Association of Rice Alumni Scrapbook, pre - 1941

Item — Box: 29, item: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collections includes a series of scrapbooks of the activities of Rice alumni and a series of scrapbooks from Rice University departments, Rice-related events, and other materials related to the life of the university. Additional scrapbooks, such as the scrapbooks created by the Literary Societies, can be found in the related record groups.

Dates

Creation: pre - 1941

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of this collection are available online at: https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/95187

Extent

From the Collection: 64 Linear Feet (49 boxes)

From the Collection: 6.86 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0230aip_001 (6.86 GB))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

The content is newsclippings, many loose but some mounted in the book. The listing that follows is chronological. Earliest is a 12-page special section of the Houston Chronicle dated Oct. 22, 1932, celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of Rice. Next are four 1935 newsclippings concerning the Nov. 16 football game between Rice and Texas A and M, which Rice won 17 to 10. Twelve 1936 items concern the home- coming festivities Nov. 20-22. Combined with homecoming was celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the university. Four members of the original faculty were to be seated at the head table of the Friday Nov. 20 dinner: Dr. Lovett, John T. McCants, William Ward Watkin, and Harold Albert Wilson. A Dec. 24, 1936 article announces the gift to Rice from William Marsh Rice, Jr., of $320,000.

Nov. 7 – 12, 1937, articles concern homecoming. A Nov. 13 item reports presentation to William Marsh Rice, Jr., of a gold medal for distinguished service to Rice by the president of Rice alumni.

The only 1938 item is from April 27 about the Rice Alumni Association honoring the stadium committee on the occasion of raising $204,000.

A June 9, 1941, article covers commencement, and from Sunday June 22 there is a full rotogravure page with pictures of graduates from the first classes, 1916, 1917, and 1918. The occasion was the 25th anniversary of the first commence- ment.

A large envelope contains items from 1941, 1943, and 1945. An Aug. 7, 1941 article announces that William Marsh Rice, Jr. has been elected president of the board trustees. An article of Nov. 6, 1941, is about events associated with home- coming. Nov. 8 items report actions of the Alumni Association: the presentation of the second gold medal for distinguished service to Rice to Dr. Lovett, and the election of Harvin C. Moore as its president. Also in this envelope are two copies of the Nov. 11, 1943 Thresher and a Nov. 24, 1945 article from a Ft. Worth paper anticipating the annual Rice-T.C.U. football game.