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Letter from W M Rice regarding death of Mrs. Rice
(Rice University, 1896-07-19)
Delegates at Jubilee of Sir Gabriel Stokes
(Rice University, 1899-06)
On June 1-2, 1899, Cambridge University celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the appointment of Sir George Gabriel Stokes to the Lucasian professorship of mathematics. Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett is third from right on the ...
Charter of the William M. Rice Institute (handwritten copy version)
(Rice University, 1891)
Charter of the William M. Rice Institute (printed version)
(Rice University, 1891)
This 1891 charter of the Rice Institute includes the intentions of founder, William Marsh Rice. Mrs. Rice's last will and testament, of the same year, provides for the school's financial foundation.
Last will and testament of Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice, 1896 carbon copy with handwritten annotations
(Rice University, 1896)
Elizabeth Baldwin Rice was the second wife of William Marsh Rice, founder of the Rice Institute (now Rice University). Mrs. Rice's health began to fail in the early months of 1896. The Rices moved to Houston in April 1896, ...
Margaret Bremond Rice, portrait
(Rice University, 1863)
Margaret Bremond Rice was the first wife of William Marsh Rice, the founder of Rice Institute. She was born in 1832 and died in 1863 possibly of Yellow Fever.
William Marsh Rice remarried in 1867. His second wife was Julia ...
Portrait of William Marsh Rice, in middle age
(Rice University, 1870)
William Marsh Rice was born in 1816. This portrait was made of Rice at middle age, perhaps at about age 54, close to the year 1870. On September 23, 1900 Rice was murdered. The actual date when this portrait was made is unknown.
City of Houston and its vicinity, drawn and partly surveyed
(Rice University, 1839)
Last will and testament of William M. Rice, dated Sept. 26, 1896 (handwritten)
(Rice University, 1896)
Last will and testament of William M. Rice, printed and unsigned
(Rice University, 1896-09-26)