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2011-01-07T15:52:28Z
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| dc.date.available |
2011-01-07T15:52:28Z
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| dc.date.issued |
1949-01-01
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| dc.identifier.citation |
"Fondren Library at Rice Institute, front of building from Academic Court." (1949) Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/37096.
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/37096 |
| dc.description |
Fondren Library, front of building viewed from far edge of Academic Court (Quadrangle), ca. 1949. Photograph possibly taken by William Ward Watkin as Consulting Architect.
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| dc.description.abstract |
Architect William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) served as the first Supervising Architect for Rice Institute, overseeing the construction of the first campus buildings. Watkin also taught in Rice's Architecture Dept. and designed many Houston buildings such as the original Museum of Fine Arts, Houston building, the original downtown Houston Public Library building (now known as the Julia Ideson Building), and many notable residences. His daughter Ray Watkin Strange is a philanthropist and generous donor to Rice University.
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| dc.language.iso |
eng
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| dc.publisher |
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
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| dc.rights |
This material is being shared under the U.S. Copyright Sec. 17 Fair Use clause and cannot be used for commerical purposes or used without attribution.
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| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ |
| dc.title |
Fondren Library at Rice Institute, front of building from Academic Court
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| dc.date.digital |
2004-04-16
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| dc.date.original |
ca. 1949
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| dc.source.collection | Forms part of the William Ward Watkin papers, Box 6 folder 6 item 1,at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-2586). Full collection guide online at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms352.html. Woodson Research Center, Rice University |
| dc.identifier.digital |
USRICEwrc3520606001
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| dc.type.genre |
photographs
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| dc.type.dcmi |
Image
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