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Rice University Will Rice College Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0073
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

It is an extensive collection of college documents, publications, minutes, including constitution and by-laws, as well as correspondence files, news clippings and theatrical information and social activities created and maintained by residents of Will Rice College. Dates range from 1957-2013.

Dates

  • Creation: 1957 - 2017

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Will Rice College Records must be obtained from Woodson Research Center.

Historical Sketch

Will Rice College is named for William M. Rice, Jr., the nephew and namesake of the founder, a Houston businessman, and trustee of the Institute from 1899 until his death in 1944. Rice was the chairman of the board of trustees from 1941 until 1944. Will Rice College includes South Hall, the first dormitory built at Rice. It was part of Residential Group Number One until this was partitioned when the residential college system was adopted.

Will Rice was opened in 1912 and became one of the men's colleges in 1957. It went co-ed in 1977.

Extent

20.25 Linear Feet (40 boxes + oversize materials)

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1.25 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0073aip_014 (1.25 GB))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract:

Documents, publications, minutes, including constitution and by-laws, as well as correspondence files, news clippings and theatrical information and social activities created and maintained by residents of Will Rice College. Will Rice was opened in 1912 and became one of the men's colleges in 1957. It went co-ed in 1977.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The source and date of the original material is unknown. The 1957-61 material was received May 3, 1996. November 1, 2000, 8 large record storage boxes were received from CeCe King, College Coordinator. Additional materials dating from 1958-1968 were acquired in January 2005. Joyce Courtois, College Coordinator, donated materials over the summer of 2013.

Related Material

See Rice University Archives for records of other Rice University residential colleges. Contact Woodson Research Center staff for assistance.

Processing Information

Finding aid prepared by Lee Pecht and Sharon Link in 2001. Updates to the finding aid by Anthony Potoczniak in 2005 and Norie Guthrie in 2013.

Title
Guide to the Rice University Will Rice College Records, 1957-2017
Status
Completed
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