Foster, Marcellus Elliot, papers, 1920, 1925

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Foster, Marcellus Elliot, papers, 1920, 1925

The Marcellus Elliot Foster Papers, 1920, 1925, consist of a book and two letters from Foster to his wife Clare C. Foster.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8086825

University of Texas Libraries

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Houston chronicle (Houston, Tex.)

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Foster, Clare C.

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Foster, Marcellus E. (Marcellus Elliott), 1870-

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Born in Pembroke, Kentucky, Marcellus Elliot Mefo Foster (1870-1942) and his parents, Mariella and Marcellus, moved to Huntsville, Texas, in 1873. Foster graduated from Sam Houston Normal Institute (now Sam Houston State University) in 1890. Five years later, he joined the Houston Post, working alongside William Sydney Porter, known best as O. Henry. In 1899, he became the youngest editor of a Texas newspaper. Two years later, he left the Post to found the Houston Chronicle . Using ...

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 ...