GIFTS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS ROOM TO THE HMRC TO DATE:

Retrospective conversion of the Texas Room map collection to electronic format for the online public access catalog.
Life-size reproduction of the 1869 Wood Map of Houston for use by Texas Room patrons.
Purchase of three metal cabinets for the storage of microfilm copies of newspapers.
Four atlas stands.
Partnered for three consecutive years with the Houston Public Library for Texas Treasures grant to transcribe and digitize oral history tapes ($5,000 contribution each year for a total of $15,000).
The Golden Age of Texas Court Houses DVD given in honor of Dr. John Kelsey and Dr. Mavis Kelsey.
Copies of In Search of Houston’s History DVD given to all branch libraries including the Central Branch.

BOOKS GIVEN TO THE FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS ROOM

Purchase of one copy of Woodrow Wilson’s Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House by Godfrey Hodgson, Yale University Press, 2006.
Purchase of one copy of Down in Houston (2003) and Texas Zydeco (2006) by Roger Wood, University of Texas Press.
Purchase of one copy of Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company by Michael Botson, Jr., Texas A&M University Press, 2007.
Purchase of one copy of Historic Houston Streets by Marks Hinton, Archival Press of Texas, 2006.
Purchase of one copy of Houston Deco by Jim Parsons and David Bush, Bright Sky Press, 2008.