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Vince Bell collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0674

Overview This collection contains news clippings, fliers, journals, photographs, business records, audio, and other items chronicling the musical history of Vince Bell.

Dates: 1960s-2016

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

W. L. Atwood archaeological letters and map

Collection

Identifier: MS 0178

Overview This collection consists of a series of letters and a map annotated by Mr. Atwood concerning his archaeological findings in the Galveston Bay area.

Dates: 1966

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0189

Abstract: This collection consists of a biography written by Houston Wade about Michel B. Menard, founder of Galveston. Included are newsclippings about Menard, other Texas personalities, and correspondence to Mr. Wade regarding the Menard family history.

Dates: 1938 - 1939

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0271

Overview Correspondence, scrapbooks, business papers, ledgers, tributes and memorials, audiotapes of oral history interviews, clippings, photos, and other papers of Sharp and his wife, Estelle (Boughton) Sharp, active in Houston, Tex., civic and philanthropic affairs. Topics include oil industry, lives of the Sharp family, Howard Hughes family, growth of Houston, Spindletop Oil Field, founding of the Texas Company and Sharp-Hughes Tool Company, and establishment of United Charities.

Dates: 1868 - 1978

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Walter Gardner Hall papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0280

Overview Correspondence, memos, oral history interviews, political pamphlets, broadsides, and clippings, relating to Hall's involvement with the Texas and national Democratic parties and soil and water conservation and improvement. Correspondents include Minnie Fisher Cunningham, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Jim Wright, and Ralph Yarborough.

Dates: 1923 - 1990

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Walter Spinks collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0825

Overview This collection consists of fliers, posters, photographs, and audio collected or created by Walter Spinks.

Dates: 1970 - 2017

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Walter W. and Ella F. Fondren Papers, 1838-1973

Collection

Identifier: MS 0390

Overview The Fondren Papers provide a record of the Fondren family's acquisition and dispersal of money in Houston and across Texas during the first three-quarters of this century and offers additional information on the financial workings of several well-known institutions and corporations. Formats include correspondence and financial documents.

Dates: 1838-1973

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Weber-Staub-Briscoe architectural ironwork collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0586

Overview This collection includes pattern boards (design molds) and metal castings of architectural details such as stair rails, fencing, and other metalwork ornaments manufactured by Weber Iron & Wire Company from the 1930's to the 1990's. Some were designed by architects John F. Staub and Birdsall P. Briscoe. The collection also includes photographs, architectural drawings, reference books, and tools used in the manufacturing process, along with invoices from the company from 1933 to 1987.

Dates: 1909 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1990

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

W.G. Jameson letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 0197

Overview A letter between two medical doctors in Galveston, Texas, regarding an unnamed patient’s medical condition, 1905.

Dates: 1905

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Wheatfield and St. Elmo's Fire collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0645

Overview This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, schedules, and other items chronicling the musical history of Wheatfield and St. Elmo's Fire.

Dates: 1970-2014

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Vince Bell collection

W. L. Atwood archaeological letters and map

Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection

Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection

Walter Gardner Hall papers

Walter Spinks collection

Walter W. and Ella F. Fondren Papers, 1838-1973

Weber-Staub-Briscoe architectural ironwork collection

W.G. Jameson letter

Wheatfield and St. Elmo's Fire collection

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