Box 15
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Group B. Inscriptions from Rice Institute honoring Mrs. Estelle Houghton Sharp
Sub-Series — Box: 15, Folder: 5
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:
1868-1969
Walter Benona Sharp
File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
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:
1868-1969
Estelle Boughton Sharp and Tina Cleveland Sharp
File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
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:
1868-1969
Dudley C. Sharp, Sr.
File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
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:
1868-1969
Howard Hughes, Jr.
File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
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:
1868-1969