Eleanor Wakefield papers

Collection

Identifier: 2019-041

Staff Only

This collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting Eleanor’s experiences growing up and attending school in Houston during the early 20th century. The materials also document her family history as well as her contributed columns to the Houston Chronicle during the 1940s and 50s.

This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access, contact curator Vince Lee at velee@uh.edu.

Dates

1888-1970

Creator

Wakefield, Eleanor (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is not yet processed. Contact the curator to request access.

Extent

2 linear feet

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Eleanor Louise Wilson Wakefield was a fine arts columnist and women's news editor for the Houston Chronicle from the late 1930s through the 1950s. Wakefield was born on November 22, 1905. She was married to General Paul Louis Wakefield, who was also a Houston Chronicle reporter and assistant to Jesse H. Jones, the paper's publisher from 1926 to 1956. They were married January 24, 1928 and divorced December 22, 1946. They had one son together, Paul Sherwood Wakefield, on July 13, 1935. Eleanor Wakefield died in Houston on December 21, 1968.