Oral history interviews (tapes, cd's, transcripts), news releases, photographs, color slides, publications, campus directories, student papers relating to the five-day controversy which arose on the campus of Rice University in February 1969 following the appointment of Dr. William H. Masterson by the Board of Trustees as the university’s new President to succeed Kenneth Pitzer, who had resigned in August 1968.

Records reflecting the official business of the Presidential Search Committee, 1984-1985, including documentation of student, faculty, and alumni input; nominations; candidate files; and white paper preparation. This search resulted in the hire of George Rupp as President of Rice University.

The collection consists of records representing the official business of the committee that selected Malcolm Gillis as the sixth president of Rice University. The records include committee membership, correspondence, 120 candidate files, input from faculty, staff, and students.