Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer records
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
- Series I: Inauguration, Semicentennial, and Correspondence
- Series II: Delegates and Lecturers
- Series III: Media and Newsclips
- Series IV: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 5"
- Series V: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 7"
- Series VI: Congratulatory Letters and Testimonials
Acquisition Information
Transferred to the Woodson Research Center, ca. 1980 and 1994.
Subject
- Rice University (Organization)
- 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
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu