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Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Miron / Berman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0839
Overview
One box of photographs, citizenship documentation, marriage and death records, correspondence, biographical information, education records, military paperwork, and family history and genealogy materials document the lives of some of the Miron / Berman family from 1924 to 1982.
Dates:
1924 - 1982
"On the Flogging of Women" commentary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0100
Overview
Document is an anonymous commentary on an article appearing in the February 28, 1827 edition of “The Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter” that discussed propositions put forward by Lord Bathurst for reforms in the treatment of enslaved people in the Colonies; in particular, a prohibition of the flogging of women, which failed to pass.
Dates:
1827
Partial Logbook of the Ship Leonidas
Collection
Identifier: MS 0570
Scope and Contents
The log covers the period February 10, 1827, through November 19, 1828, and contains daily reports at sea and in port. The initial pages, and those for the months of May and June 1827, are missing. Entries indicate that the ship departed from its usual Charleston to Boston route in August 1828 and sailed for New York, then to Vera Cruz, Mexico, arriving there three months later. The partial logbook contains approximately 60 pages and measures 11” x 16.25”.
Dates:
1827-1828
Rice University Association of Rice Alumni records
Collection
Identifier: UA 003
Abstract
This collection contains records and items related to the Association of Rice Alumni. It includes records and meeting minutes of various alumni committees and boards.
Dates:
1922 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1984
Rice University Director, Chao Center for Asian Studies search
Collection
Identifier: UA 0301
Overview
The materials were gathered during the 2007-2008 search for a Chao Center for Asian Studies director.
Dates:
2007 - 2008
Rice University Faculty offprints collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 0006
Abstract
Faculty offprints, reproductions of individual articles published in scholarly journals, written by Rice University professors, with publication dates ranging from 1897 to 2005.
Dates:
1897-2005
Richard and Sandra Lauderdale Graham Brazilian Chapbook and Slides Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0650
Overview
The collection consists of fifty-seven inexpensively produced booklets of verse
with woodblock print or photo image covers. The booklets are quarto size,
4-3/4” by 6-3/8”, and range in length from eight to forty-eight pages. The
content is in verse in stanzas of six, seven, eight, or ten lines.
The booklets are examples of a folk art known as literature de cordel, or
“string literature,” because of being attached to strings as a means of
displaying them for sale. The...
Dates:
circa 1960-1990
Shearith Israel Congregation collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 738
Overview
The collection contains six boxes of correspondence, event materials (including programs, correspondence, and memorabilia), newsletters, bulletins, news clippings, books, photographs, financial documents, sermons, and video and audio material of events that document the history of Shearith Israel Congregation in Wharton, Texas, from 1921 to 2002.
Dates:
1921 - 2002
"Sussex Owl" manuscript newspaper
Collection
Identifier: MS 0231
Abstract:
This is a 426-page handwritten newspaper, published from September-January, 1866-1867 on board the British troop ship Sussex during her maiden voyage from Kingstown, Ireland to Kurrachee, India [Karachi, Pakistan].
Dates:
1866 - 1867
Temple Freda [Bryan, TX] collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0811
Overview
The Temple Freda collection is made up of documents, photographs, and news clippings concerning one of the oldest religious buildings in Bryan, Texas. Though used for different things over the years, Temple Freda remains stalwart in its support for the Jewish community in Bryan, interacting with both congregation Beth Shalom, and the A&M Hillel in College Station.
Dates:
1912 - 2006