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William Stewart Rose letter

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Identifier: MS 168
Overview This collection contains a letter by William Stewart Rose, British poet and translator, to Mr. Sotheby at his auction rooms near Waterloo bridge, complaining that not only was the sale of his books to take place in Whitsun but that the Stokes Park Library was being sold at the same time. He requests that catalogues be sent to various people, including Lady Caroline Lamb and Mr. Murray.
Dates: 1800
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William T. Cannady academic papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 145
Overview Academic papers of Rice University professor and architect, William T. Cannady.
Dates: 1966 - 2018
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William T. Cannady Architectural Projects records

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Identifier: MS 577
Abstract These records include architectural drawings, renderings and project documentation related to the work of William T. Cannady. As a Professor of Architecture at Rice University since 1964, Cannady teaches both undergraduate and graduate design studios, and is a practicing architect.
Dates: 1956 - 2018
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William V. Ballew, Jr. papers

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Identifier: MS 254
Abstract: The collection consists of William V. Ballew, Jr.'s workpapers, correspondence, minutes, and news clippings relating to the Houston-Harris County Economic Opportunity Organization. William V. Ballew, Jr., a Houston attorney, served as Chairman, Board of Trustees, Houston-Harris County Economic Opportunities Committee, an organization that initiated welfare programs as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty.
Dates: 1965 - 1968
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William V. Houston Personal Papers

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Identifier: MS 426
Overview The William V. Houston Personal Papers document Houston's personal life and academic career beginning with his university education at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing with his studies in Munich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency of Rice Institute in 1946.
Dates: 1925-1968
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records

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Identifier: UA 154
Overview The bulk of these records relate to Akers’ administrative roles at Rice University, particularly as Vice President for Administration. Correspondence, memos, articles, newsclippings reflect his interests both as university administrator and as professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dates: 1960-1994
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Ward Watkin family papers

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Identifier: MS 508
Overview Correspondence, photographs, family trees, vital records and other genealogical material related to the Watkin family of Houston, TX (1910s-current) and of Danville, Pennsylvania (late 19th century). William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) was the first Supervising Architect of Rice Institute and the first chair of the Dept. of Architecture at Rice Institute. His daughter, Ray Watkin Strange, is a Rice graduate and significant supporter of Rice University and the Fondren Library.
Dates: 1899-1999
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Ward Watkin papers

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Identifier: MS 352
Overview The papers detail the academic and architectural career of William Ward Watkin. Included in the collection are personal information, business correspondence, construction photographs and architectural drawings of the early Rice Institute, and drawings of projects from his private architectural career.
Dates: 1903 - 1956; Majority of material found within
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Watson papers

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Identifier: MS 385
Overview This collection contains the correspondence, manuscript verse, and proofs of poems of the poet Sir William Watson. Correspondents include R. Ellis Roberts, Clarence Winchester (of the Amalgamated Press), and T.N. Green-Armytage.
Dates: 1892-1935
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Wilkinson Green Diary

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Identifier: MS 103
Abstract: Diary written during the U.S. Civil War while Green served in the Union Army (chiefly in Virginia) with the 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Army of the Potomac; entries include records of clothing, pay, letters received, and places visited by his regiment while on campaign.
Dates: 1862 - 1865
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
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Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
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Cullum, George W. (George Washington) 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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