Rice, Thomas Geale, 1905-1962

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Thomas G. Rice, musician, historian, journalist, and photographer, was born in Port Arthur on October 11, 1905, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Rice, of the Thomas Rice Steamship Co. Tommy Rice, as he was known, graduated from Ball High School and attended Rice Institute. He studied music in Europe and after an unsuccessful try at the steamship business, Rice focused on his love of music, history and journalism. Rice became a reporter for the Galveston News and eventually the Houston Post . Prior to his death he was working on a book on the history of Galveston. During World War II Rice and his family were in England, where he married Irene, an English woman. Rice died in 1962 from an accidental fall, leaving behind two children, John E. Rice and Susan Rice. A collection of his papers can be found at the Rosenberg Library, where he served on the board of trustees for many years.

From the guide to the Thomas G. Rice papers MC141., 1830, 1845, (Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, )

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referencedIn James Branch Cabell Collection, 1886-1928 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. Scrapbooks of James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1886-1958 (bulk 1904-1926). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Thomas G. Rice papers MC141., 1830, 1845 Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,
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associatedWith Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. person
associatedWith Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company corporateBody
associatedWith Moreau, J. person
associatedWith Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886 person
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Birth 1905

Death 1962

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