Rice University Thresher student newspaper editor (Brady Tyson) papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters written to Brady Tyson as editor of the Rice Thresher from September 1, 1948 to February 14, 1949 and photocopies of newspaper letters and articles regarding the segregation controversy, particularly in relation to opportunity for African Americans to be admitted to the Rice Institute graduate school. The material dates from a letter of September 6, 1948, to the Houston Press to an editorial from Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas, printed in the Rice Thresher of March 2, 1949.
Dates
- Creation: 1948 - 1949
Creator
- Tyson, Brady (Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research. 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 Thresher Editor Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.
Biographical / Historical
Brady Tyson was editor of the Rice Institute's student newspaper, the Rice Thresher, from 1948 to 1949.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet ( (1 box) )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of 1948 and 1949 correspondence with Brady Tyson, editor of the Rice Thresher; his editorials favoring admission of qualified African Americans to Rice Institute; and newspaper reports on the Tyson material and public response to it. The content ends with President Huston’s letter to the editor of the Thresher, pointing out that Rice was chartered for white students only.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by the Thresher office on May 12, 1997.
Subject
- Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion) (Correspondent, Person)
- Tyson, Brady (Person)
- Rice University (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Rice University Thresher student newspaper editor (Brady Tyson) papers, 1948-1949
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2011
- 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