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22. Rice University faculty and administrative records

 Record Group
Identifier: 22
Rice University records of faculty members, departments, schools, centers, and administrative offices such as those of the president, provost, registrar, and more.

Found in 295 Collections and/or Records:

Fred Terry Rogers papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0029
Abstract:

The Fred Terry Rogers papers are a record of Fred and Marguerite Rogers' distinguished careers in academia and physics from 1931 to 1956 and consists primarily of correspondence, research and lecture notes and published works. Subjects include Beta-particle decay, the fractureof metals, the U.S. Naval Ordinance Test Station, convection currents in porous media, ballistics penetration and university research and course work.

Dates: 1929 - 1956

Cooper K. Ragan correspondence with Andrew F. Muir

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0036
Abstract:

Material consists of correspondence between Cooper K. Ragan and Rice University historian Andrew F. Muir. They relate primarily to Muir’s published works, historical information and criticisms of others' works.

Dates: 1955 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1962

Geophysical Research Letters editorial files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0041
Abstract:

This collection contains the editorial files of the Geophysical Research Letters during the editorship of Alexander J. Dessler (Space Science Dept., Rice University). It includes manuscripts of articles, referees’ reports, correspondence, office files, and more.

Dates: 1985 - 1988

EOS: "Transactions of the American Geophysical Union" records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0047
Abstract:

This collection contains articles and book reviews submitted to the publication “Transactions of the American Geophysical Union.” Also included are office records, correspondence, SPR news, cover and meeting reports related to this publication of the AGU.

Dates: 1985 - 1989

John A.S. Adams geology papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0048
Abstract:

This collection contains papers from Adams’ professional career as a renowned geologist and professor at Rice University. Included are papers regarding his careers in consulting, teaching, recycling and writing; also included is Adams’ correspondence, membership in organizations and attendance at meetings.

Dates: 1951 - 1989

President E. O. Lovett - Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0060
Abstract:

The personal papers of Edgar Odell Lovett, first President of Rice Institute, span almost his entire life. The collection has material about his education at UVA and in Europe, his career at Princeton, his hiring by the Board of Trustees of the Rice Institute, and extensive personal correspondence with friends and societies he was involved with throughout his life. The collection also includes reprints of articles and speeches written by Lovett throughout his life.

Dates: Bulk, 1908-1946 1871-1957; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1946

Walter Widrig papers on the excavation of Via Gabina Villas

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0079
Abstract: This collection documents the excavation of two suburban Roman villas and a Late Antique granary-barn 14 kilometers directly east from the center of Rome along the Via Gabina, an ancient Roman road. Walter Widrig, Rice University professor emeritus, and Philip Oliver-Smith, Rice University professor emeritus, co-directed this project to shed light on the economic and social changes that took place from the Roman Republic through the Imperial era in the immediate area of Via Gabina. The...
Dates: 1975-2004; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1989

Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0090
Abstract: The collection includes the archive from Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik’s ecological research in the Big Thicket National Preserve; academic and university affairs regarding Rice University and the Ecology and Environmental Biology Department, as well as student and faculty records; Paul Harcombe’s personal documents, including his correspondence and his personal notebooks; publications, including articles from the journals of Ecology and Ecological Monographs, the Ecological Society of...
Dates: 1969 - 2007

Joseph I. Davies papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0286
Abstract:

The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.

Dates: 1924 - 1966

Joseph Horace Pound papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0362
Abstract

This collection contains the academic papers and published articles of Joseph Horace Pound, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.

Dates: 1922 - 1941