Rice University Friends of Fondren Library Records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0178

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Boxes 1-36 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 Friends of Fondren Library Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, membership information, printed invitations, newsclippings, lectures, budgets, photographs, typescripts, notes, and pamphlets regarding business and events held by the Friends from 1950 to 2021.

Dates

Creation: 1950 - 2021

Creator

Rice University. Fondren Library (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.

Biographical/Historical Note

Founded a year after the Fondren Library was built, The Friends of Fondren Library gathered together under a common interest to see the library grow and expand. The members early on decided to create the Flyleaf in order to increase membership and to acquire the funds necessary to increase and to improve the resources of the library. A collection of thirty French scientific monographs presented in the name of the French Government was the first recorded gift to the Fondren Library through the Friends organization.Today, the Friends continue to promote growth for the library through events such as the Friends of Fondren Gala and receptions honoring Rice authors, composers, and editors.