Overview The Rice University Commencement files include programs, newsclippings and notes dating from the first commencement in 1916 up to the current day. A majority of the material has been digitized and is available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61371.

Abstract: This record group includes the minutes, memoranda, correspondence and reports generated by the Rice University Committee on Examinations and Standing.

Overview This material includes minutes of the Rice University Committee on Public Lectures' meetings, lists of lecturers, suggestions for speakers, administrative files, and in some cases, texts of the lectures themselves.

Abstract: The minutes, memoranda, correspondence and reports of the Committee on the Library.

Abstract: The memoranda, reports, proposals and correspondence generated by or for the Rice University Committee on Undergraduate Teaching.

Overview This collection consists of the schedule of the commencement ceremony, a script of the ceremony, the seating plan, the marching order of faculty participants, a rain plan, a degree listing by candidates, and committee reports, most for the 1986 ceremony.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the construction of the Rice University campus from the initial engagement of the master plan architects in 1909 to the present time. Included are expense records, diagrams, photographs, newsclippings, and a small amount of correspondence.

Abstract: The collection consists of hearing abstracts of cases heard by the University Court.

Overview Reflection entries submitted by students enrolled in Rice University courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview Records of the Search Committee for the position of Dean of Architecture, spanning the years 1988 to 1993.