J. Russell Wait Port ofHouston papers 1927-1962

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J. Russell Wait Port ofHouston papers 1927-1962

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Business and personalrecords of J. Russell Wait, Director of the Port of Houston from 1930-1947,offering a comprehensive history of the Port of Houston's construction,facilities, finances, clients and operations from 1931-1962. During this time,the Port of Houston grew from the nation's twelfth largest port to its thirdlargest. Materials also relate to the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District,Houston Ship Channel maps, and scrapbooks on WWII and Japan.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Port of Houston Authority

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Wait, J. Russell

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Director of the Port of Houston, Tex. From the description of J. Russell Wait Port of Houston papers, 1927-1962. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28499357 J. Russell Wait was General Manager of the Port of Houston from 1930 to 1947. He was born in New Jersey in 1882 and graduated from Lehigh University in 1906. Prior to his coming to Houston, Mr. Wait had been director of the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, and had spent a year at the Port of Beaumont....