student-life. Rice University student life
Record Group
Identifier: student-life
Archival records of student life from residential colleges, clubs, sports, publications, and more.
Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:
Office of Admissions recruitment booklets
Collection
Identifier: UA 456
Overview
This collection mainly consists of recruitment booklets from the Office of Admissions.
Dates:
1956 - 2010
Oren Arnold Manuscript and Galleys of "The Golden Chair"
Collection
Identifier: MS 0023
Abstract:
This collection contains the typescript and galley proofs of the book "The Golden Chair", winner of the Southwest Literary Award. It was published by Elsevier Press in 1954. Mr. Arnold is a former student of Rice University where he was editor of the student newspaper the "Thresher" and president of the Writers Club. He was also Rice correspondent for the "Houston Chronicle."
Dates:
1954
Otto Eisenlohr Rice Institute letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 536
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
Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) Undergraduate and Alumnae records
Collection
Identifier: UA 059
Overview
The collection consists of scrapbooks, minute books, financial records, and other materials relating to the founding and operation of both the Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) undergraduate group and the alumnae group, 1927-2002. OWLS was founded in 1924.
Dates:
1927 - 2010
Pallas Athene Literary Society records
Collection
Identifier: UA 212
Overview
The Pallas Athene Literary Society (PALS) was formed in 1919 when the Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society (EBLS) split and was an active organization at Rice until 1966 when it disbanded. The records consist of a ledger book containing minutes of the society’s meetings (September 23, 1924 – May 14, 1929), newspaper clippings pertaining to various members and alumnae, and several programs and pamphlets of the society’s activities.
Dates:
1919 - 1968
Pender Turnbull papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 437
Overview
The collection consists of personal correspondence, food and drink recipes of Pender Turnbull, Rice Institute graduate and librarian. Photographs of the Rice campus, buildings, faculty, and student activities are also included.
Dates:
1913-1983
Rice Institute Dramatic Club records
Collection
Identifier: UA 035
Overview
The collection includes scripts from the 1920s as well as programs, ephemera, and photographs. In addition there are newsclippings and a ledger beginning in 1931 and continuing through 1934 containing lists of members, committee assignments, and minutes of meetings.
Dates:
1917 - 1950
Rice Institute Photographs of Special Occasions
Collection
Identifier: UA 349
Overview
The collection consists of 284 8” by 10” black and white photographs of special occasions at Rice Institute, chiefly baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies. The photographs were collected by Captain James A. Baker and were presented in May 1960 to the Rice Institute Library in memory of Captain and Mrs. Baker by the Baker family.
Dates:
1912 - 1946
Rice Memorial Center records
Collection
Identifier: UA 351
Abstract
These records mainly include information on the construction of the Ley Student Center, renovations of the Rice Memorial Center, and art exhibits.
Dates:
1962 - 2012