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Title	Letter from Gus S. Wortham to Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Finley
Author/Creator	Wortham, Gus S., 1891-1976
Original Date Created	1926
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	Handwritten letter from Gus S. Wortham asking Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Finley for permission to ask Lyndall Finley's hand in marriage. 5 pages written on Rice Hotel stationery.
Description.Abstract	Gus Sessions Wortham (1891-1976), businessman, civic leader, cattle rancher and philanthropist, served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of American General for almost five decades. He is also remembered for establishing the Wortham Foundation for support of cultural organizations and parks in Houston. In addition to the Wortham Theater Center, several other public places in Houston are named for Wortham, including Gus Wortham Park, Gus Wortham Memorial Fountain, Wortham Fountain at the Texas Medical Center, Wortham House (home of the University of Houston chancellor), Wortham IMAX Theater at the Museum of Natural Science, Wortham World of Primates at the Houston Zoo, and Wortham Tower in the American General Center.
Subject Categories	Wortham, Gus S., 1891-1976; Wortham, Elizabeth Lyndall Finley, 1892-1980;
Source	Forms part of the Gus S. Wortham family and business records (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms514.html), Box 2 folder 2 item 1, at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-1586).
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