Baker, James Addison, 1930-
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Capt. James A. Baker Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0040
Abstract:
Family correspondence, scrapbooks, and clippings of the Baker Family, from Captain James A. Baker (appointed Chairman of the Board, Rice Institute, 1891) through attorney James A. Baker, III (Rice Board of Trustees, Trustee Emeretus, 1993 - present). A small portion of the materials relate to the Baker, Botts, Garwood & Parker law firm (later known as Baker Botts law firm).
Dates:
1853 - 1976
Early Rice Institute records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0101
Abstract:
These records include the original William Marsh Rice murder trial records, and the estate records of Rice, founder of Rice Institute, now Rice University. These records relate to the formation of the idea of the Rice Institute and the activities of its first Board of Trustees in the years before Mr. Rice’s death and to the Institute’s formative years just after his death. The outcomes of the legal proceedings documented in these records, which related to significant financial resources and...
Dates:
1844 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1916
Vera Prasilova Scott portraiture collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0497
Abstract:
Photographic prints, glass plate negatives and other equipment and supplies related to professional portraiture by Vera Prasilova Scott, mainly dating from 1926-1937 during her time in Houston close to the Rice Institute. Houston and Rice University-related subjects include the Lovett, Baker, Blaffer, Cullinan, Wiess, Hutcheson, Autrey and Sharp families.
Dates:
1926-1937
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