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Rice University Friends of Fondren Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 178
Finding aid note: Boxes 1-36 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 Friends of Fondren Library Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, membership information, printed invitations, newsclippings, lectures, budgets, photographs, typescripts, notes, and pamphlets regarding business and events held by the Friends from 1950 to 2021.

Dates

  • 1950 - 2021

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.

Biographical/Historical Note

Founded a year after the Fondren Library was built, The Friends of Fondren Library gathered together under a common interest to see the library grow and expand. The members early on decided to create the Flyleaf in order to increase membership and to acquire the funds necessary to increase and to improve the resources of the library. A collection of thirty French scientific monographs presented in the name of the French Government was the first recorded gift to the Fondren Library through the Friends organization.Today, the Friends continue to promote growth for the library through events such as the Friends of Fondren Gala and receptions honoring Rice authors, composers, and editors.

Extent

30.5 Linear Feet (35 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Friends of Fondren Library Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, membership information, printed invitations, newsclippings, lectures, budgets, photographs, typescripts, notes, and pamphlets regarding business and events held by the Friends from 1950 to 2021.

Arrangement

These records are arranged in twelve series titled as follows:

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Board
  2. Series II: Correspondence
  3. Series III: Events
  4. Series IV: Financial
  5. Series V: Flyleaf
  6. Series VI: General
  7. Series VII: Mailings/Examples of Printings
  8. Series VIII: Photographs
  9. Series IX: Business and Events
  10. Series X: Events
  11. Series XI: Awards
  12. Series XII: Addenda

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Friends of Fondren Library Records, 1950-2019
Status
Completed
Author
Lee Pecht
Date
2019
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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