James A. Clark Papers 1889-1974

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James A. Clark Papers 1889-1974

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Research materials related to the publicationsand unpublished works of author/historian and public relations consultant JamesA. Clark. Included are materials related to , , , Petroleum Rectifying Companyof California, Hughes Tool Co., Pan American Sulfur Company, Robert A. Welch,C.D. Lockwood, Admiral J.J. Clark, and syndicated columns “Petroscope” and“Tales of the Oil Country.” The materials deal directly with the oil industryprimarily in the years of 1930-1960s. Three Stars for the Colonel: The Biography of Ernest O. Thompson The Tactful Texan: A Biography of Governor Will Hobby Book of Oil

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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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Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995

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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first director of the Women's Army Corps, and a chairperson of the board of the Houston Post. Hobby went to Washington, D.C., in 1941 to head the newly formed women's division of the War Department's Bureau of Public Relations. At the request of Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall she drafted plans for the formation of a women's auxiliary to the male army, ...

Halbouty, Michel T.

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Lockwood, C. D.

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Hobby, William Pettus, 1878-1964

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William “Bill” P. Hobby served as lieutenant governor of Texas for 18 years (1973-1991). Born in Houston on January 19, 1932, he is the son of former Texas governor William Pettus Hobby, Sr. and Oveta Culp Hobby. He graduated from Rice University in 1953, served for several years in the United States Navy, and then joined the staff of the Houston Post, owned by the Hobby family. Hobby became executive editor and president of the newspaper company in 1965, and he remained president u...

Thompson, Ernest O.

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Clark, James Anthony, 1907-

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James Anthony Clark (1908-1978), author, columnist, and public-relations consultant and historian of the oil industry, was born in Abita Springs, LA, and grew up in Beaumont, TX. He attended South Park Junior College (Lamar University) and worked for Magnolia Petroleum Company, the Galveston News, and the Beaumont Journal . In 1935 he was appointed statehouse correspondent in Austin, and from 1941 to 1946 he served as intelligence officer in Puerto Rico, the Pacific and Japan. He le...

Hughes, Howard

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Clark, J. J.

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Petreco (Firm)

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Pan American Sulfur Company (PASCO)

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Welch, R. A. S.

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Scurlock, Ed

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