Texas Tech University Archives
Texas Techsan Articles
Texas Tech Retrospective Articles are a part of the Texas Techsan magazine, which is published by the Texas Tech Alumni Association. The articles are written by the staff of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library and focus on Texas Tech University history.
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All articles in this collection are organized and grouped by the year of publication.
| File Size: | Date: | Author and Article Title: |
| 1979 [6.9 MB] | Aug. 1979. | Murrah, David. "The Time Has Come . . ." (West Texas fights for a college) |
| Oct. 1979. | Murrah, David. "Football Firsts" | |
| Dec. 1979. | Murrah, David. "An Open Invitation" (selection of Lubbock as the site for Texas Tech) | |
| 1980 [11.1 MB] | Feb. 1980. | Murrah, David. "Memorable Snowfalls" |
| Apr. 1980. | Murrah, David. "'Glory to Alma Mater' and Other Tech Songs" | |
| June 1980. | Murrah, David. "Tech Songs That Didn't Make the Hit Parade" | |
| Aug/Sept 1980. | Murrah, David. "Archives Marks 25th Anniversary With Historical Symposium" (Southwest Collection Symposium) | |
| Oct/Nov 1980. | Murrah, David. "Tech's First Red Raider" | |
| Dec. 1980. | Bryant, Jana. "Tech's First Christmas" | |
| 1981 [8.6 MB] | Feb. 1981. | Bryant, Jana. "Texas Tech Basketball . . ." (early Tech basketball) |
| Apr. 1981. | Bryant, Jana. "Happiness in Lubbock: A Rear View Look" (amusements in early Lubbock) | |
| June 1981. | Bryant, Jana. "Here's To the Class of 1931" | |
| Aug/Sept 1981. | Bryant, Jana. "Ag Program Breeds Success" | |
| Oct. 1981. | Bryant, Jana. "Life & Times of Tech . . . the Early Freshman" | |
| Dec. 1981. | Bryant, Jana. "Tech's Pioneer Women" | |
| 1982 [6.8 MB] | Feb/Mar 1982. | Murrah, David. "It's Lubbock!" (Locating Board selects Lubbock for Texas Tech) |
| Apr/May 1982. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The Peter Hurd Mural" | |
| June/July 1982. | Hooks, Michael Q. "Will [Rogers] and Soapsuds" | |
| Aug. 1982. | Hooks, Michael Q. "Symposium to Feature Southwestern Railroads" (Southwest Collection Railroad Symposium) | |
| Oct/Nov 1982. | Hooks, Michael Q. "For the Convenience of Students" (Texas Tech University Bookstore) | |
| Dec. 1982. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The Library: A History of Growth" | |
| 1983 [7.2 MB] | Jan/Feb 1983. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The UC: Alive and Well at 30" (the University Center) |
| Mar/Apr 1983. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The Beat Goes On" (Texas Tech Marching Band) | |
| May/June 1983. | Hooks, Michael Q. "From the Fair Grounds to Jones Stadium" (football stadium) | |
| July/Aug 1983. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The Old President's Home: A Campus Landmark" (Tech President's Home/Ex-Student's Association) | |
| Sept/Oct 1983. | Hooks, Michael Q. "Home Away From Home" (dormitories) | |
| Nov/Dec 1983. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The Carol of Lights" | |
| 1984 [7.7 MB] | Jan/Feb 1984. | Hooks, Michael Q. "Livestock Pavilion Awarded Historical Marker" |
| Mar/Apr 1984. | Hooks, Michael Q. "The Spring Pageant" (1926-1930) | |
| May/June 1984. | Martin, Cindy. "Would We Do It Again . . . We Would!" (early women's athletics) | |
| July/Aug 1984. | Martin, Cindy. "The Yaqui: Tech's First Scientific Expedition." | |
| Sept/Oct 1984. | Martin, Cindy. "The Saddle Tramps: A Frontier Tradition Lives On" | |
| Nov/Dec 1984. | Martin, Cindy. "The Ko Sharis: Fifty-Two Years of 'Delight-Making.'" | |
| 1985 [9.9 MB] | Jan/Feb 1985. | Blodgett, Jan. "Hi Tech." ("Hi Tech" and "Howdy" weeks) |
| Mar/Apr 1985. | Martin, Cindy. "Arbor Day: An Early Tech Tradition." | |
| May/June 1985. | Martin, Cindy. "The Student Dairy Association." | |
| July/Aug 1985. | Martin, Cindy. "A Nice Day for November and a Good Day for Texas Tech." (Administration Building dedication) | |
| Sept/Oct 1985. | Martin, Cindy. "Sixty Years Ago Tech Opens." (Tech's opening activities) | |
| Nov/Dec 1985. | Blodgett, Jan. "The First Football Season." | |
| 1986 [6.9 MB] | Jan/Feb 1986. | Murrah, David. "1st Annual All-College Frolic." |
| Mar/Apr 1986. | Mason, Richard. "Textile Research Center Produces the First Fabric of History." | |
| May/June 1986. | Martin, Cindy. "La Ventana: Tech's Window to the Past." (first issue of Tech yearbook) | |
| July/Aug 1986. | Neugebauer, Janet. "The First Meeting of the Board of Directors." | |
| Sept/Oct 1986. | Blodgett, Jan. "Bobbins and Wranglers: Early Student Organizations." | |
| Nov/Dec 1986. | Murrah, David. "Fulfilling the Dream." (Tech entrance into Southwest Conference) | |
| 1987 [6.2 MB] | Jan/Feb 1987. | Mason, Richard. "The Roots of Regional Tech Loyalty." (Tech's College of Ag Sciences) |
| Mar/Apr 1987. | Martin, Cindy. "The Blarney Stone . . . at Texas Tech?" | |
| May/June 1987. | Neugebauer, Janet. "Mr. Music: Dewey O. Wiley." (Tech band director) | |
| July/Aug 1987. | Blodgett, Jan. "Tech at Play." (early physical education classes) | |
| Sept/Oct 1987. | Murrah, David. "Fred Waring, the Pennsylvanians and the 'Red Raiders'." (1942 recording of a Texas Tech fight song) | |
| Nov/Dec 1987. | Mason, Richard. "Winning the Tech." (efforts to create Texas Tech) | |
| 1988 [5.6 MB] | Jan/Feb 1988. | Martin, Cindy. "The Aggie Rodeo: One of Tech's Oldest Traditions." |
| Mar/Apr 1988. | Neugebauer, Janet. "The Museum: A Part of the Good Life in West Texas." | |
| May/June 1988. | Cammack, Bruce. "Flight Schools Played Major Role in Wartime Pilot Training Efforts." | |
| July/Aug 1988. | Murrah, David. "The Southwest Collection: Bursting at the Seams." | |
| Sept/Oct 1988. | Mason, Richard. "The Saga of the Double T." | |
| Nov/Dec 1988. | Martin, Cindy. "The Toreador." (early Tech student newspaper) | |
| Jan/Feb 1989. | Neugebauer, Janet. "A Rich Architectural Heritage." (Tech Museum) | |
| 1989 [5.5 MB] | Mar/Apr 1989. | Cammack, Bruce. "La Ventana's Playmates of Texas Tech." |
| May/June 1989. | Murrah, David. "Origin of the Double-T." | |
| July/Aug 1989. | Mason, Richard. "Texas Tech's Twister Trackers." | |
| Sept/Oct 1989. | Clark, Robert W. "Registration Day: A Student's Rite of Passage." | |
| Nov/Dec 1989. | Neugebauer, Janet. "The Planetarium: A Celestial World." | |
| 1990 [5.6 MB] | Jan/Feb 1990. | Clark, Robert W. "The Name Change Controversy." (1969 name change from Texas Technological College to Texas Tech University) |
| Mar/Apr 1990. | Murrah, David. "Tech Baseball: From Sandlot to Astroturf." | |
| May/June 1990. | Martin, Cindy. "Practice Makes Perfect." (Home Management House) | |
| July/Aug 1990. | Clark, Robert W. "Chancellor E. Weymouth Remembered." | |
| Sept/Oct 1990. | Matthews, Jim. "A Tradition of Service: Alpha Phi Omega." | |
| Nov/Dec 1990. | Neugebauer, Janet. "A Special Mission for Texas Tech." (ICASALS) | |
| 1991 [5.3 MB] | Jan/Feb 1991. | Murrah, David. "The Texas Tech Historical District." |
| Mar/Apr 1991. | Taylor, Dana. "RHA Preserves More Than Buildings." (Ranching Heritage Center) | |
| May/June 1991. | Clark, Robert W. "Tips for Techsans." (handbooks for students) | |
| July/Aug 1991. | Neugebauer, Janet. "Pictures for Posterity." (Heritage Club) | |
| Sept/Oct 1991. | Edwards, Stephanie. "The College That Is To Be." (initial plan for what Texas Tech should be) | |
| Nov/Dec 1991. | Matthews, Jim. "Graduation Day at Texas Tech." | |
| 1992 [5.5 MB] | Jan/Feb 1992. | Vanzant, Lance. "Southwest Collection Holdings Cast Doubt on JFK Movie." |
| Mar/Apr 1992. | Anderson, H. Allen. "When the Chief Came to Raiderland." (1938 lecture by Earnest Thompson Seton and his wife Julia) | |
| May/June 1992. | Matthews, Jim. "Red Raiders From West Texas." (early names for Tech athletic teams) | |
| July/Aug 1992. | Edwards, Stephanie. "Texas Tech Goes to War." (World War II) | |
| Sept/Oct 1992. | Vanzant, Lance. "The Proletarian Party at Texas Tech." | |
| Nov/Dec 1992. | Martin, Cindy. "Will Rogers and Texas Tech." | |
| 1993 [4.6 MB] | Jan/Feb 1993. | Neugebauer, Janet. "Vision and Determination = Texas Tech." (efforts to establish Texas Tech) |
| Mar/Apr 1993. | Murrah, David. "Southwest Collection Documents Texas Political History." | |
| May/June 1993. | Paschall, Freedonia. "Texas Tech's First Librarian, Elizabeth Howard West." | |
| July/Aug 1993. | Murrah, David. "'Carrying a Big Part of the Load': William Curry Holden and Tech." | |
| Sept/Oct 1993. | Kreidler, Tai. "World War II Training Exercises." | |
| Nov/Dec 1993. | Vanzant, Lance. "The Student Union Building." | |
| 1994 [6.9 MB] | Jan/Feb 1994. | Martin, Cindy. "Cotton Bowl or Bust." |
| Mar/Apr 1994. | Neugebauer, Janet. "Firing-Up School Spirit." (Saddle Tramps and the Southwest Conference Circle) | |
| May/June 1994. | Paschall, Freedonia. "Cheri Casa--The First Men's Dorm." | |
| July/Aug 1994. | Murrah, David. "At Long Last--A New Home for the Southwest Collection." | |
| Sept/Oct 1994. | Kreidler, Tai. "Do You Believe in Miracles?" (1966 Tech-Arkansas Razorbacks football game) | |
| Nov/Dec 1994. | Vanzant, Lance. "Morley Jennings: Southwest Conference Pioneer." | |
| 1995 [4.2 MB] | Jan/Feb 1995. | Martin, Cindy. "Amelia Earhart Visits Tech." |
| Mar/Apr 1995. | Neugebauer, Janet. "Texas Tech's First Distinguished Professor." (Dr. Carl Coke Rister) | |
| May/June 1995. | Paschall, Freedonia. "The Construction of Jones Stadium." | |
| July/Aug 1995. | Vanzant, Lance. "Letters Hold Reminder of the Past." (Dr. Paul W. Horn and the Lincoln Medallion) | |
| Sept/Oct 1995. | Murrah, David. "Tech Opening Brought Rain to the Dry Plains." | |
| Nov/Dec 1995. | Kreidler, Tai. "The Brief Story of Tech's Nuclear Engineering Program." | |
| 1996 [12.4 MB] | Jan/Feb 1996. | Martin, Cindy. "Tech Enters the Southwest Conference." |
| Mar/Apr 1996. | Neugebauer, Janet. "Jack Teagarden Set Feet Tapping in Raiderland." (musician) | |
| May/June 1996. | Saffell, Cameron. "Some of Our Best Soil: The History of the Tech Farm." | |
| July/Aug 1996. | Atkinson, Ellen. "Striking in Appearance: The Museum of Texas Tech." | |
| Sept/Oct 1996. | "The William Curry Holdens: Champions of History" | |
| Nov/Dec 1996. | Lewis, Preston. "Looking Toward the Future." (the new Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library) | |
| 1997 [9.3 MB] | Jan/Feb 1997. | Kreidler, Tai. "The SWC Lives on at Texas Tech." (Southwest Conference collection) |
| Mar/Apr 1997. | Neugebauer, Janet. "A Wheel Horse for Texas Tech." (Dean W. L. Stangel) | |
| May/June 1997. | Paschall, Freedonia. "Making Our Own Traditions." (Tech's first graduating class) | |
| July/Aug 1997. | Jones, Vicky. "Lubbock, Texas: (Former) Chrysanthemum Capital of the World." | |
| Sept/Oct 1997. | Camp, John A. "How Things Have Changed." (Tech campus maps and the changes in the campus) | |
| Nov/Dec 1997. | Langford, Curt. "Stadium Celebrates 50th Anniversary." (Jones Stadium) | |
| 1998 [6.9 MB] | Winter 1998. | Kreidler, Tai. "The Coaching School." |
| Spring 1998. | Kreidler, Tai. "The Southwest Collection: 50 Years of History." | |
| Mar/Apr 1998. | Bogener, Stephen. "More than Stone, Bricks and Red Clay Roofs: Texas Tech's Architectural Heritage." | |
| Sept/Oct 1998. | Camp, John A. "One Student, One Acre." | |
| Fall 1998. | Jones, Vicky. "Shakespeare at Texas Tech: The 1964 Fine Arts Festival." | |
| 1999 [4.3 MB] | Mar/April 1999. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "The Tradition of Showmanship." [the Block and Bridle Club] |
| May/June 1999. | Marshall, David. "The First Techsans Lead the Way." | |
| Nov/Dec 1999. | Camp, Albert. "Christmas Traditions." | |
| 2000 [2.5 MB] | Mar/April 2000. | Ginther, Jim. "Texas Tech and America's Greatest Generation." |
| May/June 2000. | Camp, Albert. "Peter W. Cawthon: Legendary Football Coach." | |
| 2001 [3.1 MB] | July/Aug 2001. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "Giants in Texas." [Tech students visit the movie set of Giant and meet Elizabeth Taylor] |
| Sept/Oct 2001. | Paksoy, H. B. "Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative." (ATON) | |
| Nov/Dec 2001. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "What's Old is New Again." | |
| 2002 [4.7 MB] | Mar/April 2002. | Paksoy, H. B. "Benjamin Franklin and Nasreddin of Asia Minor." |
| May/June 2002. | Monroe, Monte. "Women's Sports Leader Remembered." [Jeannine McHaney] | |
| July/Aug 2002. | Kriedler, Tai. "The Place for Football." | |
| Sept/Oct 2002. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "History Was Made at Texas Tech... and You Were There!" | |
| Nov/Dec 2002. | Spurrier, Jennifer. "A Bit of This and That." [reference files at the Southwest Collection] | |
| 2003.1 [2.75 KB] | May/June 2003. | Marshall, David. "The Aviation Tradition at Texas Tech." |
| 2003.2 [4.6 KB] | July/Aug 2003. | Spurrier, Jennifer. "Foundations: The Names on the Bricks." |
| 2003.2 [2.93 KB] | Sept/Oct 2003. | Peoples, Curtis. "Mi Familia: The Hispanic Student Society at Texas Tech University." |
| 2003.2 [2.76 KB] | Nov/Dec 2003. | Tydeman, William E. "Natural History at Texas Tech." |
| 2004 [3.9 KB] | Nov/Dec 2004. | Monroe, Monte L. "The First Saddle Tramp is Gone." [Arch Lamb] |
| 2005.1 [2.13 KB] | Jan/Feb 2005. | Peoples, Curtis. "Texas Tech Mascot Traditions." |
| 2005.2 [3.84 KB] | Mar/April 2005. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "Once a Red Raider, Always a Red Raider." [the University Archives holdings] |
| 2005.3 [4.3 KB] | May/June 2005. | Bogener, Stephen Dean. "William Curry Holden and the Yaqui Expedition of 1934." |
| 2005.4 [1.9 KB] | July/Aug 2005. | Paschall, Freedonia. "The Aggie Club, 1929-1933." |
| 2005.5 [4.46 KB] | Sept/Oct 2005. | Spurrier, Jennifer. "Then and Now." [Texas Tech 50 years ago and today] |
| 2006.1 [4.43 KB] | Jan/Feb 2006. | Bogener, Stephen Dean. "Adobe 101." [William Curry Holden's home] |
| 2006.2 [1.72 KB] | Mar/April 2006. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "Digging Up the Past." [first Field Geology class tip] |
| 2007.1 [7.12 KB] | Jan/Feb 2007. | Cammack, Bruce. "Allan Loraine Carter, Ph.D. A Bostonian on the Plains." |
| 2007.3 [7.8 KB] | May/June 2007. | Whitfield, B. Lynn. "A Founding Father of Texas Tech." [Richard A. Studhalter] |