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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 V. Ballew, Jr. papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0254

Abstract: The collection consists of William V. Ballew, Jr.'s workpapers, correspondence, minutes, and news clippings relating to the Houston-Harris County Economic Opportunity Organization. William V. Ballew, Jr., a Houston attorney, served as Chairman, Board of Trustees, Houston-Harris County Economic Opportunities Committee, an organization that initiated welfare programs as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty.

Dates: 1965 - 1968

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

William Watson papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0385

Overview This collection contains the correspondence, manuscript verse, and proofs of poems of the poet Sir William Watson. Correspondents include R. Ellis Roberts, Clarence Winchester (of the Amalgamated Press), and T.N. Green-Armytage.

Dates: 1892-1935

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

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

Collection

Identifier: MS 0388

Overview 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

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

Yellen Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0838

Overview The Yellen Family papers are comprised of photographs and memorabilia related to Milton Yellen’s time practicing dentistry in New Guinea for the army during World War II, and photographs and newsclippings of his wife Florence Kless Yellen throughout her life. The collection also contains religious and army certificates, publications, and correspondence depicting the Yellen family’s connections to the Jewish community.

Dates: 1935 - 1998

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

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

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

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William Martin Religious Right research collection

William V. Ballew, Jr. papers

William Watson papers

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

Yellen Family Papers

YWCA at Rice Institute records

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