Our Mission: The Friends of the Texas Room seeks to support the collections of the Texas and Local History Department, the Archives and Manuscripts Department, and the Special Collections Department of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center of the Houston Public Library.

The Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC) is the primary resource for the history of Houston.

The Friends of the Texas Room qualifies under Section 501 (c) (3) IRS revenue service code.

2013 Board of Directors:
President - Dorothy Knox Houghton
Vice President - Nancy T. Burch
Secretary - Kathy Dissen
Treasurer - Frank Jones

Directors:
Michael Botson, Ph.D. (Chairman of 2013 Julia Ideson Award)
Cheri Fossler (Membership)
Jeff Lindemann (Editor of FTxR newsletter Dispatch)
Charles Maynard
Susan Teich

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