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Descriptive Summary
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Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series I: Walter Benona Sharp Papers (1889-1912)
Series II: Estelle Boughton Sharp Papers (1883-1965)
Series III: Sharp Family Papers 1868-1969
Series IV: Sharp Oral Interviews 1953-1978
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Guide to the Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp Collection,
1868-1978
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Creator: |
Sharp, Walter Benona |
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Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle Boughton
Sharp - Collection, |
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1868-1978 |
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Abstract: |
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. |
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MS 271 |
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Extent |
8.5 linear feet (17 boxes) |
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Materials are in English. |
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Repository: |
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston,
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Walter Benona Sharp was born on December 12, 1870, in Tipton county, Tennessee. His
parents, James R. and Amanda Forrest Sharp, moved to Texas when Walter was still a
young child. Sharp began his business career at a very early age, and by 1890, he
was operating a successful water well drilling company with his brother James R.
Sharp. Walter Sharp then branched out to the drilling of oil wells and in 1893
drilled a dry hole in what was to be the famous Spindletop Field. Sharp next moved
to the Corsicana and Sour Lake areas where he found limited amounts of oil. In 1901,
soon after the first gusher at Spindletop, Sharp secured his fortune by trading
leases and contracting for numerous wells. He next helped form the Moonshine Oil
Company and later became president of Producers Oil Company. Sharp held an interest
in the Texas Company and worked closely with J.S. Cullinan in developing that
company's oil holdings. Sharp was also co-founder of the Sharp-Hughes Tool Company,
and aided Howard Hughes, Sr. in developing that company's famous Rock Bit. Sharp was
a daring innovator, always seeking better methods of drilling and producing oil, and
to him can be traced many of the techniques which made the gigantic expansion of the
oil industry in Texas possible. His willingness to innovate and to be involved first
hand with the problems of the oil field led him to exert tremendous effort to
extinguish a large oil field fire in the fall of 1912. Weakened from his exertions,
he died at age 42 on November 28, 1912.
(Bibliography: W.P.Webb, et al, Handbook of Texas, II,
597.)
Estelle Boughton Sharp was born in Flint, Michigan on June 19, 1873. Her parents,
George A. Boughton and Delia Frost Boughton, were divorced when she was about 16.
She later attended Oberlin College, but discontinued her education after meeting
Walter Sharp on a visit to Dallas. Married in 1897, the couple were the parents of
three children, Walter Bedford, Kathleen, and Dudley Crawford. Kathleen died in
early childhood, but the two boys gave the Sharps a happy family life. They lived in
Dallas until about 1904 when the discovery of major oil fields near Houston prompted
them to move to that Gulf Coast city. While still in Dallas, Mrs. Sharp began the
charity work which was to occupy so much of her later life. After the death of her
husband in 1912, she turned increasingly to what she called her "hobbies": social welfare and world peace. Something
of a progressive, she was one of the founders of United Charities in Houston, which
later became the United Fund. She was also interested in the settlement house
concept, and during the interwar years, she espoused the cause of several peace
movements. Although this country was not a member of the League of Nations, Estelle
Sharp served as a member of the National Advisory Council of the League of Nations
Association and worked to gain U.S. entry into the League. In the 1930's, she was a
member of the Texas Centennial Commission, and continued her long-standing interest
in the Federated Women's Clubs of Texas. In the 1940's and 1950's, she was a member
of the Community Council and contributed greatly to the Community Settlement
Association. Interested also in education and the history of the oil industry in the
Southwest, Mrs. Sharp gave the first endowed lectureship to Rice Institute in 1918,
and gave additional gifts through the years. In the 1950's, she helped finance the
Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers at the University of Texas. After a long and
active life, Estelle Boughton Sharp died on August 30, 1965, at the age of 92.
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Walter Benona Sharp helped usher in the oil boom in Texas, while his wife Estelle
Boughton Sharp used her wealth and talents throughout her long life for a variety of
social and charitable projects. A record of their lives, their times, and the people
who surrounded them may be found in the Sharp Collection. Although of only moderate
size--six linear feet of shelf space, a four inch deep oversized drawer, and twelve
and one-half hours of oral interviews--this collection holds much of value for those
interested in the Southwest. Within the Walter B. Sharp Papers (1889-1912) are his
correspondence with his family, his business papers, other personal papers, and
tributes, memorials, and expressions of sympathy at the time of his death. The
Estelle B. Sharp Papers (1883-1965) consist of personal correspondence, and items
related to social service, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Texas
Centennial, world peace, Rice Institute, and the University of Texas. Business
papers, various clippings, and scrapbooks comprise other portions of her papers. The
Sharp Family Papers (1868-1969) include material related to the Boughton-Frost-Sharp
genealogy, and letters written and received by Estelle and Walter's sons, Bedford
and Dudley. Magazine articles, biographical material on the Sharps, family
photographs, and assorted books related to the Boughton-Frost-Sharp families are
also housed with the Family Papers. The Sharp Oral Interviews (1953-1978) pertain to
the oil and gas industry in the Southwest, Estelle, Walter, and Dudley Sharp, the
J.S. Cullinan family, the Howard Hughes family, and the growth and development of
Houston. Prominent events dealt with in the Sharp Collection include Spindletop, the
founding of the Texas Company, the founding of the Sharp-Hughes Tool Company, the
establishment of United Charities, the start of settlement house work in Houston,
and Dudley C. Sharp, Sr.'s years of service as Assistant Secretary and Secretary of
the Air Force. Besides the Sharps, individuals associated with the collection
include Howard Hughes, Sr., Howard Hughes, Jr., J.S. Cullinan, Will C. Hogg, Edgar
Odell Lovett, W.L. Clayton, James L. Autry, and Clark M. Eichelberger. Much has been
written on the turbulent birth of the oil industry in the Southwest--and Walter
Sharp's life certainly had its share of drama--yet, perhaps even more important was
the ongoing role of the entrepreneurial families which came out of these early
years. Within the bounds of the Sharp Collection is an indepth look at one of these
families.
The Sharp collection is a particularly appropriate acquisition because it complements
the Woodson Research Center's present holdings of the papers of other 19th- and
20th-century Texas entrepreneurs in oil and gas exploration, as well as in other
ventures. Some of these are the papers of Judge Harris Masterson, General William
Hamman, and Judge James L. Autry (who, through his oil interests, became General
Counsel of the Texas Company). The Sharp papers, along with the other
entrepreneurial collections, will provide not only original source material
specifically concerning the development of the petroleum industry in Texas, but also
information generally useful to researchers in the economic, political, cultural and
social history of this area.
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The first three series in the Sharp Collection are arranged by subject and then
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The oral interviews in Series IV have been divided into those done by W.A. Owens and
those done as a part of the Sharp Collection Project. Within these two categories,
the tapes have been arranged in alphabetical order according to the last name of the
person interviewed. A subject index to the interviews done as part of the Sharp
Collection Project is provided in this guide, as an Appendix to Series IV: Oral
History Interviews (appearing at the end of Series IV in the Detailed Description of
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Series I: Walter Benona Sharp Papers, 1889-1912 (Boxes 1 - 3) |
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Series II: Estelle Boughton Sharp Papers, 1883-1965 (Boxes 4 -11) |
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Series III: Sharp Family Papers, 1868-1969 (Boxes 12-14) |
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Series IV: Sharp Oral Interviews, 1953-1978 (Boxes 15-17) |
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Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Walter Sharp and Estelle Boughton Sharp -
Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Sharp family. |
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Hughes, Howard, 1869-1924. |
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Hughes family. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Texas Company. |
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Sharp-Hughes Tool Company. |
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United Charities (Houston, Tex.) |
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Petroleum industry and trade--Texas. |
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Oil fields--Texas. |
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Oil field equipment and supply industry--Texas. |
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Charities--Texas. |
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Houston (Tex.)--History. |
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Spindletop Oil Field (Tex.) |
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Houston (Tex.)--Business, industries, and
trades--Petroleum. |
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Texas--Business, industries, and trades--Petroleum. |
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Houston (Tex.)--Business, industries, and trades--Oil
field equipment. |
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Texas--Business, industries, and trades--Oil field
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Houston (Tex.)--Charitable and social work. |
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Texas--Charitable and social work. |
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Texas oil entrepreneurs and their families have held a special attraction for
students of Texas history. It is not surprising, then, that there are collections in
the state which include additional material on W.B. Sharp and his wife Estelle. The
three most important of these are the James Lockhart Autry
Papers at the Woodson Research Center, Rice University; the Mrs. Walter B. Sharp Papers at Barker Texas History Center,
University of Texas, Austin; and the Joseph Stephen
Cullinan Papers at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Autry and
Cullinan were friends as well as business partners of the Sharps, and their papers
have much to say about the business dealings of the Moonshine Oil Company, Producers
Company, and the Texas Company. Because Autry and Cullinan served as advisers to
Mrs. Sharp after her husband's death in 1912, many estate matters are dealt with in
their papers. Among these is the sale of Texas Company stock after Cullinan and
Autry resigned from that company. Mrs. Sharp's papers at the University of Texas
include a good bit of her own correspondence and a small portion of her husband's
business papers. Her involvement with the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs is
especially well documented in this collection.
Of secondary importance in researching the Sharps are the William
Clifford Hogg Papers at Barker Texas History Center. Hogg was another
close business associate of Sharp who aided Mrs. Sharp in managing her husband's
estate. After Autry's death in 1920, he seems to have been her primary financial
adviser until his own death in 1930.
Of lesser importance to those interested in the Sharps are the William L. Clayton Papers, the William H. Hamman
Papers, and the Judge Harris Masterson Papers
at the Woodson Research Center. John Hamman, William Hamman's son, had some business
dealings with W.B. Sharp in the Sour Lake oil fields. Judge Masterson invested in
the Moonshine Oil Company, the Producers Company, and the Texas Company. W. L.
Clayton shared Mrs. Sharp's interest in world peace. The W.B. Sharp Papers at Barker
Texas History Center consist almost entirely of material gathered after Sharp's
death in 1912. Among these are insurance papers, estate records, magazine articles,
and unindexed transcripts of oral interviews done as part of the History of Texas
Oil Pioneers.
Locations and descriptions of these related collections follow.
Woodson Research Center, Rice University
JAMES LOCKHART AUTRY PAPERS MS.3
Series I: Numbered Files
Box 1
1905-1914 Texas Company Stock Matters (1/2 inch)
Box 14
1902 Texas Company (1 inch)
Box 16
1914 Texas Company (1/4 inch)
1913-14 J.R. Sharp litigation (2 letters) (3p)
1912-1913 The Texas Company--Cullinan and Autry resignations (2 inches)
1901-1902 Texas Company (2 inches)
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1914-1916 Sharp-Hughes Tool Company (2 inches)
Box 19
1915 Texas Company--internal affairs (1/4 inch)
1915 Sharp Homestead (1 letter)
1915 Texas Company--70,000 share stock issue (1/2 inch)
Box 20
1915 Sale of Texas Company stock (1/2 inch)
1916 J.R. Sharp litigation (2 letters)
1913-1919 Estate of W.B. Sharp (1 inch)
Box 22
1916 Houston Foundation; Mrs. W.B. Sharp (1/4 inch)
Box 24
1916 The Texas Company--credit balance (1/4 inch)
1916 The Texas Company statement (1 document)
Series II: Business Papers
Box 27
1902-1912 Texas Company--legal correspondence (4 inches)
WILLIAM L. CLAYTON PAPERS MS. NO. 7
Box 24
W.L. Clayton to Mrs. W.B. Sharp, Feb. 9, 1951 re: world
peace; present danger
WILLIAM H. HAMMAN PAPERS MS. NO. 6
Box 11
James L. Autry to John Hamman, March 13, 1907 re: W.B.
Sharp Folder #8 not listed separately on inventory
Sour Lake (1 inch) Folder #8 not listed separately on inventory
Producers Oil Company (1 inch) Folder #8 not listed separately on inventory
JUDGE HARRIS MASTERSON PAPERS
Moonshine Oil Company (2 inches) Not listed separately on inventory
Producers Oil Company (2 inches) Not listed separately on inventory
The Texas Company (2 inches) Not listed separately on inventory
Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas, Austin
WILLIAM CLIFFORD HOGG PAPERS
HC 6/79 W.B. Sharp Estate, 1924-1927 (2 inches)
HC 5/47 Hughes Tool Company, 1916-1918 (2 inches)
HC 6/86 Texas Company, 1913 (1 inch)
WALTER BENONA SHARP PAPERS (2 feet)
2G189 post 1912 papers and magazine articles re: W.B.
Sharp
2G190 ibid.
2G191 transcripts of oral interviews done in the 1950's
2G192 insurance papers; estate records
MRS. WALTER BENONA SHARP PAPERS (3 feet)
2G180 W.B. Sharp business papers; Estelle (Mrs. W.B.) Sharp
2G181 correspondence received 1916-1944
2G182 personal correspondence; deeds 1898-1920; leases 1898-1920
2G183 business papers
2G184 receipts 1923-1931; clippings
2G185 Texas Federation of Women's Clubs; photographs; clippings
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public
Library
JOSEPH STEPHEN CULLINAN PAPERS
A-1 to A-4 Texas Company correspondence (10 feet)
I-2-5 to I-2-7 Producers Oil Company (1 foot)
K-1 Sharp-Hughes Tool Company (2 inches)
Texas Centennial (2 inches)
Texas Company (4 feet)
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Walter Benona and Estelle Boughton Sharp - Collection, 1868-1978, MS 271, Woodson
Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
The papers of Estelle and Walter Sharp and their family were donated from their
estate by their son, Dudley C. Sharp, Sr. Mr. Sharp also donated funds for
processing and adding to the collection. The oral interviews done by W.A. Owens in
the 1950's were transferred from reel-to-reel tapes to cassette tapes. All other
interviews were done as part of the Sharp Collection Project.
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Series I: Walter Benona Sharp Papers (1889-1912) |
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Subseries A. Correspondence with
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Original Letters (1896-1911) |
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WBS to family 1896 |
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WBS to family 1897 |
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WBS to family 1898 |
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WBS to family 1899 |
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WBS to family 1900 |
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WBS to family 1901 |
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WBS to family 1902 |
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WBS to family 1903 |
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WBS to family 1904 |
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WBS to family 1905 |
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WBS to family 1908 |
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WBS to family 1909 |
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WBS to family 1910 |
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WBS to family 1911 |
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WBS to family undated |
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Typescripts of Originals (2 Volumes, with index) |
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Harrison and Sharp letterhead 1889 |
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6 acre tract on Buffalo Bayou 1892 |
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Bills and Receipts 1896 |
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J.N. Wharton to WBS re marriage;
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Bills and receipts 1897 |
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J.N. Wharton to WBS re
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H.H. Jones to WBS re
oil 1897 |
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Artesian well for Drew Co., Ark. 1897 |
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WBS letterhead 1898 |
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Bills and receipts 1898 |
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Insurance 1898 |
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Water well for Y.M.C.A. of Dallas 1898 |
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Brown to WBS re Briggs Machinery
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J.S. Berry to WBS re water well
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Cook Well Co. 1898 |
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"City of Sherman vs.
W.C. Connor" 1898 |
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Mrs. Traver to WBS re trip to
New York 1898 |
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Water well for Whitewright, Tx. 1898 |
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H.H. Patrick to WBS re
oil 1898 |
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C.H. Briggs to WBS re blowing
engine 1898 |
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F.V. Brown to WBS re well
casing 1898 |
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Water well for Holly Springs, Miss. 1898 |
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M.S. Hotchkiss to W.H. Boggess re
WBS 1898 |
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Compressed air pump 1898 |
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Water well for the Cotton Belt Lumber Co. 1898 |
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J.R. Sharp to WBS re water well
drilling 1898 |
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Dallas City tax receipt 1898 |
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National Bank of Commerce, Dallas--checks 1898 |
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Corsicana National Bank--drafts 1898 |
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Bank of Pine Bluff--checks and statements 1898 |
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Bills and receipts 1899 |
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Bills and receipts 1899 |
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Insurance 1899 |
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Elmer E. Hobbins to WBS re
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Cook Well Co. 1899 |
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Sour Lake Field 1899 |
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Contract with Sawyer and Austin Lumber Co. 1899 |
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Contract with Starkville, Miss. 1899 |
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Water well for Dallas Oil and Refining Co. 1899 |
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Water well for Farmer's Cotton Oil Co. 1899 |
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J.R. Sharp to WBS re "Sharp Bros." 1899 |
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J.R. Sharp to WBS re Montgomery,
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S.U. Hardwick to T.J. Clark re
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Contract between Cotton Oil Co. and WBS 1899 |
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Water well for Texas Planters Co. 1899 |
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Water well for McKinney Cotton Oil Mill Co. 1899 |
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Water well for Collin Co. Mill and Elevator Co. 1899 |
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Bills and receipts 1900 |
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Insurance 1900 |
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Insurance 1901 |
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WBS to Mrs. Semie Rogers re
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J.R. Sharp to WBS re oil wells
in progress 1901 |
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WBS visit to New York 1902 |
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Advertisement re WBS 1902 |
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J.N. Wharton to WBS re property
in Dallas 1902 |
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Frank Morby to P.D. Ball re
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Ed Prather to WBS re oil around
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I.G. Randle deed of block of land in Dallas 1904 |
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J.S. Cullinan to WBS re Duval
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Account book--Merchant National Bank, Houston 1905 |
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(2) J.R. Sharp to WBS re well
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Edwin B. Parker to J.S. Cullinan re
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Frank Cullinan to J.S. Cullinan re
Producers Oil Co. 1906 |
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J.N. Wharton to WBS re Exline
Stock 1906 |
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WBS to J.N. Wharton re sale of
residence in Dallas 1906 |
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Spotts and Matthews to WBS re
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W.D. Bates to Chas. H. Lane re
Sharp property in Houston 1909 |
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H.F. MacGregor to WBS re
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Harris Lipsitz to Chas. H. Lane re
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Subseries C. Bound Minutes and Business
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Minutes of Directors Meeting, Commonwealth Oil
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1900 Ledger |
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WBS to Mrs. D.A. Boughton 1897 |
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W.M. Anderson to WBS re joining
the 1st Presbyterian Church 1898 |
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James N. Sharp to WBS re
possible family connection 1904 |
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Snider to Lewis re Wall Street;
Y.M.C.A. 1908 |
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Vito Volterra to WBS 1912 |
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Harry Judson to WBS re pleasant
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Best wishes to WBS--King Nottoc from Carnival
official Nov. 1912 |
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E.R. Spotts to WBS re
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Best wishes from Aline Hughes et
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J.S. Cullinan to Jas. L. Autry re
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J.S. Cullinan to W.C. Hogg re
operation on WBS in Chicago 1912 |
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Oil Investors Journal 1902 |
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The Globe Wave Power and Electric Co. 1911-12 |
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Progressive Party 1912 |
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Sharp's improved capstan |
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Picture of well machinery |
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Expressions of Sympathy on the Death of Walter B. Sharp |
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J.B. Mayberry to Mrs. WBS 1912 |
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Rupert Hughes to Mrs. WBS 1912 |
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Jesse H. Jones to W.C. Hogg 1912 |
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Howard Hughes, Sr. to Mrs. WBS 1912 |
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Tribute to WBS by Board of Directors, Producers Oil
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In Memoriam to WBS 1912-13 |
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Fuel Oil Journal, 3 (January
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J. S. Rice, Great Southern Life Ins. Co., to Mrs.
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Estelle Boughton to Papa and Mama 1883 |
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Estelle to Mother 1897 |
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Mother to Dudley Crawford Sharp 1908 |
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Mrs. WBS to WBS 1912 |
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letter received 1893-94 |
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letter received 1895 |
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letter received 1896 |
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letter received 1897 |
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letter received 1899 |
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letter received 1900 |
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letter received 1901 |
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letter received 1904 |
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Josie Crawford to Mrs. Sharp on death of Kathleen 1904 |
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letter received 1906 |
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Hobart K. Crawford to Mrs. WBS 1910 |
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E.F. Simms to Mrs. WBS re
Walter's illness 1912 |
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letter received 1913 |
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letters of thanks for pictures of WBS 1914 |
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Notes from Dudley's tutors 1922 |
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Victor H. Arnold to Estelle re
his legal and financial problem 1923 |
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M.L. Hewett to Mrs. WBS 1930 |
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Mrs. H.H. Wilson to Mrs. WBS 1937 |
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Hilty family 1938-41 |
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Judy to Mrs. WBS 1941 |
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Mrs. S.M. McAshan to Mrs. WBS 1942 |
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Peter McKay to Estelle Sharp 1943 |
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Lloyd to "Dearest Other Mother" 1956 |
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Mrs. Ruth H. Fred to Mrs. WBS 1959 |
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Katherine to Mrs. WBS 1963 |
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Holiday greeting cards 1910-20 |
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Victor H. Arnold's application for executive
clemency 1926 |
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3rd Presbyterian Church, Rochester, N.Y. 1937 |
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Prayer by Mrs. WBS 1940's |
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Muriel Lester, Ways of Praying |
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Hyacinth bloom |
| box |
| 5 |
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Subseries B. Social Service, 1905-1950 |
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Mayor Bryan L. Burry to Mrs. WBS re
gift to the city of Dallas 1905 |
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J. C. Harris to Mrs. WBS re
United Charities 1907 |
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James L. Autry to Mrs. WBS re
United Charities 1910 |
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United Charities 1912 |
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W. C. Hogg to Mrs. WBS re Social
Service Federation 1913 |
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Alfred R. Kimball to Mrs. WBS re
Gifford Pinchot; social work 1913 |
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A. Caswell Ellis to Mrs. WBS re
social service for Women's Clubs 1913 |
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Publications re social
welfare 1913-14 |
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Child Labor Bulletin 1914 |
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Texas State Conference of Charities and
Correction 1914 |
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Public health nurse for Harris Co. 1914-15 |
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H.F. Ring -- Joseph Fels Fund of America 1914-15 |
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Letters received re a Houston
department of social welfare 1915 |
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Ordinance creating the Department of Charity, Benevolence,
and Public Welfare in Houston 1915 |
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Certificate of appreciation to Mrs. WBS from Family Service
Bureau 1915 |
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Houston Foundation 1916 |
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Houston Foundation 1917 |
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Events at Houston settlement houses 1917 |
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Mary E. Gearing to Mrs. WBS re
Texas Women's Campaign for Good Government 1917 |
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American Association for Labor Legislation 1917 |
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Correspondence re public health
in Houston 1917 |
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Texas School of Civics and Philanthropy 1918 |
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Houston Foundation 1918 |
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Houston Foundation 1919 |
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$50.00 donation to the Houston Foundation 1919 |
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The Community, I (May,
1919) 1919 |
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Gov. James E. Ferguson 1920 |
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Henry Jackson to Mrs. WBS re
citizenship training 1920 |
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Mrs. F.T. Perkins to Mrs. WBS re
charity donation 1921 |
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Texas Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor 1924 |
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Dedication of Houston Art Museum 1924 |
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Speech on Community Chest 1934? |
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Child Guidance Clinic of Houston 1934-35 |
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Houston Community Chest -- reorganization 1937 |
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"Eighth Semi-Annual
Colored Domestic and Industrial Workers Institute" 1938 |
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Houston Community Trust 1938 |
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Houston Community Trust and E.O. Lovett 1938 |
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Harold Morris to Mrs. WBS re "symphony
prospice" 1938 |
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Isaiah Bowman, "Science and Social Pioneering" 1939 |
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Cleveland College of Western Reserve University 1932-1940 |
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Who's Who in Commerce School 1940? |
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Mental health and hygiene 1940's |
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Maggie W. Barry, "Our Spiritual Heritage" 1941 |
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Elmer Scott to Mrs. WBS re Old
Timers Dinner 1942 |
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Skylites 1945 |
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Mrs. Don C. Travis, Jr. to Mrs. WBS 1949 |
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Gov. Allen Shivers to Mrs. WBS re
state hospital problem 1950 |
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Hester House 1950's |
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The Christophers 1950's |
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James Keller to Mrs. WBS re
Christopher Awards ? |
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Alfred J. Dupont to Estelle Sharp re
George Washington Homestead ? |
| box |
| 6 |
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Subseries C. Social Service, 1951-1965 |
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Community Council 1952 |
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Thomas Alva Edison Foundation 1955 |
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Lobbying efforts on behalf of juvenile delinquency bills
before the state legislature 1955 |
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San Jacinto Museum 1956 |
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Texas Social Welfare Association 1957 |
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Community Council 1957 |
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A resolution honoring Mrs. WBS by the Community
Council 1957 |
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Ross P. Bennett to Mrs. WBS re
grant for Mr. Zarefsky 1957 |
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Community Council 1958 |
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SCONA 1958 |
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Texas Social Welfare Association 1959 |
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League of Women Voters 1959 |
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Community Council 1959 |
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Neighborhood Centers Association 1959 |
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COCIAD 1960's |
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SCONA 1960's |
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Neighborhood Centers Association 1960 |
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Neighborhood Centers Association 1961 |
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Social welfare 1961 |
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Community Council 1961 |
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Neighborhood Centers 1962 |
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W.B. Sharp Neighborhood Center 1962 |
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Community Council 1962 |
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Y.M.C.A. Annual Meeting; honor to Mrs. WBS 1962 |
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Family Service Bureau 1963 |
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Neighborhood Centers Association 1963 |
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Neighborhood Centers Association 1964 |
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Community Council 1964 |
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Neighborhood Centers 1965 |
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Fellowship for Dr. Mae McMillan 1965 |
| box |
| 7 |
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Subseries D. Women's Clubs |
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Polly to Mrs. WBS re Women's
Club charity work in Dallas 1908 |
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The Key to the City of Houston, I
(December, 1908) 1908 |
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Federation Club programs 1915 |
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Social Service Committee 1914-17 |
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Dept. of Rural Life 1917 |
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Dept. of American Citizenship 1923 |
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G. H. Kinsolving to Mrs. Davidson re
Mrs. WBS's trip to England 1923 |
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Dept. of International Relations 1931 |
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Mrs. W.A. Cooper to Mrs. WBS re
Women's Club 1931 |
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Houston Studio Gardens 1931 |
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Houston Studio Gardens - Consultation - Miss
Egleston 1931 |
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Flower Show Committee 1936 |
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Letters sent by Mrs. WBS re
Japanese-style flower show 1936 |
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Garden Club of America Trip to Japan 1936-37 |
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"Squanto, the
Indian" by W.J. Cameron 1938 |
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Dedication of Varner-Hogg State Park 1958 |
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Downtown Club Roster 1961-62 |
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Women's Club publications ? |
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Speech before Women's Club--committee on social
service ? |
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Speech on Verner White for Women's Club ? |
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Publications of Texas Federation of Women's Clubs ? |
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Speech for Wednesday Club ? |
| box |
| 7 |
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Subseries E. Texas Centennial |
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Planning Committee 1934 |
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Texas Centennial News, I 1934 |
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Texas Centennial Commission 1934-36 |
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Letters Received re Texas
Centennial 1934-36 |
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Senator Walter Woodul to Mrs. WBS re
Texas Centennial Commissioners 1934 |
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Letters sent re Texas
Centennial 1934 |
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Letters sent re Texas Centennial
Commission 1935 |
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Miscellaneous Texas Centennial |
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Michael Scully, This Is Texas 1936 |
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Texas Historical and Biographical Association 1936 |
| box |
| 8 |
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Subseries F. World Peace |
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J.S. Cullinan to the National Economic League re "Conditions necessary
to lasting peace between nations" 1915 |
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E.A. Peden to Mrs. WBS re U.S.
Food Administration 1918 |
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Henry Watterson to Mrs. WBS re
his opposition to the League of Nations 1919 |
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Claudia O. Murphy to Mrs. WBS re
Kenyon Bill before Congress 1919 |
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Austrian Bonds 1921 |
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re "Why War Must
Cease" 1920's |
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"League of Nations
News" 1929 |
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League of Nations--Journal of the Tenth
Assembly 1929 |
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Mrs. WBS on League Board 1930 |
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"American Cooperation
With the League of Nations" 1930 |
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Report on the fifth conference on the Cause and Cure of
War 1930 |
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India's Declaration of Independence 1930 |
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"The Significance of
the German Elections" 1930 |
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Cause and Cure of War 1930-32 |
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Miss Lutie E. Stearns 1930? |
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Raymond B. Fordick, "A Way of Escape" 1931 |
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"News
Bulletin"--National Council for Prevention of War 1931 |
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Disarmament, II (May, 1932) 1932 |
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Peace or War in 1937 1937 |
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Constructive Neutrality Policy 1937 |
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League of Nations 1938 |
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National Peace Conference 1938-39 |
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League of Nations--W.L. Clayton 1939 |
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League of Nations Pavilion--New York World's Fair 1939 |
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League of Nations--World Peace 1940 |
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League of Nations--World Peace 1941 |
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Telegrams to Mrs. WBS re Clark
M. Eichelberger's speech 1941 |
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League of Nations Association 1942 |
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Commission to Study the Organization of Peace 1949 |
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American Association for the United Nations 1949 |
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Notes for a speech on peace and welfare by Mrs.
WBS 1950's? |
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Richard E. Byrd to Mrs. WBS re
International Rescue Committee 1955 |
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National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy 1958 |
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Everett L. Goar to Mrs. WBS re
moral rearmament 1959 |
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Houston Pan American Round Table 1944-62 |
| box |
| 9 |
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Subseries G. Rice Institute |
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Sharp Lectureship in Civics and Philanthropy 1916-19 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sharp
Lectureship 1919 |
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E.O. Lovett to W. Bedford Sharp re
Sir Henry Jones' Lecture 1920 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sharp
Lectureship; school for Dudley in England 1920 |
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Joseph C. Ritler to Mrs. WBS re
Fellowship 1923 |
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E.O. Lovett to Lady Jones introducing Mrs. WBS 1923 |
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(8 carbons) Mrs. WBS to E.O. Lovett re
Sharp Mem. Fund 1930-34 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re W.B.
Sharp Memorial Fund 1930 |
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(carbon) Mrs. WBS to Mr. Kyger re
gift to Rice Institute 1930 |
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(2 carbons) Mrs. WBS to Paul Timpson re
gift to Rice Institute 1930-31 |
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Paul Timpson to Mrs. WBS re gift
to Rice Institute 1931 |
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Mrs. WBS to Martin Wiess re
Dallas property transferred to Rice 1931 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sharp
Memorial Fund 1931 |
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Deed of trust from Estelle B. Sharp to Rice
Institute 1931 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sharp
Memorial Fund 1932 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re Sir
Robert A. Falconer's Lecture 1933 |
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W. T. Thom, Jr. to Mrs. WBS re
Sharp Memorial Fund 1933 |
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E. O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS re
history of the petroleum industry in the
Southwest 1934 |
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Sharp Memorial Fund 1935 |
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E.O. Lovett to Mrs. WBS-- thanks and best wishes 1941 |
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W.B. Sharp Memorial Fund 1947 |
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Robert C. Cotner re Sharp
Memorial Fund 1948-49 |
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Sharp Memorial Fund 1950 |
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Ima Hogg to Mrs. WBS re donation
of typescript of J.S. Hogg papers to Rice 1951 |
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Sharp Memorial Fund 1952 |
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Sharp Memorial Fund 1953 |
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Sharp Memorial Fund 1955 |
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Sharp Memorial Fund 1958 |
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(2) W.V. Houston to Mrs. WBS re
Sharp Memorial Fund 1958 |
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Awards from W.B. Sharp Memorial Fund 1931-61 |
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W.T. Thom, Jr., "Sharp Research Fellowship Report", (Rice Institute,
1931-32) 1931-32 |
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Miscellaneous Rice Institute |
| box |
| 9 |
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Subseries H. University of Texas |
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Handbook of Texas 1942 |
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W.B. Sharp article for the Handbook of
Texas 1945 |
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Sharp Fund--University of Texas 1952 |
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(16) Winnie Allen to Mrs. WBS re
Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers 1952-59 |
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Biographical sketch of W.B. Sharp 1954 |
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re oral interview of Mrs. WBS by W.A.
Owens 1955 |
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Mrs. WBS to W.A. Owens re "Romantic-historical
novel" 1955-57 |
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W.A. Owens to Mrs. WBS re Oral
History of Texas Oil Pioneers; biography or novel on W.B.
Sharp 1955-57 |
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Texas State Historical Association 1957 |
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W.A. Owens, "Boom in Batson: the birth of an oil field" 1957 |
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(2) H.H. Ransom to Mrs. WBS re
Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers 1958 |
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Winnie Allen to Dudley Sharp re
W.A. Owens; biography of W.B. Sharp 1958 |
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Mody C. Boatright to Mrs. WBS re
Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers 1958 |
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Texas State Historical Association 1959 |
| box |
| 10 |
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Subseries I. Business Papers |
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First National Bank of Houston 1897 |
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J.N. Wharton to Mrs. WBS re
stock of Exline Co. 1906 |
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O.S. Carlton to Mrs. WBS re Aqua
Pura and Aqua Vitae 1910 |
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(December) Estate of W.B. Sharp 1912 |
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Estate of W.B. Sharp 1913 |
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Last will and testament of Estelle B. Sharp 1913 |
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Sharp-Hughes Tool Co. 1913-14 |
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Letterhead of Sharp-Hughes Tool Co. 1914 |
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Estate of W.B. Sharp 1914 |
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Trial balance of W.B. Sharp Estate 1914 |
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Estate of WBS 1915 |
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Separate estate of Mrs. WBS 1915 |
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Sharp-Cullinan agreement re
Sharp-Hughes Tool Co. 1915 |
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E.E.C. to J.S. Cullinan re Mrs.
WBS's bank balance 1916 |
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Estate of WBS 1916 |
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Estate of WBS 1917 |
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Separate estate of Mrs. WBS 1917 |
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Estate of WBS 1918 |
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Estate of WBS 1919 |
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Mrs. WBS to Bedford Sharp re
gift of $50,000 1926 |
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Itemized statement of house expenses 1931-32 |
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Stanley C. Nott to Mrs. WBS re
delay in shipment of purchase 1933 |
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Bills and receipts 1935 |
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Purchase of Chinese prints 1939 |
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List of bonds 1952 |
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Ross P. Bennett to Mrs. WBS re
fire damage to her building in Liberty 1957 |
| box |
| 11 |
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Subseries J. Clippings and Scrapbooks |
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3 Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings |
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2 Scrapbooks on European countries |
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Series III: Sharp Family Papers 1868-1969 |
| box |
| 12 |
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Subseries A. Boughton-Frost Family |
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Marriage Certificate: Delia Frost and George
Boughton 1868 |
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Golden wedding anniversary--Frost Family 1872 |
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Receipt for purchase of one oil painting 1881 |
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Receipt for piano--Mertie Boughton 1890 |
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Edward Downes to Nicholas Smith (U.S. Consul) re the missing Mr. White 1894 |
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Divorce of Delia and George Boughton 1898 |
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Marriage announcement of Mertie Inez Boughton to Verner
White 1903 |
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Insurance for Mrs. Verner White's painting 1932 |
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re Verner White ? |
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Boughton-Frost family history |
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Boughton family history |
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D.A.R. Membership of Mrs. Verner White |
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Alice Frost to Mrs. Verner White re
Boughton-Frost families |
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Letters re Boughton Family
genealogy |
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Announcement of marriage of Estelle Lorena Boughton and
Walter Benona Sharp 1897 |
| box |
| 12 |
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Subseries B. Sharp Family |
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Sharp family tree |
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Family register (xerox from Sharp family Bible) |
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J.S. Cullinan to W.C. Hogg re
J.R. Sharp 1913 |
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Hobart R. Crawford to Dudley C. Sharp 1913 |
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Will C. Hogg to Dudley [Sharp] 1914 |
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Grandmother Boughton to Dudley 1914 |
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Nina and Margaret Cullinan to Bedford Sharp August 23? |
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Bedford Sharp re WWI
service 1918? |
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H. Hughes, Sr. re job for
Bedford Sharp in Hughes Tool Co. 1921 |
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Correspondence between Dudley Sharp and Howard Hughes,
Jr. 1920's |
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W. Bedford Sharp re visit of
Captain J. Edward Moran 1943 |
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re Dudley C. Sharp, Sr. service as
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 1955-56 |
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Winnie Allen to Dudley Sharp re
family papers 1969 |
| box |
| 12 |
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Subseries C. Biographical Sketches and Magazine Articles on the
Sharps |
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Isaac F. Marcossan, "The Black Golconda", Saturday Evening Post, 16-17, 198-205 re
WBS April 19, 1924,
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The Texaco Star, XXVIII re Spindletop and WBS (October, 1941) |
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Hughes Rigway, XIV re Sharp-Hughes Tool Co.; Howard
Hughes, Sr. (Fall, 1916) |
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History of W.B. Sharp |
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Biographical sketches of Estelle Boughton Sharp |
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Biographical material on the Sharps |
| box |
| 13 |
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Subseries D. Photographs |
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Estelle B. Sharp |
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Boughton Family |
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G.A. Boughton and Delia Frost Boughton |
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W.B. Sharp and family |
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Delia Frost Boughton |
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W.B. Sharp's mother |
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Estelle B. Sharp--home and family |
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Verner White |
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Frost family |
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Mertie Boughton White |
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Family snapshots |
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Postcards |
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Frost family album |
| box |
| 14 |
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Subseries E. Bound Volumes |
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Thomas G. Frost and Edward L. Frost, Frost Family in England and America (Buffalo, 1909) |
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Autograph album of L.O. Boughton |
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Souvenir of Oberlin |
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Hi-O-Hi Oberlin A.D.
1895 |
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Holy Bible (New York, American Bible
Society, 1860) |
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Holy Bible (Hartford, Andrus and Judd,
1835) |
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New Testament (New York, American and
Foreign Bible Society, 1846) |
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Group A. Clippings |
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Walter Benona Sharp |
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Estelle Boughton Sharp |
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W. Bedford Sharp |
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Tina Cleveland Sharp |
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Dudley C. Sharp, Sr. |
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Howard Hughes, Jr. |
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Group B. Inscriptions from Rice Institute honoring Mrs. Estelle
Houghton Sharp |
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Group C. Miscellaneous Newspapers |
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Series IV: Sharp Oral Interviews 1953-1978 |
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Subseries A. Interviews done by W.A. Owens
(audiotapes) |
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1. Interview with Chas. A. Lane, 1 hr. May 1956, |
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2. Interview with E.N. Nims, 1-1/2
hrs. March 1958, |
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3. Interview with Estelle B. Sharp, (with corrections),
4 hrs. August 1953, |
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Subseries B. Interviews done by Walter Buenger, Ruth Whiteside,
and Louis Marchiafava (audiotapes) |
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1. With Mary Boice (with Mrs. Boice's notes), 1
hr. May 30, 1978. |
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2. With Nina Cullinan, 3/4
hr. May 11, 1978. |
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3. With Eva Margaret Davis, 3/4 hr. May 3, 1978. |
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4. With Franklin Harbach (restricted). 1 hr. |
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5. With Dudley C. Sharp, Sr. 1 hr. April 4, 1978. |
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6. With Dudley C. and Tina C. Sharp, 1-1/2
hrs. April 12, 1978. |
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7. With John H. Lindsey, 1/2
hr. June 19, 1979. |
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Subseries C. Interviews in CD-ROM format, created 2004 for
preservation purposes. |
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Appendix to Interview tapes: Oral History Subject
Index |
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| Interview With: |
Mary (Mrs. Arthur) Boice
|
|
Moody House, Galveston,
Texas |
| Regarding: |
Estelle Sharp; early
Houston |
| Interviewers: |
Ruth A. Whiteside |
|
Walter L. Buenger, Jr.
|
|
Nina Cullinan |
| Date: |
May 30, 1978. |
| Length: |
45 minutes |
| Restrictions: |
none |
|
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|
Mary (Mrs. Arthur) Boice Side 1
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|
| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-26 |
Prepared piece on Mrs.
Estelle Sharp |
| 26-42 |
Wayman Adams (artist)
|
| 42-64 |
Mrs. Sharp's appearance
and taste |
| 64-73 |
Garden Club of America
trip to Japan |
| 73-82 |
Main Street house |
| 82-90 |
Mrs. White (Mrs. Estelle
Sharp's sister) |
| 90-100 |
Summer dinner at the Main
Street house; Bedford Sharp |
| 100-128 |
Cruise; Bedford Sharp
|
| 128-138 |
Description of Estelle
Sharp |
| 138-144 |
Story about Mrs. Sharp's
gardeners |
| 144-163 |
Story about tulip bulbs
for Harry Hanszen |
| 163-178 |
Mrs. Sharp's dress and
jewelry |
| 178-190 |
Rare taste of the Sharps
|
| 190-205 |
Story about Dudley Sharp;
Tina Cleveland and the dog Lux |
| 205-220 |
Marriage of Dudley and
Tina |
| 220-232 |
Waldine Kopperal --death
of her son |
| 232-237 |
Marriage of Dudley and
Tina |
| 237-245 |
The Blaffers |
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|
| 245-254 |
Main Street house; party
there |
| 254-258 |
Trip to Mexico |
| 258-277 |
Dinner for Al Smith,
Democratic candidate for president |
| 277-297 |
Character |
| 297-304 |
Dudley's dog |
| 304-308 |
Dudley killing a snake
|
| 308-315 |
Sun room in the Rossmoyne
House |
| 315-322 |
Mrs. Sharp's sister, Mrs.
White |
| 322-328 |
Story about Mrs. Sharp, a
hat and the driver |
| 328-331 |
Funeral of Mrs. Sharp
|
| 331-338 |
Tweed full-length cape
|
| 338-346 |
Mount Eagle |
| 346-376 |
Friends of the Clevelands
at Sewanee; concert |
| 376-398 |
Apple orchard at Fort
Davis |
| 399-404 |
Name Applebrook |
| 404-409 |
Easter at Fort Davis; ice
storm |
| 409-415 |
People at Fort Davis
|
| 415-425 |
Trip to El Paso; dust
storm; Mrs. Sharp's effect on inn keeper |
| 425-436 |
Trip to Marfa to see a
movie; beautiful scenery |
| 436-444 |
How to cure the boredom of
listening to old people |
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| 444-465 |
Conversation between Nina
Cullinan and Mary Boice |
| 465-473 |
Eva Davis |
| 473-478 |
Mrs. Sharp's stiff spine
|
| 479-482 |
How Mrs. Sharp intimidated
people |
| 482-491 |
Main Street house;
peacocks |
| 491-515 |
Background of Mrs. Boice
and her family |
| 515-519 |
Arthur Boice; meeting in
Denison |
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Side 2
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-34 |
Jefferson, Texas; Ima Hogg
|
| 34-70 |
Ima Hogg; Ima Hogg's name
and the problems it caused her |
| 70-85 |
Mrs. Coffin's boarding
house--exchange between Mrs. Coffin and Mrs. Graves
|
| 85-96 |
Conversation between Nina
Cullinan and Mary Boice |
| 96-121 |
Mrs. Boice's godmother
|
| 121-128 |
Horses as child |
| 128-138 |
The horse Old John |
| 138-147 |
Her pony |
| 147-153 |
Her horse show wagon |
| 153-159 |
Riding in the County Fair
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| 159-163 |
Conversation about chairs
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| 163-175 |
Boices' move to Houston
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| 175-183 |
Why they stayed in
Houston; foreign officers in Houston |
| 183-187 |
Selling liberty bonds
|
| 187-191 |
Naming her son Ned |
| 191-218 |
Conversation with Miss
Cullinan about tag day |
| 218-234 |
Where they lived in
Houston; the Heights |
| 234-255 |
Having one of Arthur's
friends for lunch |
| 255-265 |
More on where they lived;
on the Bay |
| 266-272 |
Conclusion |
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| Interview with: |
Nina Cullinan |
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3694 Willowick |
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Houston, Texas 77019
|
| Regarding: |
Mrs. Estelle Sharp;
personal background; Sharp family; relationship between
Sharp and Cullinan families |
| Interviewers: |
Ruth A. Whiteside |
|
Walter L. Buenger, Jr.
|
| Date: |
May 11, 1978. |
| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Restrictions: |
none |
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Nina Cullinan Side 1
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-30 |
Introductory, Miss
Cullinan's family |
| 30-55 |
Work of Mr. Cullinan, her
father, first recollections of the Sharp family |
| 55-90 |
Her early recollections of
Mrs. Estelle Sharp |
| 90-132 |
Mrs. Sharp's physical
appearance, her effect on others |
| 132-152 |
Mrs. Sharp's observations
about herself |
| 152-160 |
Mrs. Sharp's early
responsibilities |
| 160-165 |
Mrs. Sharp's sister, Mrs.
White |
| 165-197 |
Mrs. Sharp's influence on
Miss Cullinan; Mrs. Sharp's view of the responsibility
that goes with economic security |
| 197-220 |
Mrs. Sharp's motivation
for her activities |
| 220-245 |
Miss Cullinan's motivation
for her own view of responsibility and obligation
|
| 245-254 |
Observations of Mrs.
Sharp's style |
| 254-280 |
Mrs. Sharp's political
views and how men viewed her outspoken qualities
|
| 280-290 |
The way Mrs. Sharp raised
United Fund money |
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 290-315 |
Comparison of Mrs. Sharp
and Will Hogg in fund raising |
| 315-322 |
Mr. Cullinan's (her
father) discussions with Mrs. Sharp |
| 322-333 |
Recollections of Mrs.
Sharp's business activities |
| 333-360 |
Relations between Cullinan
and Sharp family, summer vacations together |
| 360-380 |
Childhood recollections of
Mrs. Sharp |
| 380-393 |
Mrs. Sharp's appearance
|
| 393-425 |
Miss Cullinan's
recollection of Mr. Walter B. Sharp, their house on Main
Street (where present Sears store is) |
| 425-450 |
Relationship between Mr.
Cullinan, Mr. Sharp, Judge Autry, Will Hogg |
| 450-455 |
Her recollections of her
father (Cullinan) |
| 455-470 |
Recollections of Mrs.
Sharp's political activities |
| 470-485 |
Mrs. Boice's relationship
with Mrs. Sharp |
| 485-504 |
Mrs. Sharp's fund raising
for Community Chest |
| 505-518 |
How Mrs. Sharp's political
views affected her friends |
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Side 2
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-35 |
Other qualities of Mrs.
Sharp, standards |
| 35-80 |
Mrs. Sharp at the end of
her life |
| 80-150 |
Mrs. Sharp's sister, Mrs.
White, also description of Mrs. Sharp's mother; Mrs.
Sharp's nieces, etc. Family responsibilities |
| 150-230 |
Bedford Sharp; Mrs.
Sharp's relationship with him; Bedford's wife, Patti
Lummis |
| 230-270 |
Mrs. Sharp as a parent
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| Interview with: |
Eva Margaret Davis |
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4141 S. Braeswood (Bayou
Manor) |
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Houston, Texas 77025
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| Regarding: |
Estelle Sharp; education
in Houston; personal background |
| Interviewers: |
Walter L. Buenger, Jr.
|
| Date: |
May 3, 1978. |
| Length: |
30 minutes |
| Restrictions: |
none |
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Eva Margaret Davis Side 1
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-70 |
Introductory, her own
background, parents, education in Indiana, move to
Oklahoma to teach school |
| 70-87 |
Move to Houston in 1926,
school principal, then principal at River Oaks school.
|
| 87-110 |
Met Mrs. Sharp, Miss Ima
Hogg, others interested in education in River Oaks area.
|
| 110-130 |
This group of women took
responsibility for helping finance River Oaks
Elementary. Miss Davis--principal |
| 130-159 |
Miss Davis's relation with
Dr. Oberholtzer, the school superintendent |
| 159-174 |
Her philosophy of
education (the Dewey philosophy of interest and effort.
) |
| 174-230 |
Activities at River Oaks
school |
| 230-240 |
Recollections of Mrs.
Sharp and Dudley |
| 240-260 |
Mrs. Sharp's politics,
influence of Dudley on his mother's politics |
| 260-270 |
Summers at Fort Davis with
Mrs. Sharp |
| 270-285 |
Mrs. Sharp's
thoughtfulness, political interest |
| 290-310 |
Mrs. Sharp's dignity |
| 310-340 |
Recalled Mrs. Sharp's
charity organization; attitude toward the poor |
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| 340-350 |
Miss Ima Hogg, Mrs. Helms,
Mrs. Sharp's charitable work |
| 355-360 |
Mrs. Sharp as a business
woman |
| 360-373 |
Philanthropic work,
attitude about money |
| 373-380 |
Building Sharp Center
(Community Center) |
| 380-385 |
Mrs. Sharp given life
membership on Board of Community Chest |
| 385-425 |
Other work with Community
Chest |
| 425-470 |
Mrs. Sharp's personal
style, sense of humor, individuality |
| 470-490 |
Humorous incidents,
relation with Miss Davis |
| 490-512 |
Travels |
| 512-end |
Other Houston acitivities,
Museum of Fine Arts, Ripley House |
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| Interview With: |
Franklin I. Harbach
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3600 Montrose, no. 801
|
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Houston, Texas 77006
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| Regarding: |
Estelle Sharp; social
service work in Houston |
| Interviewers: |
Walter L. Buenger, Jr.
|
|
Louis Marchiafava |
| Date: |
May 11, 1978. |
| Length: |
90 minutes |
| Restrictions: |
Cannot be used until
December 31, 1987. |
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| Interview With: |
Dudley Crawford Sharp
|
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109 N.Post Oak Lane
|
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Houston, Texas 77024
|
| Regarding: |
Estelle Sharp; his own
early education; Walter B. Sharp |
| Interviewers: |
Ruth A. Whiteside |
|
Walter L. Buenger, Jr.
|
|
Louis Marchiafava |
| Date: |
April 4, 1978. |
| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Restrictions: |
none |
|
AND |
| Interview With: |
Dudley Crawford Sharp and
|
|
Tina Cleveland Sharp
|
| Regarding: |
Dudley's education,
business, and political career; Tina's opinion of and
relationship with Estelle; life in Washington in the
Eisenhower years; duties as Secretary of the Air Force;
Republican Party in Texas and Harris County. |
| Date: |
April 12, 1978. |
| Length: |
60 minutes |
| Restrictions: |
none |
|
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Dudley Crawford Sharp Side 1
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-18 |
Introductory |
| 18-48 |
Biographical background of
Mrs. W.B. Sharp, college, early musical interests
|
| 48-70 |
Mrs. Sharp's parents |
| 70-92 |
Early relationship between
W.B. Sharp and Estelle Sharp (how they met), marriage
|
| 92-100 |
Sharp's early life in
Dallas, early death of a daughter |
| 100-110 |
Some dates of other Sharp
children |
| 110-134 |
Time spent in Sour Lake
(near Beaumont) before move to Houston |
| 134-165 |
Mr. W. B. Sharp's water
well business in Dallas |
| 165-180 |
Move to Houston, early
relationship with Cullinan (1904-05) |
| 180-209 |
Early years in Houston,
Dudley's birth, property on Main Street |
| 210-233 |
Mrs. Sharp's interest in
horses |
| 233-260 |
Mrs. Sharp's early role in
the family business |
| 260-290 |
Mrs. Sharp's role in
business after death of W.B. in 1912, with business
advisers Cullinan and Will Hogg |
|
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| 290-299 |
Mr. E.E. Clark, Mrs.
Sharp's Secretary, Office with Will Hogg |
| 299-310 |
Mrs. Sharp's early
relationship with Hughes family. Relationships with
Senior Hughes, with Howard Hughes, junior |
| 310-318 |
Trip to Europe: Mrs.
Sharp, Dudley and Howard Hughes, Jr. |
| 318-350 |
Split of Sharp-Hughes Tool
Co., relation of Mrs. Sharp with Howard Hughes, Sr.
|
| 350-362 |
Other interest in Howard
Hughes, Jr. |
| 362-376 |
Mrs. Sharp's political
interests, interest in women's issues, women's suffrage
|
| 376-382 |
Mrs. Sharp's interest in
the Democratic party, view of Republicans |
| 382-395 |
Mr. W.B. Sharp in Bull
Moose party, his political interests |
| 395-404 |
Mrs. Sharp's interest in
Peace issue |
| 404-416 |
Mrs. Sharp's interest in
moral rearmament |
| 416-431 |
Interest in peace before
WWII, her idealism |
| 431-444 |
Mrs. Sharp's attitude
about the war |
| 444-450 |
Her interest in the League
of Nations |
| 450-452 |
Her interest in the United
Nations |
| 452-465 |
Friends' reactions to her
social involvement |
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| 465-478 |
Her activities during the
war (both WWI and WWII) |
| 478-485 |
Her political views, views
of big business, Democratic Party, support of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt |
| 485-509 |
Her religious convictions,
involvement with the Episcopal Church |
| 509-514 |
Basis for her social
views, particularly peace |
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Side 2
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-25 |
Mrs. Sharp's motivation
|
| 25-36 |
Her involvement in social
service, with Mrs. Lummis and others, Frank Harbach
|
| 36-68 |
Private and public
involvement in social service |
| 68-97 |
Work with United Fund
fund-raising |
| 97-140 |
Her view of the role of
government, role of responsible citizen |
| 140-157 |
Effect of the Kennedy
assassination on her thinking |
| 157-165 |
Her view of Eisenhower
|
| 165-185 |
Her reaction to Dudley's
Republican (party) politics, membership in Eisenhower's
cabinet |
|
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| 185-206 |
Her reaction to conservative movement in
Houston in 1950's |
| 206-233 |
Her interest in poor
people, motivation for that interest |
| 233-250 |
How she raised her own
children, especially to encourage a sense of
responsibility |
| 250-265 |
Her view of education,
travel |
| 265-276 |
Travels to Europe |
| 276-304 |
Dudley's education (Gilman
in Baltimore; Princeton) |
| 304-309 |
Mrs. Sharp's
national/international outlook |
| 309-318 |
Dudley's education at
Princeton |
| 318-350 |
Family summers at Lake
Placid (New York); later, at Fort Davis (Texas) |
| 350-360 |
Dudley's friends at
Princeton |
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Side 3
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-40 |
Dudley Sharp at Princeton,
others from the Houston area |
| 40-70 |
Trip with Arthur Foster
around the world |
| 70-105 |
Trip: Yukon territory
|
| 105-117 |
Trip: Japan |
| 117-185 |
Trip: Korea-Manchuria
|
| 185-192 |
Trip: Peking |
| 192-210 |
Trip: Shanghai, ship sinks
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| 210-238 |
Trip: Christmas in
Shanghai |
| 238-255 |
Trip: Saigon, tiger
hunting, malaria |
| 255-266 |
Trip: conclusion (summer
1927) |
| 266-279 |
Back in Houston after
graduation |
| 279-302 |
Marriage |
| 302-330 |
Early career in business,
company with brother (this would be Mission
Manufacturing) Dudley invents principal products.
|
| 330-360 |
Inventions, pistons, and
valves for slush pumps |
| 360-370 |
Relations with brother
(Bedford) in Mission Manufacturing |
| 370-385 |
Bedford Sharp, his role,
acquaintances in business |
| 385-404 |
Dudley in Navy during the
war, some time at Johns Hopkins |
| 404-415 |
Navy career |
| 415-430 |
1929-1940: other
involvement in Houston, political interests |
| 430-443 |
Differences with his
mother on F.D. Roosevelt |
| 443-465 |
Mission Manufacturing
during the Depression and the war, growth of the company
|
| 465-478 |
Sold to TRW in 1960's
|
| 478-490 |
War work done by Mission
Mfr. |
| 490-500 |
Marriage, January 1927
|
| 500-512 |
Mrs. Dudley Sharp's
relationship with Mrs. W.B. Sharp |
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Dudley Crawford Sharp and Tina Cleveland Sharp Side 4
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|
| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-36 |
Mrs. Dudley Sharp's own
background in Houston, her father's business |
| 36-58 |
Her parents, grandparents.
(Her father a mayor, school board, Rice trustee)
|
| 58-70 |
Mrs. D. Sharp's interest
in theatre |
| 70-84 |
Interest of Sharps in
sailing |
| 84-120 |
Children: Dudley, Jr.,
Judy |
| 120-150 |
To Washington with the
Eisenhower administration |
| 150-177 |
Mrs. Sharp's role as wife
of Secretary of the Air Force |
| 177-232 |
Appointment as Secretary
of the Air Force (first Assistant Secretary for
Material) |
| 232-260 |
Activity in politics after
the war |
| 260-288 |
Work for Eisenhower
|
| 288-299 |
Attitude about Taft
|
| 299-311 |
Attitude about Nixon as
Eisenhower's Vice-President |
| 311-340 |
Split in Texas GOP between
Eisenhower/Taft forces |
| 340-350 |
Work with Roy Cullen in
GOP campaigns |
| 350-380 |
Appointment with
Department of Air Force |
| 380-407 |
How government service
changed his attitude toward government |
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| 408-423 |
Relations with Congress
|
| 423-442 |
Relations with Senator
Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Congressman
George Mahon |
| 442-457 |
Leaving Washington |
| 457-477 |
Mrs. Sharp's activities in
Washington |
| 477-500 |
General attitude toward
the government/politics |
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Side 5
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| Tape Counter |
Subject |
| 00-30 |
1962, D. Sharp as State
Finance Chairman of GOP |
| 30-45 |
Republican organization in
Harris County |
| 45-65 |
Local effect of
Taft/Eisenhower factions |
| 65-100 |
As finance chairman,
effort to attract conservative democrats. Local-state
races. |
| 100-157 |
1967, Chairman of Harris
County Republican Party, local struggles, Nancy Palm
|
| 157-167 |
Relation with Albert Fay
|
| 167-174 |
Relation with Jake (?)
Porter |
| 174-190 |
Left county chairmanship
after one year |
| 190-215 |
D. Sharp's Republican
activities in the 1970's |
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