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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

Weinstein Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 857

Overview The Weinstein Family papers showcase Irving and Lily Weinstein, and their ties to the broader Houston Jewish community. Irving’s service in World War II and Lily’s civic engagement with both San Jacinto High School and Congregation Beth Israel are preserved in the letters they exchanged while Irving was overseas. Featuring photographs, news clippings, and a plethora of military correspondence and documentation, the Weinstein Family papers offer insight into a century of Jewish History.

Dates: 1912 - 2012

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

Wendelle Stevens Ufology collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 1014

Overview This collection documents Stevens' UFO investigations, business history, and communications. There are correspondence files, reference material, cassette tapes, audiovisual materials, and photographs.

Dates: 1970 - 1999

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

Westheimer/Simon Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 876

Overview The Westheimer/Simon family papers span several generations of the family living in Houston, and making their mark on the Houston Jewish community. With a variety of materials ranging from correspondence to photographs, sermons to yearbooks, the Westheimer/Simon family papers are a rich trove for any researcher interested in the history of one of Houston’s more influential families.

Dates: 1920 - 2012

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

W.G. Jameson letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 197

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

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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

Weinstein Family papers

Wendelle Stevens Ufology collection

Westheimer/Simon Family Papers

W.G. Jameson letter

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