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Title	Garden party at Faculty Club (Cohen House) at Rice Institute
Author/Creator	Schleuter, F. J. (Frank J.) (photographer)
Original Date Created	June 3, 1935
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	Photograph possibly taken by William Ward Watkin as Architect.
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--history; College buildings--Texas--Houston.; Watkin, William Ward, 1886-1952;
Source	Forms part of the William Ward Watkin papers, Box 6 folder 4 item 3,at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-2586). Full collection guide online at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms352.html.
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