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Chapman, Betty Trapp

 Person

Biography

Betty Trapp Chapman was born on October 18, 1936, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Charles Wilson and Mamie Elizabeth Trapp. She moved to Houston in 1959 for a teaching position in Spring Branch Independent School District. She married Billy Klingman Chapman in 1960; they have two daughters. She has been an independent historian and freelance writer since 1989 and has written several books, including "Historic Houston" and "The Rough Road to Justice: The Journey of Women Lawyers in Texas."

Source: "A Conversation with Betty Chapman." Houston Chronicle. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/A-conversation-with-Betty-Chapman-Houston-5204591.php

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Betty Trapp Chapman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-025
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Betty Trapp Chapman Papers
Dates: 2003-2009; Majority of material found within 2005-2007
Scope and Contents This collection contains Betty Trapp Chapman's research materials, notes, correspondence, and photographs related to the writing and publication of her book "The Rough Road to Justice: The Journey of Women Lawyers in Texas." The book was commissioned by the State Bar of Texas Committee for Women in the Profession in 2003 under the leadership of Ellen Elkins Grimes and funded in part by a grant from the State Bar Association as well as other donors. Materials are arranged by function, with...

Houston Business Journal Collection of "Houston Heritage" Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2026-007
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Houston Business Journal Collection of "Houston Heritage" Clippings
Dates: 1990
Scope and Contents

This collection contains clippings of "Houston Heritage" articles from the Houston Business Journal, written primarily by Houston historian Betty Trapp Chapman. Other authors include Garvin Berry and Danni Sabato.

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Books 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Correspondence 1
Houston (Tex.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Houston (Tex.) -- History 1
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Houston (Tex.) -- Newspapers 1
Houston (Tex.)--Churches--History 1
Photographs 1
Texas -- History 1
Women lawyers 1
Women lawyers--Texas--History--20th century 1
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