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William Lukes Collection of Houston Photographic Research Materials

Collection

Identifier: MS 531

Overview The collection consists of photographic research materials on Houston, TX, Rice University, and various urban scenes, architectural details, and photographic techniques. It was created by William Lukes in collaboration with Paul Hester during the years 1969 through 1974, when Lukes was an architectural student at Rice University.

Dates: 1969-1974

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

William M. McVey Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 026

Abstract: The papers of sculptor William M. McVey include newsclippings, correspondence, photographs related to sculptures of McVey’s, and a scrapbook with photos and mementos of his student years at the Rice Institute.

Dates: 1922 - 1976

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

William M. Rice family collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 600

Overview The collection consists primarily of business and personal correspondence of three particular descendants of William Marsh Rice and of the spouse of one of them. Also included are a few items from 1929 and 1930 associated with other family members.

Dates: 1880-1941

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

William P. Hobby Jr. & Diana Poteat Hobby Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 628

Scope and Contents The collection includes Diana P. Hobby's writing and research notes, from the early 1950s to 2014, focused on her study of William Butler Yeats. The bulk of the collection consists of family photographs and slides from the Hobby family's worldwide travels and their frequent visits to Ireland, and to Diana Hobby's family farm in North Carolina, Forest Home, along with their equestiran endeavors and competitions, and their lives and friends in Houston, TX.

Dates: ca. 1950s-2000s

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

William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records

Collection

Identifier: UA 154

Overview The bulk of these records relate to Akers’ administrative roles at Rice University, particularly as Vice President for Administration. Correspondence, memos, articles, newsclippings reflect his interests both as university administrator and as professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Dates: 1960-1994

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

William Ward Watkin family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 508

Overview Correspondence, photographs, family trees, vital records and other genealogical material related to the Watkin family of Houston, TX (1910s-current) and of Danville, Pennsylvania (late 19th century). William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) was the first Supervising Architect of Rice Institute and the first chair of the Dept. of Architecture at Rice Institute. His daughter, Ray Watkin Strange, is a Rice graduate and significant supporter of Rice University and the Fondren Library.

Dates: 1899-1999

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

Women of Rice interviews and exhibition records

Collection

Identifier: UA 322

Overview Correspondence, interview transcripts and materials related to Dr. Linda Driskill's Rice Women's Conference in 1999. The 2012-2013 interviews were conducted by students in two classes of the Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, one under Dr. Lora Wildenthal and the other under Dr. Abigail Rosas, in preparation for the 2014 exhibition and symposium at Fondren Library.

Dates: 1988 - 2014; Majority of material found within 2012 - 2014

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

Yellen Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 838

Overview The Yellen Family papers are comprised of photographs and memorabilia related to Milton Yellen’s time practicing dentistry in New Guinea for the army during World War II, and photographs and newsclippings of his wife Florence Kless Yellen throughout her life. The collection also contains religious and army certificates, publications, and correspondence depicting the Yellen family’s connections to the Jewish community.

Dates: 1935 - 1998

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

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William Lukes Collection of Houston Photographic Research Materials

William M. McVey Papers

William M. Rice family collection

William P. Hobby Jr. & Diana Poteat Hobby Family Collection

William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records

William Ward Watkin family papers

Women of Rice interviews and exhibition records

Yellen Family Papers

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