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Rice University School of Architecture records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0285
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of the School of Architecture (known as the Department of Architecture until the name was changed on September 19, 1965) including historical material, Announcements, Annual Reports, brochures, publications, and news clippings pertaining to the School of Architecture and its related activities and organizations.

Dates

  • 1916 - 2001

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the Rice University School of Architecture records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Rice School of Architecture, also referred to as Rice Architecture was established in 1912 as the Department of Architecture. The School of Architecture’s faculty consists of about twenty full-time architectural practitioners, historians, and theoreticians, supplemented by visiting scholars, critics, and fellows. Rice Architecture is the smallest professional degree program situated within a top research university, allowing individual attention with the breadth of study afforded by a major university. For more infomration visit: https://arch.rice.edu/

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Records of the School of Architecture (known as the Department of Architecture until the name was changed on September 19, 1965) including historical material, Announcements, Annual Reports, brochures, publications, and news clippings pertaining to the School of Architecture and its related activities and organizations.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from Rice University Information Files (UA 361) on February 20, 2004.

Related Archivial Materials

See also: Rice University Archives. Dean of Architecture Records (O. Jack Mitchell) UA 022.

Subjects

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Rice University School of Architecture records
Status
Completed
Author
Mary Tobin
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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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Physical Address: 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892