Subseries F: Board inquiries to other universities and colleges
Scope and Contents note
This series includes documentation of early Rice Board of Trustees activities, revealing some of the very first attempts to shape the Institute. Correspondence, particularly with Capt. James A. Baker, Board meeting minutes, financial documents, loan documents showing how Rice Institute acted as a bank for real estate and business ventures, and Board research on charitable institutions and other universities’ and colleges’ charters and reports.
Dates
- Creation: 1844 - 1941
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1916
Creator
- From the Collection: Patrick, Albert T. (Person)
- From the Collection: Baker, James Addison, 1930- (Person)
- From the Collection: Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rice University (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 1-18 and 20-117 stored off-site at the Library Service Center. This material requires 24 hrs. for retrieval. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Boxes 19a-19b containing glass plates are located onsite at Woodson Research Center.
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 62 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu