Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 569 Collections and/or Records:
William Lisle Bowles letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0167
Overview
The collection consists of two letters to John Houlton of Farley Castle, Bath. Also included is a letter (April 12, 1850) from Arthur Houlton.
Dates:
1827; 1850
William Lockhart Clayton papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0007
Overview
Original personal material and photocopied professional materials relating to economist and foreign policy expert Will Clayton and family, dating from 1897-1998. In addition to serving the U.S. government in a number of capacities, Clayton was in cotton business, and a co-founder of Anderson, Clayton and Company, based in Houston, Texas.
Dates:
1897-1998, Bulk dates 1934-1964; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1964
William M. McVey Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0026
Abstract:
The papers of sculptor William M. McVey include newsclippings, correspondence, photographs related to sculptures of McVey’s, and a scrapbook with photos and mementos of his student years at the Rice Institute.
Dates:
1922 - 1976
William M. Rice family collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0600
Overview
The collection consists primarily of business and personal correspondence of three particular descendants of William Marsh Rice and of the spouse of one of them. Also included are a few items from 1929 and 1930 associated with other family members.
Dates:
1880-1941
William Martin Religious Right research collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0537
Overview
This collection consists of research materials compiled by William Martin, Rice University professor of sociology, during the course of his research on the Christian religious right in the United States, as well as fundamentalists, fundamentalist education, evangelists such as Billy Graham, and other aspects of conservative Christian organizations. The materials consists of correspondence, notes, videos, transcriptions of video interviews, pamphlets, and books.
Dates:
1975 - 2000
William P. Hobby Jr. & Diana Poteat Hobby Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0628
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Diana P. Hobby's writing and research notes, from the early 1950s to 2014, focused on her study of William Butler Yeats. The bulk of the collection consists of family photographs and slides from the Hobby family's worldwide travels and their frequent visits to Ireland, and to Diana Hobby's family farm in North Carolina, Forest Home, along with their equestiran endeavors and competitions, and their lives and friends in Houston, TX.
Dates:
ca. 1950s-2000s
William S. Glass financial papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0322
Abstract:
The Glass financial papers are primarily a collection of records and receipts of purchases and land sales gathered during the course of Glass' activities as receiver of revenue during the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1852 - 1867
William Stewart Rose letter
Collection
Identifier: MS 0168
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
William V. Ballew, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0254
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
William V. Houston Personal Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0426
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