04. Architecture

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This collection documents not only the early years of the Rice Institute, but also the years the institute was in the planning stages and William Marsh Rice's involvement. The assets of the institute are also detailed.

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The collection consists of correspondence, reports, faculty selection, building records, official record of the opening, President's Office Records, speeches, general office records, World Tour Reports, Faculty Selection, and Construction Records, including bids, specifications, contracts, blueprints, and expense/time sheets.

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This collection consists of expense records, diagrams, photographs, newsclippings, and a small amount of correspondence.

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The papers consist of personal papers from Thomas R. Wilson's undergraduate years at Rice, The Peace Corps, and family. His architectural career is featured with sketches, drawings, photographs, clippings, and media.

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Records of the Search Committee for the position of Dean of Architecture, spanning the years 1988 to 1993.

Abstract Audio recordings and administrative files reflecting the daily business of the KTRU Radio station at Rice University. Recordings include newscasts, interviews with rock, jazz and classical musicians, Rice Presidents’ State of the University speeches and recorded live music. Administrative records include radio directors’ meeting minutes, “Gripes and Groans” books from the DJ booth, programming notes, election forms, DJ handbook, licensing information, and correspondence. Date...

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Departmental announcements, brochures, reports, course evaluations, departmental correspondence, outlines for the 1966 Kahn Lecture, and materials from the dedication of the new Architecture School facilities at Rice University, 1981. Also included are course outlines, materials, rosters, and lecture notes of the Urban Design Program taught by O. Jack Mitchell (1969-1991), as well as the program history, and initial proposal. (4 boxes)

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Records of the School of Architecture (known as the Department of Architecture until the name was changed on September 19, 1965) including historical material, Announcements, Annual Reports, brochures, publications, and news clippings pertaining to the School of Architecture and its related activities and organizations.

Abstract The collection consists primarily of materials created by alumni of the Rice University School of Architecture. Dates of the materials range from 1927 to 1990. A large portion of the collection is made up of drawings that won the William Ward Watkin Traveling Fellowship. There are also a 1932 sketch-book by Walter Johnson for Architecture 410, a copy of the 1973 student newspaper Intercourse, and pictorial works in pencil, ink, ink and watercolor, and watercolor by Milton McGinty, Erik T....

Abstract Houston-born Ralph Anderson Jr. (1923-1990) studied architecture at Rice Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in 1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1943 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded and awarded a medal for his bravery. After the war, he returned to Rice and continued his studies in architecture. He joined the architectural firm of Wilson, Morris and Crain and eventually rose to become a partner and later president of the company. The papers cover a...