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William Williston Heartsill journal
Collection
Identifier: MS 0035
Abstract:
Journal describes Texan Confederate soldier W.W. Heartsill's experiences during the U.S. Civil War, including material related to Texas ranching activities, Indian and Mexican affairs, and botany; the Texas Secession Convention; generals Braxton Bragg, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, and John W. Whitfield; his work with the W.P. Lane Rangers (later Company F, 2nd Regiment, Texas Calvary); battles of Chickamauga and Vicksburg; prisoners of war; and Confederate Army Trans-Mississippi...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
Women of Rice interviews and exhibition records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0322
Abstract
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
World War I Ellington Field Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0698
Abstract
Scrapbook contains images of aviation training at Ellington Field, a bombing and gunnery school located about 15 miles from Houston. The photographs show a wide range of camp life and training. They include individual officers in uniforms with a variety of aviation insignia, individuals in leather flight jackets and helmets, Curtis Jenny airplanes on the ground and in flight, pilots flying aircraft, and many bird's-eye views of the field and the surrounding area, particularly of Houston....
Dates:
1918
Wylie Vale architecture collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0625
Abstract
Architectural drawings and related records for residential architecture projects by Wylie Vale, Jr.
Dates:
1950 - 1951
Y. Ping Sun awards and related papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1031
Abstract
This collection includes memorabilia, photographs, crystal awards, correspondence, newsclippings, and other publications.
Dates:
1995 - 2022
YWCA at Rice Institute records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0029
Scope and Contents
These early records of the Y.W.C.A. at Rice Institute include minutes of meetings, annual reports, newspaper clippings, and play programs.
Dates:
1912 - 1939