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Red Bale / Percy Arthur Rice Institute football memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 224
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 consists of Rice Institute football scrapbooks, correspondence, team photographs, and sports memorabilia.

Dates

  • 1925 - 2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site 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.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Red Bale/Percy Arthur Memorabilia Collection, UA 224, must be obtained from Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Sketch

Percy Arthur was Captain of the 1934 Rice Institute football team and participated in the Rice Owls first Southwestern Conference championship in 1934. Previously Arthur had been captain of the 1929 Reagan High School football team. Following graduation from Rice, he attended Columbia University, receiving a master’s degree in education and in 1936 returned to Rice as assistant football coach. Later he became South Texas Agency manager for the Southland Life Insurance Company. He married Ivy Arthur Bale in 1940.

Allen “Red” Bale was Percy Arthur’s football teammate and college roommate. He coached at Rice University and became an athletic director there. He married Ivy Arthur Bale, Percy Arthur’s widow, in 2000.

Extent

4 Linear Feet ( (4 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Overview

This collection consists of Rice Institute football scrapbooks, correspondence, team photographs, and sports memorabilia.

Acquisition Information

Received from "Froggy" Williams October 2009.
Title
Guide to the Red Bale / Percy Arthur Rice Institute football memorabilia collection, 1925-2008
Status
Completed
Date
2011
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