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Special Rice events
Up one levelDetailed descriptions of records available from special Rice events such as Beer-Bike, JFK's Space speech on campus, Julian Huxley Symposium, and others.
- Beer-Bike records, 1950-2000
- The collection represents the history of Beer-Bike, the race rules, resolution, reports, newsclippings, and financial lists as well as some programs. (2 boxes)
- Economic Summit records, 1990
- Records related to the hosting of the Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, held at Rice Uniersity, 1990.
- Huxley Symposium records, 1985-1988
- Documents related to the planning and execution of the symposium titled "Julian Huxley, Biologist and Statesman of Science" and was held September 25-27,1987 at Rice University. Formats include correspondence, grants proposals, publicity materials, photographs, and audiotapes and transcripts of symposium presentations. (2 boxes)
- JFK speech at Rice records, 1962-1964
- Printed material and film covering John F. Kennedy's speech on the Nation's Space Effort at Rice University in 1962 and his assassination in 1963. 2 boxes.
- Masterson Presidency Controversy records, 1969-1977, bulk 1969
- Oral history interviews, news releases, photographs, color slides, publications, campus directories, student papers relating to the five-day controversy which arose on the campus of Rice University in February 1969 following the appointment of Dr. William H. Masterson by the Board of Trustees as the university's new President to succeed Kenneth Pitzer, who had resigned in August 1968. (11 boxes)
- Rice University Charter Trial records, 1963-1998
- 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. (1 box)
- University Relations Dept. Economic Summit records, 1989-1991
- Correspondence, notes, drafts, memos created and collected by the University Relations Department in support of their role as the University's media relations department for the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, hosted by Rice University. (3 boxes)
