Descriptive Summary
Williams, Howard C.
Howard C. Williams
Photograph Collection
1890-1986
Materials are written in
English.
90-184
106
photographs
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History, The University of Texas at
Austin
Collection documents
the town of Orange, Texas from 1890-1986, with the majority of the images in
the 1900s to 1930s.
Historical NoteThese images are copy prints from the
personal collection of Dr. Howard C. Williams of Orange, Texas.
Scope and ContentsCollection documents the town of
Orange, Texas from 1890-1986, with the majority of the images in the 1900s to
1930s. Included are the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company, various churches,
boats and ships both civilian and military and the Orange
Leader and Daily Tribune circulation department on foot and horseback in
1904. Among the parades and gatherings portrayed are church groups and people
awaiting the arrival of the U. S. Torpedo Fleet in 1910; individuals include
all the sheriffs of Orange County from 1920 to 1968. The Ku Klux Klan from
nearby Vidor is also depicted (in 1971). Individual homes, churches, and
businesses in Orange, Texas, are identified and dated.
Access RestrictionsThe collection is open for
research.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Bass, Bob
Brown, Edgar, Jr.
Brown, Gladys
Brown, W. P.
Hilton, J. W.
Holts, Chester
Houson, Georgia
Houston, Cleopatra
Hudson, Shon
Patillo, Allen Buck
Stanfield, L. G.
Meriwether, C. H.
Michaels, George W.
Mitchell, Kasper A.
Tilley, Marion Sebastain
Subjects (Organizations)
Kirby Lumber Company
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Lutcher and Moore Lumber
Company
Orange Car and Steel Company
Subjects
Courthouses
Floods
Parades
Ships
Steamboats
Places
Orange (Tex.)
Vidor (Tex.)
Preferred CitationHoward C. Williams Photograph
Collection, 1890-1986 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University
of Texas at Austin.
Processing InformationBasic processing and cataloging of
this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s
History Revealed: Bringing Collections to
Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
3T233
Photographs