Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1836-1946
Scope and Contents
The Marguerite Johnston Barnes Papers are comprised of the research materials Johnston gathered to write Houston, The Unknown City,
published 1991 by Texas A & M Press. Included amongst these materials are oral histories, newspaper clippings, photocopies of secondary source materials, brochures, newsletters, and photographs either created, gathered, or maintained by Barnes. Dates range from 1830-1991, bulk 1920-1991.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1991
- Creation: 1830-1991
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Marguerite Johnston Barnes papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical Note
Marguerite Johnston Barnes was born and raised in Alabama. She graduated from Birmingham Southern College. After several years as a reporter for the "Birmingham News," she became the Washington bureau chief for the "Birmingham News," the "Birmingham Age-Herald" and the "London Daily Mirror" (1945-46). In 1946 she moved to Houston. Johnston wrote a daily column in the "Houston Post" from 1947 to 1968, then, as assistant editor of the editorial page, wrote foreign affairs commentaries on Europe, Africa and Asia.
Marguerite Johnston Barnes passed away on December 13, 2005, in Houston, Texas.
Extent
16.0 Linear Feet (32 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
These papers are comprised of the research materials Johnston gathered to write "Houston, The Unknown City," published 1991 by Texas A & M Press. Included amongst these materials are oral histories, newspaper clippings, photocopies of secondary source materials, brochures, newsletters, and photographs either created, gathered, or maintained by Barnes. Dates range from 1830-1991, bulk 1920-1991.
Acquisition Information
Marguerite Johnston Barnes donated the papers in January of 1997. The papers came from her office on the Rice campus.
General note
Portions of this collection are available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/37267.
General Note
Portions of this collection are available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/37267.
- Title
- Guide to the Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1836-1946
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Gerianne Schaad
- Date
- 1998
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu