Stone carving of Valentine's Enigma, Chemistry Building, Rice University
Date
1925Abstract
This slide is a part of the "A Walking Tour of Rice University" slide presentation by James C. Morehead, Jr. The original glass plate negatives were given to Morehead by Rice's first Supervising Architect, William Ward Watkin, for use in Morehead's construction class. The glass slides show the construction of several buildings at Rice, including Lovett Hall, the Physics Building, the Mechanical Laboratory, Power House, the Chemistry Building, and the Football Stadium.
Description
Stone carving of Valentine's Enigma in Keck Hall at Rice Institute. "Occultum Lapidem, Visita Interiora, Terrae, Rectificando Invenies" is written on the carving. Original resource is a color 35 mm slide.
Citation
Keyword
Places; Chemistry--Miscellanea--Texas--Houston; William M. Rice Institute. Keck Hall; Rice University--History
Publisher
Citable link to this page
https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70976Rights
Rights to this material belong to Rice University. This digital version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Permission to examine physical and digital collection items does not imply permission for publication. Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center / Special Collections has made these materials available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any uses beyond the spirit of Fair Use require permission from owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See http://library.rice.edu/guides/publishing-wrc-materialsLink to License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
- Places [768]