John T. McCants family papers and Rice Institute career remembrances
Content Description
This collection includes a scrapbook recording the retirement of J.T. McCants in 1953, as well as letters, family photographs, news clippings, birth certificates, diplomas, baseball scrapbooks, and other notes documenting life at Rice Institute and in Houston.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from this material should be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, at woodson@rice.edu.
Biographical / Historical
John Thomas McCants was bursar of Rice University. He came to Houston in 1910 as secretary to Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett two years before the Rice Institute opened. He served as secretary to the president, as an instructor, and as bursar before retiring in September 1953. He died in October 1967.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (1 document box, 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes photographs, diplomas, and other documents from the family of John T. McCants between ca. 1940 and 1969.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by sibings Carolyn McCants and Tom McCants, grandchildren of J.T. McCants, 2020.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the John T. McCants family papers and Rice Institute career remembrances
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Focke
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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