20. Rice University Archives

These records contain files related to acquisitions for the Rice University Art Collection. The files contain images, correspondence, and appraisals as well as donor and accession details.

Memoranda, correspondence and reports of the Committee on Affirmative Action. The committee was organized in 1970 to review progress in equal employmnt opportunities and to monitor progress in equal employment opportunities and to monitor progress towards the University's goals for new hire. The papers are arranged chronoloically; later years (1976-) consist primarily of letters of appointment to the commitee and replies to those letters.

Collection includes information from the Rice University Committee on Applied Mathematics and Systems Research. It includes minutes and memoranda, information on laboratory facilities, employment records, National Science Foundation grant reports, budget and financial issues, and an assessment of a computer program.

The minutes, reports, memoranda and correspondence generated by the Committee on Campus Safety and by its predecessor, the Committee on Disasters and Emergencies. The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rice University News and Media Relations has also been known in the past as News and Publications. This office creates and manages news releases on behalf of the university. The photo and biographical files in this collection were created and manitained by that office for use in such news releases.

The Chandler Davidson Academic papers collection includes course materials, selected student papers, information on minorities at Rice, Athletic Committee materials, and other publications, clippings, letters, and materials relating to Rice received from Research Professor and Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs Emeritus Davidson.

These records reflect the daily business of the Office of Institutional Research, which administrates grant funded projects at Rice University. Types of records include Information Requests, Rice Facts, Rice University Profiles, New Faculty, Reading Files, and more.

Official records of the Rice University Office of the Controller 1908 through 2008. Collection equals 4 boxes (4 linear feet).

This collection includes a variety of files that reflect the daily affairs of the Vice President for Resource Development’s office, Rice University Office of Resource Development.

The papers of Graduate Student Master Robert L. Patten include printed material and correspondence concerning the Graduate Student Association and the Graduate House Master's Office. A significant portion of the collection is dedicated to correspondence between Patten and Jordan Konisky, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies from 1996-2006.