Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
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