Photographic copy of scene at St. Joseph's Infirmary, Houston, TX. Nuns stand in garden between buildings. Children stand on sidewalk. Man stands beside a horse and buggy.
White background featuring with a window in the center. In the window is a rainbow above a garden with a water fountain and gazebo. A sailboat is is in the background.
These papers describe the history of the Rice Institute from the new foundation and endowment for education to the departments on campus in the 1920s. The Rice Institute later became Rice University.
Contains an excerpt from Frederick Olmstead's "A Journey Through Texas", which describes his travel by horseback through the state. Also includes an excerpt from "Diary & Letters of Josiah Gregg", which describes Gregg's experiences in the Houston...
