In 1908, the Rice Institute Board of Trustees sent their newly chosen President, Edgar Odell Lovett, on a world tour seeking out the best aspects of the leading colleges and universities. On this tour, he gathered information about faculty structures, university architecture, and made important contacts with scholars from all over the world.

Correspondence and ephemera

This collection consists of correspondence written and ephemera collected during the Lovett World Tour.

Images by Carrington Weems

This collection consists of photographs taken by Carrington Weems during the Lovett World Tour.

Postcards

This collection consists of postcards collected during the Lovett World Tour.