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Moreau Forrest Letter to Mary Forrest

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Identifier: MS 002
Abstract: Written in 1837 from Houston, Forrest writes at length to his wife about Houston, and the illness of their son; discusses the possible outbreak of war with Mexico; talks of the Texas Congress meeting. This four-page letter gives an early look at life in the Republic of Texas.
Dates: 1837
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fontaine

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Identifier: MS 316
Abstract: This letter (10 January 1890) from Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fontaine is in response to a series of questions concerning the revolutionary period in Texas history.
Dates: 1890-01-10
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Naomi Carrier academic career and community activism collection materials

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Identifier: MS 926
Overview This collection contains the teaching resources and writings of renowned teacher, researcher, playwright, and actress Naomi Carrier, whose advocacy for African-American voices in history has had a profound effect on educational representation in Texas.
Dates: 1936 - 2019
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Neumann Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 241
Abstract Chiefly letters to Louisa (Neumann) Bering, a resident of Houston, Tex., from her brothers and sisters, including letters from her brother, Emil Neumann, describing his service in the Confederate Army, stationed at Fort Eagle Grove (Fort Moore) and Galveston, Tex.; together with clippings and photos. Includes material relating to land in Texas, Bering family, and Little Rock, AR, during the Civil War.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1856 - 1886; 1850 - 1955
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Niels Esperson Building photo album

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Identifier: MS 1030
Overview The collection consists of a photo album containing 45 black and white photos of the interior and exterior of the Niels Esperson Building in Houston, Texas, ca. 1927.
Dates: circa 1927
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Olmstead Brothers landscaping in Houston records

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Identifier: MS 172
Abstract This collection consists of correspondence, design documents, planting lists, and photographs that cover the history of the gardens designed for J. Robert Neal in Houston from the initial contact of the Olmsted firm to inquiries by the present owners of the property concerning restoration.
Dates: 1931 - 1939
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Oswald Mueller manuscript

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Identifier: MS 243
Overview This typewritten manuscript is titled "Seeking the Garden of the World". It is Oswald Mueller’s English translation of Fritz Scheffel’s Deutsche suchen den Garten der Welt. Mueller authors the preface, in which he describes the story as that of the failed German attempt to colonize Texas into a New-Germania.
Dates: 1948
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik Papers

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Identifier: MS 090
Abstract: The collection includes the archive from Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik’s ecological research in the Big Thicket National Preserve; academic and university affairs regarding Rice University and the Ecology and Environmental Biology Department, as well as student and faculty records; Paul Harcombe’s personal documents, including his correspondence and his personal notebooks; publications, including articles from the journals of Ecology and Ecological Monographs, the Ecological Society of America...
Dates: 1969 - 2007
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Peter Gardner collection

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Identifier: MS 779
Overview This collection consists of digitized wav and mp3 files, along with jpeg images of the original 2-track audio reels created by Peter Gardner.
Dates: 1959 - 1966
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Pimp C rap artist collection

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Identifier: MS 651
Overview The Pimp C rap artist collection includes several documents and promotional items including handwritten lyrics and contracts to promotional flats for his group Underground Kingz (UGK).
Dates: 1987 - 2008
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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