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Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:
Claude Addison McElroy papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0622
Overview
This material primarily consists of correspondence to and from Addison McElroy during the Second World War and immediately thereafter. Included are letters from his friends at Rice, giving insight into wartime life at the Institute. There is also an extensive number of letters from McElroy to his mother and her responses thereto. His naval service is detailed in his official personnel file and sets of orders to various duty stations, as well as material from his wartime service in the...
Dates:
1941-1947
Community Artists' Collective records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0620
Overview
The Community Artists’ Collective is a Houston-based nonprofit organization which organizes exhibitions for local artists and educational and community development programs for inner-city youths and adults. The collection is largely comprised of photographs, the collection also includes ephemera, newsletters, and records of the Board of Directors.
Dates:
1985-2014
Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0690
Overview
The majority of these records document the rich exhibition history of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, via the curatorial department and registrar's department files, as well as photographs and catalogs. Administrative records such as Board of Trustees minutes and the Director's correspondence show the mission and vision of the museum over time. Other formats include education department records, special event materials, organizational bylaws and charter, correspondence, policies,...
Dates:
1948 - 2018
David Davidson slide collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 0440
Overview
This collection consists of slides taken by David Davidson '57, '58 during his time as a student at Rice Institute.
Dates:
1956 - 1962
David G. Burnet letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0188
Abstract:
Letters to and from David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) of the Republic of Texas, in typescript form and as reprinted in the "La Grange Journal."
Dates:
1836 - 1859
Dresel and Spiess families records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0239
Overview
This collection consists of several hundred typewritten pages and many photographs of people and places concerning the immigration of Germans into Texas, most notably the Dresel and Spiess families. Most of the material focuses around the middle of the nineteenth century when Gustav Dresel and Hermann Spiess settled in Galveston and Waco Springs, respectively. Clyde H. Porter compiled the material.
Dates:
1785 - 1914
Edmund McAshan Dupree papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0448
Overview
This collection includes photographs, certificates, news clippings, typescripts, and awards dealing for the most part with Edmund McAshan Dupree's undergraduate career at Rice Institute and his class’ 25th Anniversary Reunion in 1941.
Dates:
1902 - 1969
Edwin N. Lunn World War I diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0283
Abstract:
Edwin N. Lunn graduated from Rice University in 1920. His diary was written between January 1918 and May 1919, and consists mostly of Lunn's personal feelings and accounts of experiences he had while attending Rice University.
Dates:
1918 - 1919
Elinor Evans Academic and Professional Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 700
Overview
The collection consists of materials from Elinor Evans' career at Rice University and materials documenting her personal work, including works exhibited at the Moody Gallery. The collection includes paintings, sketches, collages, woven and tapestry work, photographs and slides, correspondence, and awards.
Dates:
1950s-2016
Ella F. Fondren Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0340
Overview
The collection visually documents Ella Fondren's family members and homes, and describes her lifelong philanthropic efforts toward higher education and health care in the Houston area.
Dates:
1880 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1960