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Rice University Rice Institute library records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0012
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

The Records consist of early library records, including, correspondence with other university libraries, book lists, inventories of furniture and fixtures, and general correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1914 - 1952

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

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 Rice Institute library records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

During its first academic year the Rice Institute did not have a library, but in the second year that began September 1913, temporary quarters for the Institute’s library were provided on the second floor of the Administration Building [Lovett Hall]. The "temporary" library space became inadequate as early as 1921 overflowing into two additional floors and expanding to several departmental libraries in other buildings. In 1949, the library moved out of the Administration Building when Fondren Library was completed.

Extent

19 Linear Feet ( (30 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection consists of early library records, including, correspondence with other university libraries, book lists, inventories of furniture and fixtures, and general correspondence.

Acquisition Information

Received from Fondren Library, June 1988

Subject

Title
Guide to the Rice Institute Library records, 1914-1952
Status
Completed
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

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586