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Rice University Thresher student newspaper editor (Brady Tyson) papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0030
 

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.

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.

Dates
Creation: 1948 - 1949
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet ( (1 box) )
Related Names
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion)
Tyson, Brady
Rice University
Tyson, Brady
Language of Materials
English

Correspondence, 1948-1949

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1948-1949

Correspondence duplicates (photocopies)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1948-1949

Clippings, 1948-1949

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1948-1949
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