Rice University Boniuk Institute records
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the Boniuk Institute from its founding in 2004 as the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Reglious Tolerance to the current Boniuk Institute in 2019.
Dates
- Creation: 1995 - 2019
Conditions Governing Access
Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from the Boniuk Institute Records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical / Historical
The Boniuk Institute was founded in 2013 with a $28.5 million gift from Houston philanthropists Dr. Milton and Laurie Boniuk. It is an expansion of the Boniuk Center that was created at Rice in 2004 with a $5 million gift from the Boniuks. The Boniuk Center is dedicated to nurturing tolerance among people of all and no faiths, especially youth, and to studying the conditions in which tolerance and intolerance flourish. The Boniuk Institute’s expanded mission focuses on research, education, and community engagement.
Extent
17.25 Linear Feet (18 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The records document the Boniuk Institute from its founding in 2004 as the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Reglious Tolerance to the current Boniuk Institute in 2019.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in seven series: Administrative, Events, Financial, Audio/visual, Realia, and two addenda.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records were transferred from the administrative offices of the Boniuk Institute on April 29, 2016.
- Title
- Guide to the Rice University Boniuk Institute records, 2008-2019
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lee Pecht, Traci Patterson, Trevor Egerton
- Date
- 2016, 2018, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu