Box 1
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Lecture notes by Davies on the history of Rice University (used for a slide presentation)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Dates:
1924 - 1966
"Last Lecture" of Davies (incomplete transcript) "Biology 100 Lecture on Evolution," Flyleaf, XVI, no. 4 (July 1966)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Dates:
1924 - 1966
Magnetic tape of Dr. Davies' lecture to Biology 100 on April 22, 1963 (called the "Hamlet" lecture)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Dates:
1924 - 1966
Curriculum vitae, correspondence, news clippings -1924-1966
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Dates:
1924 - 1966
2 x 2" transparencies: buildings, campus scenes; views of Rice University; some slides are labeled and some are described in Davies' lecture notes in folder 1, above
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Dates:
1924 - 1966
2 x 2" transparencies - (Addenda, 1982); approximately 160 transparencies including views of the campus, two "snow scene" sets (1948, 1960), and 1950s-era buildings, including the RMC (Rice Memorial Center).
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Dates:
1924 - 1966