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Sugar Land and Fort Bend historical papers of Jane McMeans

Collection

Identifier: MS 0032

Abstract: Original letters, pamphlets, tabloids, printed materials, books, videos, maps, and photographs documenting the Texas city of Sugar Land during the 19th century and 20th century, including the creation and development of the Imperial Sugar company.

Dates: 1826 - 2007, and undated

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

Tanglewood / William G. Farrington papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0539

Abstract William G. Farrington, 1901-1967, was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area banks and savings and loan associations. The collection contains fives series covering real estate...

Dates: 1937-2000

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

Teas Nursery Company records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0567

Overview The collection consists of Teas Nursery administrative and financial records, business correspondence, legal files, and advertising and marketing examples. In addition, Teas family records are included.

Dates: 1880s-2010

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

The New York Deli and Coffee Shop Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 875

Overview The New York Deli and Coffee Shop collection preserves a glimpse of the titular influential local community nexus. The kosher bagel shop has been passed down through three generations of Kornhaber family and has made its mark on the local populace with its friendly atmosphere and commitment to community service.

Dates: 2002 - 2005

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

Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0271

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 W. and Ella F. Fondren Papers, 1838-1973

Collection

Identifier: MS 0390

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

William Allen Haynes papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0268

Abstract: Over one half of the collection documents cattle ranching, oil prospecting, and banking in Texas, as well as personal and family life during the Great Depression. The William Allen Haynes collection offers a view of living conditions of a prosperous Central Texas rancher and entrepreneur as well as providing information on conditions in Texas in the first part of the 19th century.

Dates: 1901 - 1953

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

William M. Rice family collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0600

Overview The collection consists primarily of business and personal correspondence of three particular descendants of William Marsh Rice and of the spouse of one of them. Also included are a few items from 1929 and 1930 associated with other family members.

Dates: 1880-1941

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

William Marsh Rice business and estate ledgers

Collection

Identifier: UA 0102

Abstract The business records of William Marsh Rice comprise data on his personal investments, his estate records and those of the Institute: ledgers; journals; cash books; day books; check registers; tax records; bank statements; land surveys; payroll and student accounts; letters to and from Rice himself, family members, business associates, employees, and the administrators of his estate.

Dates: 1855 - 1965

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

William S. Glass financial papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0322

Abstract: The Glass financial papers are primarily a collection of records and receipts of purchases and land sales gathered during the course of Glass' activities as receiver of revenue during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1852 - 1867

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

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Sugar Land and Fort Bend historical papers of Jane McMeans

Tanglewood / William G. Farrington papers

Teas Nursery Company records

The New York Deli and Coffee Shop Collection

Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection

Walter W. and Ella F. Fondren Papers, 1838-1973

William Allen Haynes papers

William M. Rice family collection

William Marsh Rice business and estate ledgers

William S. Glass financial papers

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