J. Russell Wait Port of Houston papers, 1927-1962.

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J. Russell Wait Port of Houston papers, 1927-1962.

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Correspondence, briefs, reports, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks, photos, and other papers, relating to Wait's work as director of the port of Houston (Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District) and engineering consultant and to his personal life. Includes material relating to Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Houston Ship Channel, World War II, and Japan.

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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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....

Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District

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Brazos River Harbor Navigation District

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