Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms || Use For: Manners and customs
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
Edward and Naomi (Petie) Holloway Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0557
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, personal papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of the Holloways’ lives from 1929-1992, and a memorial of the Holloways written in 2009.
Dates:
1929-2009
Edwin C. May Laboratories for Fundamental Research papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 773
Overview
Documents, reports, and audio-visual materials reflecting the career of Edwin C. May, a nuclear physicist by training, worked as a research scientist on the Cognitive Science Program, better known as Stargate, at Stanford Research Institute and Science Applications International Corporation from 1975 to 1985, and as project director from 1985 to 1995.
Dates:
1974-1995
Elizabeth Craw diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 0386
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
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
Emery-Weiner School collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0731
Overview
The collection consists of publications for a variety of purposes: student recruitment; fund-raising; periodic reporting, particularly to parents; and recording of community guidelines. Also included are student publications and an I. Weiner School yearbook. There are a few programs from student theater productions. Newsclippings and correspondence are also included.
Dates:
1978 - 2003
Eugene Mack Friedl photographs and ephemera
Collection
Identifier: UA 439
Overview
This collection consists of photographs and ephmera collected by Eugene Mack Friedl while attending the Rice Institute.
Dates:
1938 - 1942
Flor Guinhawa Filipino-American history books and gala programs
Collection
Identifier: MS 0846
Overview
21 bound event programs, 2006-2016, and 12 books to be cataloged separately with the following note: Gift: Donated by Flor Guinhawa, of the Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce Texas, via the Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University.
Dates:
2006 - 2016
Francis Marion Crawford manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0299
Overview
This collection contains the original manuscript (including corrections, revisions, and pencil notes) of "A Kaleidoscope of Rome," Crawford's first article on Rome. The essay is a descriptive narrative of Rome, its people, its history, etc. Portions of the essay were later included in Crawford's work, Ave Roma Immortalis.
Dates:
1900
Frank L. Berry, Jr. family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0564
Overview
The collection documents the history of Frank Lee Berry, Jr. and his family. Included are photographs, correspondence, genealogical information, and family records.
Dates:
1876-2004
General Young Marshall Moody family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0404
Abstract:
The bulk of the correspondence is from Young M. Moody to his “Dear and Confiding Wife.”, written during the U.S. Civil War. In addition there are other family letters, military correspondence, land and business records, photographs, daguerreotypes and badges of rank and an epaulet from General Moody’s uniform.
Dates:
1852-1955