Houston (Tex.) -- History
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Sadie Ollerton Clark autobiography
Typescript of Sadie Clark's autobiography. She was raised in Parowan, Utah and married a Standard Oil Company executive who became a patriarch in the Mormon Church.
E. Parizot receipt
Handwritten and signed receipt dated 23 July 1863 (1 page). Parizot states that he received $3000 from J.H.T. Chapman for a "negro girl named Lizzie, fourteen years of age." Parizot further writes "received Houston" probably meaning Houston, Texas.
E. Parizot receipt
George L. Merrill report
Photocopy of a typed report on the growth of the Texas Houston Mission. He tells that the mission encompasses 35,000 square miles, it has approximately 4 million people, and that the numbers of missionaries has increased from 132 to 215 within one year.
Wilfred E. Rogers sermons
Sermons, certificates, notes, correspondence, pamphlets, tracts, and miscellaneous items. These materials primarily relate to the proselytizing done by Rogers in his attempt to bring people into his faith in the Houston, Texas area.