William M. McVey Papers, 1922-1976

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William M. McVey Papers, 1922-1976

The papers of sculptorWilliam M. McVey include newsclippings, correspondence, photographs related tosculptures of McVey’s, and a scrapbook with photos and mementos of his studentyears at the Rice Institute.

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McVey, William M.

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William M. McVey was born in Boston July 12, 1905, spent his boyhood on a farm near Worcester, Massachusetts and moved to Cleveland, Ohio with his parents in 1919. He later said that he could not remember a time when he was not drawing and modeling. After graduating from high school in 1922, he attended the Rice Institute (later University) in Houston, Texas on an athletic scholarship from 1923-1927, where he was president of his freshman class, played football for two years, and to...

Rice University.

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Rice University's Office or Research and Graduate Studies oversees research and graduate programs. From the guide to the Research and Graduate Studies office records UA 130., 1996-2001, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University) William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research uni...