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Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips

 Collection
Identifier: MS 073
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

The letters concern Ms. Hattie Lel Red's scholarship fund raising activities on behalf of Dr. Edward Phillips’ history students at Austin College and his responses thereto. Her letters also cover her memories of her time at Rice and of her family, classmates and teachers, as well as comments concerning her travels in Texas and elsewhere.

Dates

  • 1970 - 1980

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips, 1970-1980, MS 73, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Ms. Hattie Lel Red was born January 14, 1894. A native Houstonian, she was the daughter of Dr. C.S. Red, a prominent physician and founder of the Harris County Medical Society. She was the first woman to receive a diploma in the first graduating class at Rice Institute in 1916. She graduated with the distinction in mathematics and later received an advanced degree from Columbia University. She taught high school mathematics, retiring from teaching in 1964 at Lamar High School in Houston. Following retirement she continued active in professional, social, and patriotic organizations. She died October 4, 1990. During the Period of their correspondence Dr. Edward Hake Phillips was Professor of History at Austin College, Sherman, Texas.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder (9 letters))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The letters concern Ms. Hattie Lel Red's scholarship fund raising activities on behalf of Dr. Edward Phillips' history students at Austin College and his responses thereto. Her letters also cover her memories of her time at Rice and of her family, classmates and teachers, as well as comments concerning her travels in Texas and elsewhere.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Professor Edward H. Phillips, April 1988

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips, 1970-1980
Status
Completed
Author
Alan Bath
Date
2007
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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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