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Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 189

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

Waggaman Family collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 394

Overview The Camille Waggaman/Waggaman Family Collection consists largely of photographs and newspaper articles but also includes some personal correspondence and memorabilia. The bulk of the material regards Camille Waggaman and focuses upon her radio career (1932-1963) and upon the years after her retirement. Regional or local historians may find these of interest since the Waggamans were among the most prominent plantation families of Louisiana.

Dates: 1841-1977, bulk 1932-63; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1963

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

Wagman Family photos

Collection

Identifier: MS 799

Overview The Wagman family photos offer a glimpse into the growth of a Jewish family that immigrated from Romania in the early 1900s and made a place for themselves in America. Interconnected with several other Jewish families in the Houston area, the Wagman family photographs fill out the genealogical web that intertwines much of the Houston Jewish community.

Dates: 1920 - 1955

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

Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 484

Abstract: This collection is comprised of materials which Waldo Greene, a student of Thornton Wilder's, gathered about Wilder during Wilder's lifetime and up until Greene's death. Included among these materials are correspondence, bibliographies, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, playbills, and copies of Wilder's typewritten journals.

Dates: 1928-1994

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

Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 271

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 280

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 825

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 390

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

Walter Widrig papers on the excavation of Via Gabina Villas

Collection

Identifier: MS 079

Abstract: This collection documents the excavation of two suburban Roman villas and a Late Antique granary-barn 14 kilometers directly east from the center of Rome along the Via Gabina, an ancient Roman road. Walter Widrig, Rice University professor emeritus, and Philip Oliver-Smith, Rice University professor emeritus, co-directed this project to shed light on the economic and social changes that took place from the Roman Republic through the Imperial era in the immediate area of Via Gabina. The...

Dates: 1975-2004; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1989

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

Weber-Staub-Briscoe architectural ironwork collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 586

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

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Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection

Waggaman Family collection

Wagman Family photos

Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers

Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection

Walter Gardner Hall papers

Walter Spinks collection

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

Walter Widrig papers on the excavation of Via Gabina Villas

Weber-Staub-Briscoe architectural ironwork collection

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