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Dr. Bill Wilson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0449
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Content Description

This collection consists of four boxes containing documents, books, media, and photographs documenting college history, student productions, and events that include: CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, audio cassettes,magazines, directories, Wiess RA correspondence, WTT records A/V specs Wiess table top lightboard, Weiss history, map, as well as materials documenting events at Hanszen, Sid Rich, Jones, and Lovett colleges from 1979 to 2008.

Dates

  • 1979 - 2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the Dr. Bill Wilson Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations

Biographical / Historical

William L. Wilson, known to generations of Rice University students as Dr. Bill, was professor of electrical engineering at Rice University from 1972 and Resident Associate of Wiess College from 1978 until his retirement from Rice in 2006. He also served as interim Master of Wiess in 1983 and in a myriad of formal and informal roles on the Rice campus throughout his teaching career. The keeper of many Wiess traditions, he was arguably the most influential person in the college's history.

A native of Long Island, William L. Wilson Jr. grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and came to Rice in 1972 after earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering at Cornell University. In 1978 he became a Resident Associate at Wiess College, one of the university's residential colleges. Wiess remained his home until 2006, when Dr. Bill retired to his long-time summer home in Vermont.

Source: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/3795806

Extent

4 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection consists of four boxes containing books, media, and photographs documenting college history, student productions, and event from 1979 to 2008.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged in two series as follows:

Series I: Media Series II: Documents

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by Doward Hudlow, December 2021

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Related Names

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Dr. Bill Wilson Collection, 1979-2008
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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