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Hugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0125

Abstract: Many of these letters are courtship letters to Wilson's future wife, Mary Grier, containing information on the aspirations and attitudes of people in South Carolina whose wealth was based on the stolen labor of enslaved people during the U.S. Civil War period. Wilson also relays information about hospitals, medicine, schools, cemteries, camp life and the military, and the issue of conscription.

Dates: 1862 - 1868

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

Hugh R. McKean Rice Institute memoir

Collection

Identifier: MS 0379

Overview This collection contains the autobiographical memoir of Hugh R. McKean, Rice Alumnus, class of 1922. The memoirs cover the early 20th century (through 1922) and for the most part describe the life of a farmer’s family in South Texas. A fair amount of the memoirs concern his years as a student, letterman, and Hohenthal Award winner at the Rice Institute. In addition, the memoirs provide McKean’s observations about events in Houston during the WWI era.

Dates: 1918 - 1922

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

Hyman Joe Rosenzweig Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0735

Overview Artifacts, correspondence, education materials, membership cards, military documents, and photographs document part of the life of Hyman Joe Rosenzweig during his childhood and time spent in the U. S. Army during World War II.

Dates: 1914 - 1957

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

Ira Gruber academic papers

Collection

Identifier: UA 204

Abstract Collection contains the academic writings, professional and personal correspondence, courses taught, and biographical information of Ira Gruber before and while a professor of History at Rice University.

Dates: 1934 - 2022

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

Jack W. Rowland Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Texas records

Collection

Identifier: MS 1021

Overview Records of Jack Rowland's military service in the Works Progress Administration, including formats such as newsclippings, correspondence, 1943 WPA Final Report in Texas, war ration card and other identification and induction cards. Houstonian Jack W. Rowland served as the Regional Director of the Works Project Administration from 1939-1943.

Dates: 1931 - 1946

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

James F. Grimes Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0105

Abstract: Letters of James F. Grimes, a Union soldier of the 17th U.S. Infantry during the Civil War (1861-1865), written to Sarah A. Jones while Grimes was stationed mainly in Virginia near Warrenton and Culpepper, mentioning camp life and current events, but primarily of a more personal and affectionate nature.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

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

James K. Lovejoy papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0246

Overview Photocopies of letters written by Union soldier Corporal James K. Lovejoy to his wife while stationed in Louisiana, 1863-1864.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

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

James M. Reding letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 0107

Abstract: A letter written during the Civil War in December 1863 by James M. Reding, a Confederate soldier, to his sister concerning recent action near his army camp, including capture of a Union boat in Matagorda Bay, Texas, and the arrival of a Confederate boat loaded with arms; he also advises against his brother Bob’s enlistment in the army before reaching eighteen years of age.

Dates: 1863

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

James S. Waters World War I scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MS 0693

Overview This scrapbook was created by James S. Waters’ wife Pauline Lackner Waters to document his time in service, both in training and on the battlefield. It includes memorabilia such as Waters’ Officer’s Record Book, Battle Insignia, Overseas Service Chevrons, documents recording his vaccination, and receipts from purchases made at the Ordnance Store. Many of the pages contain photos showing Waters’ training at Camp Bullis in Texas, his time abroad in France and Germany, and--rarely--his time on...

Dates: 1917 - 1919

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

Janice Rubin papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 751

Overview The collection consists of two boxes of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, photographic material, and media (VHS, audio cassettes, and cds) that document some of Janice Rubin's activities as a teacher, musician, and photographer within the Houston Jewish community from 1953 to 2015. Also included is a packet of materials provided to Jewish service members during World War II.

Dates: 1941 - 2015

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

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Hugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers

Hugh R. McKean Rice Institute memoir

Hyman Joe Rosenzweig Papers

Ira Gruber academic papers

Jack W. Rowland Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Texas records

James F. Grimes Letters

James K. Lovejoy papers

James M. Reding letter

James S. Waters World War I scrapbook

Janice Rubin papers

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