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Edmund McAshan Dupree papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0448
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

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

Creator

Access Restriction

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Edmund McAshan Dupree Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

Edmund McAshan Dupree was the first student to register at Rice Institute and was the recipient of the first degree in 1916. After graduation with a degree in Electrical Engineering he joined General Electric Company in New York and in 1922 established his own firm, Star Electric and Engineering Company, on April 1, 1922 in Houston, Texas.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 map drawer)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

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.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Edmund McAshan Dupree, August 1996.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Edmund McAshan Dupree papers, 1916-1969
Status
Completed
Author
Suellen Denton
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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