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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:

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

E.V. Stevenson letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0380
Abstract

This collection consists of a letter written by E.V. Stevenson describing his time as a Rice Institute student in 1914-1915. He describes several professors and classes as well as the campus surroundings.

Dates: 1967

Claude Addison McElroy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0622
Abstract This material primarily consists of correspondence to and from Addison McElroy during the Second World War and immediately thereafter. Included are letters from his friends at Rice, giving insight into wartime life at the Institute. There is also an extensive number of letters from McElroy to his mother and her responses thereto. His naval service is detailed in his official personnel file and sets of orders to various duty stations, as well as material from his wartime service in the...
Dates: 1941-1947

Aristotle Demetrius Michal Mathematics class notes

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0392
Abstract:

This collection consists of the school notes of Aristotle D. Michal from when he attended Rice Institute from 1921-1925 while studying for his Ph. D. in Mathematics

Dates: 1921-1925

Edmund McAshan Dupree papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0448
Abstract

This collection includes photographs, certificates, news clippings, typescripts, and awards dealing for the most part with Edmund McAshan Dupree's undergraduate career at Rice Institute and his class’ 25th Anniversary Reunion in 1941.

Dates: 1902 - 1969

Harry Marshall Bulbrook Rice Institute correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0449
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to and from members of the 1916 Rice Institute class; also scattered letters from class of 1920 members. Bulbrook was a graduate of the 1916 class.

Dates: 1956-1974

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 Student memories records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0548
Abstract

Written memoirs and typed transcripts of interviews relating student experiences at Rice Institute, later Rice University, representing many of the classes between the years 1916 and 1976. Half of these materials are in the form of 50th reunion booklets arranged by class year, and half of them are individual student's memories arranged by the student's last name.

Dates: 1918-1986

Cal Dean Hill, Jr. and Virginia Lee Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0890
Abstract

This collection mainly contains Cal Dean Hill, Jr., Virginia Lee Smith, and their son Howard Hill documenting their time at Rice University.

Dates: 1941 - 1978

Isabella Gonzalez collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0928
Abstract

The Isabella Gonzalez collection mainly consists of materials collected and created by Gonzalez during her time at Rice University. A large portion of the collection is photographs, contact sheets, and negatives.

Dates: 2006 - 2017