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Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

Liberty Hall collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0658
Abstract

This collection mainly consists of memorabilia and ephemera from the music venue Liberty Hall.

Dates: 1971-2016
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Macedonia Troubles correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0128
Abstract:

This is a collection of 31 letters dated variously between 1882-1913, regarding the troubles in Macedonia, written to A. G. Symonds and others of the National Reform Union.

Dates: 1882 - 1913
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Marguerite Johnston Barnes Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0491
Abstract

The bulk of these papers represent Barnes’ writing and journalism career, from her early college years to her lengthy career at the Houston Post newspaper. Included are photocopies of her articles, columns, reviews and editorials, typescripts of her works, photographs, and a small amount of family and biographical materials.

Dates: 1926-2000
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Men's League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Abstract: This collection consists of replies to a survey on suffrage for women conducted by the Men's League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York, and signed by Thomas W. Hotchkiss, member of the League's Campaign Committee. The League was campaigning for the passage of an amendment to the N.Y. State Constitution on Nov. 2, 1915. Hotchkiss' letter was sent to governors and other officials of states, mostly western, which had already adopted women's suffrage, and was intended to solicit...
Dates: 1915
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Oveta Culp Hobby papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0459
Abstract The Oveta Culp Hobby Papers detail the public life of Hobby, a Houston-based business, media, military, and political leader during the 1940s-1980s. Mrs. Hobby was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, chairman of the board of the Houston Post, and wife to Texas Lt. Gov. and later Governor, William P. Hobby. This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, speeches, photographs,...
Dates: 1817 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1985
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Papers of Jefferson Davis documents and reference collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0638
Abstract This collection includes the wealth of documentation identified from across the United States and beyond and assembled for the purpose of the publication of the Papers of Jefferson Davis, a 14-volume set, funded by the NHPRC, and other activities and persons, beginning in the 1960s and running through 2015. Many of the speeches and letters published in the edition, either in full or summarized, are present in this collection as photocopies or on microfilm. Not every document featured in the...
Dates: 1815-2015, bulk 1850-1880; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1880
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0143
Abstract

This collection consists of online oral histories along with physical consent forms.

Dates: 2020 - 2022
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0730
Abstract The holding consists of books (both written and owned by Rabbi Schachtel), unpublished sermons and miscellaneous writings, musical compositions, correspondence, newsclippings, transparencies, photographs (both loose and contained in scrapbooks), and architectural drawings and specifications. Also included are records, cassette tapes and reels containing recordings of Rabbi Schachtel speaking on the radio, and memorabilia related to President Lyndon B. Johnson, such as a telegram laminated to...
Dates: circa 1935-2001
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University 1990 G-7 Economic Summit Site Director’s Records (Sally McKeag)

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0143
Abstract

The collection consists of records related to the 1990 Economic Summit, which took place on the Rice University campus. It includes a detailed schedule as well as information about specific meeting locations and the building modifications they required. It was created by Sally McKeag during the time she served as the site director.

Dates: 1990 - 1990
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0114
Abstract

This collection includes records dating from the groundbreaking, founding, and development including but not limited to booklets, correspondence, financial documents, and news clippings of Baker Hall and the Institute for Public Policy.

Dates: 1993 - 2014
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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