Box 117

Scope and Contents From the Collection: These records include the original William Marsh Rice murder trial records, and the estate records of Rice, founder of Rice Institute, now Rice University. These records relate to the formation of the idea of the Rice Institute and the activities of its first Board of Trustees in the years before Mr. Rice’s death and to the Institute’s formative years just after his death. The outcomes of the legal proceedings documented in these records, which related to significant financial resources and...

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Financial and legal correspondence, receipts, promissory notes, and records of land holdings (titles and deeds) in this series document Wm. M. Rice’s business dealings and name many of his financial holdings, business agents and legal advisors.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Financial and legal correspondence, receipts, promissory notes, and records of land holdings (titles and deeds) in this series document Wm. M. Rice’s business dealings and name many of his financial holdings, business agents and legal advisors.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Financial and legal correspondence, receipts, promissory notes, and records of land holdings (titles and deeds) in this series document Wm. M. Rice’s business dealings and name many of his financial holdings, business agents and legal advisors.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Financial and legal correspondence, receipts, promissory notes, and records of land holdings (titles and deeds) in this series document Wm. M. Rice’s business dealings and name many of his financial holdings, business agents and legal advisors.