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University Administration
Up one levelDetailed descriptions of the records available from various University Adminitration offices such as the Office of the President, the Board of Trustees, and the Office of the Provost.
Board of Trustees records, 1891-2005
Records of the Rice University Board of Trustees consist of bound volumes of meeting minute books (1891-2003), minute books of the Rice Land Lumber Company (1911-1979), and notes and related information files from Board of Trustees meetings (1996-2005).
Early Rice Institute papers, 1844-1941
These records include the original William Marsh Rice murder trial records, and the estate records of Rice, founder of Rice Institute, now Rice University. The records relate to the formation of the idea of the Rice Institute and the activities of its first Board of Trustees in the years before Mr. Rice's death and to the Institute's formative years just after his death. (117 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)
President's Office records: Asst. to Pres., Carl MacDowell, 1963-2001
The papers in this collection are office records from the Rice University President's Office covering three administrations: Norman Hackerman, George Rupp and Malcolm Gillis.
President's Office records: Gillis, 1993-2004
The papers of Rice University's sixth president, Malcolm Gillis, reflect the daily business of the president's office. Subjects include a comprehensive strategic plan; an extensive fundraising campaign; development of an extensive building program; biggest expansion of Humanities facilities to date and much more.
President's Office records: Hackerman, 1969-1985
These materials reflect the daily business of the President's Office during the years 1969-1985, concerning academics, fundraising, athletics, administration, research, student life, and planning for Rice's future. (64 linear ft.)
President's Office records: Houston, 1946-1960
Records documenting the daily business of Rice Institute's second president, William V. Houston. 24 boxes dating from 1946-1960.
President's Office records: Lovett, 1912-1945
Records reflecting the daily business of Rice Institute's first president, Edgar Odell Lovett. 62 boxes dating from 1912-1945.
President's Office records: Pitzer, 1961-1968
These records reflect the daily business of the Rice University President's Office under Kenneth Pitzer. Subjects include federal funding at Rice, racial integration, establishment of space science program, biochemistry department, and more. (52 boxes)
President's Office records: Rupp, 1985-1993
The papers of Rice University's fifth president, George Rupp, reflect the daily business of the president's office. Subjects include the establishment of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the new music building (Shepherd School of Music), new building for biosciences and bioengineering, revision of the core curriculum, fundrasing, and more.
Presidential Inaugural and Semicentennial Committee Records: Pitzer, 1961-63
Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, testimonials, audiotapes of lecture and speeches, and more related to the celebration of Rice University's semicentennial and the inuaguration President Pitzer, 1961-1963. (10 boxes)
Presidential Inaugural Committee Records: Gillis, 1993
Correspondence, programs, invitations, planning materials, photographs, press releases, news clippings, and other materials documenting the daily business of the Presidential Inaugural Committee as it prepared for the Oct. 29-31, 1993 inauguration of Malcolm Gillis. (10 boxes)
Presidential Inaugural Committee Records: Hackerman, 1971
Correspondence, memos, schedules, etc. generated by the Presidential Inaugural Committee planning the Inauguration of Norman Hackerman as the fourth president of Rice University on September 24, 1971. (1 box)
Presidential Inaugural Committee Records: Houston, 1947
Invitations, programs, correspondence, testimonials and general information related to the inauguration of Rice University's second president, William Vermillion Houston, on April 10, 1947. This material was created and maintained by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. (2 boxes)
Presidential Inaugural Committee Records: Leebron, 2004
Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, invitations, agendas, mailing lists, minutes, brochures, testimonials and more related to the celebration of the 2004 inauguration of Rice University's seventh president. (10 boxes)
Presidential Inaugural Committee Records: Rupp, 1985
Official correspondence, organizational charts, committee lists, meetings and agendas, delegatem information, faculty information, mprograms, invitations, thanks you letters, and newsclippings related to the inauguration of George Rupp, at Rice University, on Oct. 25, 1985. (4 boxes)
Provost's Office records: Gordon, 1980-1985
These records reflect the daily business of the Provost's office under physicist and astronomer William E. Gordon's leadership (1980-85). They reveal the daily business of the Provost's Office, which has the overall responsibility for the institution's educational and research programs. (13 boxes)
Provost's Office records: Kinsey and Auston, 1993-1995
These records reflect the daily business of the Provost's office under interim Provost James Kinsey and Provost David Auston (1993-). (8 folders)
Provost's Office records: Lane, 1986-1993
These records reflect the daily business of the Provost's office under physicist Dr. Neal Lane's leadership (1986-93). (22 boxes)
Provost's Office records: Vandiver and Cooper, 1970-1980
These records reflect the daily business of the Provost's office under historian Frank E. Vandiver's (1970-80) and political scientist Joseph Cooper's (1973-74) leadership. (17 boxes)
