Lovett World Tour, 1908-1909
In 1908, the Rice Institute Board of Trustees sent their newly chosen President, Edgar Odell Lovett, on a world tour seeking out the best aspects of the leading colleges and universities. On this tour, he gathered information about faculty structures, university architecture, and made important contacts with scholars from all over the world.
The original materials from the trip are in the Lovett family papers. The finding aid can be found at http://library.rice.edu/collections/WRC/finding-aids/manuscripts/0494
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RMS Homeric of the White Star Line, colorized postcard
(1908)One of the many ships Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Odell Lovett sailed on during their World Tour for Rice Institute, 1908-1909. -
Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)In 1908, the Rice Institute Board of Trustees sent their newly chosen President, Edgar Odell Lovett, on a world tour seeking out the best aspects of the leading colleges and universities. Dr. and Mrs. Lovett traveled in the company of their secretary, Mr. Carrington Weems, 1908-1909. -
Rice Institute faculty organization planning notes
(1910)These notes are based in part on Lovett's experience on his World Tour taken in 1908-1909 to gather information about colleges and universities worldwide. -
Letter from Edgar Odell Lovett to sister-in-law Annie Hale
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Letter from Edgar Odell Lovett to sister-in-law, Annie Hale
(1909-03-27)
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