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Rice University Sid Richardson College records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 065
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586. Box 12 stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

Included are Council minutes and other college business, associate and orientation correspondence and documents, social events, dedication and anniversary files, news clippings, publications, theatrical files, correspondence, and photographs, as well as audio/visual media, posters, and T-shirts.

Dates

  • 1968 - 2018

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Box 12 stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Rice University Sid Richardson College Records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

History of Sid Richardson

Sid Richardson College was opened in 1971 as a men's residential college. It was funded by a $2 milion pledge from the Sid Richardson Foundation, which was established by Mr. Sid Richardson in 1947 for philanthropy in the State of Texas. The college was named in honor of Sid W. Richardson who was also an important leader in the oil and cattle industries. The college went co-ed in 1987.

Sid Richardson is the tallest building on Rice campus. Its high-rise construction met the problem of the University's rapidly declining land supply. It was designed by the firm of Neuhaus & Taylor.

Extent

15.25 Linear Feet ( (22 boxes) )

27.1 Megabytes (Nearline access: UA0065aip_001 (27.1 MB))

37.1 Megabytes (Nearline access: UA0065aip_002 (37.1 MB))

0.236 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0065aip_003 (0.236 GB))

0.377 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0065aip_004 (0.377 GB))

0.238 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0065aip_005 (0.238 GB))

1.2 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0065aip_006 (1.2 GB))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Included are Council minutes and other college business, associate and orientation correspondence and documents, social events, dedication and anniversary files, news clippings, publications, theatrical files, correspondence, and photographs, as well as audio/visual media, posters, and T-shirts. (20 boxes)

Acquisition Information

The records were transferred to the Woodson Research Center by Joan Whitney, January 13, 1992; Amy Nagy, February 5 and 12, 1992; Morgan McNeel, March 21, 2012 and January 2013.

Accruals

Additions are expected for this material in the future.

Related Material

See "The History of Student Life at Rice University: A Series of Papers," edited by Michael Raphael, 1990. See Rice University Archives for records of other Rice University residential colleges. Contact Woodson Research Center staff for assistance.

Creator

Title
Guide to the Rice University Sid Richardson College Records, 1969-2014
Status
Completed
Date
2014
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