1 1917 card picturing “Two mascots made famous by Texas A&M students” – a longhorn steer for the University of Texas and an owl for Rice Institute

This collection consists of postcards featuring Rice Institute and Rice University, gathered from various sources. The largest segment is an album in which are mounted 35 3-1/2” x 5-1/2” color scenes identified by the donor as the first cards made following the change of Rice’s name from Institute to University. They were all made after July 1, 1960 and most in 1961. This album was a gift to Rice from Damon D. Hickey, class of 1964. The remainder of the collection consists of loose cards of varying sizes and dates. Most are 3-1/2” x 5-1/2”, but the most recent are 4” x 6”. The latter feature images of buildings “inside” contemporary graphic lettering. The smaller scenic cards have labels identifying buildings at either Rice Institute or Rice University. Three cards are not pictorial of Rice, two of which report a football score (Rice 7, A&M 6), and one which juxtaposes images of the mascots of Rice and the University of Texas. The date of the earliest card in the collection is identifiable by a 1913 postmark.