Rice University Rice Institute library records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0012

Staff Only

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

The Records consist of early library records, including, correspondence with other university libraries, book lists, inventories of furniture and fixtures, and general correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1914 - 1952

Creator

Rice University (Organization)

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

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

Use restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Rice Institute library records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

During its first academic year the Rice Institute did not have a library, but in the second year that began September 1913, temporary quarters for the Institute’s library were provided on the second floor of the Administration Building [Lovett Hall]. The "temporary" library space became inadequate as early as 1921 overflowing into two additional floors and expanding to several departmental libraries in other buildings. In 1949, the library moved out of the Administration Building when Fondren Library was completed.

Extent

19 Linear Feet ( (30 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of early library records, including, correspondence with other university libraries, book lists, inventories of furniture and fixtures, and general correspondence.