20. Rice University faculty and administrative records

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Journals, scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs by and about Julian and Juliette Huxley, covering family life; travels on behalf of UNESCO and for other research and personal purposes to Africa, Australia, and Europe; awards and honors; and academic and creative writing.

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The Herbert Allen papers include personal holdings, including biographical information, honors and awards, and personal correspondence. In addition papers dealing with his professional activities and patents are included, as are those dealing with his involvement with Rice University. Allen was an inventor and mechanical engineer who graduated from Rice Institute in 1929 where he later served on the Board of Governors and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

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This collection contains Dr. F. Curtis Michel’s space science materials including correspondence, academic talks, notes, papers, plots, proposals, and information regarding numerous conferences and symposia from all over the world.

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This collection contains educational materials including manuscripts and visuals for books on architectural construction methods. Also included are "A Walking Tour of Rice University" glass plate negatives (c. 1912-1950) given to Morehead by William Ward Watkin for use in Morehead’s construction class. The collection also contains many photographs and slides of buildings and unique architecture at Rice University.

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This collection consists of engineering lecture notes of Robert C. Minnick, a professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, for the years 1971-1973. The collection comprises 1.25 linear feet (1 box).

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This collection contains a letter from Herbert Hoover to J. Hugh Jackson, Dean of Stanford University, informing him that Hoover nominated him for the Presidency of the Rice Institute.

Abstract Correspondence, typescripts, printed material, news clippings, photographs, books, memorabilia, dating 1891 to 1972 and covering family and professional life of James Chillman, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Fine Arts at the Rice Institute and the first director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Many of the transcripts of his radio show "Art is Fun" are in the collection along with a thorough photographic history of his family and career. A large number of news articles are featured...

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Records reflecting the official business of the Shepherd School Dean Search Committee, 2002-2003, including documentation of faculty input, correspondence, candidate evaluations, potential candidate information, and candidate files.

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The papers include posters made for the History 251 class in the spring of 2012 about life in Rio de Janeiro.

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These papers contain letters, e-mails, lectures, pamphlets, notes, and administrative papers relating to the Academic career of Gale Stokes from 1965 to 2012.