Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Stages Theater records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0740
Overview
Stages Theater records contain materials related to play production programs and other production materials from 1978-2016, press clippings, annual gala and events records, administrative records, photographs, and circa 200 audio and video recordings in analog formats such as VHS and audio cassette.
Dates:
1978 - 2017
Stella Hope Shurtleff manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0237
Overview
This collection contains the manuscript of a book by Stella Shurtleff called "Art Came to Texas: A Story of the History of Art in Texas". Also included are notes and correspondence regarding the history of art in Texas.
Dates:
1935 - 1936
Stephen K. Swift’s Translation of Ferenc Nagy’s "The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain"
Collection
Identifier: MS 0012
Abstract:
This group of typescripts documents the translation of Ferenc Nagy's "The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain," translated by Stephen K. Swift and published by MacMillan (New York) in 1948. Included in the collection are: the final original Hungarian manuscript; work schedule, a preliminary version and final typescript version of the translation. "The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain" is a significant political and historical narrative. The collection is also an example of the steps involved in...
Dates:
1940-1948
"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0057
Overview
"Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" is a quarterly journal of historical and critical studies that is based at Rice University. The record group contains correspondence between authors/reviewers and the editors; some original typescripts and galley proofs; correspondence on rejected articles.
Dates:
1959 - 2020
Thaddeus K. Oglesby, The Case of the South Against Britannica
Collection
Identifier: MS 0382
Abstract:
The collection consists of a revised manuscript of The Case of the South Against the Encyclopaedia Britannica and other Maligners and contains approximately 140 loose sheets of various sizes, consisting of printed material pasted on with handwritten notations and revisions.
Dates:
circa 1903
Thomas Lindsey Blayney papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0064
Abstract
Papers of Thomas Lindsey Blayney, a founding member of the faculty of Rice Institute (now University) and Professor of German there from 1912- 1924; materials include records of his military service during World War I (1917-1919), and later appointments as president of Texas State Women’s College (1924-26) and dean of Carleton College (1926-46); also included are family memoirs, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and memorabilia.
Dates:
1893 - 2004
von Ronsperger Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0187
Overview
This collection is composed of a manuscript book titled “Nur so—kann uns noch geholfen warden!/Humoristischer Lichtbilder – Vortrag zur 35-Jar-Feier der IIIc 1887” written by von Ronsperger and includes several mounted photographs of caricatures. The manuscript is written in German.
Dates:
1922
Wade biography of Michel B. Menard collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0189
Abstract:
This collection consists of a biography written by Houston Wade about Michel B. Menard, founder of Galveston. Included are newsclippings about Menard, other Texas personalities, and correspondence to Mr. Wade regarding the Menard family history.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0349
Overview
The contents of the typescript are the letters of Thomas Moore 1779-1852, edited by Dr. Dowden. The book entitled The Letters of Thomas Moore is catalogued PR 5056 .A58.
Dates:
1964
William E. Gordon Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0408
Abstract:
Academic and professional papers of William E. Gordon, member of the faculty of Rice University 1966-1985, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Space Physics and Astronomy and of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with material related to his work in developing and administering the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Dates:
1947-1994