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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 574 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Smalley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0490
Abstract: The papers of Nobel Prize winning chemist and physicist Richard E. Smalley are comprised of the lectures, presentations and supporting materials leading to Smalley's discovery of fullerenes, which eventually lead to his Nobel Prize. Included are lectures and presentations, conferences attended, awards received, and articles written. Copies of Dr. Smalley's actual laboratory research notes and materials are included. The papers also include personal memorabilia. Smalley was affiliated with...
Dates: 1943 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2005

Richardson Family papers

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Identifier: MS 0279
Abstract

This collection contains letters and literary drafts of Samuel Richardson; letters of his daughter, Anne Richardson, to her sister Martha Richardson Bridgen, and parents, and Sally Crowther Moodie. The collection also includes letters by Elizabeth (Leake) Richardson, Sally Crowther Moodie, and Jane Berthon regarding the Lisbon earthquake (1755); and correspondence from O.B. Kaiser to Samuel Richardson.

Dates: 1714 - 1802

Rienzi Melville Johnston papers

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Identifier: MS 0117
Abstract:

Newspapers, clippings, personal correspondence, and photographs relating to the political life and professional life of Rienzi Melville Johnston, co-founder of the Houston Post and Texas and U.S. Senator.

Dates: 1899 - 1926

River Oaks Bank collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0761
Abstract

Certificates, correspondence, event documents, financial records, marketing/public relations materials, newsletters, news clips, and photographs document the history of the River Oaks Bank from 1955-1988.

Dates: 1955 - 1988

Robbins / Levy Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 1065
Abstract

This collection is made up of four boxes containing a certificate, correspondence, directories, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, publications, memorabilia, records, and writings from the Robbins/Levy family spanning from 1819 to 2005.

Dates: 1819 - 2005

Robert A. Crain statement regarding Maddox-Wells duel

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Identifier: MS 0216
Abstract

This is a statement by Robert Crain of his part in a gunfight between Doctor Thomas Maddox and Mr. S.L. Wells that occurred near Natchez, Mississippi. This fight involved Jim Bowie, among others, and resulted in the death and wounding of several people.

Dates: 1827

Robert Avalon music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0612
Abstract Robert Avalon (1955-2004) was an independent musician, who lived the last 15 years of his life in Houston, Texas, where he established himself as a prominent composer, performer, and teacher. His compositions represent an important body of work reflecting several trends in the modern music scene in the Texas area. The lion’s share of this collection consists of the composer’s complete music portfolio from solo instrumental works to large-scale orchestral compositions, as well as the...
Dates: ca. 1955-2010

Robert F. Curl academic papers

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Identifier: MS 0483
Abstract

The collection holds the chemistry research materials during a portion of Dr. Robert Curl's tenure at Rice University through 2012. The materials, arranged chronologically, include typescript copies, proofs, notes, charts, correspondence and reprints regarding published and unfinished research. Also contains information relating to Curl's positions on non-Rice boards and committees.

Dates: 1953 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1995

Robert L. Patten academic papers

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Identifier: MS 0410
Abstract

Course materials, notes, correspondence and administrative papers of Dr. Robert L. Patten, Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University, Houston, Texas. Dr. Patten's research areas include Nineteenth-century British literature and art, and history of the book.

Dates: 1963-2015

Robert L. Patten: George Cruikshank research materials

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Identifier: MS 0493
Abstract:

Typescripts, correspondence, sketches, autographs, articles, notes and other research material relating to George Cruikshank's career as an illustrator as well as his personal and family life. Robert L. Patten's two volume work, George Cruikshank’s Life, Times, and Art> is a comprehensive study of the life and art of George Cruikshank.

Dates: 1792-2002