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Andrew Forest Muir to David Howell-Jones letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 081
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of photocopies of personal letters written by Andrew Forest Muir to David Howell-Jones from February to August 1958. The orginal letters have been lost. The letters were written while Muir was doing research on William Marsh Rice for the book "William Marsh Rice and His Institute: A Biographical Study." Many letters describe Muir's research process including where he did his research and the information he acquired.

Dates

  • 1958

Creator

Access restrictions

This material is open for research.

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Use restrictions

Permission to publish from the Andrew Forest Muir letters to David Howell-Jones collection, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical note

Andrew Forest Muir was born January 8, 1916 in Houston Heights, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1938) and a Master of Arts (1942) from Rice Institute, as well as a Ph.D. from the University of Texas (1949). While in Austin he taught at St. Luke’s school and tutored English at the University of Texas (1942-44), also serving as acting director of the San Jacinto Museum of History (1943-44). Muir next traveled to Hawaii where, from 1945 to 1949, he worked as a civilian employee for the U.S. Engineers in Honolulu, Hawaii, taught history at the Iolany School, and later was Educational Advisor to the Commanding General at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He served as an Assistant Professor of History at Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas, from 1951-53, before moving on to teach at the Polytechnic Institute, in San German, Puerto Rico for the 1953-54 academic year. Honored as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial fellow for 1957-58, he then joined the history department at Rice Institute in 1958.

David Howell-Jones received a B.A. in English from Rice in 1944, and a B.S. in organ from Juilliard in 1949. He was on the editorial staff of The Columbia Encyclopedia; a musician-editor for Columbia records; chief editor at the Unversity of Texas Press; and director of Vanderbilt University Press.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This is a collection of photocopies of personal letters written by Andrew Forest Muir to David Howell-Jones from February to August 1958. The orginal letters have been lost.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This material was donated by David Howell-Jones, 2007.

Related Materials

Andrew Forest Muir papers, MS 017, 1763-1969

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Andrew Forest Muir to David Howell-Jones letters, 1958
Status
Completed
Date
2015
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

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

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