urn:taro:rice.wrc.00117 Guide to the Rice University Carey Croneis office records (Provost, Acting President, Chancellor), 1950-1972 Joan Ferry Woodson Research Center 2004 Finding aid encoded by Mandy York , Fondren Library 08042004 Finding aid written inEnglish. 08042004 Edited with XMetal 3 by Mandy York, according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Guide to the Rice University Carey Croneis office records (Provost, Acting President, Chancellor), 1950-1972 Joan Ferry Woodson Research Center 2001 Descriptive Summary Rice University Carey Croneis office records (Provost, Acting President, Chancellor) 1950-1972 Rice UA Croneis 10.5 linear feet Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX These records reflect the business conducted in the offices of Rice University Provost, (Acting) President, and Chancellor during Dr. Croneis' tenure in those positions, 1954-1970. Materials include correspondence, reports, and newsclippings pertaining to a wide variety of university activities. Records are arranged alphabetically according to folder titles assigned in the respective offices from which they came. Croneis, Carey Materials are in English. Biographical Note

Dr. Carey Croneis was born in 1901 in Bucyrus, Ohio, and received his B.S. degree from Denison University in 1922, followed by an M.S. in Geology from the University of Kansas in 1923, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1928. He was an instructor at Radcliffe and lecturer at Wellesley in 1927-1928; assistant and then full professor at the University of Chicago, 1928-1944; and a member of the National Defense Research Council, 1942-1944. He then served as President of Beloit College from 1944 until he came to Rice.

Dr. Carey Croneis came to Rice (then Institute) in 1954 as Provost, and also as Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology, charged with designing and organizing a Department of Geology at Rice. He served as Provost until 1960 and at that time assumed the additional responsibilities of Acting President following Pres. William V. Houston's resignation due to ill health. He served in both capacities until the appointment of Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer as President in July 1961. In that year, Dr. Croneis was named Chancellor, and held that position until his retirement in 1970. Dr. Croneis was named Wiess Professor Emeritus of Geology and Chancellor Emeritus. He died in January 1972.

 Scope and Contents

These records reflect the business conducted in the offices of Rice University Provost, (Acting) President, and Chancellor during Dr. Croneis' tenure in those positions, 1954-1970. Materials include correspondence, reports, and newsclippings pertaining to a wide variety of university activities. Records are arranged alphabetically according to folder titles assigned in the respective offices from which they came.

 Arrangement

Records are arranged in one alphabetical run according to folder titles assigned in the respective offices from which they came.

 Preferred Citation

Rice University Carey Croneis office records (Provost, Acting President, Chancellor), 1950-1972, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Acquisition Information

Transfered in 1972 and 1978 from the Chancellor's Office.

Access Restrictions

Permission to use the President’s Office Records must be obtained in writing from Mark Scheid, Assistant to the President. Legal and disciplinary files need special permission.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the President’s Office Records must be obtained from the President’s Office. Contact the Woodson Research Center for instructions.

 Related Material

See also Dr. Carey Croneis personal papers, MS 402.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Croneis, Carey --Correspondence. Pitzer, Kenneth Sanborn --Correspondence. Subjects (Organizations) Rice University -- President's Office. Rice University -- Chancellor's Office. Rice University -- Provost's Office. Rice University -- history. Rice University -- semicentennial celebration. Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: Files A - K 11 Admissions - Special cases, 1964-65 12 Admissions - Special cases, 1965/66 - 1968/69 13 Admissions - Special cases, 1969/70 - 1971/72 14 Alumni, 1963-72 15 Alumni - Complaints, 1963-69 16 Alumni - Matching gifts, 1966-69 17 Alumni - Sallyport, 1971 18 Alumni Assembly, 1962-67 19 Alumni Association, 1961-62 110 Alumni Association, 1962-1965 111 Alumni Association, 1965-68 112 Alumni Association, 1968-70 113 Alumni Association, 1970-71 21 Alumni Association Executive Board minutes, 1962-64 22 Alumni Association Executive Board minutes, 1965-66 23 Alumni Association Executive Board minutes, 1967-68 24 Alumni Association Executive Board minutes, 1968-69 25 Alumni Association Executive Board minutes, 1969-70 26 Alumni Association honorees, 1966-70 27 Alumni Fund, 1962-70 28 American Assembly, 1961-70 29 American Association of University Women, 1960-61 210 (M. D.) Anderson Foundation, Feb. - Oct. 1961 211 Anderson Hall, 1961 212 Architectural Society, 1963-69 213 Architecture, Aug. 1960 - May 1962 214 Architecture - Accreditation, 1965 215 Architecture - Accreditation, 1969 216 Architecture - Chilean Project, 1964-66 217 Architecture - Curriculum, 1963-66 218 Architecture - Department, 1961-64 219 Architecture - Department, 1964-65 31 Architecture - Degree program proposal, 1970-71 32 Architecture - Faculty and facilities, 1963-65 33 Architecture - Faculty and facilities, 1969-71 34 Architecture - M. A. degree, 1969 35 Architecture - Ph. D. degree, 1968-71 36 Architecture - Salary and status records, 1971-72 37 Architecture School - General files, 1965-67 38 Architecture School - General files, 1967-68 41 Architecture School - General files, 1969 42 Architecture School - General files, 1969-70 43 Architecture School - General files, 1970-71 44 Architecture School - N.A.A.B. evaluation report 45 Architecture Selection Committee for Director, 1971-72 46 Architecture Urban Design Program, 1969-71 47 Athletics, 1960-63 48 Awards, 1966 49 Band, 1962-67 51 Bequests, 1964-68 52 Biology, Oct. 1960 - Aug. 1961 53 Business Office, Sept. 1960 - April 1962 54 (Faculty) Candidates interviewed by Carey Croneis, 1969 55 Chemical Engineering, Aug. 1960 - Sept. 1961 56 Chemistry, Sept. 1960 - Nov. 1961 57 Civil Engineering, Dec. 1960 - Nov. 1961 58 Classics, 1961 59 Cohen, George S., 1963-71 510 Congratulatory messages (appointment as Chancellor), July - Sept. 1961 511 Contemporary Arts Association, 1962-68 512 Credit Union, 1961 513 Dean of Engineering, 1960-61 514 Discipline cases, 1963 515 Economics, 1961 516 Economics and Business Administration, Oct. 1960 - May 1961 517 Education, 1960 518 Edwards Foundation, Oct. 1960 - June 1962 519 Electrical Engineering, Sept. 1960 - June 1961 520 English, Sept. 1960 - April 1961 521 Exchange Students' Activities, July 1960 - Jan. 1962 522 Faculty and staff applications, 1962-72 523 Faculty leaves of absence, 1956-62 61 Fondren Library, 1961-63 62 Fondren Library, 1964-70 63 Fondren Library - Branch library problem, 1969 64 Fondren Library - Graduate research addition, 1965-69 65 Fondren Library - R.I.C.E., 1963-70 66 Food Committee, 1950-62 67 Foreign Languages, Nov. 1960 - April 1961 68 Foreign Scholars, 1958-63 69 Forensic Society, Oct. 1961 610 Freshman Orientation Program, 1961-62 611 Geology, Oct. 1961 - April 1962 612 Geology, June 1960 - April 1962 613 Germanics, 1964-70 71 Graduate Research Center (of the Southwest), 1961-69 72 Graduate Studies, Sept. 1960 - April 1961 73 Grants - Research, 1963-72 74 Guerry, Alex Jr., 1966-68 75 Gulf Coast Geoscience Center/Gulf Universities Research Corporation (G.U.R.C.), 1962-64 76 G.U.R.C. and Rice University, 1964-65 77 Health and P. E., Sept. 1960 - June 1961 78 History, Nov. 1960 - June 1961 79 Honor Council, Student Association, 1952-62 710 Interim Report to the Board by Dr. Croneis, 1961 Series II: Files L - Z 81 Latin American Programs, 1964-67 82 Loewenheim, Francis, 1964-1970 83 Masterson incident Board report, 1969 84 Mathematics, Oct. 1960 - April 1961 85 Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 1960 - March 1964 86 Military Science, 1964-69 87 Military Science/Army-Navy Day, 1965-71 88 Military Science/Army R.O.T.C. 1962-71 89 Military Science/Naval Science, 1962-66 810 Military Science/Navy R.O.T.C., 1969-71 811 Military Science/R.O.T.C., 1969-70 812 Milligan, W. O. (Chemistry Department), Sept. 1960 - Sept. 1961 813 Miscellaneous, June 1960 - Jan. 1962 814 M.O.H.O.L.E., 1963-66 91 Music, 1961-69 92 Music, 1963-71 93 N.A.S.A., 1960-72 94 Phi Beta Kappa, Sept. - Nov. 1960 95 Philosophy, Nov. 1960 - May 1961 96 Physics, Sept. 1960 - June 1961 97 Pike, Bishop (James A.), 1960 98 Pitzer, Kenneth S., May 1961 - March 1962 99 President Pitzer's resignations, 1968-70 910 Presidential Selection Committee, 1968-70 911 President's Office: Correspondence, 1962-64 912 President's Office: Correspondence, 1963-68 913 Psychology Department, Jan. - June 1961 914 Rayzor, J. Newton (Board of Governors), March 1960 - April 1962 101 Religious activities, 1967-71 102 Rice Players, 1962-66 103 Rice University Associates, 1945-62 104 Rice University Pamphlet, 1960-62 105 Scholarships A-B, 1964-71 106 Scholarships C-G, 1963-71 107 Scholarships H-P, 1963-70 108 Scholarships R-T, 1962-69 109 Scholarships U-Z, 1962-70 1010 Self-Study 1964 - budget 1011 Self-Study 1964 - Central Committee 1012 Self-Study 1964 - Central Committee special reports 1013 Self-Study 1964 - Dean's reports 1014 Self-Study 1964 - departmental reports 111 Self-Study 1964 - Rice committees 112 Self-Study 1964 - special areas 113 Self-Study 1964 - standards 114 Self-Study 1964 - Visiting Committee 115 Semicentennial commemorations and awards, 1962-65 116 Semicentennial Committee, 1960-64 117 Semicentennial Committee, 1960-64 118 Semicentennial Committee - delegates accepting, 1962-63 119 Semicentennial Committee - delegates declining, 1961-62 1110 Semicentennial Committee - delegates suggested, 1961 1111 Semicentennial Committee - Inaugural, 1962 1112 Semicentennial Committee Minutes, 1960-62 1113 Semicentennial Convocation, 1962 1114 Semicentennial - Dedication of Rayzor Hall, 1962 121 Semicentennial expenses, 1962-63 122 Semicentennial film, 1962-63 123 Semicentennial Historian, 1961 124 Semicentennial Inaugural Dinner, 1961-62 125 Semicentennial Inauguration of President Pitzer, 1962 126 Semicentennial major meetings and events, 1961-63 127 Semicentennial miscellaneous, 1961-66 128 Semicentennial newspaper clippings, 1962 129 Semicentennial President's Reception, 1962 1210 Semicentennial Symposia, 1962-63 131 Semicentennial Symposia, 1962-63 132 Society of Rice University Women, 1968-70 133 Sociology, September 1960 - May 1961 134 Southwest Athletic Conference, 1964-68 135 Southwestern Assembly, 1958 136 Southwestern Assembly, 1961 137 Southwestern Assembly, 1961-64 138 Southwestern Assembly, 1962 139 Southwestern Assembly, 1964 1310 Southwestern Assembly, 1964 141 Southwestern Assembly, 1964-67 142 Southwestern Assembly, 1966 143 Southwestern Assembly, 1966 144 Southwestern Assembly, 1966 145 Superior Oil Scholars, 1957-70 146 Texas Women's University, 1966 147 Tax (Reciprocal Exemption from Inheritance Tax-SB 29), 1962-63 148 Tuition, 1959 149 Tuition, Room & Board, 1963-66 151 Tuition Studies, 1962 152 Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (U.A.G.) - Advisory Committee, 1966 153 U.A.G. - Conference on Relations Between Private Enterprise and the University, 1964 154 U.A.G. - Development Program, 1963-64 155 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project, 1962-71 156 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project 157 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project 158 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project 161 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project 162 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project 163 U.A.G. - Guadalajara/Rice University Project reports and photographs, 1963 164 U.A.G. - Miscellaneous, 1966 165 Vandiver - Acting President, 1969-71 166 Visiting Lecturers - General, 1964-68 167 Visiting Lecturers - Eisenhower Convocation, 1960 168 Visiting Lecturers - Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1969 169 Visiting Lecturers - Kennedy, President John F., 1962 1610 Visiting Lecturers - Kreisky, Dr. Bruno, 1965 1611 Visiting Lecturers - Peterson lecturer, 1965-66 1612 Visiting Lecturers - Thomas, Albert, 1963-66 171 Visiting Lecturers - Weingarten, Joe, 1963-67 172 West Estate (Clear Lake), 1955-59 173 West Estate (Clear Lake), 1961-67, n.d.