Rice University

Abstract The collection consists of records and object memorabilia from participation by Rice University students in the national quiz tournament known as the College Bowl from 1966 to 2008. The paper records include lists of team member names, results of tournament competition, and scoring sheets from campus tournaments. The objects are trophies from 1982 (national runner-up) and 1991 (national first place), a plaque (1990 national fourth place), and the red electronic lights and activation box used...

Overview The Rice University Commencement files include programs, newsclippings and notes dating from the first commencement in 1916 up to the current day. A majority of the material has been digitized and is available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61371.

Abstract: This record group includes the minutes, memoranda, correspondence and reports generated by the Rice University Committee on Examinations and Standing.

Overview This material includes minutes of the Rice University Committee on Public Lectures' meetings, lists of lecturers, suggestions for speakers, administrative files, and in some cases, texts of the lectures themselves.

Overview This collection consists of the schedule of the commencement ceremony, a script of the ceremony, the seating plan, the marching order of faculty participants, a rain plan, a degree listing by candidates, and committee reports, most for the 1986 ceremony.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the construction of the Rice University campus from the initial engagement of the master plan architects in 1909 to the present time. Included are expense records, diagrams, photographs, newsclippings, and a small amount of correspondence.

Abstract: The collection consists of hearing abstracts of cases heard by the University Court.

Overview These records reflect the work of the Rice University Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies search committee in 2007.

Abstract This material reflects the daily business of the Dean of Natural Sciences under the leadership of G. King Walters, James Kinsey, and Kathleen Matthews. (19 boxes)

Abstract: Records created by or pertaining to the Dean of Students, including Honor Council cases and disciplinary records.