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Rice University

 Organization

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 438
Overview The Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory collection provides an overview of the chemical engineering program housed within the building’s walls for over seventy years. Faculty research, class papers, and program accreditation materials forming the bulk of the collection, with event programs, photos, and memorabilia offering more insight into the program’s culture.
Dates: 1948 - 2018

CERCL (Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning) records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 258
Overview The collection consists of documentation of CERCL activities, such as submissions to a high school essay contest, event flyers, two oral history interviews, and extensive coverage of Hip-Hop relatved classes and events.
Dates: 2009 - 2022

Dr. William H. Masterson Controversy records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 068
Overview Oral history interviews (tapes, cd's, transcripts), news releases, photographs, color slides, publications, campus directories, student papers relating to the five-day controversy which arose on the campus of Rice University in February 1969 following the appointment of Dr. William H. Masterson by the Board of Trustees as the university’s new President to succeed Kenneth Pitzer, who had resigned in August 1968.
Dates: bulk 1969

Engraved printing plates of Rice University scenes

 Collection
Identifier: UA 417
Overview Over the years, Rice University has changed, expanding what began as a cluster of buildings to the developed campus it boasts today. The printing plates in this collection showcase Rice's changes to buildings and landscapes through the years, as well as several important historical figures.
Dates: 1912 - 1980

Floyd Seyward Lear papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0335
Overview The papers of medieval historian Dr. Floyd Seyward Lear include correspondence, departmental and university reports and memoranda, teaching materials, research notes, and a variety of memorabilia, including photographs which document his long tenure at Rice University (1925-1975) as well as the history of the University itself.
Dates: 1881 - 1975

Fondren Library Planning Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 210
Overview Records reflecting the business of the Fondren Library Planning Committee, which explored and planned a redesign of the library at Rice University, 1993-1999.
Dates: 1993 - 1999

George R. Miner, Jr. Rice memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 360
Overview The George R. Miner, Jr. Rice memorabilia collection focuses on Rice University athletics. It contains mostly photographs of athletes, coaches, along with action shots of various sports, the majority concerning football. There are also photographs and memorabilia of team reunions, the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame, and Rice alumni events.
Dates: 1926 - 2002

NSF ADVANCE Project for Institutional Transformation of Rice University records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 330
Overview The collection consists of materials created by participants in the NSF-funded ADVANCE Project, which was undertaken to increase the participation of women faculty and faculty of color in the departments of science, technology, engineering, and math at Rice University. There are records of meetings, surveys, workshops, research articles, and electronic versions of sponsored events.
Dates: 2004 - 2010

Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 460
Overview Records reflecting the annual activity of the Office of International Students and Scholars, including annual reports, enrollment reports, statistical reports, and other publications, photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia.
Dates: 1987 - 2022

Ray Watkin Strange Research Materials for "William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute"

 Collection
Identifier: MS 465
Overview This material covers the architectural career of the Ms. Strange's father, William Ward Watkin, including his private architecture practice and well as his relationship with Rice Institute as Supervising Architect, touching briefly on his personal life. The material was gathered by Ms. Strange and much of it served as research for the book: William Ward Watkin and The Rice Institute by Patrick James Nicholson (published 1991 by Gulf Pub. Co.).
Dates: 1917-1985