Box 9
Container
Contains 46 Collections and/or Records:
Paul Timpson to Mrs. WBS re gift to Rice Institute, 1931
File — Box: 9, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1931
Mrs. WBS to Martin Wiess re Dallas property transferred to Rice, 1931
File — Box: 9, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1931
E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sharp Memorial Fund, 1931
File — Box: 9, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1931
Deed of trust from Estelle B. Sharp to Rice Institute, 1931
File — Box: 9, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1931
E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sharp Memorial Fund, 1932
File — Box: 9, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1932
E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sir Robert A. Falconer's Lecture, 1933
File — Box: 9, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1933
W. T. Thom, Jr. to Mrs. WBS re Sharp Memorial Fund, 1933
File — Box: 9, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1933
E. O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re history of the petroleum industry in the Southwest, 1934
File — Box: 9, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1934
Sharp Memorial Fund, 1935
File — Box: 9, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1935
E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS-- thanks and best wishes, 1941
File — Box: 9, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for...
Dates:
1941