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Barnes research materials, 1830-1991 (MS 455)

These papers are comprised of the research materials Marguerite Johnston Barnes gathered to write "Houston, The Unknown City," published in 1991 by Texas A & M Press. Included are oral histories, newspaper clippings, photocopies of secondary source materials, brochures, newsletters, and photographs. (32 boxes)

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I. Oral Histories, 1985-1991.

Series II. Subject Files, 1830's-1991.

Series III. Photographs, 1890-1991.

Series IV. Manuscript, 1991.

Series V: Addendum 1 (Subject Files)

Series VI: Addendum 2 (Oral History audio cassettes)

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


Descriptive Summary

Repository: Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
Creator: Barnes, Marguerite Johnston
Title Marguerite Johnston Barnes Research Materials for Houston, The Unknown City, 1830-1991
Dates: 1830-1991, Bulk Dates 1920-1991
Extent 32 boxes
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
Language: Materials are in English.

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:

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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

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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 1-3 Adams, Dr. Sam
4 Anderson, Ben and Mary Greenwood Anderson
5 Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Leland
6 Anderson, Ralph
7 Anderson, Tom
8 Baker, Mrs. James II and Baker, James III
9 Bintliff, David C.
10 Blattner, Dr. Russell J.
11 Brannon, Dr. Jack
12 Brown, Mr and Mrs. Edwin Rice
13 Bruce, George and Laura
14 Carruth, Alan
15 Carter, Betty and Victor
16-18 Clark, Dr. Lee
19 Crain, Lillo (Mrs. Danny)
20 Crain, Dr. Edward Lillo, Jr.
21 Cravens, Mary
22 Crawford, Dr. Elizabeth Stripling
23 Darby, Charlotte (Mrs. James)
24 Davis, Tom Martin
25 Davis, Dorothy Dunn (Mrs. Tom Martin)
26 DeBakey, Dr. Michael
27 Dillingham, Barbara Kibbler
28 Dillingham, Charlie
Box Folder
2 1 Duncan, Charles, Jr.
2 Elkins, James, Jr.
3 Elkins, Margaret
4 Fay, Mrs. Ernest Bel
5-7 Frazier, Preston
8 Freed, Eleanor
9 Harris, Col. Jack
10 Haynsworth, Elizabeth and McCallon, Virginia Drane
11 Hershey, Terry (Mrs. Jake)
12 Heyck, Frances
13 Heyl, Nancy Spencer
14 Hofheinz, Fred
15 Hunt, Eugenia Howard (Mrs. Wilmer Brady)
16 Hunt, Lennie
17 Hunter, Edwin
18 Johnson, Tom
19 Jones, John T.
20 Justice, Dr. Blair
21 Keeper, Rose
22 Kellway, Dr. Peter
23 Kelley, Sally (Mrs. Edward Watson)
24 Kirkland, Bill
25 Kirkland, William A.
26 Koelsch, Francita Stuart
27 Law, Carolyn (Mrs. Theodore)
28 Leroy, Moses
29 Levine, Max
Box Folder
3 1 Love, Judge Miron
2 Lovett, Malcolm
3 Lovett, Mrs. Malcolm
4 Masterson, Harris
5 Maxwell, Nancy Nelms (Mrs. Jack)
6 Mayo, Edward
7 McAshan, Samuel Maurice
8 McAshan, Samuel Maurice, Jr.
9-10 McAshan, Susan Clayton
11 McKinney, Dr. Mary Ann
12 Merrem, Mrs. William E.
13 Merrem, Mrs. William E.
14 Nealon, Clark
15 Needham, Tom
16 Neuhaus, Hugo
17 Oltorf, Frank "Posh"
18 Owen, Jane Blaffer
19 Parten, Jubal Richard
20 Perlitz, Estelle Brady Garrow (Mrs. Charles, Jr.)
21 Reed, Mary Carroll Kempner (Mrs. Lawrence)
22 Robertson, Wilhemina Cullen
23 Rouse, Mildred Hutcheson
24 Roussel, Dewey Harris (Mrs. Hubert)
25 Russell, Gladys James
26 Safford, Georgia Howard (Mrs. Henry)
27 Sakowitz, Ann Baum
28 Seals, Judge Woodrow
29 Sharp, Dudley
30 Sharp, Tina Cleveland (Mrs. Dudley)
Box Folder
4 1 Smith, A. Frank, Jr.
2-5 Spencer, Dr. William
6 Sprunt, Clare Fleming
7 Stevenson, Louise (Mrs. Louis A.)
8-9 Taub, Henry J. N.
10 Thompson, Chaille Cage (Mrs. J. Lewis Jr.)
11 Trammell, Bryan and Ann
12 Trammell, Camilla Blaffer
13 Trammell, Tex and Camilla Blaffer Trammell
14 Wallace, McClelland
15 Westheimer, Mark
16-17 Wilcox, Mrs. John
18 Wilkerson, Ellen Hamilton (Mrs. Edward "Ted")
19 Wilson, Isabel Brown
Subseries B: Tapes
Box
5 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.)
Box
6 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.
Box
7 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 Kirkland, William Alexander (Bill)
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
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