Center for Glenwood Archival Collection

This curated collection is presented for our 2025 year-end mailer. It showcases various artifacts from the Glenwood Cemetery Archives that illustrate the cemetery's history.

This collection documents events at Glenwood and Washington Cemeteries from 1992 to 2024, detailing dates, participants, discussion topics, changes in social events, the evolution of brochures, and related correspondence.

This collection provides a comprehensive documentation of the restoration initiatives undertaken at Glenwood Cemetery from 1982 to 2025. It encompasses a diverse array of materials, including project records, planning documents, contractual agreements, and visual documentation, all of which collectively contribute to the understanding of the cemetery's preservation efforts.

This collection serves as a comprehensive repository of burial plot information and maintenance practices at Glenwood Cemetery, encompassing a range of primary source materials, including internment records, obituaries, deeds, and plot schematics, spanning the years 1872 to 2025.

This collection documents Glenwood Cemetery's Boundaries, Developments, Acquisitions, and Construction Projects from 1886 to 2025, featuring primary sources like proposals, budgets, correspondence, maps, and surveys.

This collection features photographs of Glenwood Cemetery, showcasing personnel, horticulture, wildlife, and burial plots. It documents the cemetery's historical and aesthetic evolution from the late 19th century to 2025.

This collection documents the maps and surveys of Glenwood Cemetery from 1884 to 2025, showcasing its changes and developments over the years.

This collection documents newspaper and magazine articles about Glenwood Cemetery from 1868 to 2025, offering diverse narratives that enhance understanding of its historical significance and cultural impact.

This collection documents Historical Societies and Veteran Information for individuals interred at Glenwood Cemetery from 1906 to 2021, including biographical and military records.

This collection comprises diverse correspondence related to Glenwood Cemetery, spanning from 1879 to 2024, including letters, postcards, and legal agreements, each serving as a vital historical record.

This collection comprises deeds, Titles, and Legal Documents related to Glenwood Cemetery, spanning from 1859 to 2015, and documenting its history and legal framework.

This collection preserves historical documents related to Washington Cemetery from 1895 to 2023, including bylaws, burial records, financial statements, legal documents, maps, and plot information.

This collection contains documentation for "The Silent Garden," a book on Glenwood Cemetery, featuring research, drafts, and planning materials from 1883 to 2022, highlighting the cemetery's historical and cultural significance.

This collection preserves walking tours at Glenwood Cemetery, dating from 1885 to 2025, and features research findings, guided tour scripts, and related correspondence.

This collection comprises biographical information, photographs, and documents about notable individuals interred at Glenwood Cemetery, spanning the years 1902 to 2024, for research purposes.

This collection comprises diverse documents about Glenwood Cemetery, including proposals, website content, research findings, and legal documents from 1940 to 2025, emphasizing its historical significance and evolving narrative.

This collection documents archival records for the Center for Glenwood from 2023 to 2025, providing an overview of various events held at the Center.

This collection preserves artifacts donated, acquired, or discovered at Glenwood Cemetery, including antiques, artwork, and crystalware that reflect the site's historical and cultural significance.

This collection features books donated or acquired by Glenwood Cemetery, focusing on Texas history, Houston, cemetery studies, and notable individuals buried at Glenwood.

This collection aims to document and preserve horticultural artifacts and information related to Glenwood Cemetery, including details about arboretums, wildlife, the new greenhouse, and other relevant landscape elements.

This curated collection was presented to the Daughters of the American Revolution Tour Group during their walking tour on 4/18/2026. The artifacts highlight various pieces from the Glenwood Cemetery Archives that vividly illustrate the cemetery's rich history.

This curated collection was presented to the William Hill Artist and Artisan Archives and the Museum of Fine Arts Library team during their walking tour on October 14, 2025. The artifacts highlight various pieces from the Glenwood Cemetery Archives that vividly illustrate the cemetery's rich history.

Old, Weird Houston: Local History Fair & Archives Bazaar gathers and shares the stories of quirky and creative people, institutions, and events that have made Houston and the greater Houston area one of the most diverse and livable in the country. Organized in collaboration with The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Old, Weird Houston features a lineup of speakers active in the fields of history and library information science. Regional archives and collections both private and public display offbeat and rarely seen materials from their collections in a fair-style setting, along with food trucks and vendors specializing in Houston-proud books, crafts, library information science, and apparel.