Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956

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Builder, financier, statesman, and publisher of the Houston Chronicle.

From the description of Jones, Jesse Holman, papers, 1880-1965. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23285513

U.S. secretary of commerce and financier.

From the description of Papers of Jesse H. Jones, 1916-1960 (bulk 1926-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81653217

Biographical Note

  • 1874, Apr. 5: Born, Robertson County, Tenn.
  • 1902: Organized South Texas Lumber Co., Houston, Tex.
  • 1909: Organized Texas Trust Co., Houston, Tex.
  • 1917 - 1918 : Director, military relief, American Red Cross
  • circa 1918 - 1956 : Publisher, Houston Chronicle
  • 1920: Married Mary Gibbs
  • 1932 - 1939 : Director, Reconstruction Finance Corp.
  • 1933 - 1939 : Member, National Emergency Council
  • 1936 - 1943 : Chairman, Executive Committee, Export-Import Bank, Washington, D.C.
  • 1939: Appointed administrator, Federal Loan Agency
  • 1940 - 1945 : Secretary of commerce
  • 1941 - 1942 : Member, Supply Priorities and Allocation Board
  • 1942 - 1945 : Member, War Production Board Member, Economic Stabilization Board Member, Economic Defense Board
  • 1945: Returned to Houston, Tex. to publish Houston Chronicle
  • 1956, June 1: Died, Houston, Tex.

From the guide to the Jesse H. Jones Papers, 1916-1960, (bulk 1926-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn Paul A. Freund papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Biography -- Jones, Jesse. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
creatorOf Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. Cordell Hull papers, 1901-1932, bulk 1921-1932. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965. Papers, 1941-1945. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Joseph P. Tumulty Papers, 1898-1969, (bulk 1913-1940) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Records of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. 1928 - 1964. General Correspondence National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Thompson (Ernest Othmer) Papers, 23285446., 1907-1967 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Inventory of the Texas Battleship Papers Ragan MSS 00141 ., 11 Apr.-11 June 1948 Cushing Memorial Library,
referencedIn Cecil Thomson collection MC097., 1860-1953, (Bulk: 1920-1945) Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,
referencedIn Rockwell Brothers Records, 1883-1947 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Jones (Jesse Holman) Papers 23285513., 1880-1965 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Rayner (J. B. ) Papers 73-131., 1903-1919 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Jesse H. Jones Papers, 1916-1960, (bulk 1926-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn San Jacinto Centennial Association records MC001., 1935-1938, (Bulk: 1935-1936) Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,
referencedIn Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967. Papers, 1866-1953, 1933-1953 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn James Couzens Papers, 1903-1940 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Glass, Carter, 1858-1946. Papers of Carter Glass [manuscript], 1858-1946, and n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf San Jacinto Centennial Association (1935-1938). San Jacinto Centennial Association : Records, 1935-1938 1935-1936. San Jacinto Museum of History
creatorOf Records of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. 1928 - 1964. General Records National Archives at College Park
referencedIn McLemore (Atkins Jefferson) Papers, 1903-1919 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Seals, Woodrow, 1917-1990. Judge Woodrow Seals Papers, 1941-1990 [Part 2] Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary
referencedIn Sloan, George A. Papers, 1917-1955. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007, 1885-1938 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Charles Perley Smith Papers, 1920-1946 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn The Rice Hotel Collection RG D 28., 1935 to 1978, 1944 to 1958 Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary
referencedIn Mackay, Colin B., 1920-. University of New Brunswick : 1955. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library
referencedIn William A. Comstock Papers, 1902-1949 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Foster, Marcellus Elliot, papers 94-342; 95-057., 1920, 1925 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Adkerson, J. Carson (Joseph Carson), 1892-. Papers of J. Carson Adkerson [manuscript], 1913-1981. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Glass, Carter, 1858-1946. Correspondence of Carter Glassh[manuscript], 1908-1946. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Willard, Daniel, 1861-1942. Daniel Willard papers, 1899-1942. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn M. T. Jones Lumber Company Records 1949., 1883-1914 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Comstock, William Alfred, 1877-1949. William Alfred Comstock papers, 1899-1949. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Joseph Pulitzer Papers, 1897-1958, (bulk 1925-1955) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn William Frederick Halsey Papers, 1907-1959, (bulk 1943-1959) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Edith Bolling Galt Wilson Papers, 1833-1961, (bulk 1925-1961) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949. Papers, 1908-1949 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Dancy, Oscar Cromwell, 1879-1971. Dancy, Oscar Cromwell, papers, 1917-1965. University of Texas Libraries
creatorOf Comstock, William Alfred, 1877-1949. William Alfred Comstock papers, 1899-1949. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Reconstruction Finance Corporation. [Minor publications]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Prentiss Marsh Brown Papers, 1902-1973 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Carr, George R. (George Russell), b. 1877,. [Collection of letters to George R. Carr, 1912-1953]. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Rockwell Brothers Records, 1883-1947 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn McNutt, Paul V. (Paul Vories), 1891-1955. Mss., 1899-1955 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Foster, Marcellus E. (Marcellus Elliott), b. 1870. Foster, Marcellus Elliot, papers, 1920, 1925 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Dodd, Jimmie A., 1917-1984. Dodd, Jimmie A., photograph collection, 1937-1966. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Houston Art League. Historical records scrapbook, 1900-1938. Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
referencedIn Papers of Drew Pearson. Files from the Merry-Go-Round Farm, 1919-1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Seals, Woodrow, 1917-1990. Judge Woodrow Seals Papers, 1941-1990 [Part 1] Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary
referencedIn Dodd (Jimmie A. ) Photograph Collection, 83-176; 2011-152., 1937-1966. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Inventory of the E. J. Kyle Papers TAMU MSS 00078., 1902-1957. Cushing Memorial Library,
referencedIn Shoup, Paul, 1874-1946. Paul Shoup papers, 1928-1946. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Lyndon Baines Johnson Archives Collection. 1931 - 1968. Selected Names Correspondence Files. 1931-1968. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Clippings and newsletter of the University of Virginia Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs [manuscript], 1945-1949. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bob Bailey Studios. Bob Bailey Studios photographic archive, 1932-1998. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn M. T. Jones Lumber Company. M.T. Jones Lumber Company Records, 1883-1914 University of Texas Libraries
creatorOf Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956. Jones, Jesse Holman, papers, 1880-1965. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Dancy, Oscar Cromwell Papers 67-84; 73-162; 97-345; 99-112., 1917-1965 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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correspondedWith Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 person
correspondedWith Smith, Charles Perley, 1878-1948. person
correspondedWith Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985 person
associatedWith South Texas Lumber Company. corporateBody
associatedWith St. Paul's Methodist Church (Houston, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Texas (Battleship) person
associatedWith Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.) corporateBody
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correspondedWith Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 person
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associatedWith Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 person
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Birth 1874-04-05

Death 1956-06-01

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