Records of Houston Streetcars Rescued

Houston Chronicle: Discovery illuminates history of Houston's streetcars, 2008-Jun-22, by Mike Snyder: ... the recent discovery of a trove of streetcar documents and photographs could yield new insights into the pivotal role streetcars played in Houston's development a century ago. ... Donald Lambert, 83, died on April 10. Not long after that, Irv Smith got a call from his wife, who had spotted a pile of what looked like transit-related documents at an estate sale near their Missouri City home. ...Randy Pace, the city of Houston's historic preservation officer, ... worked out a deal to purchase the material from Lambert's estate. The costs were shared by Baron, Pace and Paul Fruge, a member of Houston's Archaeological and Historical Commission. ... Pace plans to ship it to Baron, who may use it to produce a Web-based update to his book [Houston Electric, 1997]. When that is done, Baron said, he probably will donate it to the Houston Public Library's Metropolitan Research Center, which houses local historical collections.