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24. Rice University student life

 Record Group
Identifier: 24
Archival records of student life from residential colleges, clubs, sports, publications, and more.

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

Abbie Hoffman Incident oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0428
Abstract

This collection contains three interviews conducted by Anna Ta.

Dates: 2019

Rice University COVID-19 Student Memories Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0431
Abstract

Reflection entries submitted by students enrolled in Rice University courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dates: 2020

Otto Eisenlohr Rice Institute letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0536
Abstract:

Correspondence from Rice Institute student Otto Eisenlohr to his high school sweetheart and eventual wife, Gainor Roberts, regarding student life, academics and athletics at Rice Institute, and contemporary newsclippings and photographs.

Dates: 1915-1921

Rice University Association of Retired Rice University Faculty records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0430
Scope and Contents

This collection currently holds the Academic Memoirs Project, created by the Association of Retired Rice University Faculty, with one memoir created in 2020 by David McStravick, Mechanical Engineering.

Dates: 2020

Benjamin S. Melton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0309
Abstract:

This collection is composed of photographs and papers of the academic life of Benjamin S. Melton. It contains class reports and experiments submitted by Benjamin Melton when he was an engineering student at Rice Institute (later known as Rice University).

Dates: 1918 - 1979

Edwin N. Lunn World War I diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0283
Abstract:

Edwin N. Lunn graduated from Rice University in 1920. His diary was written between January 1918 and May 1919, and consists mostly of Lunn's personal feelings and accounts of experiences he had while attending Rice University.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

John McKnitt Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship Fund Presentation Parchment

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0059
Abstract

A two page document presenting a permanent scholarship for girls on behalf of the John McKnitt Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1922

Blanche Harding Sewall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0431
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, college materials, pamphlets and programs, materials related to the construction of Sewall residence and the Sewall's Japan trip. The dates for this collection range from 1847 to 1959 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1935 to 1948.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1847-1959

Wylie Vale architecture collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0625
Abstract

Architectural drawings and related records for residential architecture projects by Wylie Vale, Jr.

Dates: 1950 - 1951

Hugh R. McKean Rice Institute memoir

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0379
Abstract

This collection contains the autobiographical memoir of Hugh R. McKean, Rice Alumnus, class of 1922. The memoirs cover the early 20th century (through 1922) and for the most part describe the life of a farmer’s family in South Texas. A fair amount of the memoirs concern his years as a student, letterman, and Hohenthal Award winner at the Rice Institute. In addition, the memoirs provide McKean’s observations about events in Houston during the WWI era.

Dates: 1918 - 1922