Monthly Archives: December 2022

This beautiful hand made, hand colored card carried holiday greetings from the family of Rice architecture professor William Ward Watkin, circa early 1930s: The house pictured is the Watkin’s home, of course, located at 5009 Caroline, in a neighborhood that … Continue reading →

After all my talk about those Aalto tables in the library, I finally have something to say about a chair. The other day I was looking in the file drawer called “Miscellaneous” where I found this: It was the only … Continue reading →

A while back I noticed a large, mysterious scrapbook back by the vault on the bottom of the oversize shelves. Last week I had time to pull it out and take a good look. It was full of pages from … Continue reading →

I can’t let 2022 slip away without acknowledging something that an alert reader pointed out to me a while ago. This year is the 75th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Fondren library, just before Christmas in 1947. … Continue reading →