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06. Arts and Literature

 Record Group
Identifier: 06
Archival collections related to dance, theater, painting, sculpture, literature, and more.

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Grace Spaulding John papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0383
Abstract:

These papers consist of proofs, dummies, and printed copies of published and unpublished works written by or illustrated by Grace Spaulding John. Also included are film/film prints of illustrations from these works, sketchbooks, as well as other artwork. Additional items in the collection include biographical information on John, newspaper and magazine articles, and family photographs, audiotapes and correspondence.

Dates: 1890-1977

William Watson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0385
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence, manuscript verse, and proofs of poems of the poet Sir William Watson. Correspondents include R. Ellis Roberts, Clarence Winchester (of the Amalgamated Press), and T.N. Green-Armytage.

Dates: 1892-1935

Edward Doughtie manuscripts of English Renaissance songs

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0424
Abstract

This collection contains Edward Doughtie’s compilation of manuscripts of English Renaissance songs, including: typescript copies of Lyrics from English Airs and a typescript of Liber Lilliati (an Elizabethan verse and song).

Dates: 1596 - 1622, 1989; Majority of material found within 1596 - 1622

Susan L. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0460
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, research notes, and published articles and manuscripts related to German and Slavic Studies by Rice University professor Susan L. Clark, as well as some co-authored by her colleague Julian M. Wasserman. Collection Date Range: 1976-1990. This collection is 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes).

Dates: 1976-1990

Grover Smith collection of Aldous Huxley correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0462
Abstract

The Grover Smith papers are largely comprised of photocopies of letters between literary critic and author Aldous Huxley and numerous correspondents -- literary, scientific, friends, and family -- mainly from Great Britain and the U.S., dating from 1908-1985, bulk years 1930s-1950s. Some original correspondence between Julian Huxley and Smith exists, which relates to Smith's publication of the Huxley letters as Letters of Aldous Huxley, Harper & Row, 1970.

Dates: 1908-1965

"Reflections on Santayana's Esthetics" manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0467
Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten manuscript (about 220 pages) by Edmund Clark Sanford. The manuscript contains Sanford’s thoughts on George Santayana’s book "The Sense of Beauty," as well as some of Sanford’s thoughts on aesthetics in general.

Dates: ca. 1905

James H. Chillman, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0482
Abstract Correspondence, typescripts, printed material, news clippings, photographs, books, memorabilia, dating 1891 to 1972 and covering family and professional life of James Chillman, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Fine Arts at the Rice Institute and the first director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Many of the transcripts of his radio show "Art is Fun" are in the collection along with a thorough photographic history of his family and career. A large number of news articles are featured...
Dates: 1891-1972

Waldo Greene collection of Thornton Wilder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0484
Abstract:

This collection is comprised of materials which Waldo Greene, a student of Thornton Wilder's, gathered about Wilder during Wilder's lifetime and up until Greene's death. Included among these materials are correspondence, bibliographies, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, playbills, and copies of Wilder's typewritten journals.

Dates: 1928-1994

Rice Institute Pamphlet and Rice University Studies records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0013
Abstract

This collection contains working drafts, business correspondence and receipts, and related material from "Rice University Studies," a university publication of scholarly works.

Dates: 1915 - 1981

"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0057
Abstract

"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" is a quarterly journal of historical and critical studies that is based at Rice University. The record group contains correspondence between authors/reviewers and the editors; some original typescripts and galley proofs; correspondence on rejected articles.

Dates: 1959 - 2020