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Collection
Identifier: MS 0568
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, periodicals, books, and biographical sketches related to the Koelsch families.
Dates:
1812 - 2019
Collection
Identifier: MS 0840
Abstract
This collection contains materials from a large scrapbook created, primarily, by Phyllis Kaufman's father, Norman Belasco, which documents some of his twenty year career with NASA from 1963 to 1983, including correspondence, certificates, awards, diplomas, news clips, patents, and photographs. The collection also includes ten photographs from Phyllis's time as an instructor at I. Weiner Secondary School in Houston, including a panoramic photograph of a group of students on a trip to...
Dates:
1954 - 2005
Collection
Identifier: MS 1015
Abstract
Three boxes containing photographs (wedding, family, events), a photo album, materials in support of political candidates, awards/certificates, correspondence, newsletters, news clippings, books, and school report cards document activities undertaken by members of the Plotkin family from 1945 to 2017.
Dates:
1945 - 2017
Collection
Identifier: MS 1077
Abstract
This collection is made up of two boxes containing bulletins and programs, committee and board documents, correspondence, directories and yearbooks, financial records, publications, and writings from Steven Plumb ranging from 1968 to 2015.
Dates:
1968 - 2015
Collection
Identifier: MS 0060
Abstract:
The personal papers of Edgar Odell Lovett, first President of Rice Institute, span almost his entire life. The collection has material about his education at UVA and in Europe, his career at Princeton, his hiring by the Board of Trustees of the Rice Institute, and extensive personal correspondence with friends and societies he was involved with throughout his life. The collection also includes reprints of articles and speeches written by Lovett throughout his life.
Dates:
Bulk, 1908-1946 1871-1957; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1946
Collection
Identifier: MS 0730
Abstract
The holding consists of books (both written and owned by Rabbi Schachtel), unpublished sermons and miscellaneous writings, musical compositions, correspondence, newsclippings, transparencies, photographs (both loose and contained in scrapbooks), and architectural drawings and specifications. Also included are records, cassette tapes and reels containing recordings of Rabbi Schachtel speaking on the radio, and memorabilia related to President Lyndon B. Johnson, such as a telegram laminated to...
Dates:
circa 1935-2001
Collection
Identifier: MS 0413
Abstract
Houston-born Ralph Anderson Jr. (1923-1990) studied architecture at Rice Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in 1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1943 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded and awarded a medal for his bravery. After the war, he returned to Rice and continued his studies in architecture. He joined the architectural firm of Wilson, Morris and Crain and eventually rose to become a partner and later president of the company. The papers cover a...
Dates:
1860-1989; Majority of material found within
Collection
Identifier: MS 0506
Abstract
The collection consists of the personal papers of Houston philanthropist Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange (1915-2011). The collection includes correspondence, financial, business and estate records and personal memorabilia of Ray Strange. Her father, William Ward Watkin, was Supervising Architect during the construction of the original Rice Institute campus and later the Dean of Architecture at Rice. Mrs. Strange was a friend and generous donor to Rice University for many years. The papers and...
Dates:
1912-2009
Collection
Identifier: MS 0465
Abstract
This material covers the architectural career of the Ms. Strange's father, William Ward Watkin, including his private architecture practice and well as his relationship with Rice Institute as Supervising Architect, touching briefly on his personal life. The material was gathered by Ms. Strange and much of it served as research for the book: William Ward Watkin and The Rice Institute by Patrick James Nicholson (published 1991 by Gulf Pub. Co.).
Dates:
1917-1985
Collection
Identifier: MS 0258
Abstract
The collection consists of a variety of materials relating to Raymond Brochstein’s philanthropic gifts and service to Rice University, as well as a certificate of recognition in his career as an architect.
Dates:
1996 - 2014
