Ella F. Fondren Family papers
Ella F. Fondren Family papers
The collection, totaling seven document boxes and one upright bin, visually documents Ella Fondren's family members and homes, and describes her lifelong philanthropic efforts toward higher education and health care in the Houston area. Highlights include honors and awards bestowed on Mrs. Fondren and clippings, and photographs and reports of the construction progress of Methodist Hospital, Houston. Dates range from 1880s-1976 (bulk dates 1925-1960s), and formats include scrapbooks, photographs, drawings, certificates, plaques, resolutions, awards, citations, honorary degrees with academic hoods, with programs, newsclippings, and commemorative albums.
- Access Restrictions
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This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing AccessStored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586. Allow 24 hours retrieval time.
- Dates
- Creation: 1880 - 1976
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1925 - 1960
- Extent
- 12 Linear Feet ( (18 boxes))
- Related Names
- Fondren family
- Fondren Library
- Fondren, Ella F.
- Fondren, Ella F.
- Methodist Hospital (Houston, Tex.)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
Series I: Visuals
The series includes photographs of family groups and individuals, a family scrapbook, group photos of family friends, renderings and photos of Houston buildings, including Fondren family homes. Extremely large items have been removed to an upright bin.
American College of Hospital Administrators
Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Scarritt College, Nashville, TN
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Oil field
Misc.
Walter William Fondren
Walter Wm. Fondren with others
Ella Cochrum Fondren
Ella Fondren at receptions, meetings, etc.
Fondren family groups
Doris Fondren, Mary Fondren
Catherine, Walter Jr., Sue
Dossy, Doris, Camille, Elly, WWFIII, WWFJr.
Unidentified, WWF, Dossy, Mrs. WWF, Bishop Selecman
Mary Doris Fondren, Elly Fondren
Bryan, Tom, Camille, Sue, Doris, David, Peter, Walter, Ellanor
Doris and brother Smith at a Rice barn dance
Susie, Catherine, Mrs. Fondren, WWFJr.
WWFJr., Catherine, Sue
Sue, Mary Ida Hubbard (daughter of Mrs. WWF's sister, Ida Cochrum Hubbard), Dossy, Camille, Elly, Bryan, Peter, David Elly, Bryan, Peter, David
Passport photo for European trip, 1920
- Dates
- Creation: 1920
Mrs. Fondren, Sue, WWFJr., WWF
WWF, Sue, WWFJr., Mrs. Fondren
WWFJr., Sue
Milton, Doris, Walter Jr., Momo, Sue, Catherine, Tex, Peter, Walter III, Dossy, Bryan, Elly, Sue, David
Loose, unnumbered
Fondren family on porch of Westmoreland St. house
family group at SMU Fondren Library dedication
Fondren & Underwood grandchildren
Walter William Fondren, Jr.
Walter William Fondren, III
Camille Fondren; (with daughter Doris Ledwidge)
Mary Doris Fondren
Susie Ella Fondren
Mary Catherine Fondren
Talton & May Cochrum with son, Steve
May Cochrum and mother-in-law, Holly Pogue Cochrum
Mrs. Fondren's mother and her sister
Grandfather Jack Cochrum, Grandmother Cochrum, Aunt Etta
Grandfather Jack Cochrum, Grandmother Cochrum
Holly Pogue Cochrum
Aunt Etta Cochrum
Noah Cochrum
Noah Cochrum and May and Talton Cochrum
Holly Pogue Cochrum
Fondren family individual & group photos, mostly unknown
Fondren house on Willowick or Knollwood
Fondren house on Westmoreland Street
Fondren house on Montrose Blvd.
Thomas Richard Fondren, 1844 - 1896
- Dates
- Creation: 1844 - 1896
Walter William Fondren [2 copies], 1939
- Dates
- Creation: 1939
Mrs. W.W. Fondren, 1939
- Dates
- Creation: 1939
Walter William Fondren, Jr. family
Walter Wm. & Ella Fondren grandchildren
Bishop Hiram Boaz, Bishop Charles C. Selecman, Bishop John M. Moore, Mrs. WWF, granddaughter [?], 1 unidentified
Michael DeBakey sketch, inscribed to Mrs. Fondren
Walter William Fondren
Citation
Cite Item
Ella F. Fondren/Fondren Family Collection, MS 340, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Cite Item Description
Ella F. Fondren/Fondren Family Collection, MS 340, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University https://archives.library.rice.edu/repositories/2/resources/293 Accessed April 22, 2025.