TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the William P. Hobby, Sr. Family Papers,
1914-1997
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| Creator | Hobby, William P., Sr. Family |
| Title | William P. Hobby, Sr. Family
Papers |
| Dates: | 1914-1997 |
| Abstract | William P. Hobby, Sr.
(1878-1964), was an editor and publisher, in addition to serving as governor of
Texas from 1917 to 1921. The collection includes correspondence, photographs,
clippings, scrapbooks, printed material, and legal documents relating to
William P. Hobby, Sr.; his son, William P. Hobby, Jr.; and other family
members. |
| Accession No. | 94-267; 97-273 |
| Extent | 7 ft. |
| Language | English. |
| Repository | Center for
American History, The University of Texas at
Austin |
William P. Hobby, Sr. (1878-1964), was an editor and publisher, in
addition to serving as governor of Texas from 1917 to 1921. He was editor and
owner of the Houston Post, owner of the
Beaumont Enterprise and lieutenant governor of
Texas from 1914 to 1917. He was married to Oveta Culp Hobby, the first woman
member of a U.S. president's cabinet; first Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare (under Dwight D. Eisenhower); and first commanding officer of the
Women's Army Corps.
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Correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, printed material,
and legal documents relate to William P. Hobby, Sr.; his son, William P. Hobby,
Jr.; and other family members. Included is material related to Hobby's 1918
gubernatorial campaign and his death in 1964 and numerous photographs of family
members, friends and political figures.
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Organization
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| Organized into five series: I. William P. Hobby, Sr., II. Hobby family,
III. Publications, IV. Assorted, V. Photographs. |
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
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| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-
--Archives. |
| | Hobby, William
P.--Archives. |
| | Hobby, William Pettus,
1878-1964--Archives. |
| Subjects |
| | Electioneering--Texas--History--Sources. |
| | Governors--Texas--Archives. |
| | Lieutenant
governors--Texas--Archives. |
| | Politicians--Texas--Death. |
| | Texas--History--1846-1950--Sources. |
| | Texas--Politics and
government--History--Sources. |
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William P. Hobby, Sr. Family Papers, 1914-1997, Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory
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| box |
| 3H1 | | | William P. Hobby, Sr. papers |
| | | | Personal: |
| | | | | Biographical material: |
| | | | | | Assorted biographical papers,
1917-1995 |
| box |
| 2.325/T38c | | | | | Assorted biographical papers,
[oversized] 1917-1995
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| | | | | Biography,
[oversized] 1957
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| box |
| 3H1 | | | | | | Biography,
1957 |
| | | | | | Biographical data,
1992 |
| | | | | | William P. Hobby, Sr., biography, “The Tactful
Texan,” distribution list,
1958 |
| | | | | William P. Hobby, Sr., biography reviews,
1958-1959 |
| | | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | | | Letters from William P. Hobby, Sr., to his mother,
March 24, 1917 -
December 14, 1920 |
| | | | | | Miscellaneous correspondence,
1917, 1954,
undated |
| | | | | | Miscellaneous correspondence and related materials,
1918, 1930 |
| | | | | | Correspondence with Sinclair Lewis and newspaper
clipping,
1958 |
| | | | | | Letters from President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
1953 |
| | | | | Legal documents and correspondence,
1927-1932 |
| box |
| 3H2 | | | | | Speeches, file 3, [
some gubernatorial] undated,
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| | | | | Mail received during Hobby's absence concerning
Russian indebtedness and taxes,
August-December,
1941 |
| | | | | Testimony of William P. Hobby, Sr., taken in Office of
the Intelligence Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
December 10,
1943 |
| | | | | Revenue revision of 1942: |
| | | | | | Correspondence, newspaper clippings |
| | | | | | Revenue Revision of 1942, unrevised copy |
| | | | | Airplane crash,
1936, 1937 |
| | | | | White House Christmas card and invitations,
1953-1955 |
| | | | | Inventory of Houston Post
corporate records and files received from Charles H. Draper,
August 1961 |
| | | | | Birth certificate, social security record, Thomas
Jefferson Society membership |
| | | | | Cross of the Commander of the Order of Saint Saba,
April 15,
1923 |
| | | | | Newspaper clippings,
1915, 1941 |
| box |
| 3H3 | | | | Gubernatorial campaign,
1918: |
| | | | | Correspondence and related materials,
1918 |
| box |
| 2.325/T38c | | | | Correspondence and related materials
[oversized] |
| box |
| 3H4 | | | | James E. Ferguson,
[oversized] 1918
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| | | | James E. Ferguson, speeches,
[oversized] 1918
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| box |
| 2.325/T38c | | | | James E. Ferguson,
[oversized] 1918
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| box |
| 3H5 | | | | Campaign material,
1918 |
| | | | Notebook of county-by-county political support,
1918 |
| | | | Newspaper clippings,
1918 |
| | | | Scrapbook of newspaper clippings,
[photocopies] 1918
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| 3H6 | | | | Death of William P. Hobby, Sr.,
June 7, 1964: |
| | | | | Condolences: |
| | | | | | Letters A-Z,
1964 |
| box |
| 3H7 | | | | | | Letters, response sent, A-Z,
1964 |
| box |
| 3H8 | | | | | | Public/official,
1964 |
| box |
| 2.325/T38c | | | | | | Public/official,
[oversized] 1964
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| box |
| 3H8 | | | | | | No response needed,
1964 |
| | | | | | Unidentified,
1964 |
| | | | | Memorial donations,
1964 |
| | | | | Houston resolution,
1964 |
| | | | | Notification list |
| box |
| 3H9 | | | | | Telegrams: |
| | | | | | Sent,
June 7,
1964 |
| | | | | | Received,
June 1964 |
| | | | | Flowers: |
| | | | | | Sent to house,
June 1964 |
| | | | | | Sent to cemetery: |
| | | | | | | Receipts,
June
1964 |
| box |
| 3H10 | | | | | | | Cards,
A--Z,
June 1964,
1964 |
| box |
| 3H9 | | | | | Cards listing memorials given in the name of William
P. Hobby Sr.,
1964 |
| | | | | Newspaper clippings |
| box |
| 2.325/T43 | | | Scrapbooks: |
| | | | 2 newspaper clipping scrapbooks |
| box |
| 2.325/T44 | | | | Newspaper clipping scrapbook, personalized to Mrs.
William P. [Willie Chapman Cooper] Hobby, Sr. |
| box |
| 3H11 | | | Family papers: |
| | | | General: |
| | | | | Miscellaneous Hobby family correspondence,
1954,
undated |
| | | | | Genealogical information |
| | | | Erwin Hobby: |
| | | | | Letters from Erwin Hobby to Sadie Webb (?),
1914,
undated |
| | | | Willie Chapman Cooper Hobby: |
| | | | | Letters to William P. Hobby, Sr.,
undated |
| | | | | Tributes in memory of Willie Chapman Cooper
Hobby |
| | | | Laura Aline Hobby: |
| | | | | Assorted writings |
| | | | Oveta Culp Hobby: |
| | | | | Program from Houston, Texas, honoring Oveta Culp
Hobby,
September 14,
1945 |
| | | | William P. Hobby, Jr.: |
| | | | | Miscellaneous correspondence,
1971-1992,
undated |
| | | | | Flight certificate from Lyndon Johnson,
September
1967 |
| | | | | Texas Inaugural Program,
1983 |
| | | | | Inaugural programs,
1973, 1975,
1979 |
| | | | | Santa Rita Award invitation,
October 3,
1985 |
| | | | | Saint Edwards University, diploma, acceptance speech
and program,
1986 |
| | | | | Austin College diploma and ceremony packet,
1989 |
| box |
| 2.325/T44 | | | | | “Texas Evening Star: Scrapbook,”
February 19,
1988 |
| box |
| 3H11 | | | | | Scrapbook contents |
| | | | | Business cards |
| | | | | Newspapers |
| | | | Edwin Hobby: |
| | | | | Newspaper clipping,
1940 |
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| 3H12 | | | Publications: |
| | | | Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Annual,
1916-1917 |
| | | | Record of the Proceedings of the High Court of
Impeachment on the Trial of the Hon. James E. Ferguson, Governor,
1917 |
| | | | First Families of Texas |
| | | | Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, Governors
I Have Known, 1927 |
| | | | Mr. Hobby's Sermon at the Ordination of Daniel Emerson,
1743 |
| | | | State Banking Laws of Texas,
1927 |
| box |
| 2.325/T38c | | | Assorted: |
| | | | University of Texas undergraduate program,
1979 |
| | | | Laminated, encased copy of The
Progressive Farmer of January 4, 1919 |
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| 3S439 | | | Photographs: |
| | | | William P. Hobby Sr. |
| | | | | Portraits,
undated |
| | | | | At men's club [?] |
| | | | | Bill signing for women's suffrage |
| | | | | With other Texas governors |
| | | | | Group photographs |
| | | | | With A.B. Cooksey and Judge Hunter,
August 28,
1919 |
| | | | | With Tom Connally, Sam Rayburn, and Jesse Jones,
Washington D.C.,
1941 |
| | | | | With grandchildren,
August 1959 and
undated |
| | | | | Funeral,
June 8, 1964 |
| | | | | Unveiling of Governor Hobby's historical marker,
Moscow, Texas,
1964 |
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| 3S440 | | | | | Governor Ross Sterling's inaugural photo
album |
| | | | | Assorted deframed photographs: |
| | | | | | Portrait of William and Oveta Culp Hobby,
undated |
| | | | | | Inauguration of Governor Ross Sterling,
January 20,
1931 |
| | | | | | Autographed picture of President Dwight D.
Eisenhower |
| | | | | | Autographed picture of Mamie Eisenhower |
| | | | | Exterior of house [negatives] |
| | | | | Furnishings |
| | | | | Miscellaneous scenes |
| | | | Hobby family: |
| | | | | Dr. A. M. Hobby, age 6 |
| | | | | John and Will Hobby as children |
| | | | | Jessica Hobby |
| | | | | Willie Cooper Hobby |
| | | | | Ike W. Culp, father of Oveta Culp Hobby |
| | | | | Oveta Culp Hobby,
1950, 1953,
undated |
| | | | | Unidentified Hobby child,
1961 |
| | | | | Miscellaneous unidentified Hobby family
members |
| | | | | Unidentified family members,
undated |
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| 3S441 | | | | | William P. Hobby, Jr.: |
| | | | | | With President Lyndon Johnson, Vice President Hubert
Humphrey, and Robert McNamara, White House,
September,
1967 |
| | | | | | With President Lyndon B. Johnson and others on the
White House lawn,
1967 |
| | | | | | At the Don Nagle home in Round Top, Texas,
July 4,
1971 |
| | | | | | With Colonel and Mrs. Riffin Gray and Walter Hill,
League City, Texas,
April,
1972 |
| | | | | | Texas A&M Commencement,
May 4,
1973 |
| | | | | | Beaumont, Texas, dinner,
May 14,
1973 |
| | | | | | With Ann Richards,
1973 |
| | | | | | Presidential Inauguration, Kennedy Center,
1973 |
| | | | | | With Lyndon B. Johnson at 1973
inauguration |
| | | | | | With Sir Peter Ramsbotham and wife, British
Ambassador to the United States,
November 25,
1974 |
| | | | | | Deer hunt, Brownwood,
[includes negatives] 1974
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| | | | | | With Anwar Sadat,
October 31,
1975 |
| | | | | | With Governor Dolph Briscoe at bill signing,
February
1975 |
| | | | | | With Charles Purnell,
April 10,
1975 |
| | | | | | Family portrait,
1975 |
| | | | | | Assorted,
1977 |
| | | | | | With Walter Mondale and Calvin Guest at Calvin Guest
appreciation dinner, Austin, Texas,
1978 |
| | | | | | Reception at Headliners Club, Austin Texas,
January 18,
1978 |
| | | | | | Sibley Ranch near Alpine, Texas,
December 1 and 2,
1978 |
| | | | | | With President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, White House,
August 14,
1979 |
| | | | | | With Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, White House,
October 24,
1979 |
| | | | | | Rosalyn Carter visits Houston,
October 29,
1979 |
| | | | | | With Sarah Weddington and Chip Carter, White House,
November 19,
1979 |
| | | | | | Deng Xiao Ping at rodeo,
September 1,
1980 |
| | | | | | With wife Diana Hobby and President Jimmy Carter,
September 25,
1980 |
| | | | | | “The Chicken Ranch,” autographed by Larry L. King,
April 14,
1981 |
| | | | | | With Ben Ramsey and Bob Armstrong,
May 7,
1981 |
| | | | | | With George Bush, autographed, Texas House Joint
Session,
May 15,
1981 |
| | | | | | With James A. Michener and Don E. Carleton in the
Texas Legislature,
December 8,
1981 |
| | | | | | Hunting with Bartell Zachary,
December 26-29,
1981 |
| | | | | | Astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen,
1981 |
| | | | | | With Mack Wallace and Ben Ramsey,
1981 |
| | | | | | With Governor Mark White, Washington's Birthday,
Laredo, Texas,
February
1982 |
| | | | | | Washington's Birthday celebration, Laredo Texas,
1982 |
| | | | | | At reception in honor of Governor and Mrs. Clements,
LaGrange, Texas,
June 22,
1982 |
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| 3S442 | | | | | | Brady, Texas,
July 3,
1982 |
| | | | | | Campaign photographs,
1982 |
| | | | | | Receiving the Governor Alan Shivers Public Service
Award,
1982 |
| | | | | | Inauguration day,
1983 |
| | | | | | Inauguration
contact sheets 1983,
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| | | | | | Inauguration day,
AP
wire reports photographs 1983, |
| | | | | | Inaugural ball,
1983 |
| | | | | | 68th Legislature, opening day,
January 11,
1983 |
| | | | | | With Dormon Winfrey and Gib Lewis, swearing in Ann
Richards,
April 12,
1983 |
| | | | | | Tour of construction area,
January 12,
1984 |
| | | | | | Reception for Jack Harris, White House,
April 23,
1984 |
| | | | | | Senator John Glenn addresses the Texas Legislature,
1984 |
| | | | | | Laredo, Texas,
February,
1985 |
| | | | | | With Governor Price Daniel,
April,
1985 |
| | | | | | Farm worker,
May 2,
1985 |
| | | | | | Receiving the Santa Rita Award, Dallas, Texas,
October 23,
1985 |
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| 3S443 | | | | | | With Governor Mark White and the 69th Legislature,
1985 |
| | | | | | Copies from legislature workshop,
1985 |
| | | | | | Texas House Appropriations Committee,
1985 |
| | | | | | With painters in the Texas State Capitol,
1985 |
| | | | | | Hunting with Senator Sarpalius near Amarillo,
December
1986 |
| | | | | | Royal Windsor Horseshow,
1986 |
| | | | | | Inaugural parade,
January 20,
1987 |
| | | | | | Inaugural ceremony,
January 20,
1987 |
| | | | | | Sissy Spacek,
February 9,
1987 |
| | | | | | Jewish National Fund dinner,
October
1987 |
| | | | | | With Henry Cisneros in Laredo,
1987 |
| | | | | | Capitol Centennial Indian Celebration,
May 7,
1988 |
| | | | | | Contents of photo album of August 9, 1988, Houston,
Texas |
| | | | | | Contents of scrapbook from “Hats Off to Bill Hobby,”
February 4,
1990 |
| | | | | | “Hats Off to Bill Hobby,”
February 4,
1990 |
| | | | | | With President George Bush,
August 2,
1990 |
| | | | | | With two unidentified men,
undated |
| | | | | | With Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.,
undated |
| | | | | | With Governor William P. Clements at bill signing,
undated |
| | | | | | With Governor Dolph Briscoe,
undated |
| | | | | | With Buster Brown,
undated |
| | | | | | In his office at the Capitol,
undated |
| | | | | | With Diana Hobby,
undated |
| | | | | | Portrait of children of William and Diana
Hobby |
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| 3S444 | | | | | | At the Superconducting Super Collider,
September 17,
1991 |
| | | | | | With the Dolph Briscoe, the Bill Clements, the Bob
Bullocks, Ann Richards, and unidentified,
1991 |
| | | | | | John T. Montford, Governor for a Day,
April 24,
1993 |
| | | | | | With Bill Clinton,
February 7,
1994 |
| | | | | | With Rosalyn Carter at the Texas State Capitol,
undated |
| | | | | | Speech to Tracor, Inc., Austin Texas,
undated |
| | | | | | With H. Ross Perot, Mark White, and Gib Lewis at the
University of Texas,
undated |
| | | | | | On fishing trip,
undated |
| | | | | | With John Sharp,
undated |
| | | | | | On the ferry William P. Hobby,
undated |
| | | | | | In the Texas Legislature,
undated |
| | | | | | At the McDonald Observatory,
undated |
| | | | | | With Billy Clayton and Governor William P. Clements,
Jr. at bill signing,
undated |
| | | | | | Portraits of William P. Hobby, Jr., Governor Mark P.
White, Gib Lewis, and Ann Arnold,
undated |
| | | | | | Hunting trip at William B. Whitehouse ranch,
undated |
| | | | | | At reception and in the Texas Legislature,
undated |
| | | | | | At the McDonald Observatory [?],
undated |
| | | | | | Speech to the Texas Municipal League,
undated |
| | | | | | George Bush addressing the Texas Legislature,
undated |
| | | | | | University of Texas Lady Longhorns, basketball team,
undated |
| | | | | | With Senator Farabee,
undated |
| | | | | | Senate Ladies Dinner,
undated |
| | | | | | World premier of The Best
Little Whorehouse in Texas, Paramount Theater, Austin, Texas,
undated |
| | | | | | With Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Speaker Bill
Clayton, and staff,
undated |
| | | | | | With Bill Clayton and Cathy Lee Crosby,
undated |
| | | | | | Contact sheets,
undated |
| | | | | | With Bob Johnson and Speaker Bill Clayton,
undated |
| | | | | | With Governor Mark White and Gib Lewis,
undated |
| | | | | | With Sybil Dickenson and Elizabeth Oaks,
undated |
| | | | | | With wife Diana Hobby,
published in the Westlake Picaynue undated,
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| | | | | | Family portraits,
undated |
| | | | | | Diana Hobby portraits,
undated |
| | | | | | Children of Diana and William P. Hobby, Jr.,
undated |
| | | | | | Portrait of William P. Hobby, Jr. as a
child |
| | | | | | With members of the Texas Legislature,
undated |
| | | | | | With Betty King,
undated |
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| 3S445 | | | | | | William P. Hobby, Jr. as a child (?),
undated |
| | | | | | William P. Hobby, Jr. as a young man,
undated |
| | | | | | William P. Hobby, Jr., portraits |
| | | | | | Autographed portrait of Governor Bill Clements,
undated |
| | | | | | Inaugural parade,
undated |
| | | | | | Alaska trip with Jim Hinds, Enserch,
1984 |
| | | | | | Portrait with Governor Mark White, autographed,
undated |
| | | | | | Portrait with Bill Clayton, autographed |
| | | | | | Autographed portrait of Lloyd M. Bentsen,
Jr. |
| | | | | | With B. Ramsey, B. Bane, and Shivers,
undated |
| box |
| 3S446 | | | Photographs: |
| | | | William P. Hobby, Jr.: |
| | | | | Autographed portrait with Gib Lewis,
undated |
| | | | | In the Texas Legislature,
undated |
| | | | | Autographed photographs from Thurford (?),
1989 |
| | | | | Texas Space Science Industry Commission,
1989 |
| | | | | With Tiawanese group,
February
1987 |
| | | | | Hunting with Gib Lewis,
undated
(2 files) |
| | | | | Portrait of William P. Hobby, Jr., as a young
man |
| box |
| 3S159 | | | | | | William P. Hobby, Jr, 63rd Texas Legislature,
1985 |
| box |
| 3S445 | | | | Assorted: |
| | | | | Autographed portrait of Errol Flynn |
| | | | | Autographed portrait of Paul Henreid |
| | | | | Oil paintings in the Texas Capitol,
Siege of the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto |
| | | | | Houston Post
building |
| | | | | Constitutional Convention,
1875 |
| box |
| 3S446 | | | | Hobby family photographs: |
| | | | | Jessica Hobby |
| | | | | Paul Hobby,
1982 |
| | | | William P. Hobby, Sr.: |
| | | | | Portraits |
| | | | Portrait of unknown individual |
| box |
| 3S159 | | | | William P, Hobby, Sr.: |
| | | | | Group photographs: |
| | | | | | With Governors Neff and Moody(?) |
| | | | | | With Harry Weiss and unidentified man |
| | | | | | With Governor Sterling and a variety of unidentified
individuals |
| | | | | | With Jesse Jones, Houston Mayor Oscar Holcomb, and
unidentified man |
| | | | | | With Governors Moody, Allred, Stephenson, Sterling,
Neff, Miriam Ferguson,
undated |
| | | | | | Governor Sterling's inauguration,
January 20,
1931 |
| | | | | | With Jesse Jones |
| | | | | | 35th Legislature |
| | | | | Portraits |
| | | | | Deframed portraits |
| box |
| 2.325/K79 | | | | Assorted: |
| | | | | Framed photographs of the 26th Texas
Legislature |
| box |
| 2.325/D10i | | | | Portrait of William P. Hobby, Sr. [oil painting on
canvas] |
| box |
| 2.325/V115a | | | | Artifacts |
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