22. Rice University faculty and administrative records

The Provost is the chief academic officer of the University. The mission of the Provost’s Office is to promote and support excellence in all dimensions of the University's academic, research, scholarly and creative programs and activities. These records reflect the daily business of the Office of the Provost during the tenure of David Auston. Types of records include Alphabetical files, Department files, Off-Campus files and Budget files.

In 1999 and 2000, Fondren Library underwent renovation and expansion. This collection is a partial record of the project's architectural drawings, proposals, and documentary interviews.

This collection contains correspondence, research, reports, and publications, administrative materials, course notes and handouts, and personal items of Alan Chapman, the Harry S. Cameron Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.

Science and engineering equipment technical manuals for equipment used at Rice University in the late 20th century. (14 boxes)

The collections includes a series of scrapbooks of the activities of Rice alumni and a series of scrapbooks from Rice University departments, Rice-related events, and other materials related to the life of the university.

Records reflecting the daily business of the Rice University Dean of Undergraduates, 1950-2009.

This collection contains correspondence to and from Leo S. Shamblin, as well as notes about the university.

The Jeffrey J. Kripal Papers mostly covers Kripal’s tenure at Rice University up to 2015 (and will eventually cover at least up to 2019) but also reaches as far back as 1970. It includes correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, course materials, and on-going research.

This collection consists of School of Engineering Studies, Plans and reports, as well as related materials from Rice University and other institutions.

The collection consists of papers relating to the Rice Quantum Institute, laser and laser fusion studies, articles and personal papers. Professor Tittel was a guest of the 1996 Nobel Prize investiture of his associates Robert Curl and Richard Smalley and his mementos of the occasion are included.