Rice University

Abstract: This record group contains all the records of the Rice University $33 Million Campaign Office. Included are proposals, requests, reports, correspondence, brochures, and newsletters produced during the campaign.

Overview The collection consists of records of the Engineering Department (subsequently the George R. Brown School of Engineering) including annual reports, personnel files having to do with faculty promotion, and a summary of grants and contracts (1981-1986). There are also graduate rosters and directories of Rice Engineering alumni. Visual and audio items pertain to civil engineering, chemical engineering, environmental science and civil engineering, and content from Board of Trustees minute books...

Overview These administrative files of the Rice University History Department reflect the daily business of the department, including meeting minutes, memos, correspondence, program and committee files, faculty files, Rorschach Lecture files and CHLI project files. This material begins with the 1960s and goes through the 1980s, when the department was significantly expanded.

Abstract This collection highlights the founding of the Jones School and its daily business from 1974-2013. Records contain information relating to the school's history, bylaws, directories, correspondence, press releases, awards. It also contains items regarding fundraising, projects, lectures and seminars, and various corporate and individual contributors to the school. The collection also features documents from various Rice University professors and administrators with ties to the Jones School.

Overview Records reflecting the daily business of the Rice University Office of Admissions, including expense reports for faculty travel and for department spending, application records from potential faculty and graduate students, recruiting and documentation on incoming students.

Overview This collection contains Homecoming and Reunions publications and ephemera from the Office of Alumni Affairs from 1974-2021.

Overview These records document the daily business of the Office of the Provost, Rice University. This material was transferred from the Office of the Provost in 2011, and contains records from circa 1980-2008, spanning the tenures of many Provosts, including Gordon (1980-1985), Lane (1986-1993), Kinsey (1993-1994), Auston (1994-1999), Minter (1999), and Levy (2000-2010).

Overview The collection consists of working papers, meeting minutes, committee reports, and website materials generated during the process that created the Faculty Senate as the system of governance at Rice University.

Overview This collection contains correspondence, departmental records, course preparation materials, and course assistant records relating to Thomas A. Rabson’s career as professor of electrical engineering at Rice University. Also included are conference materials, reference materials, energy research studies and reports, and information concerning Dr. Rabson’s grant proposals, consultation with energy and electronics corporations, and expertise in lasers and ferroelectric thin films.