The letters of Otto Eisenlohr, a student at the Rice Institute during its early years, can now be found online from the collection’s finding aid at:
http://library.rice.edu/collections/WRC/finding-aids/manuscripts/0536
Almost entirely addressed to his high school sweetheart, Gainor Roberts, the letters are a window into student life, academics, and athletics at Rice from 1915-1921. Topics include Rice during the First World War, science at Rice Institute, hazing of freshmen by upperclassmen, secret societies on campus, popular movies, dances, Rice football, basketball, and baseball, and ROTC activities during the First World War.
