urn:taro:rice.wrc.00150 Guide to the Howard Hughes Letter to William A. Kirkland, 1950 Woodson Research Center 1980s EAD tagging provided by Amanda York Focke, July 2004. Finding aid written in English. 07302004 Edited with XMetal 3 by Amanda York Focke, according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Guide to theHoward Hughes Letter to William A. Kirkland, 1950 Woodson Research Center 1980s Descriptive Summary Howard Hughes Letter to William A. Kirkland 1950 MS 027 1 letter Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX A letter from Howard Hughes to William A. Kirkland, Board of Trustees, Rice Institute, Dec. 26, 1950, expressing his gratitute for a tribute to engineer Lewis Garfield published by Rice Institute. Hughes, Howard Materials are in English. Biographical Note

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., was born December 24, 1905, in Houston. He is best known as an aviator, movie producer, billionaire, entrepreneur and owner of Hughes Tool Company. Hughes attended Rice Institute briefly circa 1924, and on June 1, 1925, he married Houston socialite Ella Rice.

Hughes passed away April 5, 1976. For more information on Hughes, see the Handbook of Texas Online, at <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/fhu60.html>.

 Scope and Contents

A letter from Howard Hughes to William A. Kirkland, Board of Trustees, Rice Institute, Dec. 26, 1950, expressing his gratitute for a tribute to engineer Lewis Garfield published by Rice Institute. This typed letter is dated Dec. 26, 1950, signed by Howard Hughes.

Preferred Citation

Howard Hughes Letter to William A. Kirkland, 1950, MS 027, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Acquisition Information

Transferred to the Woodson Research Center by the Treasurer's Office, Rice University, 1976.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish materials from the Howard Hughes Letter to William A. Kirkland must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Access Restriction

This material is open for research.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Kirkland, William A. -- correspondence. Garfield, Lewis. Subjects (Organizations) Rice University -- history. Detailed Description of the Collection Howard Hughes Letter to William A. Kirkland, Dec. 26, 1950