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Hobby, William Pettus

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1878 - 1964

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

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Subject
Alumni and alumnae 1
Architecture 1
Calendars 1
Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Coal slurry pipelines -- Design and construction 1