Box 215
Container
Contains 19 Collections and/or Records:
The Fair Building, 1931-1932
File — Box: 215, Folder: 1
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1931-1932
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, the Fair Building, 1932
File — Box: 215, Folder: 2
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1932
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, the Fair Building, 1933-1935
File — Box: 215, Folder: 3
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1933-1935
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, the Fair Building Appraisal, 1937
File — Box: 215, Folder: 4
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1937
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, the Fair Building, 1939-1964
File — Box: 215, Folder: 5
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1939-1964
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, Employers Reinsurance Corp. Purchase, 1942-1951
File — Box: 215, Folder: 6
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1942-1951
Block 7: Contracts of Lease, 1944
File — Box: 215, Folder: 7
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1944
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, Fair Building Corp., 1944-1951
File — Box: 215, Folder: 8
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1944-1951
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, The Fair Building Appraisal, 1946
File — Box: 215, Folder: 9
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1946
Fair Buidling, 1958-1962
File — Box: 215, Folder: 10
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1958-1962