Guide to the Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1830-1991


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Barnes, Marguerite Johnston
	Title	Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1830-1991
	Dates:	1830-1991, Bulk Dates 1920-1991
	Abstract:	These papers are comprised of the research materials Johnston gathered to write "Houston, The Unknown City, " published 1991 by Texas A & M Press. Included amongst these materials are oral histories, newspaper clippings, photocopies of secondary source materials, brochures, newsletters, and photographs either created, gathered, or maintained by Barnes. Dates range from 1830-1991, bulk 1920-1991.
	ID	MS 455
	Extent	32 boxes
	Language:	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX

Biographical Note

Marguerite Johnston Barnes was born and raised in Alabama. She graduated from Birmingham Southern College. After several years as a reporter for the Birmingham News, she became the Washington bureau chief for the Birmingham News, the Birmingham Age-Herald and the London Daily Mirror (1945-46). In 1946 she moved to Houston. Johnston wrote a daily column in the Houston Post from 1947 to 1968, then, as assistant editor of the editorial page, wrote foreign affairs commentaries on Europe, Africa and Asia.

Marguerite Johnston Barnes passed away on December 13, 2005, in Houston, Texas.

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Scope and Contents

The Marguerite Johnston Barnes Papers are comprised of the research materials Johnston gathered to write "Houston, The Unknown City, " published 1991 by Texas A & M Press. Included amongst these materials are oral histories, newspaper clippings, photocopies of secondary source materials, brochures, newsletters, and photographs either created, gathered, or maintained by Barnes. Dates range from 1830-1991, bulk 1920-1991.

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Arrangement:
	The Marguerite Johnston Papers, 1830-1991 are arranged in four series and 2 addenda series:

		Series I. Oral Histories, 1985-1991. (7 document boxes).
		Series II. Subject Files, 1830s-1991. (10.5 document boxes)
		Series III. Photographs, 1890-1991. (0.5 document boxes)
		Series IV. Manuscript, 1991. (10 boxes)
		Series V. Addendum 1 (Subject Files) (2 boxes)
		Series VI. Addendum 2 (Oral History Audio Cassettes) (2 boxes)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Marguerite Johnston Barnes - Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Index Terms

		Reporters and reporting--Texas.
		Houston (Tex.)--History.

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Administrative Information

Preffered Citation:

Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1830-1991, MS 455, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Acquisition Information

Marguerite Johnston Barnes donated the papers in January of 1997. The papers came from her office on the Rice campus.

Processing Information

Johnston's original arrangement of her files have been followed with minor clarifications by the archivist.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I. Oral Histories, 1985-1991.

Arranged alphabetically by last name in 2 sub-series - Transcripts and Tapes. These interviews were conducted by Johnston with members of prominent Houston families.

Transcripts sometime include handwritten notes by Johnston as well as clippings. Johnston conducted these interviews in person, and sometimes met with the subject more than once, evidenced by multiple cassette tapes. Occasionally, she also interviewed other family members with the main subject. Not all transcripts have accompanying tapes, but all existing tapes have transcripts.

See also additional tapes in Series VI: Addendum 2 (Oral History audio cassette tapes.

Transcripts

box

folder

1-3

Adams, Dr. Sam

Anderson, Ben and Mary Greenwood Anderson

Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Leland

Anderson, Ralph

Anderson, Tom

Baker, Mrs. James II and Baker, James III

Bintliff, David C.

Blattner, Dr. Russell J.

Brannon, Dr. Jack

Brown, Mr and Mrs. Edwin Rice

Bruce, George and Laura

Carruth, Alan

Carter, Betty and Victor

16-18

Clark, Dr. Lee

Crain, Lillo (Mrs. Danny)

Crain, Dr. Edward Lillo, Jr.

Cravens, Mary

Crawford, Dr. Elizabeth Stripling

Darby, Charlotte (Mrs. James)

Davis, Tom Martin

Davis, Dorothy Dunn (Mrs. Tom Martin)

DeBakey, Dr. Michael

Dillingham, Barbara Kibbler

Dillingham, Charlie

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folder

Duncan, Charles, Jr.

Elkins, James, Jr.

Elkins, Margaret

Fay, Mrs. Ernest Bel

5-7

Frazier, Preston

Freed, Eleanor

Harris, Col. Jack

Haynsworth, Elizabeth and McCallon, Virginia Drane

Hershey, Terry (Mrs. Jake)

Heyck, Frances

Heyl, Nancy Spencer

Hofheinz, Fred

Hunt, Eugenia Howard (Mrs. Wilmer Brady)

Hunt, Lennie

Hunter, Edwin

Johnson, Tom

Jones, John T.

Justice, Dr. Blair

Keeper, Rose

Kellway, Dr. Peter

Kelley, Sally (Mrs. Edward Watson)

Kirkland, Bill

Kirkland, William A.

Koelsch, Francita Stuart

Law, Carolyn (Mrs. Theodore)

Leroy, Moses

Levine, Max

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folder

Love, Judge Miron

Lovett, Malcolm

Lovett, Mrs. Malcolm

Masterson, Harris

Maxwell, Nancy Nelms (Mrs. Jack)

Mayo, Edward

McAshan, Samuel Maurice

McAshan, Samuel Maurice, Jr.

9-10

McAshan, Susan Clayton

McKinney, Dr. Mary Ann

Merrem, Mrs. William E.

Nealon, Clark

Needham, Tom

Neuhaus, Hugo

Oltorf, Frank "Posh"

Owen, Jane Blaffer

Parten, Jubal Richard

Perlitz, Estelle Brady Garrow (Mrs. Charles, Jr.)

Reed, Mary Carroll Kempner (Mrs. Lawrence)

Robertson, Wilhemina Cullen

Rouse, Mildred Hutcheson

Roussel, Dewey Harris (Mrs. Hubert)

Russell, Gladys James

Safford, Georgia Howard (Mrs. Henry)

Sakowitz, Ann Baum

Seals, Judge Woodrow

Sharp, Dudley

Sharp, Tina Cleveland (Mrs. Dudley)

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folder

Smith, A. Frank, Jr.

2-5

Spencer, Dr. William

Sprunt, Clare Fleming

Stevenson, Louise (Mrs. Louis A.)

8-9

Taub, Henry J. N.

Thompson, Chaille Cage (Mrs. J. Lewis Jr.)

Trammell, Bryan and Ann

Trammell, Camilla Blaffer

Trammell, Tex and Camilla Blaffer Trammell

Wallace, McClelland

Westheimer, Mark

16-17

Wilcox, Mrs. John

Wilkerson, Ellen Hamilton (Mrs. Edward "Ted")

Wilson, Isabel Brown

Subseries B: Tapes

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Dr. Samuel C. Adams

S. Adams

Adams, Dr. Sam (tape 2)

Anderson, Ben and Mary

Anderson, Leland

Anderson, Mary Greenwood

Anderson, Ralph

Brannon, Dr. Jack

Carter, Betty and Victor

Clark, Dr. R. Lee

Crain, Lillo, M. D.

Crain, Dr. E. L. Jr.

Davis, Tom Martin

DeBakey, Dr. Michael

Dillingham, Barbara K.

Fay, Mrs. Ernest Bel (Bonnie)

Frazier, Preston

Freed, Eleanor

Haynsworth, Elizabeth and Virginia Drane McCallon

Heyl, Nancy Spencer (Mrs. James T.)

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Hershey, Terry (Mrs. Jake)

Hunt, Eugenia Howard (Mrs. Wilmer Brady)

Hunter, Edwin

Johnson, Tom

Jones, John T.

Kirkland, Bill

Koelsch, Francita Stuart

Leroy, Moses

Levine, Max

Love, Judge Miron

Mayo, Edward.

McAshan, Mrs. S. M., Jr.

McKinney, Dr. Mary Ann

Merrem, Mrs. William E.

Morris, S.I.

Nealon, Clark

Neuhaus, Hugo

Oltorf, Frank “Posh”

Owen, Jane Blaffer

Parten, Maj. Jubal R.

Parten, J. R.

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Perlitz, Estelle (Mrs. Charles), and Charlie Dillingham

Safford, Georgia Howard

Sakowitz, Ann Baum

Smith, A. Frank, Jr.

Spencer, Dr. William
(3 tapes)

Sprunt, Clare Fleming
(4 tapes)

Stevenson, Mrs. Louis A.

Taub, Henry

Thompson, Chaille Cage

Trammell, Tex, and Camilla Blaffer Trammell

Trammell, Camilla Blaffer

Westheimer, Mark

Wilcox, Mrs. John
(2 tapes)

Wilson, Isabel Brown

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Series II. Subject Files, 1830's-1991.
	Arranged into two sub-series - alphabetical and chronological.
	Johnston collected newspaper articles, chapters from books, original theses, and essays from encyclopedias and other reference works, as background material for the book, "Houston, the Unknown City. "Topics range from famous Houstonians such as Ima Hogg, to social trends and historical events. Most of the files come from secondary sources and are augmented by Johnston's notes and the occasional photograph.
	See also additional subject files in Series V: Addendum 1 (Subject Files).
		Sub-series A: Alphabetical
box	folder
8	1		Adams, Dr. Samuel C. Jr.
	2		Airport
	3		Alcoholism
	4		Helen Anderson - The Texas Gate at Mount Vernon
	5		Anderson, Monroe D.
	6		Andrews, Mark Edwin (Undersecretary of the Navy)
	7		Antique Study Group
	8		Architecture, Houston
	9		Art League/Museum of Fine Arts
	10		Art Museum
	11		Art Museum (Mies van der Rohe)
	12		Arts - Ballet, Opera, Symphony
	13		Arts - 1960
	14		Astrodome
	15		Atomic Attack, Fear of - 1962
	16		Autry, John Lockhart
	17		Burke Baker, Jr.
	18		Baker, James A. III
	19		Ballet
	20		Barnstone, Howard
	21		Bayou Bend, 1960's
	22		Bintliff, David
	23		Black Vote, Dr. Lonnie Smith 1944 -
	24		Blanton Family Resumes
	25		Blue Bird Clinic
	26		Brannon, Dr. Jack G.
	27		Brown, Alice Pratt (Mrs. George R.)
	28		Brown, Edwin Rice
	29		Brown, George R.
	30		Brown, Lee - Police Chief
	31		Brown, Margaret Root (Mrs. Herman)
	32		Bruce, George and Laura Kirkland
	33		Camels
	34		Cars
	35		Carter, William T.
box	folder
9	1		Cerracchio, Enrico (Sam Houston Statue in Hermann Park)
	2		Churches - Christ Church Cathedral and First Baptist
	3		Churches - Shearn Church
	4		Churches - First Presbyterian Church
	5		Clark, Horace
	6		Clayton, William Lockhart
	7		Cleveland, William D. Sr.
	8		Clothes, 1830 to 1900
	9		Confederate War Journal, May 1893
	10		Consumer Affairs, 1979
	11		Cooley, Dr. Denton A.
	12		Cotton and Ship Channel
	13		Couper, Mary Frances
	14		Cullen, Hugh R.
	15		Cullinan, Joseph S.
	16		Cullinan, Nina J.
	17		Cravens, Mary
	18		Cravens, Patsy
	19		Davis, Tom Martin
	20		DeBakey, Lois and Selma
	21		DeBakey, Dr. Michael E.
box	folder
10	1		DeBakey, Dr. Michael E.
	2		deMenil
	3		dePelchin, Kezia Payne
	4		Dionne, Jack
	5		Donoghue, Thomas J.
	6		Dowling, Dick
	7		Elkins, Sr., James Anderson
	8		Ewing, Presley
	9		Families, Houston Leading, 1839-1990
	10		Fay, Albert Bel and Homoiselle Haden
	11		Finnigan, Annette
	12		Fleming, Lamar and Clare Evelyn
	13		Foley's - 1940's
	14		Fondren, Ella F.
	15		Foreman, Percy
	16		Fox, Stephen, on "Cradle of Culture"
	17		Franck, Fance
	18		Franzheim, Kenneth, II
	19		Garden Club of Houston and River Oaks Garden Club
	20		Geographic Mobility through Houston
	21		German Families
	22		Gray, Edwin Fairfax
box	folder
11	1		Gray, Dr. E. N.
	2		Greenwood, Dr. James Jr.
	3		Heritage Society - Noble House, etc.
	4		Harris County History
	5		Hermann, George H.
	6		Hershey, Terese Tarlton
	7		Heyck, Frances
	8		Hines, Gerald
	9		Hirsch, Maurice
	10		Hobby, Oveta Culp - Biographical
	11		Hobby, Oveta Culp - Notes and Clippings
	12		Hobby, Oveta Culp - Speeches
	13		Hobby, William Pettus, Jr.
	14		Hofheinz, Roy Mark
	15		Hogg, Ima
	16		Hogg, James Stephen
	17		Hogg, Will
	18		Hogg Foundation
	19		Hood, Dorothy
	20		Horses
	21		House, Edward Mandell
	22		House, T. W.
	23		Houston Grand Opera, 1980's
	24		Houston Intercontinental Airport (now known as Bush Intercontinental Airport)
	25		Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
	26		Houston Post
	27		Houston Public Library
box	folder
12	1		The Houston Story
	2		Hughes, Howard, Jr.
	3		Hutcheson Family
	4		Huxley, Julian S.
	5		Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center
	6		Ives, Caleb
	7		Jamails
	8		Jaworski, Leon
	9		Jewish Institute, Baylor
	10		Jews of Houston
	11		Johnston, Marguerite, 1983
	12		Jones, Jesse
	13		Jones, Nettie
	14		Jordan, Barbara
	15		Junior League
	16		Kirland, William Alexander
	17		Ladies Reading Club
	18		Latham, Justina
	19		Law, Francis Marion
	20		Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden - 1986
	21		Lloyd, George
	22		Lovett, Malcolm
	23		Lovett, Robert Abercrombie
	24		Masterson, Carroll
	25		McCarthy, Glenn
	26		Medina Speech, 1963
	27		Mischer, Walter Sr.
	28		Morningstar, 1839 - 1840
box	folder
13	1		Morningstar, 1840 - 1845
	2		Muir, Andrew Forest
	3		Music
	4		NASA
	5		Neuhaus, Hugo V.
	6		Obituaries
	7		Obituaries - 1980s
	8		Owen, Jane
	9		Parker, Edwin B.
	10		Parks
	11		Perry, Marcella
	12		Philanthropes
	13-14		Philanthropy in Houston
	15		Picton, Martha Nance
	16		Planned Parenthood
	17		Red Cross
	18		Red, David Douglass
box	folder
14	1		Rice, Hugh, Survey of Buffalo Bayou, San Jacinto River, and Galveston Bay
	2		Rice University
	3		River Oaks Friendship Club
	4		Roussel, Hubert and Dewey Harris
	5		Samaroff, Olga
	6		Sarofim, Louisa
	7		St. John's School
	8		Houston High Schools - Episcopal High, The Chinquapin School
	9		Scurlock, Eddy
	10		Houston International Seaman's Center
	11		Sesquicentennial Park, Buffalo Bayou 1987 -
	12		Sesquicentennial - 1980's
	13		Sharp, Dudley and Tina
	14		Shearn, Judge Charles
	15		Slaves and F. M. C.
	16		Smith, Cab
	17		Smith, (R.E.) Bob
	18		Superconducting Super Collider
	19		Taub, Ben and Family
	20		Tennant, Judge Geraldine
	21		Texas Medical Center
box	folder
15	1		University of Houston
	2		Volunteers
	3		Weems, F. Carrington
	4		Welch, Robert A.
	5		Westheimer, David & Westheimer family
	6		Women, 1947 - 1968
	7		Wortham, Gus S.
		Sub-series B: Chronological
box	folder
15	8		1830's - 1840's
	9		1830's - 1840's
	10		1851, 1859
	11		1920
	12		1930's
	13		1940
	14		1941-
	15		1947
	16		1947
	17		1947 - 1950's
	18		1940's - 1950's
box	folder
16	1-2		1950's
	3		Alley Theater, Market Square Controversy and Arts Committee 1960's -
	4		1962
	5		Face of Houston 1964 -
	6-7		1960's
	8		City Planning in Houston 1971 -
	9		1970's
	10		1982
	11		1984
	12		1985
	13		1980's
box	folder
17	1-2		1980's
	3-4		1990's

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Series III. Photographs, 1890-1991. 3 linear inches (0.5 document boxes).
	Arranged alphabetically into four sub-series - People, Places, Objects, and Images from Chapters of the Book [i.e. Houston, The Unknown City]. Subjects include people and places in Houston.
	The Photographs were culled by Johnston to illustrate her book. Images come from a variety of repositories as well as some original material Johnston had photographed.
		Subseries A: People
box	folder
17	5		Barnstone, Howard
	6		Blaffer, R. Lee and Sadie
	7		Bourden, George Strake, Allen Barclay, Bob Smith
	8		Brown, George and Herman
	9		Clayton, William Lockhart and Susan
	10		Cronkite, Walter 1984
	11		deMenil, John - Family
	12		Fleming Family
	13		Fondren, Walter and Family
	14		Gable, Clark and Ria
	15		Groups
	16		Hobby, Lt. Governor William Pettus (Bill) Jr. and Diana Hobby, 1983
	17		Hobby, Oveta Culp
	18		Hobby, William Pettus Sr.
	19		House, Colonel E. M., Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks
	20		Hughes, Howard
	21		Huxley, Julian
	22		Men
	23		Reed, Mary Carroll Kempner, and Mary Cullinan Cravens
	24		Sharp, Dudley
	25		Strake, George, V. P. Barclay, Bob Smith
	26		Unidentified Contact prints
	27		Vance, Nina - Little Theater
	28		Wiess Family, Stables and House
	29		Women
		Sub-series B: Places
box	folder
17	31		Houston 19th Century
	32		Houston, late 1890's early 1900's
	33		Houston, 20th century
	34		Natatorium
	35		Prosso School
		Sub-series C: Objects
box	folder
17	36		American Advertising Club of the World
	37		Cars
	38		Houses
	39		Max Ernst Painting
	40		Postcards
	41		Ship and Boats in Channel
	42		The Texas Gate at Mount Vernon
	43		Photocopies of photographs
		Sub-series D: Images from the Book
box	folder
17	44		Chapter 34
	45		Chapter 41

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Series IV. Manuscript, 1991.

This series is composed of the typed manuscript, a photocopy of the manuscript, the page proof, and the final galley.

box

First half of Manuscript, not used for setting copy

box

Second half of Manuscript, not used for setting copy

box

30-31

Photocopy of manuscript

box

First half of page-proof Manuscript

box

Second half of page-proof Manuscript

box

Partial page-proof of manuscript

box

Contract and final copy of book

box

Oversize Photos

box

Notes from Interviews

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Series V: Addendum 1 (Subject Files)
box	folder
25	1	Ad Club
	2	Adair, Red
	3	Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
	4	Assistance Center
	5	Barnston, Harry, Dr.
	6	Barthleme, Donald
	7	Bayou Preservation Association
	8	Baylor College of Medicene
	9	Bentsen, Lloyd
	10	[Susan] Blackburn Award
	11	Blacks
	12	Catto, Henry & Jessica Hobby
	13	Denney, Ruth
	14	Doty, Eddie Corinne
	15	Dowling, Dick
	16	Dunn Research Foundation
	17	Episcopal Church in Texas
	18	Epsom Downs
	19	Garden Club of America
	20	Gray, Peter
	21	Holcombe, Oscar
	22	Hospitals
	23	Houston
	24	Houston early history
	25	Houston Light Guard
box
32		"Houston Publications" reel-to-reel audio tape
box	folder
25	26	Houstonians
	27	Houstonians [info from TCB]
	28	Houston Symphony
box	folder
26	1	Institute for the Arts
	2	Institute for International Education
	3	Lee, Lucie Campbell diary
	4	Leland, Mickey
	5	Link, J.W.
	6	Marzio, Peter
	7	Masterson, Harris and Carroll
	8	McVey, William
	9	Menil Collection
	10	METRO
	11	Morris, S.I.
	12	Mosbacher, Robert Sr.
	13	Museum of Fine Arts
	14	Museum of Natural Science
	15	Philosophical Society of Texas
	16	Rothko Chapel
	17	St. Anthony Center
	18	Schools
	19	Television - Channel 8
	20	Texas
	21	Texas Children's Hospital
	22	Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
	23	Tinsley, Eleanor
	24	Tuesday Musical Club
	25	Tune, Tommy
	26	University of Houston
	27	University of Texas Medical School
	28	Vance, Nina and Alley Theater
	29	Wallace, Winnie
	30	Walsh, Sally
	31	Warren, David B.
	32	Wells, Herbert
	33	Wiess, Harry
	34	Wortham Theater
	35	Wren, Clark C.

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Series VI: Addendum 2 (Oral History audio cassettes)

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Adams, Sam, Dr. (2 tapes)

Anderson, Tommy

Andrews, Mark E. (2 tapes)

Baker, James II, Mrs.

Baker, James III

Bintliff, David C.

Blattner, Russell (2 tapes)

Bourdon, Edward

Boyd, Martha Wren

Breedlow, Lou

Brown, Edwin Rice

Brown, Edwin Rice, Mr. & Mrs.

Bruce, George

Burke, Tom, Mrs.

Carruth, Alan

Clark, Lee (2 tapes)

Cook, Steve

Crain, Edward Lillo, Jr.

Cravens, Mary

Crawford, Elisabeth, Dr.

Crooker, John H., Jr.

Darby, Charlotte

DeBakey, Michael

Duncan, Charles, Jr.

Elkins, James Jr. (2 tapes)

Franzheim, Kenneth, Jr.

Frazier, Preston (2 tapes)

Freeman, John H., Jr.

Henington, David

Heyck, Frances

Hofheinz, Fred

Hogg, Ima

Hood, Dorothy

Houghton, Dorothy Knox

Hunt, Lennie

Hutcheson, Mildred & Henrietta

Itz, Juliana

Jaworski, Leon, Mrs.

Justice, Blair

Keeper, Rose

Kelley, Sally Autry

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Kirkland, Bill (4 tapes)

Law, Carolyn

Lovett, Malcolm & Martha

Lovett, Malcolm ( 3 tapes)

Lummis, Fred, Jr.

Maffitt, Peter

Masterson, Carroll

Masterson, Harris III

Maxwell, Nancy Helms

Mayo, Edward

McAshan, S. M., Jr. (2 tapes)

McAshan, Susan

Nealon, Clark

Needham, Tom

Oltorf, Frank

Owen, Jane Blaffer

Parton, Jubal Richard

Prowell, Russell

Reed, Mary Kempner

Robertson, Wilhelmina Cullen

Roussel, Hubert

Sanders, Betsy

Sarofim, Louisa Stude

Seals, Woodrow

Sharp, Dudley (3 tapes)

Sharp, Tina Cleveland (2 tapes)

Smith, Cabanne

Spencer, William, Dr.

Taub, Henry J.N.

Tennant, Judge G.

Trammell, Bryan & Ann

Wallace, McClelland

Williams, George

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