Association of Rice Alumni Distinguished Service Medal awarded to Mrs. W.W. Fondren, 1946-11-01

Item — Box: 46

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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: 1946-11-01

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

Gold Association of Rice Alumni Distinguished Service medal awarded to Mrs. W.W. Fondren. Front of medal is in relief and depicts an image of Lovett Hall with text around the perimeter reading "Assocation of Rice Alumni for Distnguished Service." The back is smooth polished and engraved with text "Awarded to Mrs. W.W. Fondren, Friend and Benefactor of the Rice Institute, November 1, 1946." There is no information regarding donor. Item is located within its original gold metal-trimmed black leather presentation box, along with a commemorative key to Fondren Library also awarded to Mrs. Fondren.