Association of Rice Alumni Medal awarded to William V. Houston for Distinguished Service., 1967-11-11

Item — Box: 46

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains a wide variety of realia from Rice University's history, including a variety of jewelry pieces, clothing, athletics-related materials, and various other objects.

Dates

Creation: 1967-11-11

Creator

From the Collection: Rice University. (Organization)

Access Restrictions

This material is available for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Boxes 1-25, 27-30, 32, 35-37, 39, 43, 44, 46-52, 54, 56-58, 60-62, 64, 67-128, as well as all unboxed and oversize items are stored onsite mostly in the vault at the Woodson Research Center.

Boxes 26, 31, 33, 34, 38, 40-42, 45, 53, 55, 59, 63, 65, and 66 stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Extent

From the Collection: 191 Linear Feet (178 boxes plus oversize items)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Association of Rice Alumni medal for Distinguished Service awarded to William V. Houston. Medal is round and gold-colored. The front is in relief and depicts an image of Lovett Hall with perimeter text "Association of Rice Alumni, For Distinguished Service." The back is flat and engraved with text "Awarded to William V. Houston Second President of Rice Institute and Honorary Chancellor of Rice University, in gratitude, November 11, 1967." This is followed by a Latin phrase in script. There is no information regarding donor. Item is located within an envelope identified with "William Vermillion Houston Medals, Association of Rice Alumni Distinguished Service."