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American Defense Group records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0353

Overview This collection contains correspondence, memos, organizational and reading lists, and budget information regarding an organization called the American Defense Group. The Group consisted largely of professors from three California institutions who were interested in assisting the American war effort by reading foreign-language domestic publications and reporting editorial comments to U.S. Naval Intelligence.

Dates: 1941 - 1944

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

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

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

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

Claude Addison McElroy papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0622

Overview This material primarily consists of correspondence to and from Addison McElroy during the Second World War and immediately thereafter. Included are letters from his friends at Rice, giving insight into wartime life at the Institute. There is also an extensive number of letters from McElroy to his mother and her responses thereto. His naval service is detailed in his official personnel file and sets of orders to various duty stations, as well as material from his wartime service in the...

Dates: 1941-1947

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

Clinton S. Quin, Jr. World War II letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0559

Scope and Contents These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 1944-1946

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

Congregation Beth Jacob - Houston, World War II banner

Collection

Identifier: MS 822

Overview Silk banner embroidered with 220 names of World War II veterans associated with Beth Jacob Congregation, then located at 3847 Turnberry Circle, Houston, TX.

Dates: 1945

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

Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records

Collection

Identifier: MS 722

Overview This collection is made up of 51 boxes and includes materials from Congregation Adath Yeshurun, Congregation Beth El, and Congregation Beth Yeshurun; the Schwartz Family Library; materials from the congregations' merger; Shearith Israel Congregation in Wharton, Texas and a few other congregations from the years 1891-2021.

Dates: 1891 - 2021

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

Croft/Wunsch family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 752

Overview The Croft/Wunsch family papers include correspondence, awards and citations, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, and marketing and event materials that document, primarily, the lives of the Croft and Kaplan families, and to a lesser degree, members of the Wunsch family.

Dates: 1931 - 2018

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

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American Defense Group records

Anne Wheeler papers

Anonymous Girl's Diary, Saarland, Germany

Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History collection

Carl Woodring papers

Claude Addison McElroy papers

Clinton S. Quin, Jr. World War II letters

Congregation Beth Jacob - Houston, World War II banner

Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records

Croft/Wunsch family papers

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