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Voyages and travels

 Subject
Subject Source: Sears

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ina Rogayle Franklin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AC-820
Abstract

Rogayle McGlothlin was born in 1940 and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. She became a business editor for the local newspaper, the Beaumont Enterprise and later wrote travel articles for several national magazines. This collection consists of negative slides that were taken diuring her many travel trips to places such as East Asia, Western Europe, Central America, and North America.

Dates: c. 1980s-1990s

Looney Family Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: AC-603
Abstract

Wilber C. Looney was a prominent businessman in Beaumont, Texas. When he retired he was a manager in southeast Texas for Westinghouse Electric Corp. He and his wife, Thyrza, a well-known local interior designer, resided at a now-historic home on North Eleventh and Toccoa Streets. Known then as the Vaughn House, the couple restored this Victorian cottage into a plantation-style mansion in 1948.



Dates: 1930-2011