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L. Ruth Wells Cahill Historical Letter

Collection

Identifier: UA 418

Overview The collection consists of a single letter written by L. Ruth Wells Cahill, describing her journey from her hometown of Shreve, Ohio through Chicago south to Houston by train, and speculation about plans for the incipient "Rice Institute" once she arrived there.

Dates: 1911-10-15

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Lack Family/Temple B'nai Israel [Victoria, TX] collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 902

Overview This collection is made up of one box containing administrative records, books, correspondences, news clippings, photographs, and programs from Temple B'nai Israel donated by the Lack Family, spanning from 1877-2019.

Dates: 1877 - 2019

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Lambiotte Family/Francis Poulenc archive

Collection

Identifier: MS 623

Overview The Lambiotte Family/Francis Poulenc archive contains materials that document Poulenc's life and career during his long friendship with the Lambiotte family, a Belgian family with close ties of friendship to the composer. The collection includes autograph musical manuscripts, signed and inscribed printed musical scores, letters, photographs, publications, and ephemera. Dates for the collection range from 1920 to 1994, with bulk dates from 1920 to 1963.

Dates: 1920-1994; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1963

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 276

Overview These papers represent a broad view of Larry McMurtry’s literary career, including his collaborations with Diana Ossana. Handwritten notes, editorial correspondence, annotated typescripts, and production material show the creative process for McMurtry’s (and Ossana’s) novels, screenplays, teleplays, and essays. While many works are included here, Streets of Laredo and Dead Man’s Walk are among the most fully documented....

Dates: 1890 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2011

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Larry W. Bryant UFO research collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 915

Scope and Contents The Larry W. Bryant UFO research collection contains personal papers such as correspondence, photographs, and articles written by Larry Bryant, as well as papers from his participation in UFO organizations like MUFON and CAUS, including board meeting minutes, budget notes, and quarterly reports. A large section of the collection is devoted to Bryant’s research into ufology using court cases against the government and Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain files kept from...

Dates: 1920 - 2010

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Lasker Meyer family collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 746

Overview This small collection includes correspondence, certificates, dance programs, newsprint, photographs, and pamphlets pertaining to Lasker Meyer, his family, and the Foley’s department store chain that he ran until 1987.

Dates: 1921 - 1980

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Leonard M. Marsak Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 351

Abstract: This collection contains three typescripts of works produced by Marsak titled: Bernard de Fontenelle, Development of Science in Relation to Society, and French Philosophers.

Dates: 1961 and undated

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Lester Maddox letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 273

Overview This collection contains two typed letters from Lester Maddox, then-owner of The Pickrick, to Mr. J. Miller thanking him for his support in matters not clearly stated but related to civil rights. Both letters were written in 1964.

Dates: 1964

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Letters concerning the slave trade and the USS John Adams

Collection

Identifier: MS 083

Abstract This manuscript collection contains a series of letters written from Commander Levin M. Powell of the USS John Adams to Commodore George W. Storer. Powell comments on the ships supplies and condition, his sailing orders, and the slave trade, while the ship was off the coast of Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.

Dates: 1842-1849

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Letters of Orlando L. Poole and His Mother, 1839 and 1854

Collection

Identifier: MS 591

Abstract The collection consists of two handwritten letters.

Dates: 1839 and 1854

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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L. Ruth Wells Cahill Historical Letter

Lack Family/Temple B'nai Israel [Victoria, TX] collection

Lambiotte Family/Francis Poulenc archive

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Papers

Larry W. Bryant UFO research collection

Lasker Meyer family collection

Leonard M. Marsak Papers

Lester Maddox letters

Letters concerning the slave trade and the USS John Adams

Letters of Orlando L. Poole and His Mother, 1839 and 1854

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