Rice University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department records, 1963-2008, UA 328
Ecology and Environmental Biology records, including, but not limited to, Annual Reports, Budget Reports, Space Surveys, Faculty and Graduate Recruitment files, Correspondence and Memos. Also includes files and Annual Reports from the last decade of the Biology Department. Faculty members represented include, but are not limited to, Kathleen Matthews, Paul A. Harcombe, Ronald Sass, Stephen Subtelny, and Charles Philpott.
Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik papers, 1969-2007, MS 090
The collection includes the archive from Paul Harcombe and Sandi Elsik’s ecological research in the Big Thicket National Preserve; academic and university affairs regarding Rice University and the Ecology and Environmental Biology Department, as well as student and faculty records; Paul Harcombe’s personal documents, including his correspondence and his personal notebooks; publications, including articles from the journals of Ecology and Ecological Monographs, the Ecological Society of America and the Journal of Vegetative Science, as well as articles from the Tall Timbers Conference and numerous Texas County Soil Surveys; Paul Harcombe’s class and lecture materials; projects and proposals in which Paul Harcombe was involved; and two rolls of film containing aerial views of the Houston area.
Julian and Juliette Huxley papers, 1899-1988, MS 512
Journals, scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs by and about Julian and Juliette Huxley, covering family life; travels on behalf of UNESCO and for other research and personal purposes to Africa, Australia, and Europe; awards and honors; and academic and creative writing.
Solly Zuckerman/Julian Huxley letters, 1931-1967, MS 56
Photocopies of correspondence between Solly Zuckerman and Julian Huxley between the years 1931 and 1967 regarding various topics, including: evolution, population controls, various scientists and their works (including Jane Goodall, Zuckerman’s The Social Life of Monkeys and Apes and Functional Affinities of Man, Monkeys, and Apes, Bronowski, A.C. Hardy, and others), revolutionary humanism, the social responsibilities of scientists, the Lunar Society, the Zoological Society of London, the British Humanist Society, and the Royal Society Dining Club.
Max Nicholson and Julian Huxley papers, circa 1927-1980s, MS 54
The Max Nicholson/Julian Huxley papers consist of correspondence, documents, typescripts, articles, and off-prints. The subject of the collection is primarily the materials related to Nicholson's publication efforts with other scholars, including Jacob Bronowski, Julian Huxley, Francis Williams, and Barbara Wootton, from the years 1927 to 1980s. Nicholson was active in nature conservation, which is one the strongest themes occurring throughout this collection.
Kenneth Clark/Julian Huxley letters, 1935-1975, MS 55
Correspondence between biologist Julian Huxley to art historian Kenneth Clark, including some letters between their wives Juliette Huxley and Jane Clark, regarding art, artists, financing films of animals, Clark’s television series, both Clark’s and Huxley’s books, the Zoological Society of London, British Candidates for the Nobel Prize, WWII government projects, and personal matters. Huxley was Assistant Professor of Biology at Rice Institute (1913-1916).
Julian Sorell Huxley - Papers, 1899-1980, MS 50
Correspondence; diaries; mss. of writings; publications; materials on organizations including Unesco and Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Isles, conferences, including CCTA/IUCN Symposium on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in Modern African States (Arusha, Tanzania, 1961), Darwin Centennial Celebration (University of Chicago, 1959), and Ciba Foundation Symposium on Man and His Future (London, England, 1963), travel, and his tenure as professor at Rice Institute; photos; memorabilia; and subject files, relating to Huxley's interests in biology (especially taxonomy, relative growth, evolutionary theory, genetics, and ethology), social evolution, eugenics, population control, cancer, conservation, and humanism; together with materials of his wife, Juliette Huxley.
Rice University KTRU Radio records, 1962-2012, UA 011
Audio recordings and administrative files reflecting the daily business of the KTRU Radio station at Rice University. Recordings include newscasts, interviews with rock, jazz and classical musicians, Rice Presidents’ State of the University speeches and recorded live music. Administrative records include radio directors’ meeting minutes, “Gripes and Groans” books from the DJ booth, programming notes, election forms, DJ handbook, licensing information, and correspondence.