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William Black essays

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0298
Abstract:

The papers consist of three handwritten short essays by Black, each pasted into a bound volume: “The Borderland of Dreams," “Metropolitan Conveyances” and “My Lady Jemimah…”.

Dates: 1870

William E. Gordon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0408
Abstract:

Academic and professional papers of William E. Gordon, member of the faculty of Rice University 1966-1985, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Space Physics and Astronomy and of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with material related to his work in developing and administering the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Dates: 1947-1994

William E. ("Pussyfoot") Johnson scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0293
Abstract:

The scrapbook contains a series of newspaper clippings pasted in and over pages of a day-book kept by Myron Downes. Most of the clippings deal with the career of prohibitionist William “Pussyfoot” Johnson.

Dates: 1905 - 1916

William Goyen letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0078
Abstract

This collection contains 6 letters, and a postcard and envelope (letter missing) from William Goyen to Mark Bradlyn. Also included are photographs of Goyen taken in his Hollywood office and a business card from a Chinese restaurant. An unsent letter form Mark Bradlyn to Goyen is also included in the collection.

Dates: 1978-1979

William Goyen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0360
Abstract

The William Goyen papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts and notes, serial publications, reviews and publicity, and proofs and galleys.

Dates: 1937 - 1978; Majority of material found within

William H. Masterson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0613
Abstract

The collection contains one series of Masterson's academic papers and one series related to his wife, Orvetta Masterson. Correspondence, newsclips, photographs, certificates, Rice-related brochures and information on the Masterson Fund are included.

Dates: 1940s-1980s

William H. Nelson "The American Tory" typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0350
Abstract:

This collection consists of a bound typescript of the book "The American Tory", which is the study of the Loyalists (or “Tories”) of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1960

William Harris Crawford letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0053
Abstract:

Correspondence from William Harris Crawford, a lawyer, legislator, diplomat, and statesman.

Dates: 1817 - 1825

William Harrison Hamman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0006
Abstract Correspondence, documents, Civil War materials, clippings, and other papers of Hamman including accounts of early Texas historical events and political opinions as well as his legal and business papers regarding oil land, gas, and minerals; together with papers of his wife, Ella Hamman; papers of John Hamman (1879-1966), founder of Hamman Exploration Col, later Hamman Oil and Refining Co., pioneer in the development of mineral resources in Texas, and lawyer specializing in land and...
Dates: 1828-1966, bulk dates 1861-1889; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1889

"William Hayne Leavell: an autobiography, 1850-1930", typescript 1979

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0384
Abstract This is a typed copy of an autobiography of William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930). Leavell served as minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Houston from 1893 to 1905. After serving as an envoy to Guatemala (1913-1919), he returned to Houston. The autobiography, written in 1920 by Leavell, transcribed later by his daughter and edited into this typescript in 1979 by Alec Bayless and Larry Noble, describes Leavell's career at the First Presbyterian Church in Houston, his service in Guatemala,...
Dates: 1979

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United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 5
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5
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Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 3
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Baker, James Addison, 1930- 3
Barlow, Tani 3
Brown, George R., 1898-1983 3
Chen, E. C. M. (Edward C. M.) 3
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Confederate States of America. Army 3
Congregation Brith Shalom. (Bellaire, Tex) 3
Congregation Emanu El (Houston, Tex.) 3
Fondren Library 3
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Houston, Sam 3
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 3
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion) 3
Huxley, Juliette, 1896-1994 3
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 3
Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman) 3
Long, Elizabeth 3
Lovett, Mary Ellen Hale 3
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Rice University--residential college system. 3
Rice University. "R" Association 3
Richards, Ann, 1933-2006 3
Smalley, Richard E. 3
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 3
Wilson, Woodrow 3
Adams, John A. S. (John Allan Stewart), 1926- 2
Anderson, Benjamin M. 2
Anderson, Clayton & Co 2
Baker College (Rice University) 2
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Baker, Walter Browne, Jr., 1925-1994 2
Bean, Gloria 2
Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006 2
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Black, William 2
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Brotzen, Franz R. 2
Brown & Root, Inc. 2
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Brown, Herman,1892-1962 2
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Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 2
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Cannady, William 2
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Catholic Church 2
Chen, Edward Kin Tung 2
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
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Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex) 2
Cruikshank, George 2
Cullum, George W. (George Washington) 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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