Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 570 Collections and/or Records:
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
William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0154
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
William Ward Watkin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0508
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
William Watson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0385
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
Wolf / Mazow Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 953
Overview
One box of newspaper clippings, photographs, magazine articles, writings, correspondence, agendas, yearbooks, a musical score, and a Holocaust curriculum book documents the lives of members of the Wolf / Mazow family from 1935 to 2018.
Dates:
1935 - 2018
Woman's Building of Houston - Milford House papers, 1894-1976
Collection
Identifier: MS 0388
Overview
The collection consists of the membership documents, organizational documents and memorabilia of the Woman's Building of Houston, an organization founded in 1925 that was devoted to the creation of a building that would serve as a cultural and social center for Houston women. After over twenty-five turbulent years of fundraising and patience, the organization saw success when Milford House officially opened in 1953.
Dates:
1894-1976
Women of Rice interviews and exhibition records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0322
Overview
Correspondence, interview transcripts and materials related to Dr. Linda Driskill's Rice Women's Conference in 1999. The 2012-2013 interviews were conducted by students in two classes of the Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, one under Dr. Lora Wildenthal and the other under Dr. Abigail Rosas, in preparation for the 2014 exhibition and symposium at Fondren Library.
Dates:
1988 - 2014; Majority of material found within 2012 - 2014
Wylie Vale architecture collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0625
Overview
Architectural drawings and related records for residential architecture projects by Wylie Vale, Jr.
Dates:
1950 - 1951
Yellen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0838
Overview
The Yellen Family papers are comprised of photographs and memorabilia related to Milton Yellen’s time practicing dentistry in New Guinea for the army during World War II, and photographs and newsclippings of his wife Florence Kless Yellen throughout her life. The collection also contains religious and army certificates, publications, and correspondence depicting the Yellen family’s connections to the Jewish community.
Dates:
1935 - 1998
YWCA at Rice Institute records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0029
Scope and Contents
These early records of the Y.W.C.A. at Rice Institute include minutes of meetings, annual reports, newspaper clippings, and play programs.
Dates:
1912 - 1939