University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the Jesse Holman Jones Papers, 1880-1965



Descriptive Summary

Creator: Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956.
TitleJones (Jesse Holman) Papers
Dates: 1880-1965
AbstractJesse H. Jones was a prominent Houston businessman, builder, and publisher of the Houston Chronicle, and held positions with the American Red Cross during World War I and in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. He was involved with real estate development and building construction in Texas and elsewhere.
OCLC Record No.23285513
Extent41 ft., 8 in.
LanguageEnglish.
RepositoryCenter for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents

Papers concern the career of Jones (1874-1956), builder, financier, statesman, and publisher of the Houston Chronicle, and relate to the construction of buildings in Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, and San Antonio; real estate holdings in Dallas, Houston Memphis, and New York City; the Democratic National Convention of 1928 in Houston; the development of the San Jacinto Monument, battleground, and battleship; the creation of the Houston Endowment, Inc.; Jones's service as director general of the Department of Military Relief of the American Red Cross and member of the Red Cross War Council during World War I, as federal loan administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and secretary of commerce under Franklin D. Roosevelt, and as director general of the Texas Centennial Celebration; his activities as the chairman or the Houston Harbor Board, as a member of St. Paul's Methodist Church and chairman of its building committee, and in development, finance, and banking operations, particularly in Houston; and his collaboration with Edward Angley in writing 50 Million Dollars. A gap exists in the collection from 1930-1950 representing Jones's active service in the federal government. Most of the Jones material for those years is located in the Library of Congress. Collection contains correspondence, business and financial records, book manuscripts and research notes, speeches, certificates, address and appointment books, scrapbooks, magazine and newspaper clippings, annotated copies of the Congressional Record, blueprints, charts, photographs, films, cartoons, pamphlets, painting, drawings, posters, and phonograph records. There is some photocopied material.


 

Organization

Organized into sixteen series: 1. Early personal files. 2. Personal files. 3. Posthumous files. 4. Building files. 5. Book files.6. Magazine files. 7. Miscellaneous files. 8. Newspaper clippings. 9. Newspapers. 10. Oversize cabinet files. 11. Oversize items. 12. Photograph files. 13. Speech files. 14. Indexes. 15. Motion Picture films. 16. Sound recordings.

JONES (JESSE HOLMAN) PAPERS: OUTLINE
PAPERS:
I. Early Personal Files 3M410-3M427
II. Personal Files 3M428-3M469
III. Posthumous Files 3M469-3M472
  • A. Correspondence and Cards 3M469-3M472
  • B. Resolutions and Memorials 3M471
  • C. Funeral Record 3M472
  • D. Reply Letters 3M472
  • E. Mrs. Jones 3M472
  • F. Gladys Mikell 3M472
IV. Building Files 3M473-3M475; 2.325/V12; 2.116/OD1223A; OD1275
V. Book Files
  • A. Aunt Dicey Tales 3M476
  • B. 50 Billion Dollars 3M476-3M484
    • 1. Galley Proofs
    • 2. Books Sent, Memos and Lists
    • 3. Reply Letters "A-Z"
    • 4. Criticisms
    • 5. Requests
    • 6. Research Materials
  • C. Jesse H. Jones: The Man and the Statesman 3M484-3M485; 3M504
    • 1. Biographical Material
    • 2. Captions and Photographs
    • 3. Correspondence
    • 4. Manuscript
    • 5. Proofs of Photographs
VI. Magazine Files 3M486-3M488
  • A. Correspondence
  • B. Articles
VII. Miscellaneous Files 3M489-3M496, OD1275
VIII. Newspaper Clippings 3M497-3M499
IX. Newspapers (transferred to the Newspaper Collection of the Center for American History)
X. Oversize Cabinet Files
  • A. Cabinet I, JHJ2
    • Dwr. 6 Certificates, Honors, etc.
    • Dwr 7 Declarations, Proclamations, etc.
  • B. Cabinet II, JH3
    • Dwr 5 Maps, charts, and miscellaneous
    • Dwr 6. Miscellaneous Brochures, Pamphlets, etc. 1-8
    • Dwr 7 Miscellaneous Brochures, Pamphlets, etc. 9-13
    • Dwr 8 Miscellaneous Brochures, Pamphlets, etc. 14-20
    • Dwr 10 Newspapers, Photostats, Templates, etc
    • Dwr 12 Posters
XI. Oversize Items
  • A. Address Books 4K616-4K624
  • B. Audit Report 4K625
  • C. Congressional Records, Annotated 4K626-4K695
  • D. Programs 4K701-4K703
  • E. Scrapbooks 4K704-4K716
  • F. Trust Certificates 4K717
  • G. Building Files OD 1275; 2.116/OD1223A; 2.325/V12
  • H. Framed certificates and awards 4N57b-4N58a
XII. Photograph Files
  • I. Photograph Files
    • JHJ 1:
    • A. Jesse H. Jones and Others, Drawer 1
    • B. Jesse H. Jones, Portraits, Drawer 2
    • C. Portraits of Others, Drawers 2-3
    • D. Buildings, Drawer 2
    • E. Miscellaneous, Drawer 2-3
    • F. Theaters, Drawer 3
    • 2.328:
    • Extra Large Pictures
    • Jesse H. Jones Portrait
    • Buildings
    • Cartoon
    • Work of Art
    • Miscellaneous
  • II. Oversize Items
    • Framed Pictures
      • 4N49a, 4N51b Jesse H. Jones Portraits
      • 4N31a-b, 4N51a, 4N52a-e Jesse H. Jones and others
      • 4N53a, 3T402G Group Photographs
      • 4N54a,c,f Portraits
      • 4N51c-d, 4N53b, 4N55a-b Buildings
      • JHJ 2 Drawer 2, 4N59aCartoons
      • 4N59b-4N59cWorks of Art, Miscellaneous
  • III. Oversize Cabinet Files
    • A. Cabinet I, JHJ 2
      • Dwr 1 Buildings
      • Dwr 2-5 Cartoons, 1928-1956, undated
      • Dwr 5 Jesse H. Jones, Portraits nos. 1-33
      • Dwr 8 Group Photographs
      • Dwr 9 Jesse H. Jones portraits, nos. 1-13
      • Dwr 10 Jesse H. Jones portraits, nos. 14, 15
      • Dwr 11 Jesse H. Jones portraits, nos. 16-20
      • Dwr 12 Jesse H. Jones portraits, nos. 21-33
      • B. Cabinet II, JHJ 3
    • B. Cabinet II, JHJ 3
    • Dwr 1 Jesse H. Jones, Portraits nos. 34-38
    • Dwr 2 Jesse H. Jones, Portraits nos. 39-48
    • Dwr 3 Jesse H. Jones and others, nos. 1-46
    • Dwr 4 Jesse H. Jones and others, nos. 47-73
    • Dwr 6 Miscellaneous photographs
    • Dwr 7 Photo album of San Jacinto Monument and Museum
    • Dwr 9 Miscellaneous photographs, nos. 1-19
    • Dwr 10 Newspaper photostats and templates
    • Dwr 11 Portraits, nos. 1-75
    • Dwr 12 Works of Art
IV. Motion Picture Films, 3Y300
XIII. Speech Files 3M500-3M503
XIV. Indexes
  • I. Appointment and Telephone Index JHJ 4-8
  • B. Early Personal and Personal Files to Persons 3N69-3N71
  • C. Gifts Received Index JHJ 9
XVI. Sound Recordings 2.325 Range R

Index Terms

Subjects (Persons) - Papers
Cullen, Hugh Roy, 1881-
Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Subjects (Organizations) - Papers
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Methodist Hospital (Houston, Tex.)
Port of Houston Authority.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
St. Paul's Methodist Church (Houston, Tex.)
South Texas Lumber Company.
United States. Congress.
American National Red Cross.
Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Houston chronicle
Subjects - Papers
Architecture--Designs and plans.
Banks and banking--Texas.
Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
Banks and banking--Texas--Houston.
Building--Texas--Houston.
Exhibitions--Texas.
Historic sites--Texas.
Hospitals--Texas.
Hotels, taverns, etc.--Texas.
Livestock--Texas.
Lumber trade--Texas.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Newspapers--Texas--Houston.
Politicians--Texas.
Real estate business--Texas.
San Jacinto Battleground Monument (Tex.)
Places - Papers
Houston (Tex.).
Texas--Centennial celebrations, etc.
San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park (Tex.)
Texas--Economic conditions--Houston.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Genres - Papers
Architectural drawings
Persons - Photographs
Angley, J. Edward
Farley, James A.
Holcombe, Oscar
Jones, Audrey Louise
Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman) 1874-1956.
Jones, Mary Gibbs
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Places - Photographs
Houston (Tex.)
Subjects -Photographs
Banks and banking
Beauty pageants
Business and commerce
Cartoons
Churches
Exhibitions and exhibits
Hotels
Houston Fat Stock Show
Livestock
Monuments and memorials
Merchants and stores
Politics and politicians
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American National Red Cross
St. Paul's Methodist Church (Houston Tex.)
San Jacinto Battleground Monument (Tex.)
Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Theaters

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Jesse Holman Jones Papers, 1880-1965, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.


Detailed Description of the Collection

 

JONES (JESSE HOLMAN) PAPERS

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3M410Early Personal Files:
American Red Cross, Correspondence:
1917; October-December, 1918; January-February, August, 1919
June, October, December, 1923; Undated
American Red Cross, Miscellaneous Materials, 1919, 1922, Undated
Daughters and Sons of the Republic of Texas Revolution, April 20, 1937
Democratic National Committee, Bernard Baruch, October, 1924
Glass, Carter, (Portrait), February, March, 1928
Houston and Fort Worth Buildings., Appraisal Report, March 7, 1929
Houston Buildings., Progress Reports, January-May, 1929
Houston Chronicle, William Costello, April, 1929
Houston, Loew Theater, April-August, 1926
Houston National Bank, September-November, 1931; Undated
Houston:
National Standard Building, Typical Office Arrangement, Undated
Palace Theater, July-September, 1929; September, 1930; April-December, 1931
Paramount Publix Corp., Metropolitan Theater, July-October, 1931
Parker Lease and Purchase, February, 1923-September, 1925; Undated
Paul's Shoe Stores, August, 1929
Penney's (J.C.) Co., July, 1929
Houston, Port of:
September, October, 1928; October, 1929; September, 1930; Undated
Manchester Purchase:
Minutes Record, Board of Harbor Commissioners, December 19, 1913
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3M411Correspondence, August, 1916, March, 1917; August-November, 1920
Correspondence, January-June, 1921
Statements to the Press, Undated
Statements to the Press, Undated
White Oak Development, June, July, 1930; February, 1931
Houston Post Dispatch, November, 1929; January, October-December, 1931; January, 1932; Undated
Houston Postal Telegraph, Rice Hotel, February, October, November, 1930
Houston Power Plant, June, September-December, 1928; September, November. 1929
Houston:
Prarie Avenue, September, October, 1929
Presbyterian University, April, 1929; Undated
Preston and Fannin Property, April 4, 1930
Progressive Encyclopedia, February-September, 1930
Houston Properties Corp.:
November, 1922-July, 1925
August, 1925
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3M412 September, 1925-February, July, 1926; August, October-December, 1929
September, 1925-February, July, 1926; August, October-December, 1929
Undated
Houston:
Proposed Apartment Building, February-May, 1923
Proposed Power Plant, February-April, June, 1931
Houston Radio Station (KTRH)
January, September-December, 1929
January-November, 1930
January-December, 1931; July, 1940; Undated
Houston, Rice Hotel
1917; March, 1919-December, 1920
January, 1921-December, 1922
January-December, 1923
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3M413 January-December, 1924; January-April, 1925
May-September, 1925; Undated
Houston, Rice Hotel Annex
December, 1922-March, 1925
April-December, 1925; January-December, 1926
January-December, 1927
February-December, 1928; March-December, 1929
January-December, 1930; January-November, 1931
Houston:
Rice Institute, May, 1929
River Oaks, January, February, 1929; 1931
Roxford Apartment Building, March, 1930
Rusk and Milam Bus Station (Walker Building), July-December, 1929; August, 1930
Rusk and San Jacinto (Sims Purchase), September, 1930
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3M414Rusk and Travis, March, August, 1921
St. Paul's Methodist Church:
1907-1908
January-December, 1928
January-February, 1929
March-December, 1929
January-December, 1930
January-December, 1931
Houston Salt Co., December, 1931
Houston:
San Jacinto Hotel Co.:
July, 1926; February, April, May, October-December, 1927; January-December, 1928; Undated
July, September, 1931
San Jacinto Trust Co., May, 1930
Schulte United Inc., March, 1929
Seaport Bank Lease, July, 1929
Southern Loan and Investment Co., November, December, 1929
Straus Loan No. 1, May, 1926; January-February, 1927
Straus Loan No. 2:
September, 1925; January-June, 1926
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3M415 July-December, 1926
Lamar Hotel, Metro. Theater, Keystone Building, September, 1926; January, 1927; Undated
Straus Loan No. 3, Kirby and Chronicle Buildings, Block 139, March-October, 1927
Straus Loan Negotiations:
August-December, 1925
Rice Annex, Electric Building, Theater, October, 1925, January-August, 1926
Houston Terminal Land Co.:
Gen., Estate of H. T. D. Wilson, March, 1909-November, 1922; Undated
June, 1926-August, 1931
Jesse H. Jones:
Correspondence:
December, 1920; 1921; 1922; December, 1926-December, 1927; Undated
January-December, 1928; Undated
Presidential Endorsement:
April-June 15, 1928
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3M416 June 17-October, 1928; Undated
Publicity:
December, 1927-July, 1928
February.-November, 1929
Reception by Citizens of Houston, January-May, 1928
Jones Lumber Co., March, 1919-April, 1925, January, March, 1927; December, 1928
Jones Motor Co.:
September, 1919-October, 1920
November, 1920-April, 1924; Undated
Jones Properties, Business District of Houston, April 5, 1929
"K", Miscellaneous, January-December, 1931
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3M417Kempner, Alex, Esplanade Building, September-November, 1922
Keystone Building, January-December, 1927
Kingston Property (Ontario, Canada), August, 1927-June, 1931
Kulp, Jacob, Parcel Post Building, October, 1923-February, 1924
L, Miscellaneous, January-December, 1931
Labor Union Petition, July 10, 1929
Legal Opinions, August, 1929; March, April, 1930; July, 1931; Undated
Legislation:
February, March, 1927, February-May, 1928; January-December, 1929;.January-December, 1930
January-May, 1931
June-December, 1931; Undated
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3M418Child Welfare:
May-July 17, 1931
(Mailing Lists and Financial Contributions), July 18-August, 1931; Undated
Robinson Law Repeal:
April, May, 1929; October-December, 1930; January-March 21, 1931
March 22-November, 1931
Lloyds (Magazine), January-April, 1928; March-September, 1929
Loan Applications, January, 1930
Lubbock, Texas, January-November, 1929; August-September., 1930
Miscellaneous:
November, 1930-February, 1931
March-June, 1931
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3M419"M", Miscellaneous, July-December, 1931
Manufacturers Record, June, 1928; April, May, October, 1929
Maps, Correspondence, Data, August-September, 1930; Undated
Marine Bank and Trust Co.:
July-December, 1926; February-December, 1927
May-December, 1928
January-July, 1929
August-December, 1929
January-June, 1930
July-December, 1930
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3M420 January-October, 1931
Maturities, Sundry Corps., Financial Report, December 12, 1929
Mayoralty Campaign:
December, 1920-February, 1921
October-December, 1926
Membership in Clubs and Similar Organizations, January, 1929-May, 1930
Membership in Clubs and Similar Organizations, Cards, Pamphlet, Correspondence, 1927-1937; Undated
Methodist Hospital, March, 1928; January-December, 1931
Real Estate, 1927
Reichner, Louis Irving, (Bank Loan), October, 1930; September-November, 1931
Reservations, American Bankers Assoc. Convention, June, 1931
St. Anthony Hotel, December, 1929
St. Louis Hotel, July-December, 1926; January, 1927
St. Louis Railway Exchange Building, November-December, 1921
St. Regis Hotel, (N.Y.), October, 1921-August, 1922; September, 1927; Undated
Sakowitz Bros., 1931
Salvation Army Building, June, August, 1922; January, March, 1923
Sam Houston Memorial Association, 1924-1927; Undated
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3M421San Antonio, General, 1929-1931
Sanger Bros., October, November, 1926,, February, March, 1927
Smith Bros. Properties, San Antonio:
January, December, 1927; January-March, July, November-December, 1928
January, March, June, August, 1929
Smith-Young Tower, April, 1931
South Texas Lumber Co., Correspondence, Financial Statements, 1906-1908; Undated
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April, May, July, August, 1929
Statements:
Companies 1-25, Consol. Balance Sheets, December 31, 1928
Condensed and Detailed Co. Financial Reports, (nos. 1-25) 1926-1928,
Consolidated, 1928-1930, 1940-1944; Undated
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3M422Statements, Miscellaneous
1924-1925; Undated
1926
1927; Undated
1928
1928; Undated
January-May, 1929
June-August, 1929
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3M423 September-December 31, 1929
December 31, 1929; Undated
1930; Undated
Statements, Working Papers, 1931
Stationery, September, 1929; November-December, 1930
Sterling Life Insurance Co., February 12, 1930
Sterling, R.S.:
1931; Undated
Governor Campaign:
June-July, 1930
August 1-25, 1930
August 26-December, 1930; January, 1931; Undated
Stocks and Bonds:
October, 1919-March, 1921
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3M424 April, 1921-December. 1922
January, 1923-December, 1924
January-April, 1925
May-December, 1925; January-December, 1926
March, April, June, November, 1927; January-December, 1928
January-February, 1929
March-June, 1929
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3M425 July-December, 1929
January-April, 1930
May-December, 1930
January-April, 1931
May-August, 1931
September-December, 1931
Stocks and Bonds, Bankers Mortgage Co.:
January-August 15, 1931
August 17-December, 1931
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3M426Straus Bonds:
January-March, 1923
April-October, 1923; August, September, 1929
Subscriptions, February, 1930-September, 1931.; Undated
Sweeney Jewelry Co., March, December, 1927
"T", Miscellaneous:
January-April, 1931
May-December, 1931
Tax Matters:
January, 1927-March, 1928
January-December, 1929
January-June, 1930
January-October, 1931
Testimonial Banquet:
April-May 28, 1923
Undated Lists May 29-December, 1923;
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3M427Texas Centennial:
May, October, November, 1925; January-May 15, 1926
May 17-December, 1926
January-December, 1927
January-December, 1928
January-November, 1929; February-December, 1930
Texas Centennial Survey Committee, Minutes, January 8, 1924
Texas Monthly, (Peter Molyneaux), April-December, 1928; January-August, 1929
Textile Banking Corp., October-December, 1921; January, July, 1922; May, December, 1923; May, 1924
Woodrow Wilson, Correspondence, November, 1916; May-December, 1918; July, December, 1919; May, August, December, 1920; February, October, December, 1921; January, November, 1922; May, 1923-June, 1924; January, 1927
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3M428Personal Files:
"A":
February, 1946; April, 1947; December, 1949; January-September, 1950
October-December, 1950
January-May, 1951
June-August, 1951
September-December, 1951
January-May, 1952
June-December, 1952
January-June, 1953
July-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
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3M429 January-December, 1955
January-April, 1956
American Airlines, Inc., March, 1942-April, 1948
American Institute of Banking, January, 1952-March, 1956
American-Israel Society, March-April, 1954
American Oil Company, August-September, 1955
Edward Angley:
January, 1949-November, 1950
December, 1950-December, 1951; Undated
Appeal Letters:
January, June, December, 1953; January-May, 1954
June-August, 1954
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3M430 September, 1954
October-December, 1954
January-June, 1955
July-December, 1955
January-September, 1956
Autographs and Pictures Requested, February, 1954-July, 1956
"B":
November, 1941; February, 1945; January-May, 1946; October, 1949-February, 1950
March-May, 1950
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3M431 May-June, 1950
July-September, 1950
October-December, 1950
January-April, 1951
May-July, 1951
August-October, 1951
November-December, 1951
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3M432 January-April, 1952
May-August, 1952
September-October, 1952
November-December, 1952; January-February, 1953
March-July, 1953
August-December, 1953
January-March, 1954
April-May, 1954
June-September, 1954
box
3M433 October-December, 1954
January-June, 1955
July-December, 1955
January-November, 1956
Banking and Currency, (B & 0 Railroad Loan), April-August, 1951
Baxter, Norman W.
January. 1946-September, 1952
October, 1952-May, 1956
Blanton, W.N., Chamber of Commerce, August, 1945-May, 1950
Blanton Memorial:
June-August, 1949
September, 1949-September, 1950; Undated
Books Received (gifts), October, 1954-April, 1956
Buffalo Bayou Property Owners Assoc., Brief on Flood Control, December 9, 1936
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3M434"C":
July, 1942; October, 1946; April, 1947; December, 1949-April, 1950
May-July, 1950
August-November 10, 1950
November 11, 1950-January, 1951
February-May, 1951
June-December, 1951
January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
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3M435 January-March, 1953
April-July, 1953
August-December, 1953
January-March, 1954
April-June, 1954
July-December, 1954
January-June, 1955
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3M436 July-December, 1955
January-May, 1956
Cartoons:
August, 1935-October, 1942
May, 1943-January, 1945
February, 1945
Civil Aeronautics Board, February-April, 1954
Columbian National Life Ins. Co., May-September, 1949
Commerce Co., June, 1947; December, 1949; January, December, 1950 May, 1953
Commerce Co. Stock, Gifts to Nieces and Nephews, July, 1947
Continental Oil Building, March-May, 1953
County Court House, February, March, May, 1953
Cullen, Hugh Roy, January-November, 1945; June-December, 1946; March, 1947; November-December, 1951; April-May, 1955
"D":
December, 1947, January-August, 1950
September-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
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3M437 January-August, 1952
September-December, 1952
January-June, 1953
July-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-December, 1955
January-July, 1956
Davis, James M., 1939-1945
Democratic National Committee, 1945, 1947
Democratic National Convention, Delegate Card, 1932
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3M438"E":
January, 1946; May, 1948-June, 1949
July, 1949-August, 1950
September, 1950-December, 1951
January-December, 1952
January-December, 1953
January, 1954-May, 1956
Elkins, Judge J.A., July-August, 1955; January 1956
Equitable Life Assurance Society, November, 1945-June, 1954
Evans, Silliman, December, 1952; June-July, September, 1954
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3M439"F":
March, 1941; February, 1948; December, 1949-May, 1950
June-December, 1950
January-June, 1951
July-December, 1951
January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
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3M440 June-December, 1953
January-April, 1954
May-December, 1954
January-August, 1955
October-December, 1955; January-October, 1956
First National Bank, May, 1950; September, 1953-June 1955; Undated
Friedel, Frank, University of Illinois, January-July, 1953
Future Farmers of America, July-September, 1955
"G":
October, 1940; January, April, 1946; September, 1947; July, 1949; January-July, 1950
August-December, 1950
January-August, 1951
September-December, 1951
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3M441 January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
June-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-June, 1955
July-December, 1955; January-October, 1956
"H":
January, 1935; August, 1938; December, 1944; January, April, June, 1946; July, 1947; September-November, 1949; January-March, 1950
April-June, 1950
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3M442 July-September, 1950
October-December, 1950
January-May, 1951
June-September, 1951
October-December, 1951
January-March, 1952
April-August, 1952
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3M443 September-October, 1952
November-December 15, 1952
December 16, 1952-February, 1953
March-May, 1953
June-July, 1953
August-December, 1953
January-March, 1954
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3M444 April-June, 1954
July-December, 1954
January-May, 1955
June-October, 1955
November-December, 1955; January-September, 1956, Undated
Heyne, Fred J. Building, University of Houston, January-February, 1956
Hoblitzelle, Karl, June, 1946-November, 1947
Houston Chronicle:
February-July, 1945
August, 1945-March, November, 1946
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3M445 January, 1949-November, 1951
March-December, 1952
January-December, 1953
January-June, 1954
July-December, 1954
January, 1955-January, 1956
Houston Club, February-March, 1953
Houston Endowment, Inc., January, 1948-April, 1956; Undated
Houston Fat Stock Show:
January, 1948-December, 1949
January, 1950-September, 1953
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3M446 January, 1954-April, 1956
Houston Horse Show Association, February, 1949-September, 1955; Undated
Houston Post, March, 1945-June, 1953
Houston Real Estate Operations, Undated
Houston Stockyards, Maps, Resume, Booklet, 1954, 1955, Undated
Houston Street and Newsboys Club, December, 1952-June, 1955
"I":
February, 1950-October, 1953
April, 1954-March, 1956; Undated
Institute of International Education:
April, 1952-July, 1953
August-October, 1953
November, 1953-December, 1955
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3M447Invitations:
1936, 1937, 1940, 1941
March-December, 1954
January-December, 1955
January-May, 1956
"J":
June, 1949; January-June, 1950
July-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
January-June, 1953
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3M448 July-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-December, 1955; January-May, 1956
Jones, A.B., March-1945-January, 1948
Jones, Miss Jeanette:
February-November, 1955
December, 1955-July, 1956
Jones, Jenkins Lloyd, Speech, October-November, 1950
Jones, Jesse H., Last Will and Testament, Codicil, (draft), July, 1945
Jones, Mrs. Jesse H., October, 1956-July, 1957
Jones, John T., Sr., Letters of Condolence:
August 15-17, 1946
August 18-December, 1946; Undated
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3M449Jones, Mrs. John T., Sr., Memorial, November 28, 1953
Junior Achievement, October, 1949-April, 1956
"K":
September, 1949-June, 1950
July-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
January-December, 1952
January-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-December, 1955
January-September, 1956
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3M450Kirkland, W.A.:
(Drafts of Letter), October 6-20, 1953
(Letters Not Mailed), October-December, 1953
Kress Foundation Luncheon, October-November, 1953
"L":
July, 1942; June, 1947; November, 1948; January-December, 1949; January-May, 1950
June-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
January-May, 1952
June-December, 1952
January-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
box
3M451 January-December, 1955
January-June, 1956
Lovett, Robert A. (Dinner), July-November, 1952
"M":
December, 1945; February, 1946; March-December, 1949; January-July, 1950
August-December, 1950
January-June, 1951
July-December, 1951
January-July, 1952
August-December, 1952
box
3M452 January-April, 1953
May-August, 1953
September-December, 1953
January-July, 1954
August-December, 1954
January-April, 1955
May-December, 1955
January-May, 1956
Marcus, Stanley, June-September, 1955
"Mc":
July, 1939; April 25, 1945; January-December, 1950
box
3M453 January-December, 1951
January-December, 1952
January-December, 1953
1954-1956
McCloy, John J., February-May, 1953
Methodist Hospital:
September, 1947; January-November, 1950; May-December, 1951
August-December, 1952; January-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-June, 1955
July-December, 1955
box
3M454 January-June, 1956
Metropolitan Opera Fund:
December, 1950-March 9, 1951
March 12-May, 1951; Undated
Millionth Person Day, (July 3, 1054). June-August, 1954; Undated
"N":
November, December, 1949; January-April, 1950
May-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
box
3M455 June-December, 1953
January-June, 1954
July-December, 1954
1955-1956
National Bank of Commerce:
1941-1949; January-December, 1950; January-December, 1951
January-December, 1952
January-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
box
3M456 January-December, 1955
January-May, 1956
Bank Merger, April-October, 1952
Comments on Merger, September, October, 1954
Shareholder' Letters, January, February, 1952; January, 1953; January, 1954; January, 1955
Stock, January, 1949-January, 1952
National Conference on Christians and Jews, January, February, 1956
New York Properties, Sales Inquiries, April-October, 1952; January, 1953
"O":
June, July, 1945
August, September, 1947
September, 1949-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
February-November, 1952
January-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-October, 1955
"P":
August, 1949-December, 1950
January-May, 1951
box
3M457 June-December, 1951
January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
June-December, 1953
January-December, 1954
January-December, 1955
January-March, 1956
Pontello, Fred, (Mosaic of Jesse Jones), October-December, 1952; January, March, 1953; September 1956
Port of Houston:
Bill 301, February-April, 1955
Port Commission, Long Reach Docks Bond Issue:
November, 1951-March 1953
box
3M458 April-May, 1953
June-December, 1953
Undated
Publications, 1952-1953; Undated
Ship Channel, Map and Correspondence, February, 1946
Portrait Restoration, Jesse H. Jones, September-December, 1953
Prudential Insurance Co. of America:
September, 1946-May, 1950
May, 1952-December, 1954
"Q", 1946-1956
"R":
March, 1937
January, 1946
January, 1949-June 1950
box
3M459 July-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
January-June, 1952
July-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
June-December, 1953
box
3M460 January-July, 1954
August-December, 1954
January-December, 1955
January-November, 1956
Real Estate Investments, August, 1953; May, 1955-March, 1956
Reconstruction Finance Corp., May, 1933-March, 1945; Undated
Rice Institute, Mary Gibbs Jones Residential College for Women, November, 1955-April, 1956; Undated
Robertson County Hospital, October, 1953-April, 1956
"S":
January, 1946
July, 1949-February 15, 1950
box
3M461 February 16-April, 1950
May-August, 1950
September-December, 1950
January-March, 1951
April-June 15, 1951
June 18-September, 1951
October, 1951
box
3M462 November-December, 1951
January-February, 1952
March-May, 1952
June-September, 1952
October-December, 1952
January-June, 1953
July-December, 1953
box
3M463 January-April, 1954
May-August, 1954
September-December, 1954
January-March, 1955
April-July, 1955
August-December, 1955
January-May, 1956
St. Paul's Methodist Church, February, 1955-February, 1956
San Jacinto Monument:
March, 1937
March, April, 1942; May, 1944
June, 1949-April, 1953
box
3M464 May, 1953-October, 1956
Undated
Schacher, Mrs. Eugene, June, 1936-December, 1938
Simmons, Helene, Estate, September-November, 1952
Sinclair Refining Co., June, 1947-May, 1952
Smith, Vera Canode, April, 1953-September, 1955
Sons of the American Revolution, Texas Society Good Citizenship Medal, December, 1955-April, 1956
"T":
October, 1945
February, 1946
January, March, 1947
September, 1949-June, 1950
July-December, 1950
January-December, 1951
box
3M465 January-April, 1952
May-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
June-December, 1953
January-May, 1954
June-December, 1954
January-December, 1955
January-June, 1956
box
3M466T.V. Station (KTRH), Channel 13, December, 1953-March, 1956
Texas Medical Center:
April, 1946-April, 1949
September, 1950-December, 1953
February, 1954-February, 1955
March-November, 1955
Texas Tidelands Issue, May-June, 1952
"U":
January, 1943; September, 1944-August, 1949
September, 1949-November, 1951
box
3M467 March, 1952-December, 1953
February, 1954-April, 1956; Undated
"V":
January, 1945-December, 1949
May, 1950-November, 1951
January, 1952-July, 1956
"W":
March, 1945; August, 1949-March, 1950
April-December, 1950
January-June, 1951
July-December, 1951
box
3M468 January-May, 1952
June-December, 1952
January-May, 1953
June-December, 1953
January-June, 1954
July-December, 1954
January-July, 1955
August-December, 1955
January-March, 1956
Wells, Selvie W., April, 1948-June, 1954
West Realty Co., October, 1953-June, 1954
Williams, Clyde M., Jr., July, 1952-July, 1953
box
3M469"Y":
April, 1945-May, 1949
June, 1949-November, 1951
April, 1952-March, 1956
"Z", February, 1945-June, 1953
Zoning Ordinance, Houston, 1947
Posthumous Files, Jesse H. Jones:
"A", May-October, 1956; Undated
"B":
May-November, 1956
Cards, Undated
"C":
May-October, 1956; Undated
Cards, Undated
box
3M470"D", June-November, 1956; Undated
"E", May-August, 1956; Undated
"F":
May-August, 1956
Cards, Undated
"G", May-September, 1956; Undated
"H":
May-November, 1956
Cards, Undated
"I and J", May-June, 1956; Undated
"K", May-June, September, 1956; Undated
"L", May-September, 1956; Undated
"M":
March-November, 1956; Undated
Cards, Undated
"Mc", May-June, 1956; Undated
box
3M471"N", May-August, 1956; Undated
"O", June, 1956; Undated
"P", May-June, 1956; Undated
"R", May-June, 1956; Undated
Resolutions and Memorials:
June 6, 1956
June 6-July 11, 1956
July 30-December, 1956; January, 1957
Undated
"S":
May-November, 1956; Undated
box
3M472Cards, Undated
"T", May-June, 1956; Undated
"U & V", May-August, 1956; Undated
"W":
May-September, 1956; Undated
Cards, Undated
"X, Y, & Z", May-June, 1956; Undated
Funeral Record, Undated
Reply Letters, June-July, 1956
Posthumous Files, Mrs. Jones:
Christmas 1956, December 14, 1956-January 2, 1957
March, April, December, 1957-September, 1960; August, 1961; Undated
Miscellaneous Items, 1945, 1958-1960; Undated
Resolutions on Her Passing, August 26, 1962
Posthumous Files, Gladys, Mikell, June 1965
box
3M473Building Files:
Bankers Mortgage Building, Correspondence, Financial Reports, December, 1947-February, 1955
Block 67, Drawing, March 25, 1953
Block 139, Correspondence, Financial Reports, June-December, 1951; March, October, 1954; June 1955
Bristol Block, Correspondence, March-May, 1953
Bristol Building, Correspondence, Financial Reports, October, 1947-July, 1949; Undated
Captrov Realty Co. Building, Correspondence, July, 1948-January, 1950
Commerce Bank Building and Garage:
Correspondence, Financial Reports:
September, 1946-August, 1951
September, 1951-August, 1955; Undated
Consolidated Real Estate, Financial Reports, July, 1949-1952; Undated
Cummings, Robert J., Special Files, Correspondence, June, 1946-July, 1951
Electric Building, Correspondence, Financial Reports, 1953; June, August, 1954
Eleven Fourteen Texas Ave. Building, Income Statement, 1954
Fair Building and Addition: Correspondence, Financial Reports, February, 1949-April, 1952
Finn, Alfred C., Architect, Correspondence, October, 1946-July, 1949
Fort Worth Properties, Correspondence, Financial Report, 1953; July, September, 1954
box
3M474400 East 57th, Correspondence:
January, 1946; May, 1951; January-July, 1954
August, 1954-March, 1955
Garage Building (Capitol and Travis), Preliminary Estimate, April 11, 1955
Gas Building Property, January 1947, November 1948
Goodhue Building Co., General and Statistical Information, Sketch, December, 1948; Undated
Gulf Building:
Correspondence, Financial Reports:
April, 1942-December, 1949
January, 1950-November, 1955; Un