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Series I: Biographical, 1925-1968,

Series II: Academic Career, 1926-1968,

Series III: Correspondence, 1927-1968,

Series IV: Government Agency Work, 1947-1952,

Series V: Speeches, 1941-1965,

Guide to William V. Houston Personal Papers, 1925-1968, bulk 1941-1968



	Creator	Houston, W.V. (William Vermillion), 1900-
	Title:	William V. Houston Personal Papers,
	Dates:	1925-1968
	Abstract:	The William V. Houston Personal Papers document Houston's personal life and academic career beginning with his university education at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing with his studies in Munich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency of Rice Institute in 1946.
	Identification:	MS 426
	Extent:	141 linear inches
	Language:	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Biographical Note

William Vermillion Houston was born in Mount Giliad, Ohio, on January 19, 1900. He received a B.A. in physics and a B.S. in education from Ohio State University in 1920. In 1922, he received an M.S. degree from the University of Chicago, and in 1925 he received a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Houston then went on to study in Germany on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927, assisting Warner Heisenberg and others in the development of quantum theory. Later, Houston was a National Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology.

Dr. Houston was named the second president of the Rice Institute in 1946 after nineteen years on the faculty of the Californian Institute of Technology. When he arrived at Rice, Houston served as both President and a professor of physics. He greatly expanded graduate study and research throughout the Institute. He recognized the value of humanities in making the complete student and he initiated a five-year engineering program under which students took courses in humanities before taking specialized engineering courses. Finally, he established the residential college system. Houston retired in 1961 and was appointed an honorary chancellor of the University [renamed Rice University July 1, 1960], but continued to teach one graduate course, counsel graduate students and conduct research until his death.

Houston made pioneering efforts in the fields of atomic spectroscopy and solid state theory. He was the author of two books: Principles of Mathematical Physics (1934) and Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1951). In addition to these books, Houston wrote dozens of numerous scientific articles.

The United States Navy awarded Houston its Medal of Merit for directing development, during World War II, of the first homing torpedo and for supervising scientific studies that helped improve United States weapon effectiveness in the area of undersea warfare. Houston also served on several national subcommittees to investigate the United States missile and satellite programs, United States atomic energy, and to explore the how the United States could help reorganize the postwar Japanese scientific community.

In addition to his academic career and his consulting for various government agencies and national subcommittees, Houston served on several scientific professional organizations. After having been a Fellow of the American Physical Society for many years, Houston was elected its president in 1962. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the National Science Board and served as a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

After retirement from Rice, Houston wintered in the city of Houston, summering in California. He continued his civic leadership and remained active in many community affairs. While on the first of several stops to meet with physicists in Europe, Houston died in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 22, 1968. He had been attending the 111th International Conference on Low-temperature Physics at St. Andrew's University.

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Scope and Contents

The William V. Houston [Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-] Personal Papers document Houston's personal life and academic career beginning with his university education at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing with his studies in Munich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency of Rice Institute in 1946. Houston accepted the position at Rice with the proviso that he could continue both teaching and research in physics. He retired as President of the University in 1961 and accepted the position of president of The American Physical Society in 1962. Houston's major research interests were in the fields of spectroscopy, theory of solid state, quantum mechanics and superconductivity.

The Houston Personal Papers, made up of correspondence, notebooks, notes, appointment books, clippings and various printed materials and totaling eleven feet 9 inches, are arranged in five series.

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Arrangement
	The William V. Houston Personal Papers are arranged in five series:

		Series I: Biographical, 1925-1968. 35 inches (4 1/4 document boxes).
		Series II: Academic Career, 1926-1968. 29 inches (3 3/4 document boxes).
		Series III: Correspondence, 1927-1968, 28 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
		Series IV: Government Agency Work, 1947-1952 24 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
		Series V: Speeches, 1941-1965, 25 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Student papers and grades may not be photocopied.

Permission to publish from these papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Houston, W.V. (William Vermillion), 1900- - Correspondence.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Rice University-Presidents.
		Ohio State University - Alumni and Alumnae.
	Subjects
		Mathematical physics.
		Atomic spectroscopy.
		Physics - Study and teaching.
		Solid state physics-research.
	Formats
		Correspondence.
		Speeches.
		Examinations.
		Reports.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William V. Houston Personal Papers, 1925-1968, MS 426, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Acquisition Information

The Papers were a gift of Mildred Houston in 1968, 1969, and 1996.

Processing Information

Minutes, reports and other organizational publications were removed from the folders Memberships on Boards and Committees, within the series Biographical, as they reflected the records of the various organizations and were not annotated by Dr. Houston.

There are two arrangements in the Correspondence series, the first is alphabetical which reflects Houston's filing scheme. The second arrangement is chronological which reflects the processing archivist's filing of stray or individual letters.

Processed by Steve Johns, Intern.

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Detailed Description of the Collection



Box
1-5		Series I: Biographical, 1925-1968, 35 inches (4 1/4 document boxes).
	Arranged alphabetically. This series includes personal information about Houston, including his vita, awards received, correspondence, and his activities while serving on personal and scientific committees and organizations. Also included are records of Dr. Houston's student days, his Guggenheim Fellowship and his vita.
	Also present are awards, appointment books, correspondence about community issues and membership dues, copies of his dissertation, a few financial records and details of his memberships on boards and committees. Houston was active on five science foundations and boards as well as several community oriented committees. He served on the Committee on Houston's Future and the Houston Symphony Society, as well as the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, the National Academy of Science and the National Science Foundation.
Box	Folder
1	1		Biographical Sketches, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1962, n.d.
	2		Awards, Honors, Honorary Degrees
			Appointment Books,
	3			1949 - 1950
	4			1950 - 1951
	5		Clippings, 1949 - 1989
	6		Correspondence, general
	7			Corresp. re: Community Issues, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1965
	8			Corresp. re: Dues and Donations
	9			Guggenheim Fellowship Paperwork, 1927
	10			National Research Fellowship in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, 1925, 1926
	11		Death, 1968-1969
	12		Masters and Ph.D. Dissertations, 1922, 1925
	13		Ph.D. Dissertation, Submitted for Publication, 1925
			Financial Records
	14			Correspondence, 1929, 1956-1937, 1942, 1957-60
	15			Ledger, 1955-1957
	16			Tax Returns, 1930-1939
	16a		Inauguration as President of Rice Institute, 1946
			Memberships on Boards and Committees
				American Association of Physics Teachers
Box	Folder
1	17				Correspondence, 1959-1963
	18				Correspondence, 1964-1968
				American Institute of Physics
Box	Folder
1	19				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1952-1961
	20				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1962-1968
	21				Annual Meetings, 1961, 1962
	22				Printed Material, 1958, 1961-1963
				American Physical Society
Box	Folder
2	1				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1950-1960
	2				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1961
	3				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1962
	4				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1963-1964
	5				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1965
	6				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1962-1968
	7				Correspondence regarding Meeting at Rice, 1951
	8				Correspondence with Karl Darrow, 1962
	9				Correspondence with Karl Darrow, 1962-1963
	10				Committee on the Character of American Physical Society Meetings, 1961-1963
				Committee on Houston's Future
					Library Subcommittee
Box	Folder
3	1					Correspondence, 1954
	2					Reports, 1954
					Fact Finding Committee, Transit Strike
Box	Folder
3	3					Correspondence, Findings, Agreements, 1950
	4					Statistical Studies
	5-6					Hearings
				Mayor's Citizen Advisory Committee
Box	Folder
3	7				Health-Hospital Subcommittee, 1954
	8			Houston Committee on Foreign Relations, 1946-1949
	9			Houston Symphony Society, 1949-1960
				International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Box	Folder
3	10				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1953-1968
	11				International General Assembly, London, 1954
	12				International General Assembly, Warsaw, 1963
	13				International General Assembly, Basel, 1966
	14				Printed Material, 1952, 1955, 1966, 1968
				National Academy of Sciences
Box	Folder
3	15				General Correspondence and Memoranda, 1943-1961
Box	Folder
4	1				General Correspondence and Memoranda, 1962-1964
	2				General Correspondence and Memoranda, 1965-1968
	3				Printed Material
	4				Committee on Nominations, Correspondence, 1962-1964
	5				Committee on Nominations, Reports, 1962-1964
	6				Class I Committee, 1965-1968
	7				Committee on the Endowment, Correspondence, 1965-1966
					National Research Council, Committee on Undersea Warfare
Box	Folder
4	8					Correspondence and Memoranda, 1946-1949
	9					Correspondence and Memoranda, 1950-1954
	10					Correspondence and Memoranda, 1955-1958
	11					Correspondence and Memoranda, 1959-1967
	12					Travel, 1957-1961
	13					Weapons Panel, 1949
	14					Air Research and Development Command Woods Hole Committee, 1958
				National Science Foundation
Box	Folder
4	15				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1951-1964
	16				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1965-1968
Box	Folder
5	1				Advisory Panel for Physics, 1953-1960
	2				Conference on Low Temp. Chemistry and Physics, 1955
Box	Folder
4	3				Travel and Expense, 1959-1963
				National Science Board
Box	Folder
4	4				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1964-1965
	5				Correspondence and Memoranda, 1959-1963
	6				Group Photographs
	7			Group Photograph, Unidentified, n.d.

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5-9		Series II: Academic Career, 1926-1968, 29 inches (3 3/4 document boxes).
	Arranged alphabetically in five sub-series: Department of Physics, Graduate Students, Teaching, Publications and Research. Information from Houston's teaching career and his research is located in this series.
	This series includes exams, grade books, lectures, Physics problems, and student papers from Dr. Houston's days with California Institute of Technology and Rice Institute. Also included in this series are notes and drafts from Houston's two books -- Principles of Mathematical Physics, 1934 and Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 1951, as well as copies of articles he published. Correspondence (located in the Correspondence series) between Houston and several publishers suggest that Houston was working on a book on solid state physics. Finally in this series, there are Houston's research notebooks.
Box
5			Subseries A: Department of Physics
	8			Rice Physics Department Correspondence, 1961-1968
			Subseries B: Graduate Students
Box	Folder
5	9			California Institute of Technology and Rice, Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows, 1933-1968
			Subseries C: Teaching
Box	Folder
5	10			Physics Examinations, California Institute of Technology, 1930-1941
	11			Rice Physics 400 Exams, 1965-1966
	12			Rice Physics 520 Exams, 1965-1968
	13			Rice Physics 560-600 Exams, 1964-1965
	14			Physics 565 Lecture Notes, 1948-1949
	15			Grade Books, 1948-1953
	16			Grade Books, 1953-1959
	17			Grade Books, 1959-1966
	18			Grade Books, 1966-1968
				Lectures
Box	Folder
5	19				"Dihedral Group," 1959
	20				Solid State Theory, 1965
	21				Photoelectric Effect, Laws of Conservation, n.d.
	22				Lecture Notes, n.d.
	23				Lecture Notes, n.d.
	24				Lecture/Research Notes, n.d.
Box	Folder
6	1				Lecture Notes, n.d.
	2				Lecture Notes, n.d.
				Note Cards
Box	Folder
6	3				Physics Problems. Physics Articles, n.d.
	4				Physics Problems, n.d.
	5				Physics Problems, n.d.
	6				Physics Problems, Topics, Articles, n.d.
	7				Subjects, Articles, Books, n.d.
	8				Physics Topics, Definitions, Equations, n.d.
	9			Physics Lecture Slides
	10			Student Projects and Papers, 1949
	11			Student Projects and Papers, 1959, n.d.
			Subseries D: Publications
Box	Folder
7	1			Publications
	2-4			Chapter Drafts. Principles of Mathematical Physics
	5-7			Notes and Chapter Drafts. Principles of Quantum Mechanics
	8			Draft Titled "Wave Mechanics." Possible Draft of Chapter 3 of Principles of Quantum Mechanics
	9			Possible Chapter Drafts, Proposed Book on Solid State Physics
	10			Reprints of Journal Articles, 1926-1939
	11			Reprints of Journal Articles, 1940-1967, n.d.
	12-14			Essays, California Institute of Technology, ca. 1930-1940
	15			Essays, Rice Institute, ca. 1946-1963
Box	Folder
8	1			Essays, n.d.
	2			Essays on Quantum Theory, n.d.
			Subseries E: Research
Box	Folder
8	3			Notes on various physics topics
	4			"Neutron Capture and Nuclear Constitution," Niels Bohr. "On the Question of Measurability of Electromagnetic Field Quantities," N. Bohr and L. Rosenfeld, n.d.
				Research Notebooks
Box	Folder
8	5				The Density Matrix, 1965
	6				Quantum Mechanics, 1961
	7				Superconductivity, 1961, n.d.
	8				1927, n.d.
	9				1948, n.d.
	10				1964, 1969
	11				n.d.
Box	Folder
9	1				n.d.

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Series III: Correspondence, 1927-1968, 28 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
	Arranged alphabetically in two sub-series: Alphabetical and Chronological. This series contains the bulk of Houston's correspondence and includes some personal, but mostly academic and professional correspondence to and from scientists, organizations, societies, committees, government agencies and publishers. Most of his correspondence regarding memberships on committees and boards is located in the Membership materials in the Biographical Series.
		Subseries A: Alphabetical
Box	Folder
9	2		Alpheus Smith Lectures (Harold Nielsen - Ohio State)
	3		American Association for the Advancement of Science
	4		American Philosophical Society
	5		Anderson, Carl
	6		Birge, Raymond
	7		Bloch, F.
	8		Bohr, Niels/Margrethe
	9		Bonner, Tom
	10		California Institute of Technology
	11		Campbell, J. Stuart
	12		Carroll, Kieth
	13		Congressional Committees
	14		Cosmos Club
	15		Davis, Leverett
	16		Dover Publications
	17		Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
	18		Encyclopedia Britannica
	19		Encyclopedia Americana
	20		Evans, Griffith C.
	21		Finkelnburg, Wolfgang
	22		Ford Foundation
	23		General Electric - Betatron
	24		Gibbs, R. C.
	25		Harnwell, G. P.
	26		Heisenberg, Werner
	27		Hsueh, C. W.
	28		Hughes Prize
	29		International Geophysical Year, (1957-1958)
	30		Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology
	31		Kent, Norton
Box	Folder
10	1		Lane, Eric
	2		Lee, Ching Tsung
	3		Low Temperature Physics Conference, Paris, 1955
	4		Low Temperature Physics Conference, Scotland, 1968
	5		Mandelbrojt, Szolem
	6		Marshall, Bill
	7		Marshall Plan, Committee for the
	8		McAshan, Michael
	9		McGraw-Hill Book Company
	10		Millikan, Robert A.
	11		MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	12		Naval Ordnance Test Station
	13		NASA Grant G-6-59
	14		NIH National Institutes of Health
	15		Ohio State University
	16		Oklahoma, University of
	17		Operations Research Office, John Hopkins University
	18		Oakridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
	19		Oppenheimer, J. Robert
	20		Pauli Exclusion Principle
	21		Pergamon Press
	22		Phi Beta Kappa
	23		Phillips, G. C.
	24		Philosophical Society of Texas
	25		Physical Review, 1951-1967
	26		Physics Today
	27		Publishers, Miscellaneous, 1950-1965
	28		Recommendations/Evaluations, 1948-1964
	29		Recommendations/Evaluations, 1965-1968
Box	Folder
11	1		Reviews of Books and Articles
	2		Richtmyer, F. K.
	3		The Rockefeller Institute and Rockefeller University
	4		Royal Society of Arts. London, England
	5		Scholarship Committee. Schlumberger Corp., 1961-1968
	6		Scientific Research Society of America
	7		Scientists' Committee on Loyalty Problems
	8		Sloan Foundation, 1959-1964
	9		Smith, Alpheus W.
	10		Smith, D. R.
	11		Sommerfeld, Arnold
	12		Sources - History of Quantum Mechanics
	13		Southwest Research Institute, (1962-1967)
	14		Stratton, S. W.
	15		Takamine, T.
	16		Taylor, Henry R.
	17		Teller, Edward
	18		Thermodynamic Temperature Scale, (1953-1954)
	19		Senator Tower, John
	20		United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, (1946-1949)
	21		University of Chicago Press
	22		United States Military Academy Board of Visitors
	23		United States Military Academy Curriculum Review, (1958-1959)
	24		Vallarta, Manuel S.
	25		Webster, D. C.
	26		Western Reserve University, (1946-1947)
	27		Wigner, Eugene
	28		Wilson, H. A.
		Subseries B: Chronological
Box	Folder
11	29		1927-1937
	30		1938-1945
	31		1946-1955
Box	Folder
12	1		1956-1958
	2		1959-1961
	3		1962
	4		1963-1964
	5		1965-1966
	6		1967-1968
	7		n.d.

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Series IV: Government Agency Work, 1947-1952, 24 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
	Arranged alphabetically into six series: Department of Defense, Hermes A-3 Missile Project, Naval Research Laboratory, Office of Scientific Research & Development, Reports, and Scientific Advisory Group. This series encompasses Houston's research and consulting for various government projects and includes reports, essays, letters, photographs, diaries and scientific essay reprints from various Japanese scientists.
	While working under the auspices of the Office of Scientific Research & Development, Houston worked at Columbia University researching homing devices for torpedoes and other such underwater warfare devices. Due to the classified nature of this research, the bulk of the records in this collection pertain to Houston's continued involvement with this group after World War II and his return to California Institute of Technology. Also while working for the Office of Scientific Research & Development he worked on issues of atomic energy. Houston worked with The Scientific Advisory Group in July and August of 1947. This group, made up of six American scientists, was sent to Japan to make recommendations on the reorganization of the postwar Japanese scientific community.
		Subseries A: Department of Defense, Research and Development Board
Box	Folder
12	8		July 1947 - March 1948
	9		April 1948
	10		May 1948 - July 1948
	11		August 1948 - December 1948
	12		January 1949 - August 1949
	13		September - December 1949
	14		1950
	15		Printed Material, 1947-1949
Box	Folder
13	1	Subseries B: Hermes A-3 Missile Project, 1952-1953
		Subseries C: Naval Research Laboratory
Box	Folder
13	2		Naval Research Advisory Committee - Synchroton
	3		Synchroton (Linear High Energy Accelerator) Proposal
		Subseries D: Office of Scientific Research & Development, National Defense Research Committee
Box	Folder
13	4		Columbia University Division of War Research
	5		Contract OEM SP - 471 for Research on Atomic Energy
	6		Section 16.1 for Optics Research
		Subseries E: Reports
Box	Folder
13	7		Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
	8		Development and Use of Atomic Energy
		Subseries F: Scientific Advisory Group
Box	Folder
13	9		Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Mission
	10		Official Report
	11		Correspondence
	12		Diary
	13		Expenses
	14		Visit to The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
	15-16		Visit to Keio University
	17		Visit to Kyoto University
Box	Folder
14	1		Visit to Kyushu University
	2		Visit to Nagoya University
	3		Visit to Osaka University; Dr. Masao Sawada; Chemical Laboratory;
	4		Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
	5		Visit to Tokyo University
	6		Visit to Waseda University
	7		Other Institutions
	8		Recommendations from Japanese Sources
	9		Recommendations from National Research Council of Japan
	10		Photographs, official
	11		Photographs, alpha-numeric numbered
	12		Photographs from W. D. Coolidge
	13		Japan - film
			Printed Material
Box	Folder
14	14			Articles, Pamphlets
	15			Autobiography of Dr. Fukuzawa Yukichi
	16			Business Cards
	17			Maps
	18			Reports
Box	Folder
15	1			Travel Guides
	2				Guide to Japan
	3				Hiroshima, Nagaya, Nagasaki
	4				How to See…
	5				Japan: The Pocket Guide
	6				We Japanese vol. 1
	7				We Japanese vol. 2
	8			Reprints
	9				Naoto Kameyama
	10				Kiichi Kimura
	11				Kohei Kojima
	12				Jiro Muto
	13				Toshinosuke Muto
	14				Von Takeo Nagamiya
	15				Otohiko Nomoto
	16				Mituro Sato
	17			Reprints and Progress Reports by Isamu Nitta and Tokunosuke Watanabe

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Series V: Speeches, 1941-1965, 25 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)
	Arranged chronologically. Includes both his speeches to the academic and professional organizations he was involved with, as well as to civic organizations. The materials reflect Houston's ability to speak to the scientific, public or academic communities, often times about the same subject, but gearing the language to the appropriate level. He was often invited to speak to the public on general science or physics topics, as well as delivering formal papers to fellow scientists.
Box	Folder
15	18	On Newton and Galileo. University of the Redlands. Redlands, CA, 1941
	19	Chamber of Commerce Dinner, 18 April 1946
	20	Commencement. California Institute of Technology, 21 June 1946
	21	Commencement. University of Texas, 24 June 1946
	22	"The Purpose of a College," Women of Rotary, 10 October 1946
	23	San Jacinto Chapter of Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 14 October 1946
	24	Committee on International Relations, 8 November 1946
	25	"The Purpose of a College," Kiwanis Club, 13 November 1946
	26	Science Teachers of Texas State Teachers Association, 12 November 1946
	27	"Influence of Science on History," 8 December 1946
	28	Southeastern Texas Division American Chemical Society, 6 March 1947
	29	"Contributions of Physics to Philosophy," Houston Philosophical Society, 17 April 1947
	30	Commencement. University of Houston, 29 May 1947
	31	"Can Engineering Be Taught in College," Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland Ohio, 2 July 1947
	32	American Physical Society, 28 November 1947
Box	Folder
16	1	"The Faculty Member and the Community," Local Chapter of American Association of University Professors, 4 December 1947
	2	"Can Engineering Be Taught in College," Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 16 January 1948
	3	"Atomic Motions of Solid Bodies," University of Texas Chapter of Sigma Chi, 10 February 1948
	4	Report on the Committee on Basic Physical Sciences. Houston Chamber of Commerce, 20 February 1948
	5	Address to Faculty and Graduate Students. Texas A&M College, 9 March 1948
	6	"Some Observations in Occupied Japan," University of Kentucky Phi Beta Kappa, 12 March 1948
	7	"Education and Service," Dedication of St. John's School, 10 April 1948
	8	"The Application of Group Theory to the Normal Vibrations of a Cubic Crystal," 23-24 April 1948
	9	"Science and National Defense," Dedication of the Variable Angle Launcher. San Gabriel Canyon, CA, 7 May 1948
	10	Graduation Address. Kinkaid School, 21 May 1948
	11	"Is Engineering a University Subject?" American Society for Engineering Education, 17 June 1948
	12	25th Anniversary of the Naval Research Laboratory. Washington, D.C., 2 July 1948
	13	Dedication of Synthetic Glycerine. Plant of Shell Chemical Col. Deer Park, TX, 16 September 1948
	14	Engineering Education. American Society of Electrical Engineers, 8 December 1948
	15	John McKnitt Alexander Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 11 December 1948
	16	Address to Palmer Memorial Church, 18 January 1949
	17	Remarks to Scandinavian Club, 21 February 1949
	18	National Academy of Sciences. Washington D.C., 25-27 April 1949
	19	"What Is a Professional Education," Certified Public Accountants Meeting, 18 May 1949
	20	4001st Research and Development Group. Reserve Army Officers, 23 May 1949
	21	Commencement Address. Louisiana State University, 4 June 1949
	22	Commencement Address. Baylor University College of Medicine, 13 June 1949
	23	Address to the Insurance Underwriters, 17 June 1949
	24	"Physics in the University," Tulane University, 26 October 1949
	25	"Physics and Physicists," University of Oklahoma, 2 November 1949
	26	Tau Beta Pi Chapter. A&M College, 16 November 1949
	27	Frontiers in Physics. Sigma XI Club Installation. University of Houston, 1 December 1949
	28	"What Physicists Are Doing," Texas Academy of Science. Rice Campus, 2 December 1949
	29	Grace Methodist Church Supper. Baytown, TX, 14 December 1949
	30	Engineering and Education. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 28 February 1950
	31	Address to Delphian. Past Presidents Group, 14 April 1950
	32	"Ponderomotive Forces on Superconductors," American Philosophical Society, 21 April 1950
	33	National Academy of Sciences. Washington D.C., 24-26 April 1950
	34	American Physical Society. Washington D.C., 29 April 1950
	35	Commencement Address. San Jacinto High School Auditorium, 2 June 1950
	36	Commencement Address. Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas, 5 June 1950
	37	Electrical and Magnetic Forces on Superconductivity. Mexico City, 22-24 June 1950
	38	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 19 October 1950
	39	Superconductivity. Dedication of Physics Building, University of Alabama, 6 November 1950
Box	Folder
17	1	American Association for the Advancement of Science, 27 December 1950
	2	Introductions at Great Books Foundation Meeting, December 1950
	3	Engineers Council. Symposium on Education at College Level, 1950
	4	Electrical and Magnetic Forces on Superconductors. American Philosophical Society, 1950
	5	Physics - Ben Franklin Series. University of Pennsylvania, 15 February 1951
	6	"International Contacts in Education," 20 February 1951
	7	Address on Manpower, 23 February 1951
	8	Address to Education Committee, 18 April 1951
	9	Installation of Sigma Chi Chapter, 9 May 1951
	10	Commencement Address. South Texas College, 4 June 1951
	11	Dedication of New Physics Lab, 11 June 1951
	12	"The Influence of Science on History," 18 June 1951
	13	After Dinner Speech on Research. American Physical Society Meeting, 30 November 1951
	14	Installation - San Antonio Chapter of the Scientific Research Society of America, 7 March 1952
	15	American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dinner Meeting, 13 March 1952
	16	Houston Junior League, 1 April 1952
	17	Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 18 April 1952
	18	Commencement Addresses, Lamar High School, St. John's High School, 29 May 1952;30 May 1952
	19	Address to Public School Teachers, 6 September 1952
	20	Opening of Economic Mobilization School, 22 September 1952
	21	Creative Engineering. Houston Chapter of A.I.E.E., 24 September 1952
	22	"Why Universities," 8 January 1953
	23	Address to Kiwanis on Atomic Energy, 7 January 1953
	24	Dedication of the Nuclear Research Laboratory, 9 March 1953
	25	Public Lecture. Louisiana State University, 7 April 1953
	26	Remarks at Presbyterian Church, 27 September 1953
	27	"What is the Rice Institute?", 2 October 1953
	28	"Churches and Universities," 2 November 1953
	29	"What Should a Child Expect from a University Education?", 10 November 1953
	30	Introduction of Dr. Francis Moran, 7 December 1953
	31	Commencement Address. St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, 28 May 1954
	32	General Motors Golden Carnival, 23 November 1954
	33	"Why Do You Go to School?" St. John's High School, 2 December 1954
	34	"The Forgotten Scholar," 4 February 1955
	35	Keynote Speech. Institute of Radio Engineers, 10 February 1955
	36	"Physics in Engineering Education," 22 June 1955
	37	Graduation Address. Ellington Air Force Base, 9 August 1955
	38	"Objectives of Engineering Education," 4 October 1955
	39	Welcome to Concrete Association, 21 November 1955
	40	Remarks at St. John's Chapel, 1 December 1955
	41	"Philosophy in the Twentieth Century," 3 December 1955
	42	Banquet Address - A.M.S. and M.A.A., 28 December 1955
Box	Folder
18	1	Award of "Engineer of the Year," Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 24 February 1956
	2	American Physical Society Meeting, 24-25 February 1956
	3	"Two Examples of Excellence," University of Houston Honors Day, 9 March 1956
	4	"A Philosophy for the Twentieth Century," Houston Philosophical Society, 15 March 1956
	5	Remarks for the Panel at Convocation at Cooper Union, 9 October 1956
	6	Industrial Research Laboratories Depend on Universities, 18 October 1956
	7	Address to Kiwanis Luncheon, 31 October 1956
	8	"The Importance of Excellence," Arts and Science Convocation, University of Missouri, 3 December 1956
	9	Welcome to Engineering Drawing Meeting, 31 January 1957
	10	St. John's Chapel, 6 February 1957
	11	"The Current Shortage of Engineers," Houston Engineers Club, 14 May 1957
	12	"Science and Education in the Next Decade," Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 8 November 1957
	13	Dedication of National Bank of Commerce. San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, 16 January 1958
	14	Speech at St. John's Chapel, 29 January 1958
	15	"The Russian Sputnik and the American Schools," Kiwanis Club, 19 March 1958
	16	Association of Texas Colleges, 28 March 1958
	17	Remarks at Southwestern Assembly. Ft. Clark, TX, 19 April 1958
	18	Commencement Address. Southwestern University, 2 June 1958
	19	"Long Hair in Industry," A.S.E.E. Meeting, 27 January 1959
	20	Address to Presbyterian Group on the Book of Job, 5 April 1959
	21	Commencement Address. Lamar High School, 2 June 1959
	22	"Space Exploration and Education," First Presbyterian Church, 11 November 1959
	23	Annual Southwest Conference. American Physical Society, 4 March 1960
	24	Alpheus Smith Lecture. University of Ohio, 5 April 1960
	25	Speech to the Texas Committee on Higher Education, 11 April 1960
	26	Commencement Address. University of Texas Medical School, 27 May 1960
	27	Address Given at Texas Instruments Co. Dinner. Dallas, TX, 20 September 1961
	28	Commemoration of T. W. Bonner. American Philosophical Society, 23 February 1962
	29	Some Observations on the Theory of Electrons and Atomic Nuclei in Solids. NYC, 24 January 1953
	30	Commemoration of T. W. Bonner. International Conference on Fast Neutron Physics, 28 February 1963
	31	Speech to a Group of Chemists, 1964
	32	T. W. Bonner Award Presentation. American Physical Society, 26 February 1965
	33	Some Unsolved Problems of Atomic Physics, n.d.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Guide to William V. Houston Personal Papers, 1925-1968, bulk 1941-1968

Arrangement

Access Restrictions

Use Restrictions

Series III: Correspondence, 1927-1968, 28 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)

Series IV: Government Agency Work, 1947-1952,24 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)

Series V: Speeches, 1941-1965,25 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)

Series III: Correspondence, 1927-1968,
28 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)

Series IV: Government Agency Work, 1947-1952,
24 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)

Series V: Speeches, 1941-1965,
25 inches (3 1/3 document boxes)