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U.S.S. Adams logbook

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Identifier: MS 235
Overview Logbook of a cruise of the U.S.S. Adams along the Pacific coast of Central and South America from December 1, 1879 to February 23, 1881, kept by Cadet-Midshipman John H. Gibbons.
Dates: 1879 - 1881
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

U.S.S. Jamestown logbook

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Identifier: MS 234
Overview Journal of a Pacific cruise of the U.S.S. Jamestown from January to June 1882 kept by midshipman J. H. Gibbons
Dates: 1882
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

U.S.S. Tuscarora Midshipman’s logbook

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Identifier: MS 124
Abstract: The logbook includes a list of the ship’s officers and a day by day account of the Tuscarora’s position, course, speed, and weather conditions as she was engaged in taking Pacific Ocean soundings and in survey work in the South Pacific. In addition crew activities such as painting and cleaning are noted, as are the surveys carried out. Ports visited included Port Lloyd, Bonin Islands; Yokohama and Hakodate, Japan; Samoa; San Francisco; and Honolulu.
Dates: 1864 - 1866
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Vera Prasilova Scott portraiture collection

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Identifier: MS 497
Abstract: Photographic prints, glass plate negatives and other equipment and supplies related to professional portraiture by Vera Prasilova Scott, mainly dating from 1926-1937 during her time in Houston close to the Rice Institute. Houston and Rice University-related subjects include the Lovett, Baker, Blaffer, Cullinan, Wiess, Hutcheson, Autrey and Sharp families.
Dates: 1926-1937
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interview collection

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Identifier: MS 647
Overview This is a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation, featuring audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Vietnamese Americans living in and near Houston, Texas. These interviews are online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/79696.
Dates: 2011
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Vietnamese Culture and Science Association event programs

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Identifier: MS 824
Overview The collection consists of programs from annual Youth Excellence Recognition Award luncheons, the 25th anniversary celebration of the Vietnamese Culture and Science Association, newsletters of the association, and a program from a 2004 national conference of the National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies.
Dates: 1999 - 2018
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Vince Bell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 674
Overview This collection contains news clippings, fliers, journals, photographs, business records, audio, and other items chronicling the musical history of Vince Bell.
Dates: 1960s-2016
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

von Ronsperger Manuscript

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Identifier: MS 187
Overview This collection is composed of a manuscript book titled “Nur so—kann uns noch geholfen warden!/Humoristischer Lichtbilder – Vortrag zur 35-Jar-Feier der IIIc 1887” written by von Ronsperger and includes several mounted photographs of caricatures. The manuscript is written in German.
Dates: 1922
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

W. H. Brooker U.S. Civil War diary

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Identifier: MS 126
Overview The diary of W.H. Brooker is a small (3 1/2" × 2"× 1/4") leatherbound booklet in which annotations in pencil have been made. Most of the entries date from 6 October 1863 to 22 June 1864.
Dates: 1863 - 1866
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

W. L. Atwood archaeological letters and map

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Identifier: MS 178
Overview This collection consists of a series of letters and a map annotated by Mr. Atwood concerning his archaeological findings in the Galveston Bay area.
Dates: 1966
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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