct-Dec,
1961 |
| 48 | | Houston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence,
Jan-Feb,
1962 |
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4. Second Mortgage and Securities & Exchange
Commission Conflict
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| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 1 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict, no date |
| 2 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
1923 |
| 3 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
ca.
1930's |
| 4 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
1933 |
| 5 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
1936 |
| 6 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
July-Sept,
1936 |
| 7 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
Nov. 1936 |
| 8 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
Dec. 1936 |
| 9 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
Jan. 1-14,
1937 |
| 10 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
Jan. 15-31,
1937 |
| 11 | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: 2nd
Mortgage and Securities & Exchange Commission Conflict,
Feb. 1937 |
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5. Telegrams
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| Volume |
| 3 | | | Chicago Telegrams,
1924-1949 |
| Volume |
| 4 | | | Liverpool Telegrams,
1881-1888 |
| Volume |
| 5 | | | Liverpool Telegrams,
1881-1895 |
| Volume |
| 6 | | | Liverpool Telegrams,
1888-1895 |
| Volume |
| 7 | | | Liverpool Telegrams,
1900-1905 |
| Volume |
| 8 | | | Liverpool Telegrams,
1911-1924 |
| Volume |
| 9 | | | Liverpool Telegrams,
1933-1941 |
| Volume |
| 10 | | | New York Telegrams,
1881-1884 |
| Volume |
| 11 | | | New York Telegrams,
1884-1888 |
| Volume |
| 12 | | | New York Telegrams,
1888-1894 |
| Volume |
| 13 | | | New York Telegrams,
1918-1931 |
| Volume |
| 14 | | | New York Telegrams,
1931-1947 |
| Volume |
| 15 | | | New York Telegrams,
1947-1963 |
| Volume |
| 16 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1881-1887 |
| Volume |
| 17 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1887-1893 |
| Volume |
| 18 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1893-1900 |
| Volume |
| 19 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1900-1908 |
| Volume |
| 20 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1908-1918 |
| Volume |
| 21 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1918-1931 |
| Volume |
| 22 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1931-1946 |
| Volume |
| 23 | | | New Orleans Telegrams,
1946-1962 |
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6. Daily Quotations
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| Volume |
| 24 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1923-1924 |
| Volume |
| 25 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1924-1926 |
| Volume |
| 26 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1926-1928 |
| Volume |
| 27 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1928-1931 |
| Volume |
| 28 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1931-1933 |
| Volume |
| 29 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1933-1935 |
| Volume |
| 30 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1935-1939 |
| Volume |
| 31 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1939-1943 |
| Volume |
| 32 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1943-1963 |
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7. Garage and Sundry Charge Register
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| Volume |
| 33 | | | Garage and Sundry Charge Register,
1924-1926 |
| Volume |
| 34 | | | Garage and Sundry Charge Register,
1926-1927 |
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8. Record of Houston Cotton Movement
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| Volume |
| 35 | | | Record of Houston Cotton Movement,
1891-1899 |
| Volume |
| 36 | | | Record of Houston Cotton Movement,
1899-1908 |
| Volume |
| 37 | | | Record of Houston Cotton Movement,
1908-1919 |
| Volume |
| 38 | | | Record of Houston Cotton Movement,
1919-1930 |
| Volume |
| 39 | | | Record of Houston Cotton Movement,
1930-1942 |
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9. Cotton Seed Quotations
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| Volume |
| 40 | | | Cotton Seed Quotations,
1895-1915 |
| Volume |
| 41 | | | Cotton Seed Quotations, New York,
1915-1929 |
| Volume |
| 42 | | | Cotton Seed Quotations, New York and New Orleans,
1929-1937 |
| Volume |
| 43 | | | Cotton Seed Quotations, New York and New Orleans,
1937-1945 |
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10. Record of Houston Port Movement
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| Volume |
| 44 | | | Record of Houston Port Movement,
1926-1937 |
| Volume |
| 45 | | | Record of Houston Port Movement,
1938-1949 |
| Volume |
| 46 | | | Record of Houston Port Movement,
1949-1963 |
| Volume |
| 47 | | | Record of Houston Port Movement,
1963-1976 |
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11. Cash Journal Voucher Records
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| Volume |
| 48 | | | Cash Journal Voucher Record,
1925-1926 |
| Volume |
| 49 | | | Cash Journal Voucher Record,
1926-1929 |
| Volume |
| 50 | | | Cash Journal Voucher Record,
1929-1933 |
| Volume |
| 51 | | | Cash Journal Voucher Record,
1933-1937 |
| Volume |
| 52 | | | Cash Journal Voucher Record,
1937-1944 |
| Volume |
| 53 | | | Cash Journal Voucher Record,
1944-1947 |
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12. Visitors Registers
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| Volume |
| 54 | | | Visitors Register, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1894-1905 |
| Volume |
| 55 | | | Visitors Register, Houston Cotton Exchange,
1924-1941 |
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13. Payrolls
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| Volume |
| 56 | | | Payroll Book,
1924-1926 |
| Volume |
| 57 | | | Janitors Weekly Payrolls,
1925-1926 |
| Volume |
| 58 | | | Payroll Book,
1936 |
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14. Floor Records
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| Volume |
| 59 | | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: Floor
Record No. 1,
1924-1925 |
| Volume |
| 60 | | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: Floor
Record No. 2,
1925-1927 |
| Volume |
| 61 | | | Houston Cotton Exchange Building Company, Inc.: Floor
Record No. 3,
1927-1934 |
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15. Daily Transactions
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| Volume |
| 62 | | | Houston Cotton Exchange Daily Transactions,
1934-1942 |
| Volume |
| 63 | | | Daily Quotations, Houston and Galveston Cotton
Exchanges,
1909-1923 |
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16. Light and Power Records
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| Volume |
| 64 | | | Light Record No. 1,
1924-1925 |
| Volume |
| 65 | | | Light and Power Record,
1925-1926 |
| Volume |
| 66 | | | Light and Power Record,
1926-1930 |
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17. Receipts
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| Volume |
| 67 | | | Daily Receipts to all U.S. Ports,
1881-1900 |
| Volume |
| 68 | | | Houston Port Receipts,
1900-1918 |
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18. Futures Markets
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| Volume |
| 69 | | | New York and New Orleans Futures Markets,
1963-1969 |
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19. Record of Steamers
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| Volume |
| 70 | | | Record of Steamers, Port of Houston,
1931-1959 |
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20. Cash Books
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| Volume |
| 71 | | | Cash Book,
1906-1909 |
| Volume |
| 72 | | | Cash Book,
1909-1912 |
| Volume |
| 73 | | | Cash Book,
1912-1916 |
| Volume |
| 74 | | | Cash Book,
1916-1921 |
| Volume |
| 75 | | | Cash Book,
1921-1925 |
| Volume |
| 76 | | | Cash Book,
1926-1928 |
| Volume |
| 77 | | | Cash Book,
1925-1931 |
| Volume |
| 78 | | | Cash Book,
1945-1950 |
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21. Miscellaneous Financial Ledgers
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| Volume |
| 79 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1897-1901 |
| Volume |
| 80 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1897-1908 |
| Volume |
| 81 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1901-1903 |
| Volume |
| 82 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1903-1908 |
| Volume |
| 83 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1908-1912 |
| Volume |
| 84 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1908-1914 |
| Volume |
| 85 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1924-1925 |
| Volume |
| 86 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1928-1935 |
| Volume |
| 87 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1936-1945 |
| Volume |
| 88 | | | Miscellaneous Financial Ledger,
1951-1955 |
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22. Blank Stock Certificates
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| Volume |
| 89 | | | Blank Stock Certificates, Houston Cotton Exchange &
Board of Trade |
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23. Photographs
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| Volume |
| 90 | | | Photograph Album |
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