mss. Manuscript collections
Record Group
Identifier: mss
Woodson Research Center collections of family papers, corporate records, individuals' papers and collections, not including Rice University Archives.
Found in 842 Collections and/or Records:
1992 Republican National Convention, Houston Host Committee records
Collection
Identifier: MS 562
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the official guide and calendar, the Houston Chronicle special convention edition, and numerous give-aways and souvenirs.
Dates:
1992
Aaron Martin U.S. Civil War letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 031
Abstract:
Correspondence from Aaron Martin to his family regarding personal matters, the U.S. Civil War, and army life.
Dates:
1862 - 1865
Abolición de la esclavitud / Abolition of Slavery in Mexico broadside
Collection
Identifier: MS 1025
Overview
This collection contains a broadside distributed across the Republic of Mexico by the Mexican Congress in 1837, decreeing the abolition without exception of all slavery in all of the Republic.
Dates:
1837-04-05
Addendum to Jones Family and Personal papers (also Audrey Jones Beck materials)
Unprocessed
Identifier: 2022.152
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Correspondence with Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling
Collection
Identifier: MS 305
Abstract:
The collection consists of 3 folders of correspondence dating from 1803-1810, between British Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth as Naval Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica and Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling (1760-1833), Resident Commissioner at Jamaica relating to repairs to ships, stores, defenses and surveys.
Dates:
1803 - 1810
Alan Dugald McKillop papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 269
Overview
Professional papers, manuscript notes and personal correspondence of Alan Dugald McKillop, Professor of English, Rice University. Included in the collection are: James Thomson letters (photocopies); Samuel Richardson letters (photocopies); Aaron Hill letters; typescripts of articles; reviews of McKillop's books; reviews by McKillop; offprints by McKillop, offprints of other authors (most autographed).
Dates:
1921 - 1972
Alan Lipman (BBYO) Programs
Collection
Identifier: MS 864
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) event programs from Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) and B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG), as well as event programs from Sigma Alpha Rho. The programs were donated by Alan Lipman and span from 1970-1982.
Dates:
1970 - 1982