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Box 148

 Container

Contains 60 Results:

BMC Sale (Block 13) to: Standard Machine Works, 1945-52

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 1
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

BMC Purchase (Block 24 lots 7, 8,and 9) from: McGee and Taylor, 1946

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 2
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

BMC Loan (Block 25 Lots 46, 47, 48) to Thelma Jones, 1944

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 3
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

Block 25 Lots 34, 35, 36, 1947

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 4
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

BMC Sale (Block 38) to City of Houston HISD, 1946-1956

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 5
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

BMC Sale (Block 38) to State of Texas Highway Dept., 1960-61

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 6
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

BMC Sale (Block 38 Lots 13-36) to Post Office Dept., Seymour B. Levin, 1969-1972

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 7
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

BMC Sale (Block 38 Lots 13-36) to Plumb and Mitchell, 1969-1972

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 8
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

Block 40 Lots 25, 26, 27, 28; 1937-1946

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 9
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990

Block 44 Lots 28, 29, 30 (Thomas Loan); 1923-1946

 File — Box: 148, Folder: 10
Original Introduction and Arrangement From the Collection: INTRODUCTION In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates: 1836-2008; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990