Rice University Committee on Public Lectures Records
Scope and Contents
Included in box 1 are minutes of the committee’s meetings, lists of lecturers, suggestions for speakers, administrative files, and materials pertaining to the lectures (including those lecturers asked, but did not speak). Boxes 2 and 3 contain copies of the individual lectures given by Edward Teller, C.P Snow, Buckmaster Fuller, James Stockdale, and Hyman Rickover among others.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1994
Creator
- Rice University (Organization)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from the Rice University Committee on Public Lectures Records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Rice University.
Biographical Sketch
The Committee on Public Lectures is charged with the organization of an appropriate number of public lectures to be presented under the auspices of Rice University. It selects the lecturers and lecture topics for recommendation to the President of the University and arranges for the housing and entertainment of the lecturers. It also provides for the locations of and publicity for the lectures.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet ( (3 boxes) )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This material includes minutes of the Rice University Committee on Public Lectures' meetings, lists of lecturers, suggestions for speakers, administrative files, and in some cases, texts of the lectures themselves.
Acquisition Information
Received from Harold Hyman in 1981.
Subject
- Hyman, Harold (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Rice University Committee on Public Lectures Records, 1946-1994
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lee Pecht
- 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