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Henry J. Dannenbaum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0736
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, reports, publications, court documents, and organizational materials documenting some of Henry J. Dannenbaum's work as Special Assistant to the Attorney General, investigating violations of the Mann Act (The White-Slave Traffic Act), and materials documenting the planning and implementation of a portrait installation honoring Judge Dannenbaum. The collection spans the years 1910-2012.

Dates: 1910 - 2012

Herbert Allen business and personal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0519
Abstract

The Herbert Allen papers include personal holdings, including biographical information, honors and awards, and personal correspondence. In addition papers dealing with his professional activities and patents are included, as are those dealing with his involvement with Rice University. Allen was an inventor and mechanical engineer who graduated from Rice Institute in 1929 where he later served on the Board of Governors and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1938 - 2014

Herbert H. Fletcher letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0175
Abstract

This collection contains two letters, one an invitation from Fletcher (then President of the Bell County Historical Society) to S. Walker (one-time city editor of the New York Herald-Tribune) to a Historical Society meeting; the other a rather humorous response from Walker.

Dates: 1958

Herbert Hoover Letter to J. Hugh Jackson

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0479
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Herbert Hoover to J. Hugh Jackson, Dean of Stanford University, informing him that Hoover nominated him for the Presidency of the Rice Institute.

Dates: 1941

Herman and Margarett Root Brown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0697
Abstract The collection consists of a range of keepsakes memorializing the lives of Herman and Margarett Root Brown and their family. The oldest in time are the high school senior class yearbook of Herman Brown and a framed loan document bearing his signature. There are many photographs, both formal portraits and small snapshots as well as intermediate size pictures. Among the people featured in addition to Herman, Margarett, and their children are the mother and sisters of Herman and George...
Dates: 1890 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1965

Hertz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0968
Abstract

Three boxes of photographs, programs, flyers, correspondence, service packets, t-shirts, and newspaper clippings from Congregation Emanu El, Interfaith Charities, the Jewish-Herald Voice, West Houston B'nai B'rith, JCC West Houston, Greene Family Camp, and NFTY document some activities members of the Hertz family were involved in from from 1966-2011.

Dates: 1966 - 2011

Historical Society at Rice University records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0305
Abstract

Records of The Historical Society meeting notices that give the dates of the meetings and in most cases list the expected speaker and topic.

Dates: 1922 - 1962

History of Biosciences research materials

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0445
Abstract

This collection mainly consists of the research materials for the "History of Biosciences" written by Kathleen Matthews.

Dates: 2019 - 2021

History of Student Life at Rice Oral Histories project

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0282
Abstract

Audio cassette tapes and subject index of oral histories given by Rice students and alumni regarding student life, created within a university course as a contribution to the charter centennial celebration in 1991. It also includes a copy of the published work, The History of Student Life at Rice University: A Series of Papers, which resulted from these interviews.

Dates: 1989 - 1990

HIV/AIDS local and national research files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0891
Abstract

This collection contains newspaper clippings, reports, and other items related to the LGBTQ community and/or the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Dates: 1984 - 1993

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Rice University 152
Jewish Families 142
Social life and customs 136
Texas 125
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Programs (Publications) 112
Minutes (Records) 105
Women 105
reports 103
Music 97
Business 92
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Politics and government 75
Military 71
Video recordings 69
sound recordings 68
United States 67
Albums (Books) 65
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 61
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Architecture 55
diaries 54
newsletters 53
Authors 52
Jewish Organizations and Businesses 51
Literature 51
Religion 51
Asian Americans 47
Folk music 47
newspapers 45
World War (1939-1945) 43
directories 42
African Americans 40
Oral histories 40
Folk-rock music 36
books 36
personal correspondence 36
speeches 36
Informational works 35
College students 34
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Legal instruments 31
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Health care and medicine 27
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Lectures 27
interviews 26
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Slides 24
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Editorials 22
Great Britain 22
Synagogues 22
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Poetry 21
Universities and colleges--Faculty 21
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World War (1914-1918) 20
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calendars 19
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pamphlets 18
posters 18
yearbooks 18
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LGBTQ people 16
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syllabi 13
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Rice University 235
Unknown 45
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B'nai B'rith Youth Organization 9
Levy, Vicki Samuels 9
Rice University -- history. 7
Rice University--residential college system 6
Rice University. Office of the President 6
Baker, James Addison 5
Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Tex) 5
Davidson, Chandler 5
Davis, Jefferson 5
Rice, William Marsh 5
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 5
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5
Congregation Adath Yeshurun (Houston, Tex.) 4
Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) 4
Hackerman, Norman 4
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995 4
Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 4
Pitzer, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Sanborn) 4
Riedel, Brian 4
Van Zandt, Townes 4
Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 3
Aulbach, Louis 3
Auston, David 3
Autry family 3
Baker, James Addison, 1930- 3
Brown, George R., 1898-1983 3
Chen, E. C. M. (Edward C. M.) 3
Cohen, George S. 3
Confederate States of America. Army 3
Congregation Brith Shalom. (Bellaire, Tex) 3
Congregation Emanu El (Houston, Tex.) 3
Fondren Library 3
Gruber, Ira D., Dr. 3
House, Edward Mandell 3
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
Matthews, Kathleen S. 3
Rice University--residential college system. 3
Rice University. "R" Association 3
Rice University. Office of the Provost 3
Richards, Ann, 1933-2006 3
Smalley, Richard E. 3
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 3
Wilson, Woodrow 3
Adams, Carolyn 2
Adams, John A. S. (John Allan Stewart), 1926- 2
Anderson, Benjamin M. 2
Anderson, Clayton & Co 2
Baker College (Rice University) 2
Baker, Rowena Crawford 2
Baker, Walter Browne, Jr., 1925-1994 2
Barlow, Tani 2
Bean, Gloria 2
Bedford, Sybille, 1911-2006 2
Bentsen, Lloyd 2
Berkowitz, Sally 2
Bethje, Eliza 2
Black, William 2
Block, Linda 2
Bloome, Jarrod D. 2
Bourgeois, Andre 2
Brotzen, Franz R. 2
Brown & Root, Inc. 2
Brown family 2
Brown, Alice Pratt 2
Brown, Herman,1892-1962 2
Brown, Margarett Root 2
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 2
Burrus, C. S. (C. Sidney) 2
Caine, Hall, Sir 2
Camfield, William A. 2
Camp Young Judaea (Texas) 2
Cannady, William 2
Castaneda, Christopher James 2
Castaneda, James A. 2
Catholic Church 2
Chen, Edward Kin Tung 2
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
Cohen, Esther 2
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
Davies, Joseph Ilott 2
Davis, Varina Howell 2
DePelchin Children's Center 2
Denn, Meyer 2
Dessler, Alexander J. 2
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