urn:taro:rice.wrc.00124 Guide to the Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-63 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. 01102005 Additional series "Testimonials" added by Amanda York Focke. Guide to the Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-63 Woodson Research Center 2004 Descriptive Summary Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-63 Rice UA 097 5 lin. ft. (10 boxes) Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, testimonials, audiotapes of lecture and speeches, and more related to the celebration of Rice University's semicentennial and the inuaguration President Pitzer, 1961-1963. The Pitzer Inaugural Committee created or maintained the bulk of this material. Pitzer, Kenneth S. Materials are in English. Organizational Sketch

For each incoming Rice president, an Inaugural Committee is formed which works with the Board of Governors and the President's Office to plan the numerous presidential welcoming events and celebrations. After the inauguration, the committee is released from duty.

The university's semi-centennial was officially celebrated in 1962, fifty years after the opening of the Rice Institute (Oct., 1912). The centennial will be celebrated in 2012.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, calendars of events, event programs, audiotapes of lecture and speeches, and more related to the celebration of Rice University's semicentennial and the inuaguration President Pitzer, 1961-1963. The Pitzer Inaugural Committee created or maintained the bulk of this material.

Arrangement Series I: Inauguration, Semicentennial, and Correspondence Series II: Delegates and Lecturers Series III: Media and Newsclips Series IV: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 5" Series V: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 7" Series VI: Congratulatory Letters and Testimonials Preferred Citation

Rice University Semicentennial and Inauguration of President Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-63, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Transferred to the Woodson Research Center, ca. 1980 and 1994.

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This material is open for research.

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Permission to publish these records must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Pitzer, Kenneth S. --Correspondence. Subjects (Organizations) Rice University -- President's Office. Rice University -- presidential inaugurations. Rice University -- history. Rice University -- Pitzer Inaugural Committee. Subjects University presidents -- inaugurations. Formats Correspondence. Notes. Calendars. Press releases. Newsclippings. Audiotapes. Photographs. Tickets. Programs. Related Material

See also Rice University President's Office records: Kenneth S. Pitzer, 1961-1968.

See also information and photograph files at Woodson Research Center desk for "Inauguration - Pizter".

Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: Inauguration, Semicentennial, and Correspondence 11 Inaugural Committee Papers; Minutes, memos, schedule of events 12 Calendar of Events, 1957-58 13 Calendar of Events, 1959-61 14 Inaugural Committee Papers: Correspondence, plans, lists of participants 15 Medals of Honor, medallions, and recipients of each 21 Printed announcements 22 Printed invitations-personal and institutional 23 Printed programs, tickets, acknowledgements 24 Semicentennial Symposia: programs and correspondence 25 Correspondence on publications of inaugural and semicentennial authors 31 Semicentennial publications: correspondence (1/3) 32 Semicentennial publications: correspondence (2/3) 33 Semicentennial publications: correspondence (3/3) 41 Correspondence with guests (1/2) 42 Correspondence with guests (2/2) 43 Correspondence, general Series II: Delegates and Lecturers 51 Delegate roster/info 52 Delegate replies (1/4) 53 Delegate replies (2/4) 54 Delegate replies (3/4) 55 Delegate replies (4/4) 56 Guest replies 57 Delegates - Blanshard, Brand 58 Delegates - Bronson, Bertrand H. 59 Delegates - Ewing, W. Maurice 510 Delegates - Glennan, T. Keith 61 Delegates - Landre, Louis 62 Delegates - Leray, Jean 63 Delegates - Mead, Margaret 64 Delegates - Nevins, Allan 65 Delegates - Peyre, Henri M. 66 Delegates - Prelog, V. 67 Delegates - Reid, John Lyon 68 Delegates - Shannon, Claude E. 69 Delegates - Sterling, J. E. Wallace 610 Delegates - Stussi, Fritz 611 Delegates - Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert 612 Delegates - Taylor, Geoffrey 613 Delegates - Thomson, Sir George Paget 614 Delegates - Toynbee, Arnold 615 Delegates - Viner, Jacob 616 Delegates - Yagi, Sakae 617 Lecturers: Drafts of speeches, correspondence, memos 618 Mailings to lecturers Series III: Media and Newsclips 71 Media participation 72 Newsclips, March 1962 73 Newclips, April 1962 74 Newsclips, May 1962 75 Newsclips, June 1962 76 Newsclips, July 1962 77 Newclips, August 1962 78 Newsclips, October 1962 79 Miscellaneous photos 710 Press releases and clippings 711 News releases (1/2) 712 News releases (2/2) 713 Resolutions Series IV: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 5" 8 Convocation, Part I 8 Dr. W. Maurice Ewing, Oct. 11, 1962, Hamman Hall 8 Dr. W. Maurice Ewing, Part 2 Series V: Reel-to-reel Tapes, 7" 8 Convocation, Part 2 8 Inaugural (copy - poor reproduction) 8 Dr. W. Maurice Ewing, Part 1 8 Margaret Mead lecture Series VI: Congratulatory Letters & Testimonials Letters 9- Academia Brasilerira Ciencias 9- Alfred University 9- Aligarh Muslim University 9- American Colleges in Istanbul 9- Antioch College 9- Consular Corps of Houston 9- DePaul University 9- Faraday Society 9- Gunma University 9- Kabul University 9- National Taiwan University 9- Nihon University 9- Osaka University 9- Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften 9- Queens College 9- Queen’s University, Belfast 9- Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht 9- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 9- Royal Society of South Africa 9- Southwestern at Memphis 9- St. Edward’s University 9- Stevens Institute of Technology 9- Temple University 9- Universita degli studi de Firenze 9- Universita degli studi de Pisa 9- Universite Catholique de Lille 9- Universite Catholique de Louvain 9- Universite de Dijon 9- Universite de Strasbourg 9- University, Hull, England 9- University of Maryland 9- University of New Brunswick 9- University Southampton Telegrams 9- Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey 9- Technischen Hochschule in Graz 9- Universite de Lyon 9- University of Cairo 9- University of Dallas 9- University of the West Indies Testimonials 9- Academie Royale de Belgique 9- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 9- Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas 9- American Academy of Arts & Sciences 9- American Philological Association 9- American University of Beirut 9- Aradia University 9- Arizona State College 9- Ball State Teachers College 9- Bennington College 9- Boston University 9- Bowling Green State University 9- Bradley University 9- Brandeis University 9- Bryn Mawr College 9- Bucknell University 9- California Institute of Technology 9- Central Philippine University 9- Centro Escolar University 9- Colorado School of Mines 9- Columbia University 9- Dartmouth College 9- Drake University 9- Duquesne University 9- Fairleigh Dickinson University 9- Florida State University 9- Franklin and Marshall College (2) 9- Georgia Institute of Technology 9- Gettysburg College 9- Goucher College 9- Harvard College 9- Haverford College 9- Howard University 9- Institut Catholique de Toulouse 9- Institute of Technology, Finland 9- Iowa State University 9- Istanbul Universitesi 9- Juniata College 9- Knox College 9- Lycoming College 9- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9- Mississippi College 9- National Academy of Science 9- New York University 9- Northeastern University 9- Northern Illinois University 9- Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies 9- Oberlin College 9- Ohio University 9- Ohio Weslayan University 9- Oklahoma City University 9- Pepperdine College (2) 9- Politecnico di Milano 9- Princeton University 9- Reed College 9- San Diego State College 9- Scripps College 9- Seton Hall University 9- St. John’s College 9- St. Olaf College 9- State University of Iowa 9- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 9- Syracuse University 9- Texas Southern University 9- Trinity College 9- Tufts University 9- Tulane University 9- United States Military Academy 9- Universidad de Puerto Rico 9- Universidad Tecnica del Estado 9- Universita degli studi di Napoli 9- Universita degli studi di Pavia 9- Universita di Bologna 9- Universitat Basel 9- Universitat Graz 9- Universitat Zurich 9- Universite de Caen 9- Universite de Nancy (3) 9- University College, Ibadan, Nigeria 9- University of Alberta 9- University of British Columbia 9- University of California 9- University of Cambridge 9- University of Chicago 9- University of Cincinnati 9- University of Denver 9- University of Hawaii 9- University of Maine 9- University of Malaya 9- University of Miami 9- University of Michigan 9- University of Minnesota 9- University of Mississippi 9- University of North Dakota 9- University of Oregon 9- University of Pennsylvania 9- University of Utah (2) 9- University of Wales 9- University of Washington 9- Vassar College 9- Virginia Military Institute 9- Washington and Jefferson College 9- Washington State University 9- Washington University 9- Wayne State University 9- West Virginia University 9- Westminster College 9- Whitman College 9- Worcester Polytechnic Institute 9- Yale University 10- Congratulatory banner: “Inauguration of Kenneth S. Pitzer – from Teh-yao Wu, President Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan