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Houston, which in turn shed light on nationally significant issues including politics, art, race, and religion. Included in this project are the anniversary booklets and bulletins from Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church from the papers of Reverend William Alexander Lawson (1929- ), the founding Pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church located in Houston, Texas. More than 200 of the Lawson sermon recordings, dating from 1996-2004, have already been digitized from their original audio-cassettes.
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collection of 19th century printing arts, the
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