Online Exhibits
Online exhibits from Woodson Research Center feature photographs, letters and other documents from our collections, including the Captain James A. Baker family papers, Rice University pesidents, Oveta Culp Hobby papers, and Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian papers.
The Life and Work of William Ward Watkin
Supervising Architect, Rice Institute; First Chairman, Rice
Architecture Dept.
Correspondence from Capt. James A. Baker (Rice Institute Chairman, 1891-1941) to various family members, newsclippings regarding William M. Rice and Capt. Baker's death, and photographs of the Baker family.
Oveta Culp Hobby & the Women's Army Corps
Editor of Houston Post, and first Director of the Women's
Army Corps (WAC), U.S. Army
The Carlota and Maximilian Collection
Letters written by Charlotte of Belgium (Empress of Mexico),
(1840-1927) and a selection of photographs
James Stephen Hogg Family Photographs
Twenty-two photographs dating from 1890-1903 including James S. Hogg (first native governor of Texas), his parents, his wife Sallie Stinson, and various Hogg homes (including Varner-Hogg Plantation near Houston) and friends.
Brief biographic information on Rice presidents, including years in office and academic credentials.
Rice Memorabilia: Springtime at the Institute / Rice's Early Years
Campus, Events, & People, 1911-1938
William Marsh Rice:
Founder, Rice Institute
Houston businessman whose 19th century fortune funded his
dream for higher education in Texas.
