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23. Rice University related

 Record Group
Identifier: 23

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Stockton Axson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0338
Abstract:

This collection contains the correspondence and other material of Dr. Stockton Axson, first head of the Rice English department and one of its most famous lecturers and teachers. Included are photographs, newspaper clippings, letters to family, telegrams, unpublished manuscripts, and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1912 - 1935

George G. Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0341
Abstract:

Typescript and handwritten manuscripts, newspaper clippings, student questionnaires and papers, and correspondence which reflect the literary and academic career of George G. Williams, Professor of English, Rice University (1928-1968), along with his interests in ornithology.

Dates: 1923 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1964

George W. Whiting papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0342
Abstract:

This collection contains typescripts, handwritten notes and correspondence related to the personal and professional life of George W. Whiting, a professor of English at Rice Institute.

Dates: 1925 - 1963

John W. Freeman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0344
Abstract

The collection consists of reports, photographs, and films related to the NASA Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SID), part of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). This experiment, involving equipment developed by Freeman, was part of the work of Apollo missions 12, 14, and 15.

Dates: 1965 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1971

Frank E. Vandiver papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0348
Abstract

The papers of Frank Everson Vandiver (1925-), former Professor of History, Acting-President, and Provost of Rice University consist chiefly of correspondence, manuscripts, and other material generated by Vandiver as a historian, writer, teacher, and lecturer at Rice University. See "Related Materials" note for information on Vandiver's records as an administrator.

Dates: 1947 - 1977

John Robert Anderson manuscript of "The Old Adam"

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0375
Abstract

This collection contains a xerox copy of the typescript of "The Old Adam," an unpublished novel called with a West Texas setting written by John Anderson. Anderson, a 1976 graduate of Rice University, wrote the novel while pursuing a Ph.D. at Yale University. At the time this typescript was accessioned (1983), Anderson was a professor at Pennsylvania University; the novel was unpublished.

Dates: 1982

Anne Wheeler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0381
Abstract:

Letters received by Anne Wheeler, secretary to the first President of Rice Institute and a travel diary presumed to be written by her.

Dates: 1924 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953

"William Hayne Leavell: an autobiography, 1850-1930", typescript 1979

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0384
Abstract This is a typed copy of an autobiography of William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930). Leavell served as minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Houston from 1893 to 1905. After serving as an envoy to Guatemala (1913-1919), he returned to Houston. The autobiography, written in 1920 by Leavell, transcribed later by his daughter and edited into this typescript in 1979 by Alec Bayless and Larry Noble, describes Leavell's career at the First Presbyterian Church in Houston, his service in Guatemala,...
Dates: 1979

Norman Hurd Ricker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0398
Abstract:

The Ricker Papers include the notes and papers related to physicist Norman Hurd Ricker's work in industrial research and in his academic career. The 25 boxes contain Ricker's autobiography, published papers, photographs depicting his experience at Rice University and many of his field expeditions, as well as notes, calculations, and graphs in various media, used in his research and writing.

Dates: 1916-1978

Frank Briggs Mohole Project Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0401
Abstract: This collection contains plans for and information about Project Mohole, a cooperative effort between the United States government and the scientific community to drill a hole through the outer crust of the earth to what is called the “Mohorovicic Discontinuity” or Moho, the boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle. Also included in this collection are magazine and news articles, correspondence, designs, and other information about the project. Also, Frank Brigg’s unpublished...
Dates: 1962-1966