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 Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Scope Note: UF: Agendas; Business, Financial, Government, Military, and Tax records; Notes, Receipts

Found in 317 Collections and/or Records:

Ralph Anderson Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0413
Abstract Houston-born Ralph Anderson Jr. (1923-1990) studied architecture at Rice Institute and earned a bachelor's degree in 1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1943 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded and awarded a medal for his bravery. After the war, he returned to Rice and continued his studies in architecture. He joined the architectural firm of Wilson, Morris and Crain and eventually rose to become a partner and later president of the company. The papers cover a...
Dates: 1860-1989; Majority of material found within
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ray Watkin Strange Research Materials for "William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute"

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0465
Abstract

This material covers the architectural career of the Ms. Strange's father, William Ward Watkin, including his private architecture practice and well as his relationship with Rice Institute as Supervising Architect, touching briefly on his personal life. The material was gathered by Ms. Strange and much of it served as research for the book: William Ward Watkin and The Rice Institute by Patrick James Nicholson (published 1991 by Gulf Pub. Co.).

Dates: 1917-1985
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Reginald Moore Houston area community activism collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0653
Abstract This collection represents the community activism efforts of Mr. Reginald Moore, which has often taken the form of researching topics as represented in newspaper accounts, requesting government records on the topics, and corresponding with officials and engaging in public testimony. Private Sector Initiatives / Home Savers initiative - church based effort which Mr. Moore either led or was just deeply involved in to get the black community out participating in assisting fellow...
Dates: 2000 - 2016
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0636
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history.

Dates: 1878-2018
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Reinermann, Sandman, Bethje and Quensell families of Harris County papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0339
Abstract

The papers and miscellaneous material of the Reinermann, Sandman and Bethje families, German immigrants in Harris County, Texas.

Dates: 1841 - 1917
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rene Boylesve research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0589
Abstract The material in this collection consists of papers from the files of Andre M.G. Bourgeois, Professor of Romance Languages, at Rice University, concerning the life of Rene Boylseve, with particular reference to poems, written by him to Betty Halperine During the First World War. Rene Boylesve was the pseudonym of Rene-marie-auguste Tardiveau, a French novelist noted for his social histories set in the Touraine region of west-central France. He was elected to the French Academy in 1918. (2...
Dates: 1950-1967
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice Institute/Rice University Charter Trial records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0275
Abstract These records reflect the court proceedings of and alumni and public response to Rice Institute's Charter trial of 1964 and later appeals and judgments. The lawsuit was brought by the Rice Institute Trustees seeking to alter the Institute's original charter to allow admission of students of color and to enable the school to charge tuition. Additional changes to the charter in 1982 and 1998 relating to structure of the board of trustees and the university's legal ability to borrow money are...
Dates: 1963 - 1998
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rice University 1990-1991 Charter Centennial Celebration Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0256
Abstract

The collection consists of planning materials in preparation for the 1990-91 celebration of the centennial of the charter establishing Rice Institute. The collection includes the committee’s charge from President George Rupp, records of committee and subcommittee membership, notes, memos, meeting minutes, recommendations, reports, and correspondence.

Dates: 1987 - 1990
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 Ad hoc and Other Committees Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0306
Abstract

Minutes and notes representing the work of ad hoc and other committees at Rice University.

Dates: 1946 - 1998
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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