Ella Fondren Family papers, 1880s-1976, bulk 1925-1960s

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Ella Fondren Family papers, 1880s-1976, bulk 1925-1960s

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00027/00027-P.html

The collection visuallydocuments Ella Fondren's family members and homes, and describes her lifelongphilanthropic efforts toward higher education and health care in the Houstonarea.

Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6639220

Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Fondren family - Portraits.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tw1855 (family)

Methodist Hospital (Houston, Tex.) - Design and construction.

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Fondren family - Homes and haunts - Pictorial works.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n754rj (family)

Fondren library

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Fondren, Ella F., 1881?-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn6qc0 (person)

Ella Florence Fondren (1880-1982), and her husband Walter W. Fondren were very generous Houston-based philanthropists in the areas of education, libraries, health care, and orphanages. In June 1946, Ella F. Fondren donated $1 million to Rice for a library building as a memorial to Walter W. Fondren, now known as the Fondren Library. From the description of Ella F. Fondren family papers, 1880s-1976, 1925-1960s. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 56097480 Ella...

Fondren, Ella F., 1881?-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn6qc0 (person)

Ella Florence Fondren (1880-1982), and her husband Walter W. Fondren were very generous Houston-based philanthropists in the areas of education, libraries, health care, and orphanages. In June 1946, Ella F. Fondren donated $1 million to Rice for a library building as a memorial to Walter W. Fondren, now known as the Fondren Library. From the description of Ella F. Fondren family papers, 1880s-1976, 1925-1960s. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 56097480 Ella...