Sports
Photographs and newsclippings related to sports at Rice from the earliest days to late 20th century.
They include football, baseball, track & field, volleyball, swimming, archery, and more. There are team photos, individual photos of players and coaches, action shots, views of locations where games are played, uniforms, and more. The sports are at the formal university team level as well as intramural sports among colleges at Rice.
These materials are just a sampling from various physical collections in the Woodson Research Center, such as:
- the Athletic Department records (call# UA 155),
- the general photo files organized by sport (call # UA 363),
- the Campanile yearbooks,
- the R Association records (call # UA 089),
- Campus Photographer collection (call # UA 188),
- Scrapbooks collection (call # UA 230)
- and other collections.
The student newspaper, the Rice Thresher , can also be searched online full-text for sports information.
See also the general libguide to sports materials available in the archives at the Woodson Research Center.
Recent Submissions
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Rice University Athletics scrapbook
(1982) -
First game in new Rice Institute Stadium
(1950-09-30) -
"R" Room groundbreaking ceremony, Rice University
(1971-11-27)From L to R: George R. Miner, Bill Peterson, Dr. Norman Hackerman, W.C. "Speedy" Moore, Weldon Humble, Malcolm Lovett, Jim Teague, Fred J. Stancliff, A.M. "Red" Bale, Loui Oliver -
Rice Institute Football Team
(1925) -
Ricky Pierce, Rice University
(1982)Ricky Pierce was named SWC Player of the Year-1982 and All SWC 1980-82. -
Installation of AstroTurf in Rice Stadium
(1970-08-28) -
Installation of AstroTurf in Rice Stadium
(1970-08-31) -
View of Rice Stadium with newly installed AstroTurf
(1970-09-15) -
Installation of AstroTurf in Rice Stadium
(1970-08-31) -
Rice Institute football team
(1931) -
Rice Institute Football team
(1934) -
Rice Institute Football team
(1927) -
Rice Institute football team
(1927) -
Charles Reed fencing with crowd watching, Rice Institute
(1955)From 1952-1957, the Rice Institute had a competitive fencing team taught by Coach Harold Van Buskirk. Burskirk, a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1924, 1928, and 1932, coached fencing at Rice from the 1940s-1960s. -
Co-ed fencing, Rice Institute
(1958)Mandatory Physical Education classes began in 1950 for women.
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