DePitts / Smith / Ewing papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 1026

Staff Only

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 contains Rice-related correspondence to Anne Marie Smith, photographs, ephemera, and a digitized poster. Letters in the collection discuss integration at Rice University.

Dates

Creation: 1934 - 1997

Conditions Governing Access

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.

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the DePitts / Smith / Ewing papers must be obtained from Woodson Research Center. 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

Anne Marie Smith received her BA from Rice Institute in 1938, as well as a Masters of Arts in 1940. She studied with Floyd S. Lear, with whom she maintained contact. She later married and took the name Ewing.

James DePitts graduated from Rice University in 1969. He has stayed connected to the music scene in Houston and has played in a Zydeco band named Grand Texas with Steve Bing.