A Guide to the Mrs. Walter Benona “Estelle Boughton” Sharp Papers, 1899-1937

Biographical Note

Estelle Boughton Sharp was born in Flint Michigan (1873-1965). She attended Oberlin College before marrying prominent Texas oilman and inventor Walter Benona Sharp in 1897. The couple had 3 children and lived in Dallas before moving to Houston in 1904. Mrs. Sharp was a progressive and an active member of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Advisory Board of the Volunteer Prison League, the Federal Food Administration Executive Committee, the War Work Council, the National League for Women's Service, and the League of Women Voters. In the 1950's, she helped finance the Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers at the University of Texas.

Scope and Contents

The papers include the correspondence, notes, lists, land papers, legal papers, resolutions, opinions, receipts, insurance policies, account papers, invitations, calling cards, clippings, directories, and photographs of Estelle Boughton Sharp concerning her political and social activities and the oil industry of Texas. Included are directories of women's organizations and lists of members, political clippings, and printed material concerning social welfare, child guidance, the Democratic Party, food rationing, agriculture, education, The University of Texas and Russian famine relief.

Source: Kielman, Chester V., comp. and ed., The University of Texas Archives. Austin: University of Texas, 1967.

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Preferred Citation

Mrs. Walter Benona “Estelle Boughton” Sharp Papers, 1899-1937, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.

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