Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
Donald Levin papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 046
Abstract:
This collection contains papers, articles, theses and "An Unorthodox Diary", which includes his perspective on the controversy over the brief presidency of Bill Masterson at Rice University, 1969, among many other topics. Also included in the collection are files regarding Classics courses taught by Dr. Levin at several universities as well as research notes on Classics subjects.
Dates:
1947 - 1991
Dr. Jerome Cochran medical account book
Collection
Identifier: MS 236
Overview
The account book contains an alphabetical listing of Dr. Cochran’s patients in Alabama, followed by individual records of visits and accounts. Patients’ addresses or occupations are often given as are the methods of payment (cash, services, goods, etc.).
Dates:
1870 - 1878
Dr. John McNeill Stewart Medical Log
Collection
Identifier: MS 452
Overview
This collection includes medical records of Doctor John McNeil Stewart as he practiced in Brazoria County, Texas from November 1836 to October 1837. The collection also includes a one page history of one his ancestor's journey through wars in Britain to peace in the United States.
Dates:
1836-1837
Edwin N. Lunn World War I diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 283
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
Elizabeth Craw diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 386
Abstract:
The collection consists of the personal diary of Elizabeth Craw (1819-ca.1909), which records her journey from Ohio to see her soldier fiancé in Texas, and her experiences there. Craw’s fiancé fought and died at the Battle of the Alamo.
Dates:
1833-1841
Frankie Carter Randolph papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 372
Overview
The papers of Frankie Carter Randolph (1894-1972), longtime leader of Texas liberal Democrats, include correspondence, documents, newsclippings, photographs, oral history interviews and other materials that chronicle her political activism in Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. Issues include the Poll Tax, labor law, African Americans, and social programs.
Dates:
1913 - 1983
F.W. Heitmann Company business ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MS 070
Abstract:
The F. W. Heitmann Company business ledgers contains business materials from the F. W. Heitmann Company. It includes assorted business information and records, including daybooks, journals, monthly reports, business ledgers, account books, registers, balance sheets, invoices, inventories, catalogs, city sales records, and lists of shipments received. Most of the collection is still in its original bindings, in large ledgers. Much of the information is hand-written.
Dates:
1873-1959
Grace Spaulding John papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 383
Abstract:
These papers consist of proofs, dummies, and printed copies of published and unpublished works written by or illustrated by Grace Spaulding John. Also included are film/film prints of illustrations from these works, sketchbooks, as well as other artwork. Additional items in the collection include biographical information on John, newspaper and magazine articles, and family photographs, audiotapes and correspondence.
Dates:
1890-1977
Helen D. Bond diary and autograph book
Collection
Identifier: MS 225
Overview
The diary contains Helen Bond’s poetic notes, apparently from friends, as well as her own thoughts and writings.
Dates:
1831 - 1837
Hutcheson and allied families papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 496
Overview
The Hutcheson and allied families papers consist of letters, photographs, printed matter, genealogy records, and personal family materials. The bulk includes correspondence between family members dating to the 1840s and continuing into the 1990s. The genealogy of the Hutcheson family is very detailed and there is much family history on collateral lines. The Hutcheson family includes prominent Houston, Texas attorneys, judges, and statesmen. Allied families such as the Weeden, Pye, Carrington,...
Dates:
1836-2007; bulk 1920-1949; Majority of material found within