]> rice_family Rice Family Papers An inventory of their papers at Syracuse University Honor Conklin &su_name; &su_address; -- [Derived from Summit] 12 Mar 2007 English 17 Jul 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC) Overview of the Collection &su_name; &su_address; Rice family. Rice Family Papers 1800-1962 7.25 linear ft. Papers of the three generations of the Rice and collateral Kingston and Winter families, mostly centered in Western New York State. Victor Moreau Rice (1818-1869), son of William Rice, was the State's first Superintendent of Public Instruction; other family members were also active in education. Collection includes Correspondence (1823-1960), mostly between family members; genealogical material, including research notes, charts, and scrapbooks; legal and financial material (1812-1953), including household ledgers and muster rolls of the New York Volunteer Militia (1812, 1814, 1838); memorabilia (1810-1957); photographs; and writings (1800-1965), including notebooks and diaries. 149753 Bulk in English, some in German. Biographical History

[See also Rice family tree and Kingston family tree.]

In 1638/9 Edmund Rice came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England and settled in Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts. Known to his descendants as Deacon Edmund Rice, he was appointed Selectman in 1644 and Deacon in 1648 and performed duties for the General Court. His first wife Tamazine, or Thomasine, Frost Rice was the maternal antecedent to this line. She died in 1654 and Edmund married his second wife, Marcie, the widow of Thomas Brigham, in 1655. Edmund Rice died on May 3, 1663 and was buried in Sudbury at the approximate age of 62.

The line picks up again five generations later with the removal of William Rice to western New York state. William Rice was born March 28,1787 in Cambridge, New York and after his marriage to Rachel Waldo, removed to Mayville, New York in 1810 and to Clymer in 1821, being its first settler. For eleven years he was Supervisor of the town and many years Justice of the Peace. In 1830 or 1840 he was a Representative in the New York State Assembly. William Rice died in Waupaca, Wisconsin.

Victor Moreau Rice, the son of William Rice, was the family's most prominent member. He was born in Mayville, New York on April 5, 1818. In 1841 he graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania and in 1843, with partner John Drew, taught penmanship, bookkeeping and Latin in the private, Buffalo Classical School. He married Maria Louisa Winter on November 26, 1846 in Madison, Ohio (the couple had nine children, four of whom survived to adulthood). He studied law with William Smith of Mayville and later with Millard Fillmore of Buffalo and was admitted to the bar in 1845 but did not practice. An evening commercial school was started by him in 1845 for the education of business clerks. In 1847 he became editor of "The Cataract" which became the "Western Temperance Standard". Along with Platt Rogers Spencer, he coauthored Spencer and Rice's System of Business Penmanship, circa 1848.

Victor Rice taught in the Buffalo public schools beginning in 1848, was elected Superintendent in 1852 and became President of the New York State Teacher's Association in 1853. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Central High School of Buffalo in 1853. In 1854 he was elected by the New York Legislature as the first State Superintendent of Public Instruction for New York State. Elected three times, he served from 18541857 and from 1862-1868. In his capacity as Superintendent he authored reports on public instruction, three of which are in this collection. During the interim between terms he was elected as a Republican member of Assembly and as Chairman of the Committee on Colleges, Academies and Common Schools. He made several recommendations which shaped the public school system; the creation of more schools, increased funding of teacher's institutions, that school laws be codified for which he wrote Code of Public Instruction, and in 1867, that the rate-bill system be abolished, making all schools free. Victor Moreau Rice became President of the American Life Insurance Company in 1868 and later, President of the Metropolitan Bank of New York City.

Medicine, law and business are also featured as professions among the Rice family members although not as pervasively as education and politics. Edmund Chauncey Rice, the brother of Victor Moreau Rice was prominent in the grain business as a partner in Rice, Quinby, and Company of the New York Produce Exchange was the exchange's treasurer. Victor Moreau Rice's son, Clark Wilder Rice, and grandson, Homer Donald Rice were insurance brokers. Grandson and namesake, Victor Moreau Rice II became a doctor as did his great niece Harriet Hosmer (not to be confused with the American sculptor, who was also a descendent of Deacon Edmund Rice). Several family members were Masons, including William H. Rice, a manager for R. G. Dunn, Clark Wilder Rice, and George Langtree Kingston and his brother, Henry Orr Kingston, both attorneys.

Spencer Victor Rice, the son of Victor Moreau Rice, was born in Buffalo on December 14,1847 and graduated from Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute in 1871. He taught drafting at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from 1871-1889 before becoming a draftsman in industry. Spencer Victor Rice married Eliza Kingston Rice in 1878 and had six children, four of whom survived.

Education and politics was the prevalent pursuit for four generations of Rice and collateral families. The journal of Daniel Winter recounts his teaching experiences as well as his personal desire for knowledge. School composition books, diplomas and the diary of Lubin Waldo Rice saved by the family, attest to the priority that education had on their lives. William Smith Rice, the brother of Victor Moreau Rice, was a school teacher in the Buffalo schools for twenty-one years and was superintendent of education in 1875.

The women in the family also played a strong role in education, politics and social work. Aurelia Winter Warner, the sister of Louisa Winter Rice, and nicknamed "Ilo", was for over fifty years a teacher in the Buffalo school system. Her undated obituary states that "She and her sister were among the first college women of America and were graduated from Oberlin...".

Emily Rice, Victor Moreau's sister, was principal of Female Seminary in Yonkers, New York.

Helen Rice Hosmer, the niece of Victor Moreau Rice, wife of Eli T. Hosmer, and mother of Dr. Harriet Hosmer, was elected to the first State Board of Moving Pictures Censors. She was also the first woman vice-chairman of the Republican County Committee and was President of the Prison Gate Mission and of the First and Second Assembly District Republican Women's Club. She was credited as being instrumental in getting women elected to political positions.

Emma Kingston Gordon, the sister of Eliza Kingston. Rice, taught in public schools and was primary supervisor until 1917. She authored a textbook on the Gordon method of teaching reading and for several years taught the children of Americans and prominent Chinese in Peking, China, beginning in 1919.

Gratia L. Rice, the daughter of Victor Moreau Rice, with her friend Kathryn I. Hewitt, oversaw the operation of the Bridgeport Protective Association, an agency concerned with social welfare. Helen Dorothy Rice, her niece, was also employed with this agency for a time. Gratia Rice was later a matron of Bridgeport's Juvenile Court and a State Instructor of Drawing.

Helen Dorothy Rice, the daughter of Spencer Victor Rice, was later employed by the Connecticut Children's Aid Society, a home and placement agency for children in New Haven, Connecticut.

Elizabeth L. Rice, also a daughter of Spencer Victor Rice, taught mathematics in Buffalo's Technical High School. Photographs in this collection illustrate Emma Kingston Gordon's experiences in China, Helen Dorothy Rice and the children's home, and the experiences of Elizabeth L. Rice and Helen Dorothy Rice at Syracuse University circa 1904 and 1913 as well as the home life of Eliza Kingston Rice.

References:

Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: Appleton, 1894-1900. Reprinted, Detroit: Gale, 1968. 7 volumes.

Biographical Dictionary of American Educators. Greenwood, 1978. 3 volumes.

Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1963. p. 546.

Guide to Historical Resources in Chautauqua Co., New York Repositories. Ithaca: New York Historical Resources Center, Olin Library, Cornell University, 1982. p. 184.

Fredonia Normal School Collection, 1867-1915. 8 cubic feet. Letterbook of Almond Z. Madison, 1867-1869, Trustee and Secretary of Fredonia Academy, concerns the beginnings of the Normal School, correspondents include V. M. Rice, Superintendent of Public Instruction at Albany.

Harlow, S.R. and Boone, H. H. Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York in 1867. Albany: Weed, Parsons, and Company, 1867.

National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White and Company, 1910. p. 178.

New York Times, October 20,1869.

Young, A.W. History of Chautauqua County, 1875.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Rice Family Papers comprises correspondence, genealogical material, legal and financial papers, memorabilia, photographs, and writings relating to three generations of the Rice and collateral Kingston and Winter families. Genealogical material in the collection traces the Rice family back to the seventeenth century with the arrival of Deacon Edmund Rice in America, while photographs extend the family forward into the twentieth century. During this time the family was located primarily in western New York, specifically Buffalo, but materials can also be found regarding Bolton on Lake George, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and China, and genealogical material on Vermont and Massachusetts. A predominant theme throughout this collection was the family's preoccupation with, and respect for, education.

Correspondence, 1823-1960 and undated, is arranged chronologically and is primarily between family members. There is a lack of dialogue in the correspondence due to sporadic preservation. Letters in the span of 1823 to 1846 and the undated, early correspondence, contain material on the Winter family; Daniel Winter's conflict with his church, Lydia Ware Winter's parents' fears that due to her marriage and relocation they might not see her again, the importance of education in the family, Maria Winter's cancellation of a cherished newspaper subscription due to her father's disappearance. The correspondence between 1852 and 1869 is predominantly that of Victor Moreau Rice to his family from his position as Superintendent of Instruction in Albany. A letter dated February 23, 1861 from Victor to his son Spencer recounts his meeting President-elect and Mrs. Lincoln and their sons. The correspondence from 1852-1876 include letters from Victor Rice's children to their mother Louisa W. Rice from school. These letters include some on the resentment that Gratia Rice had toward the preferred status of her brothers. The majority of subsequent letters and invitations are of a more superficial nature or pertain to genealogical research with the exception of condolence letters regarding the premature deaths of Rice family children. A letter dated April 1, 1920 to "George and all", from Emma Kingston Gordon recounts her impressions of Chinese tradition during her stay there. A folder on Emma K. Gordon in the photograph series contains a few photographs from that period.

Genealogical material consists primarily of research notes, charts and printed material on the Rice and collateral families. The collateral families are accessible alphabetically by the family name that joined with the Rice family. Each of these folders contains additional related families. The miscellaneous clipping folders and scrapbooks contain articles primarily on the Spencer Victor Rice family and friends, including births, deaths, activities and achievements. The scrapbooks were compiled by Eliza Kingston Rice and also contain poetry, and articles on motherhood.

Legal and financial material, 1812-1953, contains miscellaneous certificates for a birth record; clerkship, and marriage, and a few receipts. There are also two financial ledgers, one regarding stock holdings and the other household expenses. The majority of materials are military land grants and muster rolls of the New York Volunteer Militia (Fort Erie), for 1812, 1814 and 1838.

Memorabilia, 1810-1957 and undated, contains autographs, diplomas, directories, notebooks and printed material. Among-primary importance to the Rice-family in the printed material is a book on the Connecticut Children's Aid Society mentioning Helen Dorothy Rice's participation in the organization, three reports by Victor Moreau Rice in his capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of New York, the Spencer and Rice's System of Penmanship, which Victor M. Rice coauthored, and a diagram of his seat in the New York state Assembly Chamber, 1861. The printed material also contains the Winter family Holy Bible, published by Matthew Carey in 1817, containing the family vital records, and Lydia Ware's The Royal Harmony of Zion Complete (songbook), published by H. Mann in 1810.

Photographs, 1956 and undated, contains two ambrotypes, tintypes, carte-de-visite, cabinet cards, as well as snapshots and negatives. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by the individual's name and in the case of group poses, are cross-referenced. Portraits of individual family friends who are also to be found in group photographs with family members are filed first under the name of the family member and then alphabetically within the group. Photographs and negatives of residential interiors can be found in both the folders of Eliza Kingston Rice and that of her husband, Spencer Victor Rice, family groups. The photographs also include a carte-de-visite of Ulysses S. Grant and a "Life Motion Picture" by Eastman Kodak which, by moving the end of the mount, three different poses of a woman may be seen.

Some formal portraits, especially those found in oversized folder 2, are by Francis Sipprell of Buffalo, New York, the brother of photographer Clara Sipprell whose papers are also in the &scrc_name;.

Writings, 1800-1965 and undated, include compositions by family members. Most prominent are the writings of educators, Victor Moreau Rice, and his father-in-law, Daniel Winter. The writings of Daniel Winter are, with the exception of his 1815 journal, undated, but are probably circa 1818 and before his disappearance in 1836.

The Diaries include the partial 1815 journal of Daniel Winter on religion and his teaching experiences, Eliza Kingston Rice's brief entries that record her daily activities for 1890, 1923-1927 and 1933- 1934, and Lubin Rice's diary for 1873, written at about age 14, on his impressions of books, concerts, sports, family activities, Republican politics and world events.

There is also one banker's box of unprocessed additions, which includes correspondence, diaries, diplomas, photographs, and assorted other items.

 Arrangement of the Collection

Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Genealogical material and memorabilia are arranged alphabetically by type. Legal and financial material is arranged alphabetically by subject. Photographs are subdivided into Rice family and Others; the former is arranged alphabetically by subject and the latter contains a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as well as a substantial number of miscellaneous unsorted photographs, both labeled and unlabeled. Writings are arranged alphabetically by author. The 1969 accession is unprocessed and is in original order as received.

 Subject and Genre Headings New York StateKingston family Genealogy. Rice, Victor Moreau, 1818-1869. Rice family Archives. Rice family Genealogy. Winter family Genealogy. Education. Education, Compulsory. Genealogy. New York (State) Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence. Diaries. Ledgers (account books) Muster rolls. Notebooks. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Access Restrictions

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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Rice Family Papers &su_name;

 Inventory Correspondence 1823-1846 18 items 1 1852-1869 27 items 1 1870-1876 15 items 1 1881-1899 28 items 1 1900-1908 16 items 1 1911-1919 13 items 1 1920-1938 21 items 1 1940-1960 39 items 1 undated early correspondence 10 items 1 undated later correspondence 44 items 1 miscellaneous envelopes 1 Genealogical material Rice Family Biographical material 1 Crest 1 Notes 1 Notebooks 1

See also: Correspondence: 1940-1960 Correspondence: undated later correspondence Memorabilia: Printed material: Holy Bible, Philadelphia: M[atthew] Carey and Son

 Rice Family maternal lines, notes on King 2 Kingston, Hanigan, Orr 2 Palmer, Fenner, Denison 2 Waldo, Weatherbee, Alden and Wilder, Eames 2 Winter, Cady, Ware, Pierce 2 Rice Family, miscellaneous collateral families 2 Rice Family, miscellaneous material, Daughters of the American Revolution 2 Rice Family, miscellaneous material on organizations 2 Rice Family, printed material Blanchett, Reverend Clement, A Brief Sketch of the Church of Saint Sacrament at Bolton-on-Lake George, New York undated 2 Clippings Benn, Bertha, "Genealogical Questions and Answers," The Hartford Times entries relevant to the Rice Family 1941 Nov 15- 1943 Nov 13 1 Benn, Bertha, "Genealogical Questions and Answers," The Hartford Times entries not relevant to the Rice Family 1941 Nov 15- 1943 Nov 13 1 Buffalo Courier Express 1935 Feb 3 2 Miscellaneous 1855-1962, undated 2 Miscellaneous scrapbook pages Scrapbook [1], Eliza K[ingston] Rice ca. 1896-1908 12 Scrapbook [2], Eliza K[ingston] Rice ca. 1896-1935 12 Harlow, S. R. and Boone, H. H., Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators and Members of the Assembly of New York, in 1887, Albany: Weed, Parsons, and Company, 1867 12 More About the Rice Family, mimeographed 11 pages and 1 typewritten insert 1952 2 One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of Warren County, New York, 1813-1913 1913 2 Rice, Charles Elmer, By the Name of Rice: An Historical Sketch of Deacon Edmund Rice, Alliance, Ohio: Williams 1911 2 Ward, Andrew H., A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson. 1858 2 Whittemore, Bradford and Whittemore, Edward, The Whittemore Family in America pages separated from the book 2 Legal and financial 1812-1953 Birth record, Elizabeth L. Rice notification regarding birth on 1879 Jun 18 1921 Jun 9 2 Clerkship certification, New York State Supreme Court Clerks Office, for Victor Moreau Rice, holograph 1843 Feb 9 2 Deed, military bounty to William Battey, alias Bety 1812 May 6 2 Deed, military bounty to William Starks (1812) and William Starks to Samuel Lake (1819), holograph 1812 May 6, 1819 Jul 19 2 Ledger of stock holdings, holograph 1955-1964 2 Ledger of household expenses, holograph 1875-1878 3 Marriage certificate, Spencer V. Rice and Eliza Kingston 1878 Jul 10 3 Muster rolls New York Volunteer Militia, under Captain Chauncey Bills 1814 Aug 29 - Sep 29 3 New York Volunteer Militia, under Captain Daniel Buells, Fort Erie 1814 Aug 29 - Sep 14 3 New York Volunteer Militia, under Captain Aretus Hascall 1814 Sep 3 - Sep 29 3 New York Volunteer Militia, under Captain John Hubbard 1814 Sep 3 New York Volunteer Militia, under Captain Levi Lacy, Fort Erie 1814 Aug 29 - Sep 14 3 170th Regiment, 117 Brigade of Infantry, New York Militia, under Captain Almon Clapp, Buffalo 1838 Jan 1 - Jan 28 3 28th Regiment Artillery of the Militia of New York State, under Captain Philip Tufford, Buffalo 1837 Dec 30 - 1838 Jan 6 3 Receipts, miscellaneous 1862-1953, undated 3 Memorabilia 1810-1957 Autographs 1 autograph book, and 18 miscellaneous autographs 3 Briefcase 12 Drawings 18 items 3 Notebook, telephone calls 1889 3 Objects, miscellaneous 3 Penmanship samples 6 items 3

See also Autographs

 Printed material Birthday Wishes and Greetings from Tennyson, Chicago: M.A. Donohue and Company undated 3 Business cards Gratia Rice, Helen Dorothy Rice, and Victor Moreau Rice 3 Connecticut Children's Aid Society, Building Happy Childhood, Hartford, CT regarding Helen Dorothy Rice ca. 1923 3 Cards, miscellaneous commercial 3 Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine Fall 1957 3 Diagram of the New York State Assembly Chamber regarding Victor Moreau Rice 1861 3 Diplomas 1865-1951 Kingston, Eliza M. 1872 Dec 20, 1873 Feb 4 2 1877 Jun 26 roll Rice, Elizabeth L. 1892 Jun 24, 1894 Aug 4, 1895 Feb 14, 1895 Aug 2, 1896 Jun 15-19, 1896 Jun 24, 1899 Jan 23-27, 1899 Jan 23-27, 1899 Jun 12-16, 1905 Sep 1, 1900 Jan 22-26 3 1900 Jun 11-15 2 1896 Jun 26, 1900 Jun 19 roll Rice, Helen Dorothy 1903 Oct 4, 1908 Jan 27-31, 1911 Jun 12-16, 1915 Dec 4, 1942 Oct 29, 1949, 1951 Jan 29 3 Undated 2 Rice, Lubin undated 3 Rice, Spencer V[ictor] 1865 Oct 3 2 1871 Jun roll Directories, Mrs. Spencer Victor Rice 3 items 1908, undated 3 Frost, H., A Brief Biographical Sketch of I. A. Van Ambrush and . . . History of the Animals Contained in this . . . Exhibition, New York: Samuel Booth ca. 1864 3 Gillett, Edward, Hardy Fern and Flower Farm, Southwick, Ma. undated 4 Goldberg, Arthur, The Buffalo Public Library, Buffalo, New York: Privately Printed 1937 4 Holy Bible, Oxford, England: University Press, Eliza M. Rice undated 12 Holy Bible, Oxford, England: University Press, Elizabeth L. Rice undated 12 Holy Bible, Philadelphia: M[atthew] Carey and Son, Daniel and Lydia Winter 1817 12 Hubbard, Elbert, A Message to Garcia, 1899, Apr 25 4 Irondequoit Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Yearbook 3 volumes 1942-1946 4 Jenk, S., The Royal Harmony of Zion Complete, Dedham: H. Mann, Lydia Ware 1810 4 Kappa Alpha Theta Directory 1916 May 4 Kimball, Isabelle Hoff and Sonnleitner, G.A., "When the Stars Blot Out the Rising Sun" sheet music 1944 4 Maps 4 Miscellaneous 4 National Society Daughters of the American Colonialists, Yearbook 1954 4 New Testament, New York: American Bible Society undated 4 One Hundredth Anniversary of Formation of Warren County 1913 4 Peabody, George, portrait, Johnson, Wilson and Company Publishers undated 4 Prints, Historic Print Series, by Wager's Coffee Shop, Albany, New York 4 Programs, school 11 items 1867-1945 4 Ration stamps, mileage 1940-1944 4 Rice, V[ictor] M[oreau], Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of New York, Albany: C. Van Benthuysen 1855 5 Rice, V[ictor] M[oreau] (Second Annual) Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of New York, Albany: C. Van Benthuysen 1856 5 Rice, Victor M[oreau], (Special) Report of the Present State of Education in the United States and Other Countries and on Compulsory Instruction, Albany: C. Van Benthuysen 1867 5 (Rice, Victor Moreau), Spencer, P[latt] R[ogers] and Rice, Victor] M[oreau], Spencer and Rice's System of Business Penmanship, Buffalo: George Reese and Company undated 5 Sheet music 5 Syracuse University Directory 1912-1913, 1914-1915 5 Syracuse University Handbook 1912 5 Tudor, Tasha, Thistly B, New York: Oxford University Press 1949 5 Weeks, William R., A Catechism of Scripture Doctrine, Middlebury: Francis Burnap 1818 5 Rice, Clark W[ilder], notebook of class grades 1868-1869 5 Rice, Eliza K[ingston], recipe notebook undated 5 Rice, Elizabeth L[ouise], notebook on pedagogy 1904 Feb 11 - Mar 25 5 Rice, Victor M[oreau] [II?], notebook on English history undated 5 Rice, Victor M[oreau] [II?], notebook on geology undated 6 Sampler, Sarah K. Davis [Rice] 1840 Apr 20 6 Stationery case, Mrs. Spencer V[ictor] Rice 6 Wallet 6 Photographs 1956, undated Family Brigham Family

See Rice, Victor Moreau, family carte-de-visite albums

 Cemeteries 18 negatives, 26 photographs, 8 postcards undated 6 Clark Family

See Rice, Victor Moreau, family carte-de-visite albums

 DeVine, Isabelle 1 negative, 2 photographs, and [daughter, Grace?] 1 photograph undated 6

See also Rice, Helen Dorothy,1896

 Dickinson Family

See Rice, Victor Moreau, family carte-de-visite albums

 Dickinson, Gracie 1 photograph undated 6 Gordon, Emma Jane Kingston, and family 1886, 1891, 1895, 1944, 1954, undated 58 photographs (including some of China) 6 Hanigan, Gertrude 1 photograph 1933 6 Hosmer, Harriet, and unidentified others 1904, undated 2 negatives, 9 photographs 6

See also Rice, Spencer Victor: Family group

 Kingston, Elizabeth Hanigan 1886, undated 14 photographs, 1 tintype 6 Kingston, George Langtree (Langtry) and unidentified others 12 photographs, 2 tintypes 1904, undated 6 Kingston, George Langtree [Jr.] 1 clipping undated 6 Kingston, Henry Orr and family 9 photographs 1887, 1895, undated 6 Pets, miscellaneous, 73 negatives, 105 photographs 6 Residences, buildings, and landscapes, miscellaneous 9 negatives, 14 photographs 6 Rice, Clark Wilder 1870, 1874, 1877, undated 69 photographs, 3 tintypes 6 Rice, Deacon Edmund, homestead 26 postcards, 1 photostat 6 Rice, Eliza Kingston and unidentified others 60 negatives, 97 photographs, 6 tintypes 1880, 1884, 1906, 1920, undated 6 and unidentified others, oversize 2 photographs 2 1 framed photograph 7 Rice, Elizabeth Louise 1879, 1882, 1886, 1888, undated 24 photographs 7 1895, 1900, 1904, 1908, undated 12 negatives, 33 photographs, 3 tintypes 7 2 framed photographs 7 and friends 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, undated 30 photographs, 1 tintype 7

Some identified, including Grace Baird, Thera Bond, Kathryn Brundage, Lillian Butlin, Ella Finnegan, Edith Fosdick, Arthur Baird Hersey, Arthur Hurrell, Gertrude Kemp, Clyde Mundt, Maisa Parker, Evelyn Peake, Grace Ramsay, Carrie Roos, LaVantia Russell, George Smith, Harry Templeton, Irving Templeton, Elizabeth Tennant, Beatrice Throop

 and friends (oversize) 5 photographs 2 and Helen Dorothy Rice 2 photographs 2 Rice, Emily Ann 2 photographs undated 7 Rice, Gratia Louise (with) Kathryn I. Hewitt and unidentified others 1875, 1879, 1883, 1932, undated 5 negatives, 18 photographs, 12 tintypes 7 Residence, Lotus Mere, Cassville, New York undated 15 negatives, 14 photographs 7

See also Rice, Maria Winter

 Rice, Helen Dorothy 1896, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1925, undated 49 negatives, 138 photographs 7 (and) [Connecticut Children's Aid Society, New Haven, Connecticut ?] undated 43 negatives, 7 photographs 7 (and) Elizabeth Louise Rice 2 (and) Homer Donald Rice 1893, 1895, 1898, 1906, undated 3 negatives, 33 photographs 7 (and) Homer Donald Rice (oversize) 1 photograph 2 Senior Investigator identification 7 (and) Syracuse University friends 8

Some are identified, including Helen Anderson, Mina Beach, Mildred Brouson, Frances Bryant, Lillian Cosad, Cora Cleary, Grace Decker, Lucy Disbrow, Mildred Dunn, Mildred Fisher, Grace Gilmore, Lucy James, Dorothy McConnell, Charlotte More, Bessie Partridge, Emma Plate, Gladys Porter, Mildred Sayles, Alice Smith

 1913, undated 41 negatives, 92 photographs 8 Miscellaneous oversize 2 photographs 2 Rice, Homer Donald

See also Rice, Victor Moreau III

 and unidentified others 1919, undated 7 negatives, 65 photographs 8

See also Rice, Helen Dorothy

 and unidentified others (oversize) 1919, undated 2 photographs 2 Residences 9 photographs 8 Rice, Jesse Marshall [?] undated 2 tintypes 8 Rice, Lubin Waldo undated 6 photographs, 3 tintypes 8 Rice, Maria Winter, and unidentified others 1867/8, undated 3 negatives, 14 photographs 8 Rice, Sarah Whitmore, ambrotype in broken case approximately 3 1/4 x 2 3/4" with label, "Sarah Whitmore Rice, b. September 22, 1837, d. September 20, 1928" undated 8 Rice, Spencer Victor including others from Lehigh University, [T. Clerc?], Professor [Coppie?], W. A. Lamberton, Professor Ringers 1866, 1869, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1888, 1906, undated 44 photographs, 4 tintypes 8 (and) Clark Wilder Rice undated 3 tintypes 8 Family album undated 8 Family groups negatives include interiors and exteriors 1920, undated 52 negatives, 100 photographs, 2 tintypes 8

See also Rice, Eliza Kingston

 Rice, Spencer Victor III undated 26 negatives, 32 photographs 8 and Victor Moreau Rice III and Elizabeth L. Rice 6 negatives, 2 photographs 8 Rice, Victor Moreau Photographs undated 2 items 8 Photographs in cases undated 2 items 8 Family carte-de-visite album, with unidentified others undated 9 Family carte-de-visite albums, with some identified others includes related Brigham, Clark, Dickinson, Shattuck and Valentine families undated 4 albums 12 Rice, Victor Moreau II (with) Elizabeth Louise Rice and Eliza Kingston Rice, and unidentified others 12 photographs 1888, 1896, undated 9 (with) unidentified others 3 negatives, 45 photographs 9 Rice, Victor Moreau III (and) Homer Donald Rice undated 26 negatives, 11 photographs 9

See also Rice, Spencer Victor III

 (and) Homer Donald Rice (oversize) undated 2 photographs 2 Rice, William Howard undated 1 tintype, 3 photographs 9 Shattuck Family

See Rice, Victor Moreau: family carte-de-visite albums

 Shattuck, Ina S. and Spencer 1881, undated 1 photograph (Ina), 2 photographs (Spencer) 9 Valentine Family

See Rice, Victor Moreau: family carte-de-visite albums

 Valentine, Gertrude undated 1 photograph 9 Valentine, Grace undated 1 photograph 9 Warner, Aurelia Winter, "Ilo" 1875, undated 3 photographs, 1 tintype 9 Others Grant, Ulysses S. undated 1 photograph 9 Labeled miscellaneous photographs 1864-1951, undated 9

Photographs include: Herman Andrews, undated, 1 photograph Mrs. E. H. S. Bailey, undated, 1 photograph Babcock Family, 1920, and undated, 8 photographs Mary Jane Booth, undated, 1 photograph Gertrude Brown, undated, 1 photograph Edna M. Clark, 1934, 1 photograph Croghan Family, 1951, and undated, 3 photographs Mrs. George Dark, 1923, and undated, 4 photographs Julian and Richard DeGray, undated, 1 photograph Tho[ma]s Nelson Drew, 1947, 1 photograph Miss [S.?] J. Eastman, undated, 1 photograph Farren Family, undated, 3 photographs Federer, undated, 1 photograph Mrs. Finnegan and Lois Hills, undated, 2 photographs Fitzgerald Family, undated, 2 photographs S. C. Flint, "Little Muzzer", 1864, 1 photograph Mrs. Flint, undated, 7 negatives, 9 photographs Kate [Gollan?], undated, 1 photograph Reverend Albert L. Grein, undated, 1 photograph

 Labeled miscellaneous photographs 1895-1956, undated 9

Photographs include: Howard Family, 1938, 2 photographs Kent Family, 1954, 1956, and undated, 4 photographs Dr. and Mrs. John C. Land, undated, 2 photographs Martha A. [W.?] Levering, 1876, 1 photograph Rebecca L. McDougall, 1890, 1 photograph Hetty McWilliam, undated, 7 negatives, 3 photographs Morris Family, 1895, 2 photographs Prester Family, 1941, and undated, 2 photographs Rud Family, 1921, 2 photographs Rogalskys Family, undated, 2 photographs Rogers Family, undated, 1 photograph Grandma Root, undated, 1 photograph [Caroline?] Squier, undated, 1 photograph Helen Somerville, 1898, 1 photograph Smith Family, undated, 1 photograph [Strasmer Family?], undated, 6 negatives Mrs. Taylor, undated, 1 photograph William C. Taylor, undated, 1 photograph Wright Family, undated, 1 photograph Janet Yule, undated, 1 photograph

 Life motion pictures undated 2 photographs 9 Syracuse University undated 2 photographs 2 Unidentified ambrotype, 2 x 1 3/4 " with torn case undated 9 Unidentified cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, negatives, tintypes 74 negatives, 13 photographs, 13 tintypes, 1 envelope 9 Unidentified oversized photographs undated 5 photograph 2 Unidentified photographs (includes one by Francis Sipprell) 96 photographs 9 Unidentified photographs in frames 2 photographs 9 Writings 1800-1965 Rice, Clark Wilder Composition book 1867-1869 10 Rice, Eliza M. [Kingston] 1890-1934 Diaries 1890, 1923 Mar - 1924 Jul 4, 1924 Jul 4 - 1925 Nov 30, 1925 Dec 1 - 1927 Jun 21, 1933 ca. Feb 22 - 1934 ca. Feb 17 10 [Rice, Elizabeth Louise?] Notebook (final arrangements) undated 10 Rice, Helen Dorothy "Silk Culture" 1907 May 3 10 "The Women Who Wait" poem 1906 May 30 10 (and) Homer Donald Rice, travel notebook, North Carolina trip 1965 Sep 10 Rice, Homer Donald

See Rice, Helen Dorothy: (and) Homer Donald Rice, travel notebook, North Carolina trip

 Rice, Lubin Waldo Diary 1873 10 Rice, V[ictor] M[oreau] "As the Twig is Bent, the Tree Inclines" 1837 Aug 4 10 "Gentlemen of the Senior Class" 1840 Aug 25 10 "Militia Training" 1839 May 20 10 "Party Spirit" 1840 Jun 30 10 "Philip" 1839 Jul 10 "Should the Testimony of an Atheist be Prohibited from a Court . . ." 2 holograph copies undated 10 "Time in his Chariot . . . " undated 10 Rice, William] Arthur Composition book (in English and German), also includes genealogical material undated 10 Winter, D[aniel] "A Description of Glen Falls" undated 10 "Rules for Eclipses" ca. 1800-1900 10 [Winter, Daniel ?] "An Address in Commemoration of the Reformation in 1517" undated 10 "An Address to the Patechetial Society" undated 10 "A Descant on Happiness" undated 10 "A Descant on Slander" undated 10 "Eulogy on the Bible" undated 10 "Memorandum for 1815," Volume 1, no. 1-6 ( a journal) 1815 Jan 1 - Sep 30 11 "Reflections on Midnight" undated 11 "A Review of the Wars and Commotions Since the Commencement of the American Revolution: A Poem" undated 11 "The Prodigal Spendthrift or Drunkard" undated 11 "To the Patechetical Society, Bolton" undated [but ca. 1818] 11 H., E. W., TLS 1 page 11 Unidentified Delirium, Tremens undated 11 Eulogy on General George Washington undated 11 [untitled], one paragraph undated 11 1969 accession (M69-106:2) Memorabilia diaries, diplomas, letters, photographs, sewing samples (Dorothy Rice), tintypes, assorted other items. Unprocessed.