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Leland Anderson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0916
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

The collection has a majority of photographs, newspaper articles, letters, and portraits. Most of the photographs are of W. Leland Anderson and his family including albums of Julia Anderson Frankels. The other photographs are of W. Leland Anderson’s late family from the 1800s - early 1900s. The collection also includes a photo album of Julia Anderson Frankel’s husband, Russell M. Frankel.

Box 7 has a few class and family photographs with no specified dates.

Dates

  • 1880 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

W. Leland Anderson served as one of the first Directors of the Texas Medical Center and as vice-president of Anderson, Clayton and Company. The collection includes family portraits, photographs, news article clippings, and family letters. The collection includes a number of Julia Anderson Frankel’s photo albums and scrapbooks. Julia Anderson Frankel is considered a Houston community leader in which she has served as board member and trustee.

Extent

8 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The collection has a majority of photographs, newspaper articles, letters, and portraits.

Related Materials

William Lockhart Clayton papers, 1897-1966, MS 007, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Leland Anderson family papers, 1880-2010
Status
Under Revision
Author
Karina Erazo
Date
2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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