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Claude Houghton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0020
Abstract:

The collection contains manuscripts of English novelist and short story writer Claude Houghton's unpublished book "Kingdoms of the Spirit" and an original manuscript of Houghton's published novel "Julian Grant Loses His Way." Also included are correspondence to, from, and about Houghton.

Dates: 1923 - 1961

Cleveland Sewall house architectural drawings

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0075
Abstract: This collection consists of roughly 180 numbered drawings, including duplicates, on linen, tracing paper, and blueprints of house located at 3456 Inwood Drive (formerly 3460 Inwood Drive) in the exclusive River Oaks subdivision in Houston, Texas, and designed by Cram & Ferguson with Stayton Nunn. The house was completed in 1926. This collection includes renderings, elevations, floor plans, structural and mechanical details of the house, garage, stable and landscaping. There are also a...
Dates: 1923 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1926

Clinton S. Quin, Jr. World War II letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0559
Scope and Contents

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 1944-1946

Cogswell Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0152
Abstract

This collection contains numerous letters relating to personal and business events involving the Cogswell family. It also includes legal documents relating to business transactions reflecting the development and establishment of the Cogswell family throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. This family ran very successful businesses and these papers reflect the changes occurring in social attitudes and methods of business transactions over a 100 year period.

Dates: 1823 - 1927

Col. E. M. House Letters to Mary Louise Howze Needham

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0033
Scope and Contents This collection consists of four letters from Colonel House to his niece Mary Louise Howze. The earliest of these, dated June 13, 1925 and penned in a Paris hotel, offers his congratulations to Mary Louise on the occasion of her graduation from Rice Institute. The second is postmarked Manchester, Massachusetts and thanks Mary Louise for her diligence in sending family news to him. The third is postmarked Beverly Farms (Gloucester), Massachusetts; it offers love and good wishes to Mary Louise...
Dates: 1925 - 1934

Col. Edward M. House correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0263
Abstract

This collection contains a compilation of letters to and from Col. House regarding business deals, financial holdings, and politics. The majority of the letters are addressed to Thomas C. Dunn. Other correspondents include: Dewitt C. Dunn, Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury Department, and Paul M. Warburg. Topics discussed include real estate, federal and regional reserve banks.

Dates: 1896 - 1927

Colish / Samuels Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0873
Abstract

The Colish / Samuels Family Papers follow the early days of Rabbi Robert Lewis Samuels through his attendance at Lanier Junior High and San Jacinto High School, his Confirmation, and participation in activities like the Aleph Zadik Aleph organization and sports teams for football and baseball.

Dates: 1943 - 1951

Collection of owl prints by M. Cole

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0076
Abstract

This collection consists of owl watercolor prints by artist M. Cole.

Dates: undated, possibly circa 1970s

Colonel Cyrus Burnet Smith U.S. Civil War papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0411
Abstract:

Dr. Cyrus Smith served as a surgeon in the U.S. Civil War. His papers include his diary, military passes, induction and discharge papers, correspondence, photographs, hospital reports, bills of lading relating to the cotton trade in 1850's and Smith's thesis from Medical School.

Dates: 1856-1958

Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop (CATS) collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1049
Abstract

This collection is part of the the Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop, or CATS, based in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University and accessible via the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. It features original and printed comic art by American, Mexican, Chinese, German, and Japanese artists.

Dates: 1932 - 1990

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United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 5
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Congregation Adath Yeshurun (Houston, Tex.) 4
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Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 3
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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 3
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion) 3
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Anderson, Clayton & Co 2
Baker College (Rice University) 2
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Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006 2
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Brown & Root, Inc. 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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