Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Forest Muir papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0017
Abstract:
This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These...
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
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
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- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Business 1
- Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Courts 1
- Hawaii 1
- Legal instruments 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Marriage 1
- Money 1
- Religion 1
- Texas 1
- Texas -- Brazoria County 1
- Texas -- Burleson County 1
- Texas -- Fort Bend County 1
- Texas -- Galveston 1
- Texas -- Harris County 1
- Texas -- Jefferson County 1
- Texas -- Matagorda 1
- United States 1
- United States -- Confederate States of America 1
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