Biographical data

This series includes a variety of personal information about Oveta Culp Hobby including awards and honors she received, magazine and newspaper articles about her life, and boards and committees she served on. There is a folder about her unsuccessful run for the Texas legislature in 1930. Also included in this series are manuscript copies of the book she wrote, Mr. Chairman and the biography of her husband, William Pettus Hobby, titled The Tactful Texan and written by James A. Clark. On a more private level, there is a limited amount of correspondence with family members, information about entertaining she conducted, art she owned, gifts she donated to several institutions and even a number of recipes for cooking. Obituaries and sympathy letters conclude the series.

Arranged in 14 sub-series:

• Subseries A: Biographical, General, 1925-1974
• Subseries B: Awards and Certificates, 1944-1996;
• Subseries C: Books, 1936-1941
• Subseries D: Candidate for Legislature, 1930
• Subseries E: Clippings, 1930-1982
• Subseries F: Correspondence, n.d.
• Subseries G: Entertaining, 1965-1975
• Subseries H: Family, 1926-1986
• Subseries I: Financial Papers, 1937-1941
• Subseries J: Gifts, 1962-1993
• Subseries K: House and Art, 1952-61
• Subseries L: Memberships, 1941-1992
• Subseries M: Recipes, n.d.
• Subseries N: Death, 1995