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Joanna and Susan Horner Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0134
Abstract

Correspondents writing to the Ms. Horners include Ellen Kean, F. Maurice, Harriet Hosmer, C.P. Marsh, E. Ryan, H.H. Hilman, Sir James Hudson, Rose Kingsley, Sir H.E. Bunbury, Francis Cobbe, and Sir James Clark. The letters deal with Walks in Florence, Italian affairs, and refer to Eastlake, the Lyells, Royalties, Froude and more. Included is one letter to Leonard Horner from Lord Landsdowne.

Dates: 1847 - 1894

Joanna Po nursing career awards and academic records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0762
Abstract

The collection includes academic and nursing certification records, as well as nursing career awards for Joanna Po's distinguished service, from the 1980s through the 2000s.

Dates: 1985 - 2014

Joe D. Thomas papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0397
Abstract

This collection contains a series of typed letters (1981-1982) from Professor Thomas, a member of the Rice University English faculty, to Nancy Boothe, Director of the Woodson Research Center, concerning the history of the university. Also included are two duplicate series that are collections of verse and prose observations on numerous topics, intended for circulation. A miscellaneous file includes notices and photographs relating to Professor Thomas’ Mark Twain programs.

Dates: 1981-1985

Joe Specht collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1115
Abstract

This collection mainly contains audio-related to Houston musicians, primarily in Blues and Folk. In addition, it contains materials related to the careers of Steven Fromholz and Kinky Friedman.

Dates: 1959 - 2025

Joe Williams Family [Beaumont, TX] papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1012
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, family photographs, slides, property deeds, post cards, VHS recordings, audio of bar mitzvah, newsletters, news clippings, membership cards, and scrapbooks spanning the years 1908 to 2012.

Dates: 1908 - 2012

John A. Dix Civil War Pass and Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0110
Abstract: John A. Dix (soldier, attorney, and politician) was commissioned Major General by President Lincoln in 1861 and served in administrative positions during the Civil War, issuing the military pass in this collection during that time; after the war he became minister to France (1866-69), then returned to New York State to resume his professional and business activities. In his letter of December 1, 1869, written to “My dear Colonel,” he discusses a recent land purchase and investment...
Dates: 1862; 1869

John A.S. Adams geology papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0048
Abstract:

This collection contains papers from Adams’ professional career as a renowned geologist and professor at Rice University. Included are papers regarding his careers in consulting, teaching, recycling and writing; also included is Adams’ correspondence, membership in organizations and attendance at meetings.

Dates: 1951 - 1989

John Boles papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0423
Abstract The papers consist of historian John B. Boles’ Baltimore Museum of Art draft text and accompanying board proofs; Higginbotham Symposium 1984/85 correspondence, individual drafts of articles, and proofs; and drafts of Professor Boles’ earlier works, including The Great Revival, 1787-1805: the origins of the Southern evangelical mind; Religion in Antebellum Kentucky; America: The Middle...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1972-1988

John Brown Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0199
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by John Brown to his wife. It was written from Grigsby’s Bluff and gives news of the people there, in particular, their health. Grigsby’s Bluff was located on the Neches River in Eastern Jefferson County. Its name was changed to Port Neches in 1901.

Dates: 1862

John Bryant economics papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0422
Abstract

The John Bryant economics papers provide a sneak peek into the inner workings of the economics classroom at Rice University. Ranging from introductory classes to high-level graduate theory, Bryant’s class notes cover a number of topics.

Dates: 2013 - 2016

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Camp Young Judaea (Texas) 2
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