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Rice University Commencement files

 Collection
Identifier: UA 342
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

The Rice University Commencement files include programs, newsclippings and notes dating from the first commencement in 1916 up to the current day. A majority of the material has been digitized and is available online at http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61371.

Dates

  • 1916-current

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. SStored offsite at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtrained through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

The Rice University Commencement Programs document Rice’s scholarly activities from the first graduating class in 1916 to the present. The programs and in some cases their accompanying documents detail trends in our history such as numbers and varieties of degrees granted. In more recent decades, names of graduates and dissertation titles are given.

Extent

8 Linear Feet ( (15 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The Rice University Commencement files include programs, newsclippings and notes dating from the first commencement in 1916 up to the current day. A majority of the material has been digitized and is available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61371.

Related Materials

Much of this material has been digitized and is available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61371.

Subjects

Record Groups

Related Names

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Rice University Commencement files, 1916-current
Status
Under Revision
Author
Mary Tobin
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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