Education
Subject
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Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:
Fred Terry Rogers papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0029
Abstract:
The Fred Terry Rogers papers are a record of Fred and Marguerite Rogers' distinguished careers in academia and physics from 1931 to 1956 and consists primarily of correspondence, research and lecture notes and published works. Subjects include Beta-particle decay, the fractureof metals, the U.S. Naval Ordinance Test Station, convection currents in porous media, ballistics penetration and university research and course work.
Dates:
1929 - 1956
Friedman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0832
Overview
Made up of mostly class photos from Beth Yeshurun Day school, the Friedman Family papers show David and Rachel Friedman growing up in the tight-knit community formed by Beth Yeshurun’s outreach to Houston Jews.
Dates:
1970 - 2013
Gee Family Association papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1018
Overview
The Gee Family Association (GFA) is an organization of generations of Gees and their extended families. This collection includes print materials such as event flyers and programs, genealogies, and circa 20 photographs, primarily regarding the activities of the Gee Family Association in Houston, Texas.
Dates:
1986 - 2018
George C. Wheeler Correspondence, Scrapbook, and Biology Lecture and Laboratory Notes
Collection
Identifier: MS 0001
Abstract:
The Wheeler materials include biology lecture and laboratory notes, correspondence, an autobiography and a scrapbook. The bulk of this collection are two bound copies of the notes from the biology classes that George Wheeler took as a student at the Rice Institute through the years 1915 to 1918.
Dates:
1915-1957; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1916
George G. Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0341
Abstract:
Typescript and handwritten manuscripts, newspaper clippings, student questionnaires and papers, and correspondence which reflect the literary and academic career of George G. Williams, Professor of English, Rice University (1928-1968), along with his interests in ornithology.
Dates:
1923 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1964
Hallie Rienzi Johnston Russell Thomas Flint papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0116
Abstract:
This collection contains articles written by Hallie Rienzi for the Houston Daily Post under the pseudonym Harriot Russell as well as personal and family papers.
Dates:
1912 - 1965
Harry Boyer Weiser chemistry offprints
Collection
Identifier: MS 0415
Overview
Contains offprints of articles written by early Rice chemistry professor Harry Boyer Weiser between 1913 and 1950. The collection includes a complete bibliography of articles and books written by Weiser as well as some personal correspondence between Weiser and Rice Institute President E.O Lovett.
Dates:
1913 - 1950
Hattie Lel Red letters to Mr. Edward H. Phillips
Collection
Identifier: MS 0073
Abstract:
The letters concern Ms. Hattie Lel Red's scholarship fund raising activities on behalf of Dr. Edward Phillips' history students at Austin College and his responses thereto. Her letters also cover her memories of her time at Rice and of her family, classmates and teachers, as well as comments concerning her travels in Texas and elsewhere.
Dates:
1970 - 1980
Houston Philosophical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 076
Abstract:
The Houston Philosophical Society was established in 1920 at the University Club in downtown Houston to bring together the intellectual community both on and off campus. Many members of the Rice University community have been invlode as leaders in the society. These records consist of minutes from the Executive Committee and general meetings, notices to members, treasurer's reports and other financial records, rosters and directories, new member nominations, constitutions and procedure...
Dates:
1808 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1940 - 2004
Instruction dans l’Arithmetique, arithmetic instruction book
Collection
Identifier: MS 0227
Overview
Arithmetic instruction book written in French from the first half of the seventeenth century. It consists of 284 pages written in calligraphy and ornamented with colored drawings. It was probably written for the instruction of a Prince of Orange.
Dates:
1650