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U.S. General Horatio Wright Letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 0108

Abstract: Letter written February 12, 1865, by General Horatio Wright (major general of volunteers in the Union Army), probably while at the siege of Richmond, Virginia, and addressed to “My dear Col[onel?]” (addressee's name is Col. Edward H. Wright, Newark, N.J., appearing below General Wright's signature), in which he tells of family news while on a recent leave, mentions troop activity following an unspecified ‘late movement’ of troops in the Army of the Potomac.

Dates: 1865

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

U.S.S. Tuscarora Midshipman’s logbook

Collection

Identifier: MS 0124

Abstract: The logbook includes a list of the ship’s officers and a day by day account of the Tuscarora’s position, course, speed, and weather conditions as she was engaged in taking Pacific Ocean soundings and in survey work in the South Pacific. In addition crew activities such as painting and cleaning are noted, as are the surveys carried out. Ports visited included Port Lloyd, Bonin Islands; Yokohama and Hakodate, Japan; Samoa; San Francisco; and Honolulu.

Dates: 1864 - 1866

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

W. H. Brooker U.S. Civil War diary

Collection

Identifier: MS 0126

Overview The diary of W.H. Brooker is a small (3 1/2" × 2"× 1/4") leatherbound booklet in which annotations in pencil have been made. Most of the entries date from 6 October 1863 to 22 June 1864.

Dates: 1863 - 1866

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Walter Gardner Hall papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0280

Overview Correspondence, memos, oral history interviews, political pamphlets, broadsides, and clippings, relating to Hall's involvement with the Texas and national Democratic parties and soil and water conservation and improvement. Correspondents include Minnie Fisher Cunningham, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Jim Wright, and Ralph Yarborough.

Dates: 1923 - 1990

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Harrison Hamman papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0006

Overview Correspondence, documents, Civil War materials, clippings, and other papers of Hamman including accounts of early Texas historical events and political opinions as well as his legal and business papers regarding oil land, gas, and minerals; together with papers of his wife, Ella Hamman; papers of John Hamman (1879-1966), founder of Hamman Exploration Col, later Hamman Oil and Refining Co., pioneer in the development of mineral resources in Texas, and lawyer specializing in land and corporation...

Dates: 1828-1966, bulk dates 1861-1889; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1889

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Lockhart Clayton papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0007

Overview Original personal material and photocopied professional materials relating to economist and foreign policy expert Will Clayton and family, dating from 1897-1998. In addition to serving the U.S. government in a number of capacities, Clayton was in cotton business, and a co-founder of Anderson, Clayton and Company, based in Houston, Texas.

Dates: 1897-1998, Bulk dates 1934-1964; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1964

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Martin Religious Right research collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0537

Overview This collection consists of research materials compiled by William Martin, Rice University professor of sociology, during the course of his research on the Christian religious right in the United States, as well as fundamentalists, fundamentalist education, evangelists such as Billy Graham, and other aspects of conservative Christian organizations. The materials consists of correspondence, notes, videos, transcriptions of video interviews, pamphlets, and books.

Dates: 1975 - 2000

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William S. Glass financial papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0322

Abstract: The Glass financial papers are primarily a collection of records and receipts of purchases and land sales gathered during the course of Glass' activities as receiver of revenue during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1852 - 1867

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0154

Overview The bulk of these records relate to Akers’ administrative roles at Rice University, particularly as Vice President for Administration. Correspondence, memos, articles, newsclippings reflect his interests both as university administrator and as professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Dates: 1960-1994

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Wilkinson Green Diary

Collection

Identifier: MS 0103

Abstract: Diary written during the U.S. Civil War while Green served in the Union Army (chiefly in Virginia) with the 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Army of the Potomac; entries include records of clothing, pay, letters received, and places visited by his regiment while on campaign.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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U.S. General Horatio Wright Letter

U.S.S. Tuscarora Midshipman’s logbook

W. H. Brooker U.S. Civil War diary

Walter Gardner Hall papers

William Harrison Hamman papers

William Lockhart Clayton papers

William Martin Religious Right research collection

William S. Glass financial papers

William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records

William Wilkinson Green Diary

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