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Great Britain Admiralty account book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0229
Abstract

The account book includes individual wages for officers and crews; allowances for victuals; prices of provisions to be paid to and by the Purser; various allowances and expense lists; lists of French, Dutch and Algiers fleets, including ship names and guns; as well as lists of the major Royal Navy commands, the red, white, and blue squadrons, with ships assigned to each, their commanders, guns, and names of flag officers commanding.

Dates: 1661 - 1692

Greek Committee Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0133
Abstract

The correspondence includes letters and post cards from noted liberals of the period in Great Britain. Most are written to the Secretary of the Committee, Lewis Sergeant.

Dates: 1879 - 1897

Greenfield Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0860
Abstract

The collection consists of one box containing nine letters in Yiddish from Morris Greenfield to his future wife, Bessie Peters (Polycov), in 1915 and one large family photograph with three generation of Greenfields from 1918.

Dates: 1915 - 1918

Groce Family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0240
Abstract The collection consists of correspondence and land documents related to the personal, business and legal correspondence of the Groce family of Texas and 2 letters regarding the possible donation of an historic letter. Topics include family matters, plantation conditions, legal concerns and land dealings. Most of the letters were written in Texas and are to and from Jared Ellison Groce, Sr. and his sons, Jared, Jr. and Leonard Waller Groce. Highlights include an official transcript of the...
Dates: 1823 - 1922; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1859

Grounding of the S.S. Schroon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0265
Abstract:

The papers include investigative reports, correspondence, and ship and crew information in relation to the grounding of the S.S. Schroon while helping the S.S. West Hematite. The S.S. Schroon was an American sea-going vessel invovled in cargo transport.

Dates: 1922 - 1937

Grover Smith collection of Aldous Huxley correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0462
Abstract

The Grover Smith papers are largely comprised of photocopies of letters between literary critic and author Aldous Huxley and numerous correspondents -- literary, scientific, friends, and family -- mainly from Great Britain and the U.S., dating from 1908-1985, bulk years 1930s-1950s. Some original correspondence between Julian Huxley and Smith exists, which relates to Smith's publication of the Huxley letters as Letters of Aldous Huxley, Harper & Row, 1970.

Dates: 1908-1965

Rice University Center for Civic Leadership records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0367
Abstract

This collection consists of materials from the Center for Civic Leadership offices. It includes office files and journals and scrapbooks created by students.

Dates: 1990 - 2015

Rice University Fondren Library Renovation and Expansion Project records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0124
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the project records from Fondren Library's renovation and expansion primarily from 1999 to mid-2000. The records of project coordination include architectural drawings, proposals, and documentary interviews. These records do not reflect the project's entire record. Records after mid-2000 are held by Facilities and Engineering's current project coordinator.

Dates: 1987-2004

Guide to the Sir Richard John Strachan letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0145
Abstract:

This letter from Sir Richard John Strachan was sent to Commodore Sir William Cornwallis, his squadron commander in the East Indies, describing his role in the action against the French frigate Resolue off Pondicherry, India, which resulted in her capture.

Dates: November 21, 1791

Takao Doi's Rice Flight Kit for Space Shuttle Endeavour

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0552
Abstract Takao Doi, who received his doctorate from Rice, carried this cloth image of the Orion Nebula on the Unites States Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-123. The Endeavour launched at 2:28 a.m. March 11, 2008 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Doi was a mission specialist on that mission. The image of the Orion Nebula is on a cloth that is 21.5 inches wide by 17 inches high. The cloth is of an unknown material and appears to be printed in color by a computer-generated...
Dates: 2008-2009

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