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Ralph Anderson Jr. Papers

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Identifier: MS 0413
Abstract Houston-born Ralph Anderson Jr. (1923-1990) studied architecture at Rice Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in 1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1943 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded and awarded a medal for his bravery. After the war, he returned to Rice and continued his studies in architecture. He joined the architectural firm of Wilson, Morris and Crain and eventually rose to become a partner and later president of the company. The papers cover a...
Dates: 1860-1989; Majority of material found within
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ralph Fales photograph collection

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Identifier: MS 0938
Abstract

This collection contains Ralph Fales' negatives and digital imagesof musicians and other entertainers from a variety of performance venues in Houston.

Dates: 1974 - 2020
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rapports quotidiens du portier consigné de la porte royale de Calais

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Identifier: MS 0138
Abstract

This collection consists of a ledger wherein a Calais official recorded the people who entered the Gate of Calais in France.

Dates: 1820 - 1832
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rauch Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 1078
Abstract

Two boxes containing correspondence, photographs, news clippings, awards, letters and postcards, documents some activities that the Rauch family was involved in from 1939 to 2012.

Dates: 1939 - 2012
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange personal papers

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Identifier: MS 0506
Abstract The collection consists of the personal papers of Houston philanthropist Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange (1915-2011). The collection includes correspondence, financial, business and estate records and personal memorabilia of Ray Strange. Her father, William Ward Watkin, was Supervising Architect during the construction of the original Rice Institute campus and later the Dean of Architecture at Rice. Mrs. Strange was a friend and generous donor to Rice University for many years. The papers and...
Dates: 1912-2009
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ray Watkin Strange Research Materials for "William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute"

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Identifier: MS 0465
Abstract

This material covers the architectural career of the Ms. Strange's father, William Ward Watkin, including his private architecture practice and well as his relationship with Rice Institute as Supervising Architect, touching briefly on his personal life. The material was gathered by Ms. Strange and much of it served as research for the book: William Ward Watkin and The Rice Institute by Patrick James Nicholson (published 1991 by Gulf Pub. Co.).

Dates: 1917-1985
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Raymond Brochstein Papers

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Identifier: MS 0258
Abstract

The collection consists of a variety of materials relating to Raymond Brochstein’s philanthropic gifts and service to Rice University, as well as a certificate of recognition in his career as an architect.

Dates: 1996 - 2014
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Red Bale / Percy Arthur Rice Institute football memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0224
Abstract

This collection consists of Rice Institute football scrapbooks, correspondence, team photographs, and sports memorabilia.

Dates: 1925 - 2008
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

"Reflections on Santayana's Esthetics" manuscript

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Identifier: MS 0467
Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten manuscript (about 220 pages) by Edmund Clark Sanford. The manuscript contains Sanford’s thoughts on George Santayana’s book "The Sense of Beauty," as well as some of Sanford’s thoughts on aesthetics in general.

Dates: ca. 1905
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Reginald Dufour Academic papers

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Identifier: UA 0401
Abstract

The collection consists of slides used by Dr. Dufour, including published series by NASA, various observatories, and commercial publishers, along with Dufour's slides.

Dates: 1979 - 1994
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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