22. Rice University faculty and administrative records

Abstract The papers consist of historian John B. Boles’ Baltimore Museum of Art draft text and accompanying board proofs; Higginbotham Symposium 1984/85 correspondence, individual drafts of articles, and proofs; and drafts of Professor Boles’ earlier works, including The Great Revival, 1787-1805: the origins of the Southern evangelical mind; Religion in Antebellum Kentucky; America: The Middle...

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The William V. Houston Personal Papers document Houston's personal life and academic career beginning with his university education at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing with his studies in Munich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency of Rice Institute in 1946.

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Oral history interviews (tapes, cd's, transcripts), news releases, photographs, color slides, publications, campus directories, student papers relating to the five-day controversy which arose on the campus of Rice University in February 1969 following the appointment of Dr. William H. Masterson by the Board of Trustees as the university’s new President to succeed Kenneth Pitzer, who had resigned in August 1968.

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Rice University's Office or Research and Graduate Studies generated these records from 1996-2001. The office oversees graduate admissions, graduate studies, sponsored research and related areas. The record types include general information about the graduate program, policies and procedures, departmental financial records, records related to academic departments, and memos and correspondence.

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Correspondence from faculty and staff to the manager of Rice University Campus Business Affairs, minutes from various campus business related committees and documents including contracts and licenses.

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The papers detail the academic and architectural career of William Ward Watkin. Included in the collection are personal information, business correspondence, construction photographs and architectural drawings of the early Rice Institute, and drawings of projects from his private architectural career.

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This material reflects the multifaceted career of computer science pioneer Ken Kennedy, of Rice University. Ken Kennedy was the founder of Rice University's nationally ranked computer science program and one of the world's foremost experts on high-performance computing.

Abstract The Office of Finance and Administration generated these records from 1938-2020. Most of the records were created during the tenures of Dean W. Currie, vice president of Finance and Administration, and Neill Binford, associate vice president of Finance and Administration. At the time of these records, Finance and Administration included the departments of Facilities and Engineering, the Controller, Human Resources, Administrative Computing, Food and Housing, Office of the Associate Vice...

Abstract The papers of Rice University's fifth president, George Rupp, reflect the daily business of the the president's office during the years 1985-1993, and include correspondence, memos, notes, drafts, memos related to on and off campus departments and groups. Subjects include the establishment of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the new music building (Shepherd School of Music), new building for biosciences and bioengineering, revision of the core curriculum, fundrasing, and...

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Correspondence, reports, and publications revealing Rice Institute / Rice University’s athletics programs and participation in regional athletics conferences.