Education, Higher
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
Hobby Family Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0527
Abstract
The Hobby Family Foundation is a non-profit organization organized in 1940 and located in Houston, Texas. The Hobby Foundation Records include information covering legal correspondences between the Hobby family, the Hobby Foundation, and the Houston Post Company, foundation corporate minute books (which comprise most of the collection), and financial records.
Dates:
1945-1983; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1968
Jones Graduate School of Administration - Council of Overseers records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0278
Overview
Records of meetings of the Council of Overseers, Jones Graduate School of Administration, including agendas, table of contents, by-laws and consitutions, minutes, membership lists, financial information, publicity and other material presented at the meetings.
Dates:
1977 - 1988
Rice University Provost George L. McClendon Faculty Retirement Committee records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0320
Overview
The collection consists of information gathered from thirty universities about retirement plans, records of meetings of the Rice Faculty Senate Working Group on Retirement Planning, and other materials about retirement planning. The Working Group’s final report is also included.
Dates:
2002 - 2012
Rice University Welfare Committee records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0177
Overview
The collection consists of the notes, correspondence, and minutes of the Committee on University Welfare, formed in 1961. It served as a grievance committee until 1971 when the committee disbanded and its functions were taken over by the newly organized Faculty Council and the University Council.
Dates:
1961 - 1972
Walter W. and Ella F. Fondren Papers, 1838-1973
Collection
Identifier: MS 0390
Overview
The Fondren Papers provide a record of the Fondren family's acquisition and dispersal of money in Houston and across Texas during the first three-quarters of this century and offers additional information on the financial workings of several well-known institutions and corporations. Formats include correspondence and financial documents.
Dates:
1838-1973