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Morris B. Finkelstein Papers 64-162., 1899-1957

Title: Morris B. FinkelsteinPapers 1899-1957

The papers relate toMorris B. Finkelstein’s career in commerce, banking, oil and finance,particularly the growth and development of Humble Oil and Refining Company andFinkelstein’s other oil interests.

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Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857. Papers, 1820-1863.

Title: Papers, 1820-1863.

This collection of papers of William L. Marcy papers primarily relates to Marcy's role as receiver of the City Bank of Buffalo, when that bank failed in 1840. Marcy was associated with George W. Newell, who also acted as receiver. Included in the collection are records relating to the receivership and other unrelated records which include records on the Erie Canal, transcriptions of letters by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, several items relating to slavery and abolition, and records relating to United States foreign relations. A majority of the records of this collection relate to Marcy and Newell's receivership of the City Bank of Buffalo. Included in these records are court records relating to claims against and by the bank, correspondence, court orders, inventories of bank property and other assets, records relating to Marcy's suit against the East Boston Lumber Company, as receiver of the bank, and other legal documents relating to the bank's failure. Correspondents in the collection include John Jacob Astor, John Delafield, Lewis Eaton, John B. Macy, William Rice, and Stephen White.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes.

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Andrew Forest Muir papers MS 17., ca. 1916-1969

Title: Andrew Forest Muirpapers ca.1916-1969

This material includescorrespondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests ofhistorian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19thcentury Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-CivilWar; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic,Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work inTexas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. Theseresearch files were created and maintained by Andrew Forest Muir circa1935-1969, with subjects covering a wide range of dates, circa 1750-1969, bulk1800s, particularly the republic of Texas era and Civil War era. Other topicsinclude Muir's academic career and personal life.

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David B. Hill Papers, 1885-1910

Title: David B. Hill Papers 1885-1910

New York State Governor, 1885-1891; U.S. Senator, 1891-1897. Collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence (chiefly political), legal papers and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

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Education -- Rice University.

Title: Education -- Rice University.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

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Evans, Ira Hobart, 1844-1923. Ira Hobart Evans papers 1867-1913.

Title: Ira Hobart Evans papers 1867-1913.

Collection consists of business correspondence; financial records and ledgers; land purchases; expenditures; leases; lists of stockholders and land scrip holders; and executive committee, board of directors, and/or stockholder meeting minutes all documenting the negotiations for acquisition and disbursement of Texas lands in the 1850s through the early 1900s. The companies involved are the New York and Texas Land Company, the Texas Land Company, The Texas Land Syndicate, the International and Great Northern Railroad Company, the Brazos Internal Improvement and Navigation Company, and the Espuela Land and Cattle Company.

ArchivalResource: 23 document boxes plus 8 oversize items.

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Merchants and Planters Oil Company archives MS 260., 1894-1941, Bulk Dates 1930-1945

Title: Merchants and Planters OilCompany archives 1894-1941, Bulk Dates 1930-1945

Correspondence,contracts, credit reports, and leases in this collection document the businessof Houston, Texas based Merchants & Planters Oil Company, particularlyduring the last period of its existence, 1930 through 1941. This company wasowned by William Marsh Rice and associated with Rice Institute after Mr. Rice'sdeath.

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Rice University. Early Rice Institute records, 1844-1941 (bulk 1880-1916)

Title: Early Rice Institute records 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. These 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. The outcomes of the legal proceedings documented in these records, which related to significant financial resources and real estate, played the critical role in the creation of Rice Institute. A small amount of Rice's personal and business papers are also present.

ArchivalResource: 62 lin. ft. (117 boxes)

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Biography -- Rice, William Marsh.

Title: Biography -- Rice, William Marsh.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

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Certificate of Partnership between Richard J. French, William Marsh Rice and Ebenezer B. Nichols MS 004., 1852

Title: Certificate of Partnershipbetween Richard J. French, William Marsh Rice and Ebenezer B. Nichols 1852

A certificate of limitedpartnership for the purpose of setting up firm of "R.J. French" to purchase andsell goods from July 1, 1852 to July 1, 1857. The agreement was between generalpartner Richard J. French and special partners William M. Rice and Ebenezer B.Nichols.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00153/00153-P.html View

William Marsh Rice Collection MSS 140., 1831-1869

Title: William Marsh Rice Collection 1831-1869

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