The Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society at UH-Downtown is a charter member of the statewide affiliate of the Texas State Historical Association and is the oldest still existing student organization on campus.

Through travel, research, and presentations it encourages interest in local and state history.  It has been instrumental in researching and funding historical markers of the Texas Historical Commission in the Houston area, improving housing for the needy, and raising money for local charities, particularly, the Houston Food Bank.

Our chapter meets twice yearly with the state organization and engages in independent travel to historical places.  Members have visited historical Jefferson, Castroville, and Goliad, Corpus Christi, the George and King Ranches, Spindletop at Beaumont, San Antonio missions, and museums and other sites in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco.