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Alan Grob academic career records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0413
Abstract

The Alan Grob academic career records offer insight into the teaching and personal life of Rice University professor of English Alan Grob. Containing a large number of his lecture notes in addition to his writings, university related documents, and documents such as correspondence, photographs, and news articles, the collection helps preserve the memory of his impact at Rice.

Dates: 1961 - 2007

Alexander N. Shipley Military Commissions

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0328
Abstract:

Five commissions recording the military promotions of Alexander N. Shipley from 2nd Lieutenant (1858) to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (1866), and containing either authentic or stamped signatures of U. S. Presidents (James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson); also included is a smaller document relating to Shipley’s promotion to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel .

Dates: 1858 - 1866

Allen and Morris Business Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0221
Abstract

This collection contains the business ledger of the firm of Allen and Morris, showing transactions for services and sundries with various persons and companies, including the Confederate States of America. The firm was located in Prattville, Alabama, and the ledger’s entries date from June 27, 1862 to November 15, 1864.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

American Association of University Professors: Rice University Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0096
Abstract:

The American Association of University Professors: Rice University chapter collection consists of folders containing meeting minutes, correspondence, membership rosters, newsletters and other documents representing the regular business of the Rice University chapter. Specific issues covered in the collection are academic freedom and freedom of the press at Rice University.

Dates: 1944 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2004

American Defense Group records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0353
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, memos, organizational and reading lists, and budget information regarding an organization called the American Defense Group. The Group consisted largely of professors from three California institutions who were interested in assisting the American war effort by reading foreign-language domestic publications and reporting editorial comments to U.S. Naval Intelligence.

Dates: 1941 - 1944

Americas collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0518
Abstract:

Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the 19th century and early 20th century political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal.

Dates: 1811-1920

Andrew Forest Muir papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0017
Abstract: This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These...
Dates: ca. 1916-1969

Ann Fears Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0205
Abstract:

The Ann Fears Crawford papers consist mainly of research materials and drafts for three different manuscripts on Texas politicians: the Governors Ferguson, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Frankie Carter Randolph.

Dates: 1879 - 1999

Ann Holmes Fine Arts Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0546
Abstract: This collection contains news clippings, press releases, correspondence, photos, institutional records, and audio materials related to the evolution of fine arts and city planning in Houston, TX. Specific focus is given to the Alley Theater, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Symphony, Museum of Fine Arts, architecture, and the role of the arts in the economy, politics, and society. The collection also includes biographies of various persons influential in both the local and...
Dates: 1920 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2008

Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0499
Abstract:

The collection contains six boxes of organizational records related to the founding and ongoing activities of the Archivists of the Houston Area, commonly known as AHA! The current website for the group is www.houstonarchivists.org.

Dates: 1998 - 2019

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United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 3
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Adams, John A. S. (John Allan Stewart), 1926- 2
Aulbach, Louis 2
Auston, David 2
Bourgeois, Andre 2
Brown family 2
Castaneda, Christopher James 2
Confederate States of America. Army 2
Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Adath Yeshurun (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex) 2
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Hobby, William Pettus 2
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
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Methodist Hospital (Houston, Tex.) 2
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Rice University. Department of Architecture 2
Rice University. Department of Geology and Geophysics 2
Rice University. Jefferson Davis Association 2
Rice University. Office of the Provost 2
Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900 2
Abercrombie, James Smither 1
Abramson, Ida Sue 1
Actor, Lori K. 1
Agricultural Livestock Finance Corporation 1
Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 1
Alter, Fred C. 1
American Association of University Professors 1
American Defense Group 1
American Republics Corporation 1
Americans United for Separation of Church and State 1
Anderson, Clayton & Co 1
Anglican Church in North America 1
Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) 1
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Askanase, Hilda (Graham) 1
Askanase, Reuben 1
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Autry House (Houston, Tex.) 1
Autry family 1
Autry, James Lockhart, 1830-1862 1
Autry, James Lockhart, II 1
Autry, Micajah 1
Avalon, Robert 1
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization 1
B'nai B'rith. Herzl Lodge No. 608 1
Bailey, George M. 1
Baker, James Addison 1
Baker, James Addison, 1857-1941 1
Baker, James Addison, 1930- 1
Barg, David 1
Barg, Irwin M. 1
Bastrop, Baron de, 1759-1827 1
Bean, Gloria 1
Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006 1
Beer Bike cycling event 1
Belasco, Norman 1
Bellaire Historical Society (Texas) 1
Bentsen, Lloyd 1
Berman family 1
Berman, Morton 1
Berry, Frank Lee (Jr.) 1
Beth Jacob Congregation (Houston, Tex) 1
Bethje, Eliza 1
Bloome, Jarrod D. 1
Boles, John B. 1
Borden, Gail, 1801-1874 1
Boylesve, René 1
Briscoe, Andrew 1
Brood, Sue 1
Brown & Root, Inc. 1
Brown Foundation (Houston, Tex.) 1
Brown Shipbuilding Company, Inc. 1
Brown, Alice Pratt 1
Brown, George R., 1898-1983 1
Brown, Herman,1892-1962 1
Brown, Margarett Root 1
Bryant,, Larry W., 1938-2020 1
Burrus, C. S. (C. Sidney) 1
Burton, Samuel A. 1
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