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Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Texas Mexico Border Campaign at Camp Stewart photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 0085
Overview
The collection consists of photographs of Camp Stewart at El Paso, Texas, and the infantry- and
cavalry-men stationed there in 1916 for the Pershing Expedition in pursuit of
Pancho Villa. There are two large framed panoramic views of the camp layout
and a scrapbook of 148 mostly sepia snapshots.
Dates:
1916 - 1917
The Ku Klux Klan in Texas papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0727
Overview
This collection consists of a photograph, correspondence, and a book relating to the Ku Klux Klan Texas chapter and Rice.
Dates:
1922 - 1925
U.S. Army and Navy letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0149
Scope and Contents
While the letters are on a number of different topics, many deal with the Sterling Debenture Corporation and stock offerings in the American Telegraphone Corporation. The corporation was founded in 1903 to manufacture the Telegraphone, a magnetic sound recording device invented by Danish engineer Valdemar Poulson. Although several hundred machines were bought by curious scientists, the product was not a commercial success.
Dates:
1828 - 1910
U.S. Civil War National Cemetery letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0264
Abstract:
This collection consists of twenty-one letters from various U.S. Civil War military departments to other U.S. military departments, regarding various aspects relating to national cemeteries. These aspects include: the location, construction and inspection of national cemeteries, requests for materials and proposed costs, and reports of appointments and comments of national cemetery superintendents.
Dates:
1867 - 1891
WIlliam Marsh Rice as a young man, copy of oil painting
Item — item: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of framed paintings,framed and unframed drawings, prints, sculptures, and other artworks donated to the Woodson Research Center/Rice University archives.
Dates:
1912 - 2012
World War I Ellington Field Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0698
Overview
Scrapbook contains images of aviation training at Ellington Field, a bombing and gunnery school located about 15 miles from Houston. The photographs show a wide range of camp life and training. They include individual officers in uniforms with a variety of aviation insignia, individuals in leather flight jackets and helmets, Curtis Jenny airplanes on the ground and in flight, pilots flying aircraft, and many bird's-eye views of the field and the surrounding area, particularly of Houston....
Dates:
1918