Ray Watkin Strange research materials for "William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute" 1917-1985.

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Ray Watkin Strange research materials for "William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute" 1917-1985.

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This material covers the architectural career of Ms. Strange's father, William Ward Watkin, including his private architecture practice as well as his relationship with Rice Institute as its first Supervising Architect, touching briefly on his personal life. The material was gathered by Ms. Strange and much of it served as research for the book: "William Ward Watkin and The Rice Institute," by Patrick James Nicholson (published 1991 by Gulf Publishing Co.).

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Strange, Ray Watkin Hoagland, 1915-

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Nicholson, Patrick James, 1921-

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Dr. Patrick James Nicholson (1921-1999) is best known as the author of In Time: An Anecdotal History of the First Fifty Years of the University of Houston . He received a BA from Rice University in 1942, an MBA from Harvard in 1946, and a Ph.D., from the University of Houston in 1959. Nicholson came to the University of Houston as a lecturer in Management in 1951. He continued until 1956, when he became Executive Director of Development and Assistant to the President. He was named Vice President...

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...

Rice University. Dept. of Architecture.

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Watkin, William Ward, 1886-1952

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Rice Architectural Society.

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