Thomas Hogg

The Hogg Family and Houston

• Author(s): Kate Sayen Kirkland

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2012-09-21
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• Publisher: University of Texas Press

Progressive former governor James Stephen Hogg moved his business headquarters to Houston in 1905. For seven decades, his children Will, Ima, and Mike Hogg used their political ties, social position, and family fortune to improve the lives of fellow Houstonians. As civic activists, they espoused contested causes like city planning and mental health care. As volunteers, they inspired others to support social service, educational, and cultural programs. As philanthropic entrepreneurs, they built institutions that have long outlived them: the Houston Symphony, the Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Park, and the Hogg Foundation. The Hoggs had a vision of Houston as a great city—a place that suppor...

Shelley's Early Life from Original Sources

• Author(s): Denis Florence MacCarthy

• Categories: Poets, English

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1872
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Shelley's Early Life from Original Sources. With ... Incidents, Letters, and Writings, Now First Published, Etc

• Author(s): Denis Florence MACCARTHY

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1872
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Covenanters in Moray and Ross

• Author(s): Murdoch MacDonald

• Categories: Covenanters

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1875
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Transactions

• Author(s): Massachusetts Horticultural Society

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1892
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• Publisher: Unknown

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