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Ann Holmes Fine Arts Archive

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Identifier: MS 0546
Abstract: This collection contains news clippings, press releases, correspondence, photos, institutional records, and audio materials related to the evolution of fine arts and city planning in Houston, TX. Specific focus is given to the Alley Theater, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Symphony, Museum of Fine Arts, architecture, and the role of the arts in the economy, politics, and society. The collection also includes biographies of various persons influential in both the local and...
Dates: 1920 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2008
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ann Holmes personal papers

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Identifier: MS 0173
Abstract Ann Holmes personal papers encompass materials outside the scope of her research on her book for Houston's cultural arts. Included are materials from her everyday life--correspondence, awards and honors, social activities, and copies of her articles, columns and reviews.
Dates: 1944 - 2008
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ann Marie Stewart Turner correspondence

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Identifier: MS 0114
Abstract: The Ann Marie Turner correspondence consists of a collection of letters primarily between Ann Marie Stewart Turner and her husband, James Turner, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. The remaining correspondence in this collection is amongst Mrs. Turner and other family and friends.
Dates: 1851 - 1913
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ann M.F. Henderson Book of her 25th Year

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Identifier: MS 0543
Overview This collection contains one bound volume by Ann M.F. Henderson that includes her typed, journal-style writings from 1815-1829. She includes thoughts on her daily life, health, and especially religion. She also includes paragraphs of text from books that she likes, usually from the Bible or other religious material.
Dates: 1815-1829
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Anne and Whitley Strieber Collection

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Identifier: MS 702
Overview Contains correspondence, transcripts related to The Communion, and correspondence and reviews of Strieber's other works.
Dates: 1970 - 2016
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Anne Wheeler papers

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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

Annie Gregory letter

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Identifier: MS 0275
Overview This collection contains a letter from Annie Gregory to Lady Margaret Spicer, daughter of the 12th Earl of Westmoreland. In the note, Annie requests that Lady Spicer let her know if her husband Captain John Edward Philip Spicer would “let” her (Annie) a cottage called Chittoe Heath. Annie Gregory belonged to a Methodist (Wesleyan) family in Wiltshire.
Dates: 1900
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Anonymous copybook of sermons, fables and letters

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Identifier: MS 0224
Overview This copybook contains handwritten sermons, fables, and letters. Included are: “A letter concerning a consumption,” “The Ambitious Man punished,” Useful and Amusing Conversations,” Useful and wholesome Reflections,” “Reflections on Voltaire’s Semiramis,” “Reflections on our dying Saviour’s Prayer upon the Cross,” and more.
Dates: 1750 - 1760
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Anonymous Girl's Diary, Saarland, Germany

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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

Anthony Guevara Filipino American event programs and flyers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0803
Overview The collection consists of materials from participation in activities of the Philippino-American community in Houston, Texas spanning the years 1991 to 2014.
Dates: 1991 - 2014
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 5
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Brown & Root, Inc. 2
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Cannady, William 2
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Chen, Edward Kin Tung 2
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
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Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex) 2
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Cullum, George W. (George Washington) 2
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