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Anne Wheeler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0381
Abstract: Letters received by Anne Wheeler, secretary to the first President of Rice Institute and a travel diary presumed to be written by her.
Dates: 1924 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Anonymous Girl's Diary, Saarland, Germany

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0274
Abstract: The manuscript diary is by a young German girl from the Saarland area of Germany, possibly from a rich, Catholic family. The bulk of the diary pertains to the girl’s personal life and daily activities; however, comments about conditions in Germany during the war are also found in the work.
Dates: 1939 - 1941
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Augustus Ehinger diary transcript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0282
Abstract: A diary written by Augustus Ehinger during his year in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War.
Dates: 1846 - 1847
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ayers family plantation history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0635
Overview This collection includes biographical information about individuals in the Ayers, Brown, McCarty, Martin, Diller, Boettner, Crump, Raynor, Ball, Freytag, and Bergeson, and families, among others. The bulk of the collection involves the life and careers of this kinship network, and their commerce, ministries, and artistic work product, and events ranging from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century. Some documentary history of the Jitney Jungle grocery chain is included.
Dates: 1850 - 2015
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0069
Abstract: The Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History collection consists of a wide assortment of materials related to the history of aeronautics, including photos, artistic renderings, postcards, schematics and diagrams, publications and papers from aircraft manufacturers, clippings, calendars, scrapbooks, and 8mm movies and audio recordings.
Dates: 1784 - 1988
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Britton Collection of Early Texas and U.S. Civil War documents

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Identifier: MS 0009
Abstract: Legal documents and correspondence related to the Jose de Escandon expedition of the Gulf Coast (1765-1766) and the establishment of missions in the Seno Mexicano, and U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction documents, as well as other documents related to Texas and American history.
Dates: 1597-1903
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Capt. Edwin Fosha U.S. Civil War letters, 1862-1864

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0664
Overview 30 letters and envelopes written by Captain Edwin Fosha to his wife Rebecca Fosha and children in Illinois
Dates: 1862 - 1864
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Card G. Elliott, Jr. Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0249
Abstract Letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and notebooks belonging to various members of the Elliott family, dating from 1830-1951. The majority of the collection's letters are from the early 20th-century, though some date from the U.S. Civil War (describing life in Mississippi). Other materials describe farm life in Kansas, railroad business, attendance at Rice Institute, and the family life of the Elliotts.
Dates: 1830 - 1951
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Carl Woodring papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0551
Abstract: This collection contains nine boxes of material related to the life and career of Carl Woodring, Professor of Literature, Emeritus, at Columbia University. The collection includes family diaries, family and career-related photographs, personal and literary correspondence, and works written by Woodring.
Dates: 1894-2009
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records

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Identifier: MS 0332
Abstract: Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records pertain to the business of the Wichita Indian Agency as well as receipts, quartermasters’ store lists, payment abstracts, invoices, and records of acquisitions made by the Confederate States of America in the State of Texas.
Dates: 1861 - 1865
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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