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.

Fondren Library Publishing Services

Publishing services at Fondren Library align with the library’s efforts to deepen the impact and visibility of Rice research.

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.

Donor & Community Consultations

Woodson Research Center can provide expert advice on personal archiving, donating or selling items, donating A/V materials or appraising collections.

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