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Title	Brochure of the work of William Ward Watkin, Architect
Author/Creator	Watkin, William Ward, 1886-1952
Original Date Created	ca. 1940
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	44 page brochure documenting Watkin's architectural career to date (ca. 1940), including such buildings as Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rice Institute buildings such as the Chemistry Laboratory, Houston Public Library building (now knjavascript:show('subject_information'); Subject Information own as the Julia Ideson Building).
Description.Abstract	Architect William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) served as the first Supervising Architect for Rice Institute, overseeing the construction of the first campus buildings. Watkin also taught in Rice's Architecture Dept. and designed many Houston buildings such as the original Museum of Fine Arts, Houston building, the original downtown Houston Public Library building (now known as the Julia Ideson Building), and many notable residences. His daughter Ray Watkin Strange is a philanthropist and generous donor to Rice University.
Subject Categories	Rice University--Faculty--Personal and professional papers.; Architects--Texas.; Watkin, William Ward, 1886-1952;
Source	Forms part of the William Ward Watkin records (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms352.html), MS 352 Box 6 Folder 15 Item 1, at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-2586).
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