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Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) Undergraduate and Alumnae records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0059

Overview The collection consists of scrapbooks, minute books, financial records, and other materials relating to the founding and operation of both the Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) undergraduate group and the alumnae group, 1927-2002. OWLS was founded in 1924.

Dates: 1927 - 2010

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Pallas Athene Literary Society records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0212

Overview The Pallas Athene Literary Society (PALS) was formed in 1919 when the Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society (EBLS) split and was an active organization at Rice until 1966 when it disbanded. The records consist of a ledger book containing minutes of the society’s meetings (September 23, 1924 – May 14, 1929), newspaper clippings pertaining to various members and alumnae, and several programs and pamphlets of the society’s activities.

Dates: 1919 - 1968

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Pender Turnbull papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0437

Overview The collection consists of personal correspondence, food and drink recipes of Pender Turnbull, Rice Institute graduate and librarian. Photographs of the Rice campus, buildings, faculty, and student activities are also included.

Dates: 1913-1983

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange personal papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0506

Overview The collection consists of the personal papers of Houston philanthropist Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange (1915-2011). The collection includes correspondence, financial, business and estate records and personal memorabilia of Ray Strange. Her father, William Ward Watkin, was Supervising Architect during the construction of the original Rice Institute campus and later the Dean of Architecture at Rice. Mrs. Strange was a friend and generous donor to Rice University for many years. The papers and...

Dates: 1912-2009

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0344

Overview The collection consists of materials documenting the beginning of Women’s Studies as an academic discipline at Rice University. In addition there are materials describing Rice Women’s Conferences that took place in 1996 and 1999. The collection also includes a set of audio cassette-recorded interviews with attendees at the 1996 conference. Beginning in 2006 as an outgrowth of the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at...

Dates: 1975 - 1999

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University College Bowl records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0227

Abstract The collection consists of records and object memorabilia from participation by Rice University students in the national quiz tournament known as the College Bowl from 1966 to 2008. The paper records include lists of team member names, results of tournament competition, and scoring sheets from campus tournaments. The objects are trophies from 1982 (national runner-up) and 1991 (national first place), a plaque (1990 national fourth place), and the red electronic lights and activation box used...

Dates: 1966 - 2008

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University Commission on Women

Collection

Identifier: UA 0061

Abstract: The records reflect the activities of the Rice University Commission on Women (RUCOW). The collection spans almost 20 years and consists of materials associated with the Commission's work including task force reports that summarize the state of women's affairs at Rice (benefits, salary, promotion, child care, campus climate and visibility), surveys, memoranda, campus controversies, internal correspondence, and a collection of scholarly articles concerned with women's issues in academia.

Dates: 1985 - 2003

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University Dean of Continuing Education records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0229

Abstract The Dean of Continuing Education Records contain materials related to the Dean of Continuing Education, specifically Mary McIntire. These records consist of financial statements, blueprints, images, proposals, correspondence, student publications, pamphlets, and surveys. The records begin in 1987 and continue through 2001, with the bulk of the information starting in the early 1990s.

Dates: 1987 - 2001

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University Dean of Natural Sciences Administrative records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0231

Abstract This material reflects the daily business of the Dean of Natural Sciences under the leadership of G. King Walters, James Kinsey, and Kathleen Matthews. (19 boxes)

Dates: 1984 - 2010

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University Historic Clothing collection

Collection

Identifier: UA 392

Overview This collection contains costumes worn at Archi-Arts Ball, Freshmen beanies, Rice cheerleading uniforms, athletic sweaters, uniforms, club and program t-shirts, from various campus-wide events.

Dates: 1916 - 2017

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Owen Wister Literary Society (OWLS) Undergraduate and Alumnae records

Pallas Athene Literary Society records

Pender Turnbull papers

Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange personal papers

Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality records

Rice University College Bowl records

Rice University Commission on Women

Rice University Dean of Continuing Education records

Rice University Dean of Natural Sciences Administrative records

Rice University Historic Clothing collection

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