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 File — Box: 40, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This series begins with photographs of Hobby as a child and continues with portraits and snapshots that capture most stages of her life, especially her roles as a businesswoman, military leader, and political leader. There are some images of family, more of friends and many of colleagues. A scrapbook of her "Round the World" trip on Pan-American Airlines is in this series. Photographs are not exclusive to this section. When appropriate, images have been filed with the event or person they capture. There are portrait and event photographs in the Women's Army Corps and Health, Education, and Welfare series, and photographs in the Presidential sub-series of Correspondence.

Arranged in five sub-series:

  • Subseries A: Portraits, 1909- circa 1990, n.d.
  • Subseries B: Official Functions, ca. 1940-1960
  • Subseries C: Family, n.d.
  • Subseries D: Friends, n.d.
  • Subseries E: Unidentified/Miscellaneous, n.d.
  • Dates

    • Creation: ca. 1940-1960

    Creator

    Conditions Governing Access

    This material is open for research.

    Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

    Extent

    From the Collection: 31 Linear Feet (63 boxes)

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    Repository Details

    Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

    Contact:
    Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
    6100 Main St.
    Houston Texas 77005 USA
    713-348-2586