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Mrs. Oliver P. Harris (C. P. Harris) Collection
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Correspondence

1-1: Letters from 1934

1-2: Letters from 1935

January 3 - December 26 about Texas Club and cooking

January 3 - letter from A. Garland Adair to Mrs. Oliver Harris
January 4 - letter from Dudley F. McCohllum to Mrs. McLendon
January 13 - letter from Dudley F. McCohllum to Mr. and Mrs. Harris
January 26 - handwritten dictation on Mama’s Treasures
May 17 - letter from A.L. Eads to Mrs. Harris
September 24 - letter from Mary Ellis Arnes to Mrs. Harris
September 27 - letter from Betty Crocker to Mrs. Harris (cooking recipe)
October 2 - letter from Helen Gladstone to Mrs. Harris (cooking recipe)
October 7 - letter from Helen Kurx to Mrs. Harris
October 8 - letter from Bonnie May Leary to Mrs. Harris
October 9 - letter from Upton Close to Mrs. Harris
October 9 - letter from (unknown) to Mrs. Harris (blue parchment)
October 11 - letter from Joe Betsy Allred
October 18 - letter from Mrs. W.W. White to Mrs. Harris
October 28 - two-page letter from New Smic to (unknown possibly Mrs. Harris?)
October 29 - letter from Mrs. W.T. Martin to Mrs. Harris
November 8 - letter to Mrs. Harris (from ?)
November 21 - letter from Virginia J. Lodge to Mrs. Harris
November 22 - letter from Frances Lee Barton to Mrs. Harris
November 25 - letter from Grace Ellis to Harris
December 10 - letter from Prudence Penny to Mrs. Harris
December 26 - letter from John M. Oskison to Mrs. Harris

1-3: Letters from 1936

January 13 - December 4 (discussing Texas Club, food menus, recipes, etc.)

January 13 - letter from K. Deakins to Mrs. Harris
January 30 - letter from Edith M. Barber to Mrs. Harris
March 7 - letter from Charles Muhlbauer to Mrs. Harris
March 17 - letter from George Henry Fox to Mrs. Harris
March 23 - letter from Mary A. Harris to Mrs. Harris
March 31 - letter from D.I. Lister to Mr. L. E. Martin
April 2 - letter from Noble Foster Hoggson to Mrs. Harris
April 4 - letter from Dudley McCollum to Mrs. Harris
April 6 - letter from G. L. Lister to Mrs. Harris
April 7 - letter from E. Nolan to Mrs. Harris
April 10 - letter from G. L. Lister to Mrs. Harris
April 23 - letter from Ayres Compton to Mrs. Harris
June 1 - letter from Margaret Bell Houston to Mrs. Harris
June 18 - letter from Anabel P. McCallum to Mrs. Harris
July 9 - letter from Douglas Silver to Mrs. Harris
July 12 - letter from George Henry Fox to Mrs. Harris
September 30 - letter from Margaret Bell Houston to Mrs. Harris
November 5 - letter from Margaret Bell Houston to Mrs. Harris
December 3 - letter from Maury H. B. Paul to Mrs. McLendon
December 4 - letter from Hazel Griggs to Mrs. Harris

1-4: Letters from 1937

January 7 - October 22 (Texas Club, personal, etc.)

January 25 - letter from Caris T. Beale to Mrs. Harris with an attached letter Beale wrote to Miss Mitchelle. Newspaper clippings on Edmond Ruffin on which Edmond Beale planes the party and other clippings on Beale.
February 3 - letter from Mrs. Harris to Miss Harbor
March 20 - letter from Jean Guthia to Mrs. Harris
March 21 - letter from Dorothy Kendrick Percy to Mrs. Harris
April 2 - letter from Mrs. Harris to Margaret Beale Houston
April 17 - letter from Arno B. Cammerer to Mrs. Harris
April 21 - letter from Dan Milian to Mrs. Harris
July 7 - letter from Ruth C. to Mrs. Harris
September 3 - letter from Mary E. Woolley to Mrs. Harris (Peoples Mandate Committee)
September 17 - letter from Mary E. Woolley to Mrs. Harris
October 22 - letter from Louise H. G. to Mrs. Harris
Undated - to Oliver from?

1-5: Letters from 1938

January 29 - November 2 (including NBC brochure 1938)

January 29 - letter from Rector to Mrs. Harris
March 25 - letter from Mrs. D. F. Houston to Mrs. Harris
Undated handwritten letter from ? to Mrs. Harris
April 14 - letter from Clay Morgan with two attached front row tickets of “Outstanding Sports Events” NBC Blue and Red Networks radio advertisement in the shape of ticket stub
from National Broadcasting Company “High in Sport” brochure of the times and dates of
sports broadcast throughout the country 1938
Fashion digest magazine circa 1938 with a letter from the publisher to Mrs. Harris
mentioning Mrs. Harris is referenced in the magazine
May 9 - letter from the Governor of signed by Texas James V. Allred to Mrs. Harris
October 17 - letter from the Eloise Davison Mrs. Harris
October 18 - letter from the Frances Lee Barton to Mrs. Harris
October 19 - letter from ….? to Mrs. Harris
November 2 - letter from Nancy Holmes to Mrs. Harris

1-6: Letters from 1939-1950

January 20 - letter from W.H. Cousins from Mrs. Harris
Recipe from Walt Cousins Sr.
Membership Card Hospitality Panel from the National Advisory Committee on women’s
Participation New York World’s Fair 1940

Miscellaneous

2/1
Seven miscellaneous thank you letters to Mrs. Harris (Undated)

2/2
Howell’s Antiques Card from Beaumont, Texas
The Governor’s Ball Invitation 1936 Texas Centennial Special Train
Cookie recipe written on the back of a partial piece of letter from R. W. Swift, October 3, 1885
A handwritten manuscript of an article for Susie Barton's shower with typed note FRAGILE
Founder Member Certificate from New York American Homemaker’s Club, New York Chapter
2 notes of peoples address
5 pages handwritten, "Memories of Experiences of an Oldtime News Agent, Henry Spofford (sp?)

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Clippings of recipes from newspapers and magazines, and handwritten ones by Ma Harris.

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Miscellaneous magazine articles. 1933-1938

Mrs. Oliver P. Harris (C. P. Harris) Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1172
  • Collection
  • 1934-1950; Undated

This collection contains personal correspondence between the President of the Texas Club at Texas A&M and members. Along with Mrs. Oliver P Harris’s personal letters and papers, and references to social clubs and events during the 1930s.

Harris, Loula Bell