Howard Porper collection
Born in New York City in 1925 and educated at City College of New York in geology and civil engineering, he moved with his partner, Dassia Marshack Porper, also a civil engineer, in 1951 to Houston. Both of them worked for Brown and Root. They eventually left Brown and Root, with Howard Porper starting a wholesale diamond business, while his partner helped found and co-directed the Houston chapter of the ACLU.
In addition to his worklife, Howard Porper was a folk musician, mainly from the years 1952-1976. He co-founded the Houston Folklore Group, which has become the Houston Folklore and Music Society, with John A. Lomax, Jr., Harold Belikoff, Pete Rose, Ed Badeaux and Chester Bower. He performed in Hootenanny's with Ed Badeaux, John A. Lomax, Jr., Lightnin' Hopkins, and Mance Lipscomb, as well as Pete Seeger.
Dassia Marschack Porper died in 2003, with Howard passing in 2005.
The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the Howard Porper collection, MS 1083.
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