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William M. Rice family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0600
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of business and personal correspondence of three particular descendants of William Marsh Rice and of the spouse of one of them. Also included are a few items from 1929 and 1930 associated with other family members.

Dates: 1880-1941

William P. Hobby Jr. & Diana Poteat Hobby Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0628
Scope and Contents

The collection includes Diana P. Hobby's writing and research notes, from the early 1950s to 2014, focused on her study of William Butler Yeats. The bulk of the collection consists of family photographs and slides from the Hobby family's worldwide travels and their frequent visits to Ireland, and to Diana Hobby's family farm in North Carolina, Forest Home, along with their equestiran endeavors and competitions, and their lives and friends in Houston, TX.

Dates: ca. 1950s-2000s

Woman's Building of Houston - Milford House papers, 1894-1976

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0388
Abstract

The collection consists of the membership documents, organizational documents and memorabilia of the Woman's Building of Houston, an organization founded in 1925 that was devoted to the creation of a building that would serve as a cultural and social center for Houston women. After over twenty-five turbulent years of fundraising and patience, the organization saw success when Milford House officially opened in 1953.

Dates: 1894-1976

YWCA at Rice Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0029
Scope and Contents

These early records of the Y.W.C.A. at Rice Institute include minutes of meetings, annual reports, newspaper clippings, and play programs.

Dates: 1912 - 1939

Zoroastrian Association of Houston oral history interviews and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0624
Abstract

This is a collection of oral history interviews of members of the Zoroastrian Association of Houston (ZAH), conducted by fellow members of the ZAH.

Dates: 2014 - 2016

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Chen, E. C. M. (Edward C. M.) 2
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 1
American Freedom Train Foundation 1
Anderson, Benjamin M. 1
Anderson, Clayton & Co 1
Austin, Sarah 1
Autrey, Lynette Schneider 1
Autry family 1
Autry, Herbert 1
B'nai B'rith. Herzl Lodge No. 608 1
Baker College (Rice University) 1
Beer Bike cycling event 1
Bell Family 1
Bell, Henrietta 1
Bell, Marian 1
Bellaire Historical Society (Texas) 1
Berger, Samuel 1
Berlet, Sarah Groce 1
Berry, Frank Lee (Jr.) 1
Borger, Jules H. 1
Brotzen, Franz R. 1
Brown, Burwell 1
Brown, James Sydnor 1
Brown, John 1
Brown, Margarett Root 1
Brown, Russell 1
Brown, Sophia Marks 1
Campbell family 1
Campbell, John 1
Chaille Rice Literary Society 1
Chamberlain, Nancy Cravens (estate) 1
Chan,Thelma and Tim 1
Chen, Edward Kin Tung 1
Chinese American Citizens Alliance 1
Chinese Baptist Church (Houston, Tex.) 1
Cohen, Esther 1
Cohen, George S. 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment, 4th 1
Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) 1
Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Tex) 1
Craw, Addilene Elizabeth 1
Craw, Elizabeth 1
Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1
Croft, Steven M. 1
Cruikshank, Eliza (Mrs. George), 1807-1849 1
Cruikshank, George 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811 1
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856 1
Cullinan, J. S. (Joseph Stephen) 1
Cunningham, Carl 1
Davidson, Chandler 1
DePelchin Children's Center 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Donato, Katherine 1
Downes, Myron 1
Dwyer, C.A. 1
Eaton, George 1
Eisenlohr, Otto, -1988 1
Elliott family 1
Elliott, Card G. 1
Elliott, Mary Alice 1
Elliott, Mary Malone 1
Emerson, Michael 1
Eskowitz, Sheryl 1
Evans, Samuel 1
Fenberg, Steven 1
Fondren Library 1
Fondren family 1
Fondren, Ella F. 1
Fosselman, Mary 1
Freund, Max 1
Gordon, Chad 1
Gough, John Edwin 1
Gracie, Archibald, 1832-1864 1
Groce, Jared Ellison 1
Guinhawa, Flor 1
Gunn, Ann 1
Gunn, Morrison 1
Gunn, Wannay Fred 1
Hanszen College (Rice University) 1
Hanszen, Harry Clay 1
Harry Carothers Wiess College (Rice University) 1
Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life 1
Hobby, William Pettus, Jr. "Bill" 1
Holloway, Edward Leroy 1
Holloway, Naomi Marguerite Guion (Petie) 1
Hope, Bob 1
Houston Area Rainbow Collective 1
Huffington, John, Jr. 1
Huffington, Phyllis Gough 1
Huffington, Susanna Coulbourn 1
Huffington, William, Sr. 1
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