Box 30
Container
Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:
The Port of Houston-How It Came to Pass by Col. Thomas H. Ball, 1936
File — Box: 30, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Principal Industries, Port Facilities and Points of Interest Along the Houston Ship Channel, 1959
File — Box: 30, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Report of Survey for Revision of Warehouse Lease, June 20, 1933
File — Box: 30, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Proposed Houston-New York-Boston Steamship Service
File — Box: 30, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Before the Navigation and Canal Commissioners of Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District (Barbour Terminals, Inc., Complainant) Brief and Argument in Behalf of Complainant, [1937?]
File — Box: 30, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Presentation of Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District to Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe and City Council on Buffalo Bayou Upper Channel Improvements, 1935
File — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Director of the Port, Houston, Texas, 1946
File — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
General Education Board Houston visitation, April 9, 1947
File — Box: 30, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Navigation District 1958 Annual Review
File — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964
“Wild River” ...yet untamed; A Pictorial Presentation of Factual Information especially prepared for the Members of the 46th Legislature
File — Box: 30, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Business and personal records of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947, offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston from 1931-1962. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan. Formats include correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and more. The bulk of the Wait papers retain their original office filing system and are filed alphabetically...
Dates:
1927 - 1964