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Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0097
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, audiotapes of lecture and speeches, and more related to the celebration of Rice University's semicentennial and the inuaguration President Pitzer, 1961-1963. The Pitzer Inaugural Committee created or maintained the bulk of this material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961 - 1963

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish these records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

Organizational Sketch

For each incoming Rice president, an Inaugural Committee is formed which works with the Board of Governors and the President's Office to plan the numerous presidential welcoming events and celebrations. After the inauguration, the committee is released from duty.

The university's semi-centennial was officially celebrated in 1962, fifty years after the opening of the Rice Institute (Oct., 1912). The centennial will be celebrated in 2012.

Extent

5 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, testimonials, audiotapes of lecture and speeches, and more related to the celebration of Rice University's semicentennial and the inuaguration President Pitzer, 1961-1963. The Pitzer Inaugural Committee created or maintained the bulk of this material.

Arrangement

  1. Series I: Inauguration, Semicentennial, and Correspondence
  2. Series II: Delegates and Lecturers
  3. Series III: Media and Newsclips
  4. Series IV: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 5"
  5. Series V: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 7"
  6. Series VI: Congratulatory Letters and Testimonials

Acquisition Information

Transferred to the Woodson Research Center, ca. 1980 and 1994.

Related Material

See also Rice University President's Office records: Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-1968.

See also information and photograph files at Woodson Research Center desk for "Inauguration - Pizter".

Subject

Title
Guide to the Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-63
Status
Completed
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586