Thomas E. Daley papers

Collection

Identifier: UA 0334

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

The Daley Papers include personal documents from Daley's high school and Rice University years, a play script and original artwork. There are also photographs of Rice and of World War II infantry and intelligence units, along with some newspaper clippings and correspondence from 1946 and 1963.

Dates

Creation: 1919-1929, 1942-1952

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the Thomas E. Daley Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Ellis Daley (1907-1973), born in Arizona, graduated from and was editor of the Rice University yearbook in 1929. He was an artist who worked in advertising after graduation and enlisted in the army in 1942. He was married to Dorothy Moulton (1913-2011), a 1934 Rice graduate who was employed by Woodfill Real Estate in Houston. The couple donated to Rice University; the Daley American and European Glass Collection was bequeathed to the Houston Heritage Society.