Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips
Scope and Contents
The letters concern Ms. Hattie Lel Red's scholarship fund raising activities on behalf of Dr. Edward Phillips’ history students at Austin College and his responses thereto. Her letters also cover her memories of her time at Rice and of her family, classmates and teachers, as well as comments concerning her travels in Texas and elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 1980
Creator
- Red, Hattie Lel (Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips, 1970-1980, MS 73, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical Note
Ms. Hattie Lel Red was born January 14, 1894. A native Houstonian, she was the daughter of Dr. C.S. Red, a prominent physician and founder of the Harris County Medical Society. She was the first woman to receive a diploma in the first graduating class at Rice Institute in 1916. She graduated with the distinction in mathematics and later received an advanced degree from Columbia University. She taught high school mathematics, retiring from teaching in 1964 at Lamar High School in Houston. Following retirement she continued active in professional, social, and patriotic organizations. She died October 4, 1990. During the Period of their correspondence Dr. Edward Hake Phillips was Professor of History at Austin College, Sherman, Texas.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder (9 letters))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
The letters concern Ms. Hattie Lel Red's scholarship fund raising activities on behalf of Dr. Edward Phillips' history students at Austin College and his responses thereto. Her letters also cover her memories of her time at Rice and of her family, classmates and teachers, as well as comments concerning her travels in Texas and elsewhere.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Professor Edward H. Phillips, April 1988
Subject
- Red, Hattie Lel (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips, 1970-1980
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alan Bath
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu