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Biology

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Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Asa Crawford Chandler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0337
Abstract

This collection contains the papers and miscellaneous materials of Asa Crawford Chandler, profesor of Biology at Rice from 1927 until his death in 1958. Chandler's career was one of high attainment in scientific research, effective teaching and continuous public service. The collection includes lecture notes, course notes, correspondence, journals, and photos.

Dates: 1914 - 1958

Clark P. Read academic papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0327
Abstract

Academic papers of Dr. Clark P. Read. Includes correspondence, collected publications, and personal research completed between the years 1952 and 1971.

Dates: 1952 - 1971

Correspondence to Dr. Ernst Mayr from Sir Julian and Lady Juliette Huxley

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0515
Abstract

This collection contains one handwritten letter from Sir Julian Huxley to Dr. Ernst Mayr, and three typed letters from Lady Juliette Huxley to Mayr. Lady Huxley’s letters were written after Sir Julian’s death, and they express her wishes to memorialize her husband.

Dates: 1974-1975

Harry Boyer Weiser chemistry offprints

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0415
Abstract

Contains offprints of articles written by early Rice chemistry professor Harry Boyer Weiser between 1913 and 1950. The collection includes a complete bibliography of articles and books written by Weiser as well as some personal correspondence between Weiser and Rice Institute President E.O Lovett.

Dates: 1913 - 1950

Julian and Juliette Huxley papers

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Identifier: MS 0512
Abstract:

Journals, scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs by and about Julian and Juliette Huxley, covering family life; travels on behalf of UNESCO and for other research and personal purposes to Africa, Australia, and Europe; awards and honors; and academic and creative writing.

Dates: 1899-1988

Julian Huxley and Anita Loos correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0082
Abstract

Correspondence between biologist Julian Huxley to Anita Loos, American screenwriter, playwright, and author. Many of these are great in length and most with remarkable content, evidencing the intimacy of Huxley and Loos.

Dates: 1960 - 1966

Julian Sorell Huxley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0050
Abstract: Correspondence; diaries; mss. of writings; publications; materials on organizations including Unesco and Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Isles, conferences, including CCTA/IUCN Symposium on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in Modern African States (Arusha, Tanzania, 1961), Darwin Centennial Celebration (University of Chicago, 1959), and Ciba Foundation Symposium on Man and His Future (London, England, 1963), travel, and his tenure as professor at Rice Institute;...
Dates: 1899-1980

Juliette Huxley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0474
Abstract Correspondence forms the majority of this collection, ranging from 1897, with Julian Sorell Huxley (JSH) and his grandmother Henrietta exchanging letters, to 1994, shortly before the death of Lady Marie Juliette Huxley (MJH). The correspondence not only includes letters from Huxley family members and many twentieth-century intellectual, social, and cultural leaders, but it also provides extensive information about Juliette Huxley and her myriad activities. Also included in the collection is...
Dates: 1895-1994

Max Nicholson and Julian Huxley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0054
Abstract

The Max Nicholson/Julian Huxley papers consist of correspondence, documents, typescripts, articles, and off-prints (c. 1927-1980s) relating to Nicholson's collaboration with his contemporaries (including Julian Huxley) on projects such as the Idea Systems Group and publication of The Humanist Frame.

Dates: circa 1927-1980s

Rice University Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology department records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0329
Abstract

This record group includes administrative records, course content, annual reports, press clippings, student work, and presentations (powerpoint and transparencies) from the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology between 2002 and 2009.

Dates: 2002 - 2009