Records (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Scope Note: UF: Agendas; Business, Financial, Government, Military, and Tax records; Notes, Receipts
Found in 317 Collections and/or Records:
Sir William Sidney Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0267
Abstract:
The papers of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith contain letters concerning Smith's brother, John Spencer Smith, who was British ambassador to the Porte at Constantinople in the early 1790s. Correspondents include Robert Liston, British Minister to the United States. Also included is a genealogy of the Smith family, a battle order issued by Smith aboard HMS Tigre during the siege at Acre in 1799, and an invitation to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.
Dates:
1794 - 1862
Sklar Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0789
Overview
The Sklar Family papers contain photographs and certificates relevant to the Sklar family, such as Fred Sklar’s confirmation certificate and bar mitzvah materials. The papers offer a look at institutions such as the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and Congregation Beth Jacob, and the ceremonies that tie families and communities together.
Dates:
1930 - 1954
Society of Rice University Women (SRUW) Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0153
Overview
Records documenting the daily business of the Society of Rice University Women, including membership information, financial records and activity scrapbooks. Formats include membership lists, treasurer’s reports, bank records, meeting minutes, event flyers, scrapbooks, photographs, and yearbooks.
Dates:
1968-2005
Sol Schwartz family collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0806
Overview
The Sol Schwartz family collection provides an in-depth look at the experiences of a Jewish family growing up in Houston, particularly through Alex Schwartz’ Autobiography and the Board Minutes he took for Congregation Rodefei Sholom. With its American Mizrachi Women Chapter Directory, Column by Rabbi Segal praising Alex Schwartz, and the Torah awarded Sol Schwartz, the collection showcases multiple family members and their contributions to the Houston Jewish community.
Dates:
1927 - 2008
South Central Intellectual Property Partnership at Rice (SCIPPR) Office Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0034
Overview
The South Central Intellectual Property Partnership at Rice (SCIPPR) was established in 1997 as a partnership between Fondren Library, Rice University, and the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to provide specialized services to the intellectual property community of greater Houston area, the south central United States, and Mexico. These records consist of documents relating to the planning and opening of the department and its eventual 2001 closing and the business conducted by SCIPPR...
Dates:
1997 - 2002
South Texas Jewish Archives vertical file
Collection
Identifier: MS 772
Overview
The collection includes individual files within the South Texas Jewish Archives including materials including: newsclippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, and other materials. The contents are donated by community members and/or gathered by the HJHA staff.
Dates:
1912 - 2023
Southern Conferences on Women's History annual conference records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0209
Overview
The Southern Association for Women Historians presents an annual meeting known as the Southern Conference of Women’s History. These annual conference records are predominantly from the conference held at Rice University in Houston, Texas from June 2-5, 1994. Records include planning documents, correspondence, surveys and realia that date from 1989-1997.
Dates:
1989 - 1997
Space Services, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0584
Abstract
This collection encompasses business records relating to Space Services’ administration and organization, the Contestoga and Starfire programs, launch sites, investors, customers, markets, relations with NASA, presentations and other materials from meetings, conferences, and seminars, and various assorted business files and records. It primarily consists of paper records, but also includes photographs, audio cassettes, VHS, Beta, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
ca. 1970s-1990s
Spears Dairy Business records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0541
Abstract:
Business ledgers of the Spears Dairy and its various plants and stores in Texas.
Dates:
1928-1948
Stages Theater records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0740
Overview
Stages Theater records contain materials related to play production programs and other production materials from 1978-2016, press clippings, annual gala and events records, administrative records, photographs, and circa 200 audio and video recordings in analog formats such as VHS and audio cassette.
Dates:
1978 - 2017