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Builders: Herman and George R. Brown Book Research Files
Collection
Identifier: MS 0464
Abstract
Correspondence, oral histories, notes, newsclippings, reports, published materials, photographs and ephemera in this collection document the family and business lives of Houston entrepreneurs Herman and George R. Brown, providing the basis for author Christopher Castaneda and Joseph Pratt's book, Builders : Herman and George R. Brown
Dates:
1898 - 1989
Hobby Family Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0527
Abstract
The Hobby Family Foundation is a non-profit organization organized in 1940 and located in Houston, Texas. The Hobby Foundation Records include information covering legal correspondences between the Hobby family, the Hobby Foundation, and the Houston Post Company, foundation corporate minute books (which comprise most of the collection), and financial records.
Dates:
1945-1983; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1968