Universities and colleges
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Alan Chapman academic papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 186
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, research, reports, and publications, administrative materials, course notes and handouts, and personal items of Alan Chapman, the Harry S. Cameron Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.
Dates:
1918 - 2007
Albert Thomas papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 262
Abstract:
This collection of speeches, correspondences, reports, and photographs documents the work of Albert Thomas, U.S. Representative for Harris County, Texas, from 1936-1966. Albert Thomas was the first Rice Alumnus to serve in Congress. He graduated from Rice Institute in 1920.
Dates:
1937 - 1965
David Minter Academic Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 215
Abstract
The papers of David Minter, Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English at Rice University until 2002, consist of handwritten notes, typescript papers, and published articles on critical theory and cultural criticism; handwritten notes, typescript papers, and published articles on writers, philosophers, and artists influential in 20th century American literature and 20th century critical theory; and articles on the literature of American minority communities.
Dates:
1868 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1999
Hobby Family Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MS 527
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
Ira Gruber academic papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 204
Abstract
Collection contains the academic writings, professional and personal correspondence, courses taught, and biographical information of Ira Gruber before and while a professor of History at Rice University.
Dates:
1953 - 2021
Norman Hackerman personal and professional papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 407
Overview
Professional and personal papers of chemist Dr. Norman Hackerman, the fourth president of Rice University (1970 - 1985), including correspondence, notes for speaking engagements, etc., mainly concerning his membership in the National Science Foundation, National Science Board, and trips to Antarctica.
Dates:
1956-1986
Osterhout Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 355
Overview
Correspondence, drawings, maps, scrapbooks, pamphlets, newspapers, and other papers, of John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903), relating to his early life in Pennsylvania, early impressions of Texas, work as a judge, service in the Confederate Army, and leader of the Republican Party in Texas, and of his son, Paul Osterhout (1859-1944), relating to his studies at Baylor University and University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Medicine, activities fighting yellow fever during the digging of the Panama...
Dates:
1836 - 1941; Majority of material found within
Rice Historical Society records
Collection
Identifier: UA 207
Abstract:
Documents related to the business activities and publications of the Rice Historical Society at Rice University.
Dates:
1995-2016, and current
Rice Institute/Rice University Charter Trial records
Collection
Identifier: UA 275
Overview
These records reflect the court proceedings of and alumni and public response to Rice Institute's Charter trial of 1964 and later appeals and judgments. The lawsuit was brought by the Rice Institute Trustees seeking to alter the Institute's original charter to allow admission of students of color and to enable the school to charge tuition. Additional changes to the charter in 1982 and 1998 relating to structure of the board of trustees and the university's legal ability to borrow money are also...
Dates:
1963 - 1998
Rice University 1990-1991 Charter Centennial Celebration Committee records
Collection
Identifier: UA 256
Overview
The collection consists of planning materials in preparation for the 1990-91 celebration of the centennial of the charter establishing Rice Institute. The collection includes the committee’s charge from President George Rupp, records of committee and subcommittee membership, notes, memos, meeting minutes, recommendations, reports, and correspondence.
Dates:
1987 - 1990