United States
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Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron Martin U.S. Civil War letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 031
Abstract:
Correspondence from Aaron Martin to his family regarding personal matters, the U.S. Civil War, and army life.
Dates:
1862 - 1865
Aldous Huxley letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 498
Abstract:
Personal letters between Aldous Huxley, Maria Huxley, Eva Hermann and Martha Saxton. Letters largely refer to personal topics including the death of Martha Saxton's husband, Gene. Aldous Huxley was the brother of renowned biologist and former Rice Institute faculty member Julian Huxley.
Dates:
1936-1943
American Defense Group records
Collection
Identifier: MS 353
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, memos, organizational and reading lists, and budget information regarding an organization called the American Defense Group. The Group consisted largely of professors from three California institutions who were interested in assisting the American war effort by reading foreign-language domestic publications and reporting editorial comments to U.S. Naval Intelligence.
Dates:
1941 - 1944
Americas collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 518
Abstract:
Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the 19th century and early 20th century political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal.
Dates:
1811-1920
Anderson-Greenwood Family History records
Collection
Identifier: MS 534
Overview
Benjamin and Mary Greenwood Anderson of Houston, Texas, were experienced genealogists and traveled extensively to collect their family history records, as well as on numerous collateral lines. Family connections reached into the East Coast, Northeast, Midwest, South, and into Europe. Benjamin Anderson founded Anderson-Greenwood and Co. in 1945, intending the company to design and manufacture aircraft. After the Korean War, the firm switched to valve design and developed the first line of...
Dates:
1850-2004
Andrew Forest Muir papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 017
Abstract:
This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These research...
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Ann Marie Turner correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS 114
Abstract:
The Ann Marie Turner correspondence consists of a collection of letters primarily between Ann Marie Stewart Turner and her husband, James Turner, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. The remaining correspondence in this collection is amongst Mrs. Turner and other family and friends.
Dates:
1851 - 1913
Anne and Whitley Strieber Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 702
Overview
Contains correspondence, transcripts related to The Communion, and correspondence and reviews of Strieber's other works.
Dates:
1970 - 2016
Billie Carr political papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 373
Overview
The papers of Billie Carr, political organizer in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, include correspondence, office files, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to her work in the Harris County Democrats, Texas Democrats, Democratic National Committee, New Democratic Coalition, and Billie Carr & Associates.
Dates:
1956 - 2003
Britton Collection of Early Texas and U.S. Civil War documents
Collection
Identifier: MS 009
Abstract:
Legal documents and correspondence related to the Jose de Escandon expedition of the Gulf Coast (1765-1766) and the establishment of missions in the Seno Mexicano, and U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction documents, as well as other documents related to Texas and American history.
Dates:
1597-1903