Woodson Policies & Procedures
Woodson Research Center staff will provide assistance in accessing our primary source materials (university archives and special collections) and rare books. Scroll or click below to find details about:
Woodson Research Center - WRC
Woodson Collection Development Policy
Subject strengths of manuscript collections include Houston families & history, Houston Folk and Blues Music, Houston Jewish History, LGBTQ community, Asian American community, convict leasing, local Hip Hop culture, Rice faculty members' papers, U.S. Civil War materials, British Maritime & Naval History, and more.
Woodson Scanning Assistance
Woodson Research Center can assist patrons with scanning items from the archives, rare book, or manuscript collections.
Library Instruction
Fondren Library provides learning opportunities in many areas, from searching the research literature to creating multimedia presentations, using data, archival research and more.
Special Collections
There are more than 1,000 manuscript collections in the Woodson Research Center that focus on the history of Texas and the Greater Houston area, politics, entrepreneurship, oil and gas, architecture, women’s history, and fine and performing arts.
Rice University Archives
The William Ward Watkin and Annie Ray Watkin University Archives contain the historical records of Rice University.
Digital Curation Lab
The Digital Curation Lab is a collaborative workspace for digitization, digital curation, and data management projects.
Rice University's Archived Websites - Archive-IT
Access dozens of Rice University's websites from the past. The Archive-IT service automatically archives past versions of campus websites.
Departmental and Teaching Support Consultations
Woodson staff members are available to discuss primary source materials held in the various collections of university archives and manuscripts for purposes of departmental historical research and teaching instruction.