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27-468: The HAAA archives history, inclusive of lived and living experiences of Pan-Asian, from East, to South, to Southwest and South Asians. In addition to conducting oral histories, the archive also collects memorabilia such as photographs, newspapers, journals, business records as well as recipes and artworks. These artifacts are stored in the Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library . The Archive

54-693: A historical atlas collection. Large collections of note are the Masterson Texana collection, the Axson collection of 18th century plays, and the Anderson collection on the history of aeronautics. The Cruikshank collection offers a wealth of Cruikshank's illustrations from the 1800s. The Woodson houses the Ricketts and Shannon collection of 19th century printing arts, the Stevenson collection of printing and watermarks,

81-404: A large amount of digitized material online. Historical images of Rice University, its buildings, people, and events are online in the university's institutional repository. There are also digitized materials in the institutional repository related to items from their cultural heritage collections. The Woodson maintains an array of digital exhibits on a variety of topics: Jesse H. Jones, Liberty Hall,

108-520: A large focus of their collecting efforts. This includes collections from the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston , Ann Holmes, William Camfield, Elinor Evans, and Stages Repertory Theatre . As part of a 2-year grant funded Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) project “Digitizing hidden selections of Houston's African American and Jewish heritage,” Woodson Research Center will provide public access to collections highlighting

135-783: A new first-floor Hobby Information commons, and a Rice-only study space on the sixth floor with dynamic views of the campus. The mission statement is as follows: "The mission of the Fondren Library of Rice University is to support the highest aspirations of the University in the areas of research, teaching, and service, through innovative research and information services, access to scholarly resources, collaborative alliances, and provision and shared use of physical and virtual spaces." Fondren Library currently subscribes to more than 141,000 journals in multiple formats and houses more than 2.8 million print volumes and 3 million microforms. The library

162-981: A portion of the oral histories in physical format only at the Woodson Research Center, where it also preserves an ongoing collection of memorabilia and artifacts donated by participants to the Archive. Interested in documenting the histories of specific communities and organizations, the Archive also runs various categories of oral histories collections. These include a collection on the Chinese Baptist Church, Sri Meenakshi Temple, Asian scientists in Houston; and Special Collections on COVID-19 ("COVID Chronicles" Collection), and Civic Engagement and Empowerment . HAAA continues to expand its oral history and memorabilia collections, and welcomes Asian and Asian American communities to reach out if they are or they know of someone who

189-540: A worse and yet they did not want to talk about it. Each semester, ten to twenty Rice student interns join the HAAA internship program to receive oral history techniques training, conduct and transcribe interviews, as well as research and write on the materials they collect through this method of history studies, some of which are submitted for a Chao Center's student-run publication Rice Asian Studies Review (RASR). Podcast " Dear Houston—Love, Asian America ," started in spring 2021,

216-537: Is a selective depository of U.S. and Texas government publications and a depository for U.S. patents and trademarks. Woodson Research Center contains more than 475 manuscript collections with emphasis on Texas, Houston, history, science, and English literature. Woodson contains more than 475 manuscript collections focused on the history of Texas and the greater Houston area, politics , entrepreneurship , and oil and gas . Other subject areas include American Civil War history, hip hop/rap music-related materials from

243-612: Is an archive located in Fondren Library at Rice University in Houston, Texas . The Center is named for Benjamin N. Woodson and houses the special collections of Rice University's Fondren Library which includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the Rice University archives. Within the manuscript collections, there are archives focused on specific collecting areas, which include the Houston Asian American Archive,

270-654: Is another student-run project started and produced by Ann Shi (Associate Curator) under guidance from faculty, local community leaders, as well as established professionals in various industries including filmmakers, writers, artists and musicians. The Chao Center for Asian Studies also incorporate studies and courses of the Houston Asian community and contemporary Asia in a global context. For example, in "ASIA 305: Ethnographic Research In/Of Houston Asian," taught by Ka-Kin Cheuk in fall 2020, students actively conduct interviews of

297-628: Is interested in documenting their oral history with HAAA. In 2023, HAAA was given a grant by the Robert H. N. Ho Foundation to initiate an art x music residency program, with its inaugural artist-in-residency Liu Xin. In 2022, HAAA was awarded USD 250,000 by the Houston Endowment for the Arts. In 2021, HAAA was awarded the Excellence Award by Texas Digital Library. In 2018, HAAA was the recipient of

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324-520: Is managed by Dr. Anne S. Chao, Co-Founder of the project, and Adjunct Faculty at the Humanities Department, Rice University. Chao says: We have now gathered 300 stories. And I would say every single story is just mind bogglingly courageous. The people are full of dignity. And despite the setbacks, many of them actually are very reluctant to talk about any kind of discrimination is suffered, when clearly these 80, 90-year-olds grew up under Jim Crow,

351-459: Is the main library of Rice University in Houston, Texas . The library is named for Walter W. Fondren , a co-founder of the Humble Oil & Refining Company , whose family donated $ 1 million in 1946 for construction of the library. The building was designed by Houston architect John F. Staub and was notable for its open stack arrangement and art deco influence in the architecture. The library

378-672: The Phi Beta Kappa Society Award for Innovative Efforts to Build Community Connections through the Humanities. In 2017, HAAA was the recipient of the Resilient Networks to Support Inclusive Digital Humanities jump-start grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . 29°43′01″N 95°24′10″W  /  29.7169°N 95.4027°W  / 29.7169; -95.4027 Woodson Research Center Woodson Research Center

405-451: The Center are the papers of Rice University faculty members and alumni with achievements in the humanities, sciences, engineering, and the arts. The Americas collection documents the 19th and 20th century political and cultural relationships between North , Central , and South America . 20th century materials include the papers and oral histories of Texas liberal Democratic politicians;

432-537: The Hobby Foundation designated $ 21.4 million specifically for improvements in Fondren Library. This gift allowed for additional space planning including the building in 2004 of the Library Service Center, a high-density offsite shelving facility that houses less-used materials in a climate-controlled environment. In 2005-06, Fondren underwent an extensive renovation creating access through the entire library,

459-657: The Houston Folk Music Archive, and the Houston Jewish History Archive. The Woodson contains more than 700 manuscript collections focused on the history of Texas and the greater Houston area, politics , entrepreneurship , oil and gas , theater, architecture. Other subject areas include American Civil War history, hip hop/rap music-related materials from the Swishahouse record label, science, and literary authors with Rice connections. Also in

486-628: The Houston Folk Music Archive, the Houston Asian American Archive, and many others. Through the Fondren Fellows program, participating students have used Woodson Research Center materials and ArcGIS software to tell new stories and extract data from archival materials related to the U.S. Civil War. One project focused on mapping Civil War narratives and another focused on mapping data from Civil War journals. 29°43′04″N 95°24′01″W  /  29.7178°N 95.4002°W  / 29.7178; -95.4002 Fondren Library Fondren Library

513-402: The Houston and South Texas Jewish community. Following Hurricane Harvey Dr. Joshua Furman and Dr. Melissa Kean helped to rescue historical items damaged by the flood waters. These archival materials serve the basis of this growing archive. Particular subject strengths include the history of science, Confederate imprints, Texana , 18th century British drama, the history of aeronautics , and

540-704: The Houston area recorded by Rice University students. The archive also contains collections from various members and groups from the Houston Asian American community, like the Houston chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance . Started in 2016, the Houston Folk Music Archive documents the history of folk music from the 1960s-1980s. The archive contains collections from Wheatfield, Richard Dobson , Vince Bell , Lynn Langham, George Ensle, Don Sanders , David Rodriguez , Sara Hickman , as well as collections that document music venues in

567-601: The Lawson sermon recordings, dating from 1996-2004, have already been digitized from their original audio-cassettes. Founded and managed by The Chao Center for Asian Studies (CCAS) at Rice University, the Houston Asian American Archive (HAAA) is housed at the Woodson Research Center. This archive intends to piece together the Asian American experience in Houston. It includes oral histories with Asian Americans in

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594-726: The Wilson collection of historical maps and atlases, and the Hirsch Limited Editions Club Collection of fine books. The William Ward Watkin and Annie Ray Watkin University archives contain the historical records of the University's Board of Governors, administrative offices, the papers of Rice presidents, university committees, academic departments, student organizations and university-related groups. The archives also contain campus plans, drawings and blueprints, photographs, publications, video and audio tapes, ephemeral material and memorabilia. The Woodson Research Center has

621-581: The city, such as: Rockefeller's , Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant, Liberty Hall , and Sand Mountain Coffee House. In addition to archival collections, the archive conducts oral histories with members of the folk music community. A collaboration between the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University and the Woodson Research Center, the Houston Jewish History Archive (HJHA) collects and preserves materials from

648-507: The history and experiences of the African-American community in and near Houston, which in turn shed light on nationally significant issues including politics, art, race, and religion. Included in this project are the anniversary booklets and bulletins from Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church from the papers of Reverend William Alexander Lawson (1929- ), the founding Pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church located in Houston, Texas. More than 200 of

675-688: The local Asian community, one of which includes the Sikh temple, a Zoroastrian temple and a Buddhist temple within the Houston community for ethnographic field work. The Archive served as an integral primary source for the teaching of this course. "It is not just about how we write ethnography about them," Cheuk said, "but also that we give the Asian-American communities an opportunity to see how students study at Rice." -- Dr. Ka-Kin Cheuk The Archive consists of over 500 published digital oral histories, with

702-913: The papers of the author of the Marshall Plan , William L. Clayton ; Oveta Culp Hobby papers, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana papers, Gus Wortham family and business papers; Jesse H. Jones personal papers and corporate records; Brown and Root company records; the papers of the scientist Julian Huxley , his wife Juliette Huxley, and his brother Aldous Huxley . The Woodson holds papers of such prominent Texas families as Autry , Fondren, Hamman, Hutcheson, Lovett , Masterson , Sharp, Townsend and Watkin. Oil and gas related collections include Panhandle Eastern and several smaller companies. The Woodson collects architectural records with collections from Anderson Todd, Arthur E. Jones , Charles Tapley, Brochsteins Inc., and Ralph Anderson Jr. , and Weber-Staub-Briscoe architectural ironwork. Fine Arts has also become

729-521: Was dedicated on November 4, 1949. The library celebrated its 60th birthday in 2009. An addition to the back of the building in 1969, formally known as the Graduate Research Wing, added 99,000 square feet (9,200 m ) of research space including study rooms, stacks space, and space for the library's special collections, the Woodson Research Center (named for Benjamin Woodson ). In December 1997,

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