Found 365 Results | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Annie Ray Townsend Watkin materials

File — Box 3, Folder: 12

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photographs, correspondence, genealogical charts and notes, newsclippings and printed materials related to the Townsend and Burford families of Texas dating back to pre-Republic of Texas era. Includes correspondence to and from Mrs. Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange regarding family history.

Dates: 1850-2000

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / Townsend-Burford family of Texas papers / Series I: Townsend family papers, 1850-2000

Rice University: Watkin Memorial Purchases, 1952-1965

File — Box 1, Folder: 19

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, typescripts, printed material, news clippings, photographs, books, memorabilia, dating 1891 to 1972 and covering family and professional life of James Chillman, a faculty member at the Rice Institute and the first director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Many of the transcripts of his radio show "Art is Fun" are in the collection along with a thorough photographic history of his family and career. A large number of news articles are featured concerning his life and...

Dates: 1952-1965

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / James H. Chillman, Jr. papers / Series II: Academic and Professional records, 1913-1972

Architecture - William Ward Watkin, 1915-1918

Item — Box 5, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Records consist of early library records, including, correspondence with other university libraries, book lists, inventories of furniture and fixtures, and general correspondence.

Dates: 1915-1918

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / Rice University Rice Institute library records / Series I: Correspondence, 1913-1952

Ray Watkin Hoagland Strange information

File — Box 1, Folder: 21

Scope and contents From the Collection: This collections contains the research materials gathered by Kate Kirkland and used in preparing the manuscript for her book, Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941. Numerous resources include the archival records of Baker, his family and firm, and his contemporaries. Published as part of Rice University's centennial celebration and underwritten by the Rice Historical Society, the biography combines the contemporary history of Houston with that of one of Houston's most influential...

Dates: 2011 - 2022