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Texas Tech Departmental and Campus Records

Below are departmental and campus records available for viewing in the reading room. Other historical facts and tidbits about Texas Tech can be found on the Texas Tech History pages.



Administration Building



Adult Education
In the Spring of 1952, the Ford Foundation made a grant of $24,000 to develop and strengthen programs in Adult Education in West Texas communities, with Lubbock being chosen as one of eleven cities in the nation to participate in the program. Working in conjunction with the Department of Education, the Program created interest through local programs throughout the South Plains by means of radio, television, films, forums, and other media.



Africare Team



Agricultural Economics

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Agricultural Education & Communications
Established in 1933-1934 by means of the Federal Vocational Education Act, the department was originally known as the Department of Vocational Agriculture Education. The first degrees in Agricultural Education at Tech were awarded in 1937. Since 1946, the department has sponsored vocational agriculture contests.



Agricultural Engineering



Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College of
Since its beginning in 1925, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) has provided programs of teaching, research and public service to prepare students for employment in the modern agricultural and renewable natural resources industry. Originally named the School of Agriculture, it operated 900 acres of agricultural land on the main campus, 2,300 acres at the Texas Tech Experimental Ranch at Justiceburg for teaching and research, a 15,822 acre facility at Amarillo, and a 982 acre field laboratory in northeast Lubbock County. Also, in addition to the classrooms, laboratories and design studios housed in eight buildings on the Texas Tech campus, the School of Agriculture maintained a Livestock Arena, a Meat Laboratory and a Greenhouse/ Experimental Garden complex for teaching and research. In 2022, it was renamed the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.

Texas Tech Agricultural Sciences special bulletins, brochures, programs and reports:

What Agriculture at the Texas Technological College Offers You With Announcements for 1928-1929 (July 1928), Technology in Agriculture (May 1954), School of Agriculture (1958-1960), School of Agriculture (1961-1963), College of Agricultural Sciences Long Range Plans, 1968: This report includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budget, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years, Cotton Economics Research Institute: Digital repository for publications produced by members of the CERI.

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Agriculture Building
The Agriculture building was constructed from 1942-1943. At one time, there existed a complete creamery in a detached wing.

  • U 10.1 Agriculture Building Records, 1941-1942: The collection contains a scrapbook with photographs and news clippings pertaining to the construction of the Agriculture Building on the Texas Tech campus. The scrapbook had been presented to A. H. Leidigh, Dean of the Division of Agriculture. Some of the images in this scrapbook can be found in 571.1 Arthur Henry Leidigh Papers, 1913-1948.


Agronomy Department

Texas Tech Agronomy special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Technology in Agriculture (May 1954) and Agronomy at Texas Tech (August 1955),

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American Indian Event Week

  • American Indian Event Week, 2007: The collection consists of 6 videotapes filmed by Southwest Collection oral historian Daniel Sanchez covering the activities of the 3rd Annual American Indian Event Week activities at Texas Tech held from November 12-16, 2007.


American Theatre Tours

  • U 17.1 American Theatre Tours Records, 1955-1960: This 1 box collection consists of correspondence, itineraries, financial records, and newspaper articles related to the theatre touring course headed by Ronald Schulz, professor in the theater at Texas Tech.


Animal Husbandry
The Department of Animal Husbandry, now known as the Department of Animal Science and Food Technology, was one of three original departments within the College of Agriculture at Texas Technological College. The department educated its students in the selection, breeding, and marketing of farm and ranch animals, including most major breeds of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry. Live animals were also maintained by the department for classroom instruction. In addition, a number of the department's students participated in judged competitions over the years, frequently placing among the top ten in many categories and winning several awards.

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  • U 19.1 Animal Husbandry Records, 1925-1954: This 16 box collection contains the administrative files of the Department of Animal Husbandry from its founding in 1925 until 1954.
  • U 19.6 Animal Husbandry Photograph Collection, undated: The collection consists of one image of Stanley E. Anderson, Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry.
  • S 977.1 Wenzel Louis Stangel Papers, 1888-1976 : The 64 box collection includes correspondence, photographs, legal and financial documents, speech notes, calendars and diaries, as well as publications and office files relating to livestock, higher education and agriculture.
  • S 1092.1 Kirk B. Turner Papers, 1963: This 1 wallet collection consists of a copy of the proceedings by the Trial Panel of the Faculty Advisory Committee concerning Turner's tenure hearing to determine if dismissal of a tenured professor was appropriate.
  • Animal Husbandry, 1932-1938 (see U 147.13 President's Office)
  • Animal Husbandry, 1954-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • Animal Husbandry news clippings, 1955-1963 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Animal Husbandry, 1966-1969 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)


Animal Science

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Anniversaries at Texas Tech University



Arab American Faculty Forum

  • Arab American Faculty Forum, 2008: The collection consists of 2 recordings filmed by Southwest Collection oral historian Daniel Sanchez covering the Arab American Faculty Forum reception and lecture by Horn Professor Hafid Gafaiti held on April 18, 2008.


Arbor Day
In 1938, the vast campus's lack of trees and shrubbery caused President Bradford Knapp proclaim that one day each spring would be dedicated to beautifying the campus. The first Arbor Day at Texas Tech University was March 2, 1938 where 20,000 trees and shrubs were planted around the campus by students, faculty, and university organizations. Classes were dismissed at noon on this particular day to enable people to participate in the plantings. A chuck wagon served as the refreshment stand, offering doughnuts and coffee. For about ten years, the Arbor Day celebrations continued until the University was able to fund a maintenance program and landscape architect.



Architecture, College of
Courses in architecture education at Texas Tech were initially offered within the College of Engineering starting in 1927. A department of architecture was established by 1931, and its first Bachelor of Architecture degree was offered in 1933. The program was accredited with the National Architectural Accrediting Board by 1957. The department gained a new, separate campus building in 1971, where it continues to reside. The Board of Regents approved making it an independent Division of Architecture in 1975. On November 20, 2022, it was renamed the Huckabee College of Architecture.

Texas Tech Architecture bulletins:

Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), The Arts (May 1951), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962) Art, Drama, and Music at Texas Tech (December 1966)

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  • Architecture Long Range Plans, 1968: This report includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budget, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years.
  • Architectural Program Report, July 1, 1984: This report was produced through a collaboration of Texas Tech students, faculty and the interim chairperson for the Texas Tech Division of Architecture five-year Bachelor of Architecture professional degree program.
  • U 297.1 College of Architecture Collection, Scrapbook, 1965: This 1 oversized spiral bound scrapbook, measuring 18.5 inches x 12.25 inches, contains student architectural drawings from 1965.
  • U 297.2 College of Architecture Collection, 2011-2017: This 1 wallet collection contains three items - one DVD of the 25th Anniversary of the College of Architecture video dated April 16, 2011, a Fall 2017 issue of Seed magazine, and a College of Architecture convocation program dated April 10, 2017.
  • U 297.3 College of Architecture Collection, 1938-2017: This 2 box collection contains curriculum and course notes, emails, correspondence, committee notes and reports, printed materials, news clippings, design notes and plans for Architectural projects across West Texas, and 25 photographs.
  • U 297.4 College of Architecture Records, 1964-2000: This 2 box collection contains files related to the Texas Tech College of Architecture's early formation as a separate college and accreditation, degree program reports, and the first dean's search committe. Also included are 13 bound volumes documenting the planning and organization of the Texas Tech Architectural Design Courses and theis outlines.
  • S 864.1 Willard Betherum Robinson Papers, 1981: This collection is comprised of the manuscript for the book, Gone From Texas: Our Lost Architectural Heritage, published in 1981. The book documents important works of Texas architecture which have been demolished. It creates a complete history of Texas architecture by examining past and present buildings.
  • S 864.3 W. Betherum Robinson Slide Collection: This 8 box collection consists of slides that cover a wide spectrum of architecture. Bulks with slides of Texas houses, Texas courthouses, church architecture, forts, universities, Renaissance architecture, and the work of prominent architects.
  • Elizabeth Sasser Slide Collection: The collection consists of slides that cover a wide spectrum of architecture.
  • Architecture and Allied Arts, 1933-1937 (see U 147.13 President's Office)
  • Architecture and Allied Arts, 1952-1966 (see U 147.27 President's Office Records)
  • Architecture and Applied Arts, 1954-1965 (see U 157.7 Research Services Records)
  • Architecture and Applied Arts, 1954-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • Architecture and Applied Arts news clippings, 1956-1962 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Architecture and Allied Arts, 1966-1969 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Architecture, 1968-2003 (see U 184.3 University News and Publications Records)
  • Architecture, 1969-1981 (see U 68.1 College of Engineering Records)
  • Architecture, 1974-1997 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Architecture, 1977-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • Architecture - program review and strategic planning report, 1996-2002 (see U 207.5 Provost's Office Records)
  • Reorganization of the College of Architecture, 1997 (see U 207.6 Provost's Office Records)
  • Architecture, 2012-2015 (see U 147.30 President's Office Records)
  • See also Peng, George T. C., Architecture at Texas Tech 1925-1990: Its Programs, Faculty and Student. Institute for Urban Studies International, College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, 1992.


Archive of the Turkish Oral Narrative (ATON)
Barbara and Warren Walker have been influential in recording countless oral narratives from the people of Turkey as a way to preserve the Turkish heritage and culture. Warren was a professor in the English Department at Texas Tech and, along with his wife, established and managed the Archive of the Turkish Oral Narrative until his passing in 2002. For more information on Warren Walker, click here.

  • U 283.1 Archive of the Turkish Oral Narrative Records, 1990-1993: This 4 box collection consists of gallery proofs for the following books: "More Tales Alive in Turkey" by Warren S. Walker and Ahmet E. Uysal, 1992; and "The Art of the Turkish Tale Volumes 1 and 2" by Barbara K. Walker, 1990 and 1993. All the books were published by Texas Tech University Press. Also included in the collection is a box of Helen Siegl's illustrations [etchings] for the book, "The Art of the Turkish Tale," some of which were never published.
  • U 283.2 Archive of the Turkish Oral Narrative Photographs, 1988: This 1 wallet collection consists of 10 prints featuring images of Dr. Warren Walker and his wife Barbara Walker working with reel to reel equipment, the Walkers with an unidentified couple in a house, and interior views of the Texas Tech Library decorated for the holidays.
  • U 283.3 Archive of the Turkish Oral Narrative Collection, undated: This 1 oversized box contains various articles of Turkish clothing and textiles.
  • S 1132.1 Warren Walker Papers, 1960-1985: This 16 box collection contains folklore data collected through student field work. The subjects include animal, child and infant, children's games and rhymes, epitaphs, Mexican community folklore, folk speech and proverbs, ghost stories and legends, helpful hints, jokes and riddles, marriage, occupations, omens, remedies and ailments, weather and miscellaneous items. Walker collected these cards from his students over a 25-year period.
  • Translations of the Turkish Oral Narrative Tales (digitized PDFs; the translations are in English)
  • Archive of the Turkish Narrative, 1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)


Art Department

Texas Tech Art Department special bulletins, brochures and programs:

The Arts (May 1951) and Art, Drama, and Music at Texas Tech (December 1966)

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  • Department of Art Report, 1968: This report includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budget, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years.
  • S 114.1 Peggy Bright Papers, 1976-1978: The 2 box collection contains materials pertaining to the National Puppetry Festival in 1978.
  • U 259.1 Juan Granados Papers, 1996-2008: This 1 box collection contains materials pertaining to career of the artist, who specializes in ceramics and teaches at Texas Tech.
  • U 494.1 Phoebe Lloyd Papers, 1956-2005: This 7 box collection contains Dr. Lloyd's teaching and research materials and include 492 prints, 403 negatives and 163 slides.
  • U 494.1 Phoebe Lloyd Papers, 1956-2005: This 23 box collection contains Dr. Lloyd's teaching and research materials, including 224 prints, 54 negatives and 8,939 slides. The collection materials date primarily between 1934-2006, with one book in the collection dating 1880.
  • U 359.1 Robert I. and Troy Allen Lockard Family Collection, 1928-2008: This 1 box collection consists of personal family papers, 137 photographs of Robert Lockard and Helen Gwendolyn "Troy" Allen Lockard. Photographs of Florian Kleinschmidt, Ellis and Edna Heineman, Texas Tech Faculty members as well as Robert Lockard as Ludwig Von Freud doing his chalk talks, photographs of metalwork by Troy Lockard and watercolors by Robert Lockard are included. Two original letters from Peter Hurd to Robert Lockard as well as photocopies of correspondence between Margo Jones and Troy Allen are also included. In 1953, Robert Lockard produced a movie, "Brush Tips in Watercolor". The original script, movie contract and other correspondence as well as a DVD copy of the movie are part of the collection. Biographies written by Linda Lockard Roth, daughter, of her parents as well as herself and her brother, Lawrence Allen Lockard, are included. Newspaper clippings, magazine articles and memorabilia include two medals earned by Robert Lockard.
  • Applied Art, 1952-1966 (see U 147.27 President's Office Records)
  • Art, 1965-1973 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Art, 1967-1977 (see U 20.1 College of Arts and Sciences Records)
  • Art, 1968-2000 (see U 184.3 University News and Publications Records)
  • Art, 1969-1998 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Art, 1977-1982 (see U 20.10 Arts and Sciences Records)
  • Art, 1979-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)


Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of the colleges at Texas Tech, and provides a large variety of programs and courses in the arts, communications, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. The purpose of the Arts & Sciences faculty is to help students solve problems, think, and communicate, while imparting the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes that constitute a liberal education.

Texas Tech Arts and Sciences special bulletins, brochures and programs:

School of Arts and Sciences 1958-1959 (December 1958), School of Arts and Sciences 1959-1961 (December 1959), and School of Arts and Sciences 1961-1963 (December 1961)

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Atmospheric Sciences



Attorney for Students

  • U 433.1 Attorney for Students Records, 1971-1991: This 1 box collection contains correspondence, claims, legal letters written for students, and office files pertaining to the activities of the Texas Tech University Attorney for Students.


Audit Services Office



Biblical Literature, Department of
Bible classes were taught in the Baptist Student Center in the early days of Texas Tech. Later, Bible Chairs were established. Bible classes were offered as electives and were taught by off-campus instructors at facilities provided by various local churches.   The donor of the materials, Dr. Ronald W. Jones, was the chairman of the department in the 1980s. The department is now defunct.



Biological Sciences

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  • R 48.1 Robert Baker Papers, 1949-2015 and undated: This 8 box contains correspondence and visual media related to Baker's career.
  • S 1688.1 Robert J. Baker Papers, 1967-2005: This 1 box and 1 wallet collection consists of various artworks and one photograph, as well as some of his published scholarly articles written in collaboration with other colleagues (1967-1979).
  • U 497.1 Arthur M. Elliot Papers, 1915-2015: This 1 box collection contains contains biographical on and publications by Dr. Elliot and R. A. Studhalter, background informaiton on the E. L. Reed Herbarium at Texas Tech University and its associated faculty, and an assortment of printed publications.
  • R 35.2 Clyde Jones Papers, 1935-2015: This 9 box collection contains correspondence, research and teaching materials related to Jones' career.
  • S 987.1 R. W. Strandtmann Papers, 1951: The wallet contains the manuscript, "The Mesostigmatic Nasal Mites of Birds," written by Standtman in 1951, as well as a survey of Typhus in rats and rats ectop.
  • U 327.1 R. W. Strandtmann Collection, 1967-1994: The one wallet consists of one VHS recording done by Russell Strandtmann on Antartica, 3 letters to Dr. Wanda Davis, a biography of Strandtmann written by himself, and other information on his publications.
  • U 487.1 Richard Arthur Studhalter Papers, 1868-1969 and undated: The 18 box collection consists of documentation related to field collection of research specimens, manuscript material, and publications authored by or collected by professor Richard A. Studhalter.
  • S 997.1 Richard Arthur Studhalter Papers, 1933-1935: This 2 wallet collection contains material collected during a 1934 expedition to Mexico to study the Yaqui Indians, including correspondence, a diary, newspaper clippings, and research notes. Also included are articles dealing with botany.
  • S 997.2 Richard Arthur Studhalter (Articles) Collection, 1940-1955: This 1 wallet collection contains articles dealing with botany.
  • U 291.1 Charles Richard Werth Records, 1980-2000: This 1 box collection consists of some of Dr. Charles R. Werth's publications and off-prints dated from 1980-2000.
  • U 28.1 Biological Sciences Department Faculty Publications, 1919-2006
  • Biological Sciences, 1968-1988 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Biological Sciences, 1978-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)


Biology Department

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Bookstore

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Brown's Photograph Studio (Lubbock, Texas)

  • Brown's Photograph Studio (Lubbock, Texas): Consists of 774 prints of Texas Technological College from 1930-1934. The Studio operated in Lubbock from the 1920s to the 1950s. Although the collection is primarily portraits, there are many images of events held at the college. Some of the images in this collection have been digitized and are viewable here.


Buildings and Campus Construction (See also Facilities Planning and Construction)

  • U 212.1 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1925: The 2 print collection consists of images of Texas Technological College's Administration Building, circa 1925. Donated by Sharlene Formby Rhoads.
  • U 212.2 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, undated: The collection consists of 4 prints of Texas Technological College Library Reserve Reading room area in the Administration Building. Donated by Erma Jean of Abilene Christian University. The Texas Tech Library used to be located at the Administration Building's west wing during the 1920s to the 1938.
  • U 212.3 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1925: The collection consists of an early photo of the Texas Technological College Administration and Human Sciences Buildings. Donated by Tommy Sellers.
  • U 212.4 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1920s: The collection consists of seven early photos of the Texas Technological College buildings, including the Administration, the Chemistry, and Engineering buildings. Donated by Hal and Jean Stockton, through courtesy of Marsha Gustafson.
  • U 212.5 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, 1998: The collection consists of 19 color slides consists of images of the Dairy Barn from various angles.
  • U 212.6 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, 1947: The collection of 63 prints and 4 negatives consist of images of the 1947 construction of University's Jones Stadium. The photos were taken by Jim Dallas of Lubbock, Texas, for the Oldt-Midwest Company, a contractor on the project. James Burville Nanney, a relative of the donor, had acquired the photos while he was working on the stadium's construction.
  • U 212.7 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1925-1992 and undated: The collection of 9 negatives and 12 prints consists of various images of campus buildings, including numerous aerial views.
  • U 212.8 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, undated: Donated by Professor George Tereshkovich, this collection contains three color postcards, each depicting a building on the Texas Tech campus. Pictured are the Municipal Auditorium, the Library, and the Administration buildings.
  • U 212.9 Buildings - President's Residence, 1977: The wallet contains a report written by Lynn Joachim on the history and architecture of the President's Residence for architecture course 430.
  • U 212.10 Building Blueprints - Residence Halls and Ranching Heritage Association Site Development proposal (undated)
  • U 212.11 Buildings: The wallet contains an undated report for a proposed Agricultural Engineering Center. No author is given.
  • U 212.12 Buildings- Miscellaneous Collection, 1997 and undated: The collection consists of 6 oversized, mounted items - Administration Building – President’s Suite/West Wing renovation, April 9, 1997 (3 items); West and south elevation for an unidentified TTU building, undated (1 item); Aerial photograph of the Texas Tech campus, undated (1 item); and Architectural drawing of the Kent R. Hance Chapel, undated (1 item).
  • U 212.13 Buildings, 1977-1978: The 1 wallet collection consists inventories, proposal, and floor plans for temporary campus buildings whose names being with "X" and a copy of the January 23, 1978 Space Committee meeting minutes.
  • U 260.1 Campus Buildings Photograph Collection, circa 1963-1964: The 72 print collection consists of images of Texas Tech campus buildings in Lubbock, Texas (undated), the Central Food facilities (July 8, 1964), and facilities at the "Kilgore Beef Cattle Center Pantex" (dated July-November, 1963).
  • See also U 317.1 Administration Building Collection, 2001
  • See also U 10.1 Agriculture Building Records, 1941-1942
  • Campus buildings, 1939-1963 - files on numerous building renovations, construction and additions (see U 147.32 President's Office Records)
  • Casa Linda, 1948-1956 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • Cornerstone Laying, 1924 (see U 147.5 President's Office)
  • Building Markers, proposals, Saddle Tramps Circle, and various project files, 1949-1960 (see U 137.1 Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture Records)
  • Will Rogers Statue, 1954 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
  • Buildings of Texas Tech news clippings, 1952-1962, New Buildings news clippings, 1955-1963 and Southwest Conference Circle [also called the Saddle Tramps Circle] (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Buildings and campus construction, 1957-1974, Campus Construction, 1965-1971, News Releases on Texas Tech and its Facilities, 1968-1969, and Student Union Building, 1965-1969 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Foundation at Broadway Entrance, 1964-1970 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Inventory of Completed Buildings, August 31, 1957 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • Naming of Buildings, 1960-1969 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
  • Naming of Buildings, 1966-1978 (see U 147.9 President's Office Records)
  • Buildings, 1967-1981-1990 and Texas Tech Construction, 1974-1985 and undated (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Free Speech Area, 1970 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Ground breaking speeches for the Broadway entrance marker and the Museum, 1968 (see S 937.1 Preston Smith Papers)
  • Dedication ceremonies for new buildings, 1968-1972 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • TTU Dedication of Plaques, 1986 (see S 1811.1 Bea Zeeck Papers, 1941-2009)
  • Proposed Sale of Auditorium/Coliseum to Texas Tech, 1969-1970 (see S 1253.1 W. D. "Dub" Rogers Jr. Papers)
  • A bound copy of the report, Survey of Facilities at Texas Tech (September 1, 1969) includes information such as floor plans, square footage, construction date, construction cost, etc. The report is available for viewing at the Reference Desk.
  • See also U 36.1 Campus Planning Committee Records, 1941-1973 and Campus Planning Committee Meeting Minutes, 1958-1967


Building Maintenance

  • U 33.1 Building Maintenance Records, undated: This 1 wallet collection contains lists of keys issued on 1962-1966, as well as slides of Dallas, Texas.


Bush Presidential Library
Formed in 2005, the West Texas Coalition for the George W. Bush Presidential Library is a joint effort of regional higher education institutions, cities, counties and business leaders supporting and promoting Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, as the site for the George Walker Bush Presidential Library. In October, TTU was chosen as one of the four finalist sites along with Baylor University, Southern Methodist University and the University of Dallas.



Business Administration, College of
Originally called the Division of Commerce in 1942, which offered courses in economics and business administration, it became known as the Division of Business Administration since the fall of 1947. It is now known as the Rawls College of Business Administration.

Texas Tech Business Administration special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Your Future in The School of Business Administration (May 1957), School of Business Administration 1959-1961 (May 1959) and School of Business Administration 1961-1963 (May 1961)

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Campus Master Plans



Capital Campaign



The Catalyst
An alternative and controversial newspaper written and published by Texas Tech students and members of the Lubbock community between 1969-1971. Copies of The Catalyst are on microfilm and are available for viewing in the Reading Room at the Southwest Collection. The Catalyst has also been digitized.

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Censure
Placed on the AAUP censure list since 1958 for improper dismissal of three professors, Texas Technological College was removed from the censure list in 1967. Factors taken into account for reinstatement included Tech’s offer to reinstate one of the three dismissed faculty members, Dr. Byron R. Abernethy; Tech’s complete revision of institutional regulations relating to tenure and academic freedom; and further amendments were offered to the three dismissed professors as well. Dr. Grover Murray had requested this issue of censure be resolved before accepting the presidency of Texas Tech in 1966.

  • U 38.1 Censure Records, 1956-1966: This is a 1 wallet collection contains information related to the censure of the Texas Tech Board of Directors by the American Association of University Professors and the subsequent revision of the tenure policy.
  • Censure News clippings and Reactions, 1957 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • AAUP Report on Texas Tech, 1958 - Report by the local Texas Tech chapter of AAUP on the censure of Texas Tech by AAUP over the dismissal of three professors.
  • See also U 72.5 Faculty Records for a tenure chronology written by Dr. Elbow.


Center for Applied International Development Studies



Center for Campus Life
In the Spring of 2002, the Texas Tech University departments of Student Activities and Student Life merged to form the Center for Campus Life (CCL). The CCL is responsible for arranging cultural and social events to enrich the lives of Texas Tech students, faculty and the general public. Nationally and internationally known persons, celebrities, lecturers and artists are brought in to speak and perform.

  • U 344.1 Campus Activities and Involvement Records, 1920-2001: This 3 box collection include brochures, program information, photographs, and news clippings. A great deal of the materials deal with the Nightlife Series, which is the cultural events offered to students, faculty and the public on an annual basis.
  • See also Center for Campus Life collections
  • U 276.1 Center for Campus Life Records, 1930s-1950s and 1976-2001: This 4 box collection includes budgets, program information, flyers, photographs, news clippings, and oversized posters. The majority of the materials deal with the Nightlife Series, which is the cultural events offered to students, faculty and the public on an annual basis.
  • U 276.2 Center for Campus Life Records, 1945-2016: This 23 box collection contains files on various student organizations, including Greek Societies, printed materials, recordings and photographs.
  • U 276.3 Center for Campus Life Records, 1945-2016: This is a 1 wallet collection.
  • U 276.4 Center for Campus Life Photographs, 1948-1969 and undated: This 1 box collection contains 30 photographs featuring students and activities in the Student Union Building that were exhibited in a display case in the SUB for years. Many have tape and rubber cement on the back, and some have tears and tape on the front of the images.
  • U 276.5 Center for Campus Life Records, 1970-2015 and undated: This 13 box collection contains registration materials from various Texas Tech University campus and student organizations required for receiving university funding.
  • U 276.6 Center for Campus Life Scrapbooks, 1947-2006: This 3 box collection contains five scrapbooks documenting student activities and programs primarily held in the Recreation Hall and Student Union Building.
  • U 274.1 Student Activities Records, 1926-2001: This 30 box collection consists of administrative files such as budgets, reports, and programming files for cultural events held in the University Center.
  • U 274.2 Student Activities Records, 1947-2011 and undated: This 7 box and 1 oversized box collection consists of files on a variety of Texas Tech student organizations, newspaper clippings, 6 rolled banners, and five oversized scrapbooks filled with pasted newspaper clippings and photographs.


Center for Energy Research
The Center was created in the mid-1970s to assist Texas Tech faculty in the development of energy projects and in expediting proposal preparation. Projects initiated have included increasing public awareness concerning alternative energy sources available, solar irrigation, gasohol, developing new alternative energy technology, and the Crosbyton Solar Power Project.



Center for History of Engineering and Technology
Created in 1970, the Center documents and conducts surveys on city, county, and regional architectural and engineering sites. The Center also helps in the assessment of historic and architectural value of structures. Staff members consist of Texas Tech faculty and research associates from various disciplinary fields. In addition to over 83 Texas counties, the Center has surveyed sites in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado.



Center for Nanophotonics



Charter Day



Chemical Engineering

Texas Tech Chemical Engineering special bulletins:

Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), Division of Engineering (June 1955), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962)

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Electronic Computer Seminar

  • U 67.1 Electronic Computer Seminar Records, undated: This 1 wallet collection contains forms and miscellaneous material concerning the Electronic Computer Seminar at Texas Tech University.


Engineering, College of
In 1925, during Tech’s first semester of registration, the College of Engineering had 313 students enrolled in its two-member faculty department. Three additional professors were quickly added to meet the needs of the enrollees, and in 1927 the faculty ranks numbered ten. By the 1954-1955 academic year there were thirty-nine faculty members. The Textile Engineering building was home to all Engineering classes in 1925 and was one of the few buildings open on the first day of school. Additional buildings were added in 1928, 1950, and 1951. The first female Engineering graduate was Edna Nawanna Houghton in 1930, who returned two years later to teach in the Architecture department. Today, the College of Engineering is one of the largest colleges in the Texas Tech University System. It was renamed the "Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering" in 2008 in honor of one of its most distinguished alumnus.

Texas Tech Engineering special bulletins, brochures and programs:

A Great Texas Training School for Engineers (March 1927), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), 13th Annual Engineer's Show (1941), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), Division of Engineering (June 1955), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962)

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  • Engineering College Blueprints
  • U 68.1 Engineering College Records, 1925-1993 and undated: The 33 box collection of administrative files includes information on the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS), the Graduate School, the Ex-Students Association, and the Textile Research Center.
  • U 68.1 Engineering College Photograph Collection, 1967-1977 and undated: The collection of 92 prints includes images of people exercising; environmental technology equipment; group portraits; members of the Industrial Advisory Board; a tour of the Textile Research Center; members of the Ranch Headquarters Association and a book signing there (1967-77); remodeling of the old Architecture Building; members of the Solar Energy Project (1976-77); people at the International Textile Symposium (1969); portraits of professors from the Engineering College; an image of the early Tech Bookstore near the Broadway entrance (circa 1926-1929); Engineers' Club of Dallas Banquet (1962-1972); and images for Research Day. People pictured include John R. Bradford, Alan Brashears, Roy Glen Carver, Roy B. Davis, Walter Grub, Thomas M. Hill, Jean A. Jenkins, Dr. Grover Murray, Ron Wheaton, and Dr. James L. Youngblood.
  • U 68.2 Engineering School Records, 1951-1976 and undated: This is a 3 box collection.
  • U 68.3 Engineering College Memorabilia: This 1 box collection contains three items of memorabilia related to the College of Engineering.
  • U 68.4 Engineering College Records, 1940 and 1944: This 14 page collection consists of two series: and the first consists of six pages concerning the military at Texas Technological College in 1940. Included is the information on the Fifth Annual Military Ball at the Lubbock Hotel and various tidbits of interest. One page gives the history of the Torch and Castle organization that was grew out of social gatherings of the Reserve Officers Training Corp, Corps of Engineers, which was established at Tech in the fall of 1936; and the second consists of 8 pages of correspondence and a newsletter series called " Engineering News from Texas Tech" that was written by Dorothy Rylander from April-June, 1944. Of particular interest is the section in the April '44 newsletter which discusses the enrollment in engineering was the lowest since the opening of the college and that 45 of those enrolled in the program were women, as well as the letter from O. V. Adams regarding the difficulties the college was facing in retaining faculty and keeping track of alumni given the war.
  • U 68.5 College of Engineering Records, 1928-1980 and undated: This 14 box collection consists of departmental records, particularly those of then dean John Bradford, and includes files on Air Force research and the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Also included are 33 copper etched plates used for the bulletin "Engineering at Texas Technological College" dated March 1942.
  • U 68.6 College of Engineering Collection, undated: This oversized box collection contains copper etching plates of images used in the March 1942 Texas Tech bulletin titled "Engineering at Texas Tech".
  • U 68.7 College of Engineering Records, 1952-2007 and undated: The 7 box collection contains information on distinguished alumni engineers chosen by the Texas Tech University College of Engineering.
  • U 218.1 College of Engineering Photograph Collection, 1927-1946: The collection of six prints consists of images of students and faculty members of the College of Engineering between 1927-1946 and undated. People pictured include Lewis Stephen Grandy (1930), Harold Lyman Kipp (1938), M. Farris (1927), the senior class of 1946, the graduate class of 1946, and another senior class of the 1940s.
  • U 218.2 College of Engineering Records, 1928-1994: This 3 box collection contains information and names of graduates from approximately 1928 through approximately 1975. It also contains questionnaires and reviews of the engineering curricula and faculty from the 1970’s to the 1990’s.
  • U 218.3 College of Engineering Records, 1968-2006 and undated: The 2 box collection contains newsletters, publications, and information on engineering scholarships. It also contains three scrapbooks with information on distinguished engineers, 33 prints, and 1 VHS tape featuring an interview with Travis Simpson.
  • U 218.4 College of Engineering Manuscript, 1975: The collection consists of seven copies of the spiral bound manuscript titled "The First Fifty Years of the College of Texs Tech University, 1925-1975" authored by Mary Maxine Daly.
  • U 218.5 College of Engineering Records, 1925-2013: This 3 box collection includes correspondence, Engineer's Show open house events, teaching loads, course curriculum, Distinguished Engineer awards, distinguished students, Texas State Board of Registration files, 111 photographs and 39 recordings.
  • S 104.1 John Bradford Papers, 1968-1981: This 1 box collection includes personal correspondence, memoranda and printed items, as well as papers relating to energy, engineering, and committees on which Bradford served during his tenure as Dean of the Texas Tech University College of Engineering.
  • U 425.1 John Bradford Collection, 1970-1974 and undated: This collection consists of oversized architectural drawings for several buildings (the Office of Development, Chemical Engineering, the West Engineering courtyard, and the Office of Engineering Deans) and a proposal for a Rare Books area in the Library.
  • U 437.1 Magne Kristiansen Papers, 1915-2014: The 4 box collection correspondence, faculty records, reports and office files pertaining to the activities of the Electrical Engineering Department. Also included are 395 prints and 1 negative.
  • S 999.1 Carl Lars Svenson Papers, 1900-1970: This 9 box collection contains correspondence, financial material, photographs, research files, and literary, printed, educational, and scrapbook materials. It bulks with materials pertaining to Svenson's engineering activities and interests.
  • See U 351.1 Robert Morgan Lively Collection, 1918-1940 - Three "Texas Tech Industrial Engineering" images of a bus trip with that logo on the bus and a parade float.
  • Dean of Engineering, 1951-1959 (see U 147.27 President's Office Records)
  • Engineering, 1954-1968 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • School of Engineering news clippings, 1956-1962 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Engineering, 1957-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • Engineering, 1965-1974 - including distinguished alumni and newsletters (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Engineering, College of, 1967-2000 (see U 184.3 University News and Publication Records)
  • Engineering, College of, 1972-1999 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Engineering, 1980-1983 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
  • College of Engineering - self-study and strategic planning, 1990-1993 (see U 207.5 Provost's Office Records)
  • Education, College of, 2000-2005 (see U 147.14 President's Office Records)



Engineering Services

  • U 217.1 Engineering Services Photograph Collection, undated: The collection of 8 oversized prints consists of images of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, ranching and farming scenes, as well as other parts of Texas and New Mexico. Pictured include Braniff Airways, Hi-D-Ho Restaurant (Lubbock, Tex.), and Lubbock Body Work. The prints are copies of materials sent to Engineering Services by the Southwest Collection for processing for patrons. Courtesy of Woody Rains. They are located in UA Oversize Photos Box A.
  • U 217.2 Engineering Services Photograph Collection, 1978-1981 and undated: The collection consists of 782 prints, 916 negatives, and 473 slides. It consists largely of images from various Texas Tech football games. Also pictured are the university band, aerial views of Lubbock, views of the Crosbyton Solar Power Project dish in Crosbyton, Texas, and a 1979 Texas Tech Basketball game.
  • U 217.3 Engineering Services Records, 1925-2007: The 11 box and 1 oversized folder collection consists of office files, news clippings, memorabilia, photographs and audio/visual recordings concerning the Texas Tech University College of Engineering, its faculty, students and alumni.


English Department

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



Enterprise Campaign



Entomology

Oral History Interviews:

  • Donald Ashdown oral history interview- faculty (1976 and 1981)

Manuscript Collections:



Ethnic Studies Committee
The materials relate to efforts to establish the African-Asian Studies Program in the mid-1960s at Texas Tech. The program served as the forerunner for the Ethnic Studies Program.

  • U 69.1 Ethnic Studies Committee Records, 1966-1969: This 1 wallet collection contains correspondence, application for research funds, minutes, undated notes, preliminary proposals, and printed materials.
  • Area of Ethnic Studies, 1970-1975 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)


Facilities Planning and Construction

  • Facilities Planning and Construction Blueprints
  • U 156.1 Facilities Planning and Construction Photograph Collection, circa 1930s-1970s and undated: The collection of 29 items consists of oversized images of Texas Tech Campus buildings. Included are nineteen aerial photos of the campus (July 1959 and undated); two renderings of the Dorm and Dining Facilities for Men; two images of dorm room interiors (1958); the Men's Dorm under construction (1957); six images of the Farm Residence Buildings; a color rendering of the recreational center (undated); and a pencil drawing of the Business Administration building (undated). The two mounted images of the dorm room interiors is located in Oversize 8.19; the rest of the images are located in UA Oversize Photos Box C.
  • U 156.2 Facilities Planning and Construction Records, 1879-1983 and undated: The 6 box collection contains ledgers and information on various buildings on campus, including the Student Union, the Chemistry and Music buildings, and the Bookstore. Also included is a box of blueprints.
  • U 156.2 Facilities Planning and Construction Photographs, 1977-1979: The collection consists of 399 prints of various construction and renovation activities on the Texas Tech campus. This includes the Animal Science Building (1978); the Bookstore (1977); the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum (1979); the Electrical Engineering addition (1979); the Electrical Engineering tunnel (1979); Food Science/Home Economics (1977); Goddard Range and Wildlife basement (1979); Indiana Avenue (1977); Jones Stadium renovation (1977); Jones Stadium ticket office (1979); the Recreation Center (1979); Tech Press renovation (1977); TTU-AFL-LC, Phase II (1978); and the University Center renovation (1977).
  • U 156.4 Facilities Planning and Construction Records, 1994-2004: This is a 21 box and 3 oversized folder collection.
  • U156.7 Facilities Planning and Construction Records, 1925-1947: The 1 wallet collection consists of six bound reports related to the Texas Tech Power House facility.
  • U 525.1 Facilities Planning and Construction Records, 1924-2008: The 27 box collection contains records, blueprints, and photographs related to various building construction and renovation projects on Texas Tech University campuses.
  • Facilities Planning and Construction, 1948-1953 (see U 147.23 President's Office Records)
  • See also the W. G. McMillan Construction Company, Inc., which contains some Texas Tech structure specifications and information. The TTU blueprints have been cross reference to the overall TTU blueprint listing found here.
  • Facilities Planning, 1986-1997 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Facilities Planning and Construction, 2008-2013 (see U 147.51 President's Office Records)
  • Facilities Planning, 2003-2004 (see U 147.14 President's Office Records)
  • See also Physical Plant and The Planning Office.


Faculty

  • Gary Elbow and Wendall Aycock oral history interview (2018) - discusses the tenure controvery that occured at Texas Tech in the eighties
  • U 72.2 Faculty Records, 1931-1980: This 1 box collection is comprised of miscellaneous files on Tech faculty, such as minutes from the Faculty Council and Faculty Senate, and Faculty Standing Committees.
  • U 72.3 Faculty Photograph Collection, 1948-1960: The collection contains 474 negatives and 161 prints of various photos of Texas Tech faculty members that were taken by Koen Studio. The studio had been a long-time photographic business in Lubbock, Texas and was located on Broadway. Koen photographed students, staff and faculty for the Texas Tech yearbook, La Ventana. Pictured include Vivian J. Adams, Louise C. Allen, Albert Barnett, Nolan E. Barrick, Mrs. John H. Baumgardner, Mrs. Paul L. Beitler, J. W. Bennett, John Bryant, C. V. Bullen, Major Melvin Burnett, O. C. Southall, Miss S. Callan, John S. Carroll, R. L. Chappelle, W. P. Clement, Evelyn Clewell, Tom Copeland, J. C. Cross, Mary Dabney, J. William Davis, Joe Dennis, John C. Dowling, W. L. Ducker, J. S. Dwyer, C. D. Eaves, Mrs. Ludie Eaves, Mabel Erwin, N. C. Fine, R. K. Flege, William R. Geisert, Gustav E. Giesecke, Col. H. L. Green, Harding, Warren G. Harding, Emmett Hazelwood, George Heather, J. R. Heitman, Gene Hemmle, D. E. Holcomb, William Curry Holden, Bill Holmes, Nancy Innis, R. C. Janeway, Dr. E. N. Jones, Bob Kellogg, R. W. Kireilis, F. A. Kleinschmidt, Mina W. Lamb, P. M. Larson, John W. Linsay, J. H. Milikin, J. N. Mitchie, F. L. Mize, R. C. Mowery, Dr. J. H. Murdough, K. L. Neeley, Majorie Neely, L. E. Parsons, W. M. Pearce, Marshall L. Pennington, Major Victor B. Penuel, Milton Peoples, Florence Phillips, J. E. Platz, Marty Poindexter, J. W. Posey, L. J. Powers, C. B. Qualia, Arne Randall, Polk Robinson, Reginald Rushing, C. C. Schmidt, Shirley Schultz, W. D. Scott, Dr. Gene Shelden, Bud Sherrod, Raymond Sidwell, Dr. P. G. Stensland, Haskell Taylor, Willa V. Tinsley, Col. O. Turner, E. J. Urbanovsky, Mary Jean van Appledorn, Harry S. Walker, Wade Walker, Morris S. Wallace, T. F. Weisen, Landon Westbrook, Ira L. Williams, J. J. Willingham, J. Roy Wells, A. W. Young, and M. J. Zablotny. Several of these have been digitized and can be viewed in the digital collection called "Texas Tech People."
  • U 72.4 Faculty Photographs, 1959: The collection consists of two copy negatives from the 1959 La Ventana of George Heather, Dean of Business Administration.
  • U 72.5 Faculty Records, 1982-1986: This 1 wallet collection concerns the tenure controversy that took place between the faculty and then President Lauro Cavazos and the Texas Tech Board of Regents. Faculty departures increased during this time and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) wrote a report summarizing the polarizing situation at the university. Also included is a tenure chronology written by Dr. Gary Elbow that outlined the university's tenure situation from 1932-1986.
  • See also U 236.1 Photographic Services Portrait Collection: This 2 boxes collection contains individual portraits of faculty, administrators and staff of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
  • Tenure Policy, 1955-1959 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • Faculty Tenure, 1957-1962 (see U 147.32 President's Office)
  • Tenure Policy, 1957-1967 (see U 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
  • Faculty news clippings, 1955-1961 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Faculty and Staff (newsclippings), 1958-1967 (See U 147.33 President's Office Records)
  • Faculty, 1969-1997 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Faculty files (see U 278.1 Institutional Research and Information Management)
  • Faculty files (see U 184.3 University News and Publications - People Files)
  • Faculty and staff portraits (see U 236.1 Photographic Services Portrait Collection)
  • See Censure Records, 1956-1966 (AAUP censure of Texas Tech over dismissal of three professors)
  • See U 468.1 Texas Tech Faculty Legal Action Association, Inc. Records, 1980-1986 (regarding tenure guidelines conflict with the university)


Faculty Meetings

  • Faculty-Staff Meeting oral history interview (1973)
  • U 75.1 Faculty Meeting Records, undated: This 1 wallet collection consists of the minutes of special and regular faculty meetings, the minutes of meetings of deans and department heads, and the faculty roster make up this collection's holdings.
  • See also Faculty Council and Faculty Senate


Federal Credit Union



Feed Manufacturing Short Course

  • U 78.1 Feed Manufacturing Short Course Records, 1979: This 1 wallet collection contains the workbook for the Feed Manufacturing Short Course.


Fish and Wildlife Research Center
As a component of the national Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Texas Tech University educates, conducts research, and gathers information regarding wildlife biology, wetland ecology, the maintenance of biodiversity, ecology and management, and fish biology, management and culture.

  • U270.1 Fish and Wildlife Research Center, 1984-2002: This 10 box collection consists of materials relating to the Texas Parks and Wildlife for the 21st Century study. Included in the holdings are emails between the various researching parties, drafts and edits of reports, final copies of the reports, videotapes, and CD-ROM disks.


Food Services



Geology / Geosciences Department

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • Department of Geosciences Report, 1968: This report includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budget, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years.
  • S 1615.1 Beverly Meyer Papers, 1996-1997: This 1 wallet collection of items include correspondence with Jim Stasny regarding research request on the F. Alton Wade Collection (1996), transcript (1996) by Beverly Meyer of the F. Alton Wade oral history tapes (1973) housed at the Southwest Collection, and presentation papers by Meyer to the Geological Society of America concerning South Central America and Franklin Alton Wade. The Paper was presented in El Paso, Texas, 1997.
  • S 785.1 Joseph T. Patton Papers, 1927: This 1 wallet collection consists of a scrapbook which has captioned photographs of the first geology field trip undertaken by Texas Technological College. Patton was the first professor of Geology at Texas Technological College and conducted a field trip to New Mexico from June 7 to July 14, 1927.
  • S 863.1 W. I. Robinson Papers, 1915-1955: This collection includes a scrapbook consisting of one letter, postcards, and photographs of Robinson's home, Texas Technological College, Blanco Canyon, and various trips. It bulks with literary productions (1915-1923) and printed material (1936-1955). Also includes copies of geology and paleontology articles by Robinson an d others.
  • S 922.1 Raymond Sidwell Papers, 1939-1954: This 1 box collection contains various literary productions by Sidwell.  In the Geology department of Texas Technological College, he worked as an assistant professor from 1928-1932, a associate professor from 1932-1944, and a professor from 1945-1958.
  • U 307.1 Geosciences Photograph Collection, 1972-1974 and undated: This 4 box collection contains negatives and prints of landforms from the NASA Earth Resources Technology Satellite Project.
  • U 321.1 Leroy T. Patton Textbook, undated: This 1 wallet collection consists of a bound course book entitled "Textbook of General Geology, Volume I by Leroy T. Patton, Ph.D."  Patton was a professor and the head of the Department of Geology and Petroleum Engineering at Texas Technological College in 1941. Harold Patterson, the donor of the book, was Patton's student in the 1940s.
  • Geosciences Records, 1938-1971: 6 microfilm reels containing office files arranged into three series: 1) Office files from 1938-1971, comprised of mainly correspondence arranged chronologically; 2) Leaves of absences and travel applications from 1957-1970, arranged chronologically; and 3) alumni information dated 1961 and undated, arranged alphabetically.
  • Geology, 1951-1962 and Geoscience, 1955-1966 (See U 147.27 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • Geology, 1954-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • Geology news clippings, 1955-1962 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Geosciences, 1962-1985 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • Geology, 1971-1976 and Geosciences, 1965-1966 (see U 20.1 College of Arts and Sciences Records)
  • Geology, 1968-1970 and Geosciences, 1965-1969 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Geosciences, 1968-1995 (see U 184.3 University News and Publication Records)
  • Geosciences, 1973-1981 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
  • Geosciences, 1975-1993 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Geosciences, 1977-1980 (see U 1.4 Academic Affairs)
  • Geology, 1982-1983 and Geosciences, 1976-1981 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
  • Texas Tech Geology special bulletins: Geology at Texas Tech (1957)


Geography



Golf Course

  • U 303.1 Golf Records, 2002-2003: This 1 box collection contains materials pertaining to the Rawls Golf Course, including the construction proposal, brochure and an invitation to its grand opening.
  • See artifact list - Rawls Golf Course Opening Day Shadow Box, Sept. 12, 2003
  • Golf Course, 2001-2005 (see U 147.14 President's Office Records)


Government Department

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



Governmental Relations
The Office for Governmental Relations is responsible for the development and implementation of governmental relations programs for the Texas Tech University System. Designated by the Chancellor as the representative of the Texas Tech University System in all matters relating to external communications with governmental entities, the office does a variety of administrative duties, including coordinating governmental activities of Texas Tech, advising the Administration and distributing information.



Graduate School

Texas Tech Graduate School special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Division of graduate study summer 1936 and long session 1936-37 (April 1936), Division of graduate studies announcements for 1938-39 and summer 1939 (September 1938) Division of Graduate Studies 1947 (February 1947) Division of Graduate Studies announcements for 1940 and 1941 (July 1940) Division of Graduate Studies (October 1953), and Division of Graduate Studies (November 1946)

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



Grounds Maintenance

  • U 84.1 Grounds Maintenance Records, 1960-1964: This 1 wallet collection consists of financial records documented in 4 ledgers.
  • U 82.2 Grounds Maintenance Photograph Collection, undated: The 1 print and 2 negative collection contains images of the Texas Tech University's Administration Building.
  • U 82.3 Grounds Maintenance Photograph Collection, 1959: The collection of 6 color slides and 4 negatives contains images of the Texas Tech University’s campus and of beds of chrysanthemum flowers planted around campus.


Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) / Health, Exercise and Sports Science (HESS) / Kinesiology & Sport Management

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



Herald, Rollin

  • Rollin Herald Photograph Collection, 1930s-1980s: The collection contains a large number of prints and negatives on various Texas Tech subjects such as the football and basketball teams, campus buildings and structures, the band and Court Jesters, Carol of Lights, and the ROTC from the 1950s-1970s. The student organizations pictured include Las Chaparritas, Los Camaradas, Silver Key, Adelphi, Kemas, Socii, the College Club,Ko Shari, the Wranglers, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Delta Gamma, Alpha Gamma, Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha, Phi Mu, Phi Kappa Psi, and DFD.


Heritage Club
In 1965, the Mortar Board and the Southwest Collection joined together to preserve the pictorial history of the university. “The Pictures for Posterity” project asked alumni, faculty and staff to contribute images that would document the start and evolution of Tech. A frequent donor of photographs, president Clifford B. Jones wrote, “How fine it is that this effort is being put forth. I have always been so intrigued by the possibility and need to preserve this area’s history.”

  • Heritage Club Photograph Collection: This collection deals with images of Texas Tech University. The photographs detail life at the University since its inception in the early 1920s until the present.  It has various images of students, faculty and staff, special events, athletic events, and buildings, as well as aerial views of the campus.


Hill Country Campus



History Department

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • Department of History Report, 1968: This report includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budget, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years.
  • U 86.1 History Department Records, 1953-2000: This 4 box collection consists of office and committee files of the Department of History at Texas Tech University. Included are correspondence and communications, committee meeting minutes, policy statements, and self study reports for various Texas Tech departments. Also included are graduate and undergraduate curricula information and test competencies. Of particular interest are the files from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Committee. These records highlight the tenure controversy when Lauro Cavazos served as President of the university. They also address academic freedom and censorship in regards to the play "Equus."
  • U 441 .1 History Department Records, 1966-2001: This 2 box collection of files maintained by Dr. Otto Nelson consists of departmental correspondence and communications, committee meeting minutes, and graduate and undergraduate curricula and test competencies.
  • U 436.1 Chester Alwyn Barr Jr. Records, 1965-2004: This 4 box collection includes correspondence, general files, literary productions, photographs, printed material, and research material concerning Connor's work and research on Southwestern history.
  • S 210.1 Seymour V. Connor Papers, 1847-1980: This 4 box collection includes correspondence, various committee and council materials and minutes, and office files pertaining to the activities of the Texas Tech University History Department.
  • S 490.1 Harry A. Jebsen, Jr., Papers, 1974-1979: This 1 box collection consists student papers on the history of sports and recreation in the United States and on immigrant life in America.
  • U 357.1 John Cowper Granbery, 1931: This 1 wallet collection consists of one photocopy of "Students' Prolegomena to Philosophy."
  • S 381.10 Lawrence L. Graves Papers, 1957-1990 and undated: This 2 box collection concerns Graves’ tenure at Texas Tech University as a history professor, as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and as interim President of the University. Included are materials from the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, lecture notes, and correspondence and other material concerning various academic organizations.
  • S 381.11 Lawrence L. Graves Papers, 1947-1993 and undated: This 1 wallet collection contains correspondence, printed material, and scrapbook material relating to Dr. Lawrence Graves activities at Texas Tech University.
  • S 381 Lawrence L. Graves Papers, 1947-1996 and undated: This 7 wallet collection contains correspondence, printed material, and scrapbook material relating to Dr. Lawrence Graves activities at Texas Tech University.
  • U 451.1 John Howe Collection, 1969: This 1 wallet collection contains 1 mounted photograph taken by T. Orland of Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and Jerry Uelsmann in 1969.
  • S 455.1 William Curry Holden and Frances Mayhugh Papers, 1836-1989 and undated: This 84 box collection includes correspondence, financial material, research material, and literary productions pertaining to Holden's career as a teacher, writer and administrator. Also includes personal correspondence and scrapbook material. Bulks (1915-1973) with research notes, rough drafts, and correspondence related to his scholarly publications. Of particular interest is a collection of diaries written by Dr. Holden's students during an archaeological field expedition to Mexico.
  • U 365.1 Barton A. Myers Papers, 2011: This 1 wallet collection consists of written student responses to the death of Osama bin Laden as well as a CD recording of the final class discussion. The class was History of "Small Wars": The American Experience.
  • S 789.1 William Martin Pearce Papers, 1932-1974: This collection consists of literary productions, news clippings, correspondence, and articles from historical journals. Much of the material relates to Pearce's book on the Matador Land and Cattle Company, and to work done with Carl Coke Rister on Rister's book about the oil industry. It includes correspondence regarding academic and administrative affairs at Texas Tech University, as well as accounts of archaeological expeditions to sand hill sites in Bailey and Lamb counties of Texas (1932) and in Mexico (1940).
  • U 500.1 Ronald Rainger Papers, 1993 and undated: This collection consists of a book review and draft of a paper delivered at a conference, both authored by Dr. Rainger.
  • U 266.1 Dr. James V. Reese Papers, 1962-1984: This 1 box collection consists of academia newsletters, business material, tourist guides, and materials related to Rice Univeristy and Stephen F. Austin University.
  • S 487.1 Dr. James V. Reese Papers, 1959-1977 and undated: This is 1 wallet collection contains materials related to Dr. Reese's teaching career while with the Texas Tech University History Department. It consists of correspondence, research files, legal material, literary productions, newspaper clippings, Southwest Collection committee, and Reese's vita.
  • S 1123.1 David M. Vigness Papers, 1949-1975 and undated: This 1 box collection includes records pertaining to Vigness' career as a graduate faculty member at Texas Tech University.
  • S 1123.1 Donald Roy Walker Papers, 1902-1994 and undated: This 6 box collection includes 0correspondence, research materials and publications.
  • S 1133.1 Ernest Wallace papers, 1899-1986 and undated: This 34 box, 1 oversized item, 2 wallet, and 3 scrapbooks collection contains TTU History Department memos, general files, organizational files, and financial material. The microfilmed scrapbook materials consist of photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and correspondence concerning the life and career of Ernest Wallace. The collection bulks (1936-1977) with literary productions which include manuscripts and galley proofs.
  • S 1214.1 Charles L. Wood Papers, 1901-1981 and undated: This 9 box collection consists of materials such as faculty reports, course lecture notes, department newsletters and course publicity.
  • S 1220.2 Donald Worcester Papers, 1919-2000 and undated: This 30 box collection consists of correspondence, literary publications, and news clippings.
  • History Department, 1945-1964 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • History and Anthropology news clippings, 1959-1963 (see U 163.1 Scrapbook Collection)
  • History Department, 1962-1967 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • History Department, 1965-1973 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • History, 1965-1976 (see U 20.1 College of Arts and Sciences Records)
  • History, 1969-1979 (see U 184.3 University News and Publication Records)
  • History Department, 1966-1980 (see U 147.9 President's Office Records)
  • History, 1976-1982 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
  • History, 1976-1982 (see U 20.10 Arts and Sciences Records)
  • History, Department of, 1976-1996 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)


History of Engineering and Technology

  • U 88.1 History of Engineering and Technology Records, 1914-1981 and undated: This 1 wallet collection contains general records and contracts pertaining to the Engineering programs at Texas Tech University.
  • History of Engineering, 1970-1986 and undated (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)


History of Engineering Program

  • U 89.1 History of Engineering Programs Records, 1904-1976: This 1 box and 1 oversized folder collection consists of materials pertaining to historical engineering projects undertaken by the History of Engineering Program at Texas Tech.  It includes correspondence, information on cotton harvesting, negatives, photographs, and a scrapbook on the Blankenship Family.


History of Texas Tech


On August 8, 1923, Lubbock received word that the city had been selected as the home of Texas Tech. Classes were held in the fall of 1925 with 914 students enrolled in the Agriculture, Home Economics, Engineering, and Liberal Arts. With an annual combined budget of more than $600 million, Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Medical Center have an economic impact on the state of more than $2 billion annually.

  • U 90.2 History of Texas Tech Records, 1923-1951 and undated: This 1 wallet collection contains news clippings, notes and correspondence pertaining to Texas Technological College. It also contains a copy of The Cattleman, a magazine that featured Texas Tech.
  • See also U 44.1, U 163.1 and U 163.2 for scrapbooks on Texas Tech.


History, Anthropology and Sociology Departments

  • U 91.1 History, Anthropology and Sociology Department Records, 1955-1968: This 1 wallet collection contains correspondence from the Dean of Arts and Sciences, William M. Pearce.
  • U 337.1 William Mayer-Oakes Collection, 1896-2000: This 12 box collection consists of the publications of Dr. Mayer-Oakes as well as the reprints of several of his colleagues in the fields of anthropology and archeology.
  • History Department, 1983-1994 (see U 207.4 Provost's Office Records)


Honors Program / Honors College
The Texas Tech Honors Program emphasizes learning to think through the exchange of viewpoints in small classroom settings whereby students are encouraged to think for themselves and to prepare themselves for a lifetime of self-education. The program’s students are actively involved in committees, decision making concerning course content, recruiting, and evaluating of faculty, as well as publishing the Elysium, a literary and artistic journal, and HON, the Honors Program newsletter.



Horizon Campaign



Housing and Dining (Also referred to as Residence Halls)

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • Dormitories news clippings, 1956-1963 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Housing and Dining Services - brochures, reports and newsletters, 1976-1996 (see U 9.2 Dean of Students Records)
  • See also U 198.1 Residence Standards Board Handbook Records, 1970-1979


Human Sciences, College of
When Texas Technological College opened in 1925, the School of Home Economics boasted enrollment of 78 students, three staff persons, and was composed of the department of Clothing and Design and the department of Foods and Nutrition. The school was one of the four original units of Texas Technological College, and grew to include over 19 faculty members by 1955. The faculty even taught art courses until an art department was later established in 1927. Under the strong leadership of its former deans, the School of Home Economics became the College of Human Sciences in 1993. The college underwent another name change in 2024 as the College of Health & Human Sciences..

Texas Tech Home Economics special bulletins, brochures, programs and reports:

Education in Home Ecnomics at Texas Technological College with Announcements for 1929-1930 (July 1929), The Annual Open House program covers the 8th annual open house of the Division of Home Economics for 1940, You Questions Regarding College. Division of Home Economics (August 1942), Division of Home Economics (December 1950), School of Home Economics 1958-1960 (May 1958), The School of Home Economics 1959-1961 (October 1959), The School of Home Economics 1961-1963 (October 1961)

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • College of Home Economics Long Range Plans, 1968: This bound volume includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budgets, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years. The departments covered are Clothing and Textiles, Food and Nutrition, Home and Family Life, and Home Economics Education.
  • U 92.1 Home Economics Records, 1941-1947: This is a 1 wallet collection.
  • U 92.2 Home Economics Records, 1975-1978: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 92.3 Home Economics Records, 1952-1981 and undated: This 7 box collection contains material documenting the activities of Texans for ERA. Included are organizational records, correspondence, printed material, and brochures. Eight posters on ERA transferred to oversize section.
  • U 93.1 Home Economics Department Records, 1967, 1971: This 2 wallet collection includes brochures and programs concerning the Home Economics Department at Texas Tech University.
  • U 94.1 College of Home Economics Records, 1975, 1978: This 1 oversized item collection contains the printed manuscript of Tips and Topics, dated 1975-1978.
  • U 261.1 College of Human Sciences Records, 1925-1998: This 36 boxes, 59 scrapbooks, 2 blueprints and 72 sound recordings collection includes annual departmental reports, alumni recollections, faculty biographies, degree programs and proposals, and historical information on Phi Upsilon Omicron. Many of the scrapbooks have been digitized and are available for viewing as PDFs here.
  • U 261.2 College of Human Sciences Records, 1970-2000 and undated: This two box collection consists of various files on the Texas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Texas Home Economics Association, and the American Home Economics Association. Also included is a gavel.
  • U 261.2 Human Sciences Photograph Collection, 1960-1990: The collection contains 88 prints and 17 color photocopies of various images of children and staff at the Child Development Center at Texas Tech University. Most of the children's photos show them learning and playing. There are also several images of children who are blind. The color photocopies are of the McDuff children- Glen (1960-1961) and Karen (1973-1975), both of whom attended the Child Development Center. The CD contains scans of all the images.
  • U 261.3 College of Human Sciences Records, undated: This one box collection contains mounted donor, alumni and scholarship biographies, photographs and listings.
  • U 261.4 College of Human Sciences Records, 2002-2004 and undated: This collection consists a oversized certificate for the SIFE USA Regional Competition, 2 loose group portraits of faculty and staff on the steps of Doak Hall, and 6 matted group portraits of faculty and staff on the steps of Doak Hall.
  • U 261.5 College of Human Sciences Records, 1925-2004: This 3 box collection consists of research materials, photographs and drafts on the history of the College of Human Sciences, and "Tips and Topics" newsletter. There are also newspaper articles about the college and printed materials related to home economics. 484 prints, 19 negatives, 25 contact sheets and 5 slides are included within the collection.
  • U 261.6 College of Human Sciences Collection, undated: This collection consists 2 large rolled banners: one states "Texas Home Economics Education" and the other is "American Home Economics Association."
  • U 523.1 Home Economics Alumni Association Records, 1987-2008: The 1 box collection contains correspondence, membership information, organizational records, meeting minutes, and printed materials.
  • U 371.1 Margarette Harden Mercer Collection, 1940-2000: This collection consists of the research, publications, and field notes of Dr. Margarette Harden Mercer. There are also 721 slides in this collection and 10 scrapbooks.
  • U 504.1 Jean Pearson Scott Papers, 1976-2015: The 1 box collection contains printed material, curriculum vitae, and course notes related to Dr. Scott academic career at Texas Tech.
  • S 622.1 Arch Green Lamb and Mina Wolf Lamb Papers, 1832-2002: Includes Mina Lambs' teaching and research files.
  • S 1079.2 Willa Vaughn Tinsley Papers, 1957-1972: The 1 box collection contains plaques and a certificate presented to Tinsley in recognition of her achievements in home economics
  • S 1146.1 Margaret W. Weeks Papers, 1925-1967: This 2 box collection consists of Week's office files as the first Dean of the School of Home Economics at Texas Technological College.
  • S 1210.1 Ilse Hildegarde Wolf Papers, 1926-1942: This 1 wallet collection consists of scrapbook and legal materials pertaining to Wolf's education and career. It bulks (1926-1942) with a news clipping scrapbook.
  • Home Economics, 1935-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • Child Development and Family Relations, 1952-1959, Dean of Home Economics, 1951-1959, and Food and Nutrition, 1951-1966 (see U 147.27 President's Office Records)
  • Home Economics, 1954-1974 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
  • Home Economics news clippings, 1957-1962 (see U 163.1 Scrapbook Collection)
  • Home Economics, 1960-1972 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • Home Economics, 1966-1983 (see U 184.3 University News and Publication Records)
  • Home Economics, 1970-1992 (see U 207.1 Office of the Provost Records, 1963-1995 and undated)
  • Home Economics, 1971-1995 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Home Economics, 1974-1984: departmental reports and reviews, and Horn Professor nomination packet for Camille G. Bell (see U 102.1 Institutional Self-Study Records)
  • Home Economics, 1979-1984
  • Institute for Child and Family Studies, 1985-1997 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Home Economics - self-study and strategic planning, 1990-1991 (see U 207.5 Provost's Office Records)
  • Human Sciences, 1995-2002 (see U 184.3 University News and Publication Records)


Inaugurations
The pertaining to the ceremonies and planning involved with the inauguration of the presidents of Texas Tech University.

  • U 98.1 Inaugurations Records, 1944-1989 and undated: This is a 2 box collection.
  • U 98.1 Inaugurations Photograph Collection, 1966: The collection consists of two prints of guests of the Arid and Semi-arid Lands symposium and Dr. Murray's Inauguration, October, 1966. Pictured include John W. Gardner, Emilio Portes Gil, Dr. Grover E. Murray, Dillon S. Ripley, and Stewart L. Udall. The first symposium on Arid and Semi-arid Lands was held in conjunction with the inauguration of Dr. Grover E. Murray as the eighth president of the university October 30-November 1, 1966. As a geologist, Dr. Murray held a long-time interest in the study of desert environments and was instrumental in founding the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS) at Texas Tech in 1967. Participants for the symposium included John W. Gardner, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Stewert L. Udall, secretary of the Interior; Emilio Portes Gil, former president of Mexico; and Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
  • U 98.2 Inaugurations Records, 2000-2001: This 1 wallet collection concerns the inaugural ceremony for David Schmidly.


Industrial Engineering

Texas Tech Industrial Engineering special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), Division of Engineering (June 1955), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962)

Manuscript Collections:



Information Services
The Office of Information Services was responsible for handling the public relations aspects of Texas Tech University. This department has been called several names over the years, including Photographic Services, Public Information, University News and Publications, and News and Publications. It is currently going under the name of Communications and Marketing.

  • U 100.11 Information Services Records, 1936-1978 (Series 1 and 2): This 33 box collection is comprised of two series: I. Subject Files, 1957-1976 (21 boxes) and II. News Releases, 1936-1978 (12 Boxes). The subject files cover most campus and academic departments, their faculties and staff, as well as major events and activities. They include a variety of materials such as press releases, news clippings, pamphlets, brochures, speeches, and programs. The news releases and news logs are arranged chronologically and for the most part ones were written and issued by the university. Many of these are duplicated in the subject files.
  • U 100.11 Information Services Negative Collection, 1951-1996 and undated (Series 3): This 6 box collection contains 43,747 negatives, most of which were taken for use in the La Ventana [TTU's yearbook]. Some of the images in this collection have been digitized and are available for viewing here.
  • U 100.11 Information Services Photograph Collection, 1951-1975 and undated (Series 4): This 6 box collection contains 4,713 prints, 7 mounted prints, 70 negatives, 25 flongs, 38 contact sheets, 665 slides and 5 transparencies. Most of the images were taken or aquired for use in the La Ventana [TTU's yearbook]. Some of the images in this collection have been digitized and are available for viewing here.


The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH)

Oral History Interviews:

  • Seshadri Ramkumar oral history interview- faculty (2020)

Manuscript Collections:

  • Environmental Studies, Institute of, 1994 and Institute for Environmental and Human Health, 1997-1998 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • U 234.1 The Institute of Environmental and Human Health Records, 1997: This 1 wallet collection contains the contract for property lease for Reese Air Force Base.
  • The Institute of Environmental Human Health, 2005-2006 (see U 147.25 President's Office Records)


Institute for Disaster Research



Institute for Studies in Pragmatism
The Charles Sanders Peirce Sesquicentennial International Congress was a conference celebrating the great American philosopher, C. S. Pierce. The conference was hosted jointly by Harvard and Texas Tech University. Kenneth Ketner is Peirce Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University and runs the Institute for Studies in Pragmatism held at Harvard University.

  • U 101.1 Institute for Studies in Pragmatism Records, 1989: This 1 wallet collection includes programs, information packets, and schedules for the Charles Sanders Pierce Sesquicentennial International Congress conducted jointly by 6 Texas Tech University and Harvard University. Also includes a souvenir satchel.
  • Institute for Studies in Pragmatism, 1973-1982 (see U 1.5 Academic Affairs)
  • Institute for Studies in Pragmatism, 1979-1982 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
  • Institute for Studies in Pragmatism, 1979-1980 (see U 1.4 Academic Affairs)


Institutional Advancement (Development)



Institutional Research and Information Management (IRIM); later Institutional Research (IR)
The department of Institutional Research and Information Management provides precise statistical and management information to all units of the university, regulators, and others; designs, develops, and implements strategies and techniques to research, assess, and improve effectiveness. For statistical purposes and for public relations use, the department collected files on Texas Tech faculty, staff and athletic coaches that were separate from what was collected by the university's Human Resources Office.

  • U 278.1 Institutional Research and Information Management Records, 1920-present: This 120 box collection consists of various faculty and staff files collected from the start of the university until about 1994. [Note: These are not the official university personnel files, which reside in the Office of Human Resources.] Since the collection was processed, many of the files have been updated by the University Archives with materials such as new photographs, obituaries, news clippings and vitas.
  • U 530.1 Institutional Research Reports, 1925-2021: This 4 box collection consists of reports primarily focused on topics such as student retention, student enrollment, statistical summaries, and strategic plans for Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University System.


International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS)
In 1966, The International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies (ICASALS) was created to promote Tech’s interdisciplinary study of arid and semi-arid environments and the human relationships to those environments, from an international perspective. Arid and semiarid environments encompass about one-third of the earth's land surface. ICASALS’s goal was "to stimulate, coordinate, and implement teaching, research, and public service activities and international development programs concerning all aspects of the world's arid and semiarid areas, their peoples, and their problems". The center is involved in and organizes various symposia, research projects, conferences, publications, and consultations. The first symposium on Arid and Semi-arid Lands was held in conjunction with the inauguration of Dr. Grover E. Murray as the eighth president of the university October 30-November 1, 1966. As a geologist, Dr. Murray held a long-time interest in the study of desert environments and was instrumental in founding ICASALS at Texas Tech. Participants for the symposium included John W. Gardner, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Stewert L. Udall, secretary of the Interior; Emilio Portes Gil, former president of Mexico; and Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



International Cultural Center (ICC)
Also originally referred to as the Multicultural Services Center and the Lubbock International Cultural Center. It began as the Lubbock International Cultural Center (LICC) and was incorporated on September 26, 1986. On September 15, 1988, it received 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. In the November of 1991 meeting, the Texas Tech Board of Regents agreed to offer a campus location at 4th Street and Indiana Avenue.



Jones Stadium
The Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium was dedicated on November 29, 1947. Named for the former Texas Tech president, the stadium seated 18,000. A 1959 excavation lowered the playing field to a depth of 28 feet and widened the stadium to the east for additional seating, allowing capacity of 30,000. Successive additions to the stadium to 41,500 capacity in 1969 and 47,000 in 1972. The Lettermen's Lounge was completed on the north side of the stadium in 1979. A large Double-T scoreboard was added above the athletic department offices on the south, which were expanded and renovated in 1990 after the addition of the Athletic Training Facility in 1986.

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • Jones Stadium, 1935-1971 (see S 499.1 Clifford B. Jones Papers)
  • U 23.7 Sports Information Photograph Collection, undated: This 1 wallet collection contains 23 prints of a variety of images related to Jones Stadium and 2 identical prints of a view of Fuller Track and Field facilities. The stadium images include day and night time views, interior views of the infirmary and athlete workout areas, downed light poles, snow removal in the stadium, laying down of the circular track around the outside of the playing field, and fans in the stands.
  • U 244.1 Jones Stadium Scrapbook, 1946-2000: Denver Ward, foreman of the Tidmore Construction Company, compiled this scrapbook documenting the construction and renovation of Jones Stadium from 1946-2000.
  • U 212.6 Buildings- Miscellaneous Photographs, 1947: This collection of 63 prints and 4 negatives consist of images of the 1947 construction of University's Jones Stadium. The photos were taken by Jim Dallas of Lubbock, Texas, for the Oldt-Midwest Company, a contractor on the project. James Burville Nanney, a relative of the donor, had acquired the photos while he was working on the stadium's construction.
  • Stadium, 1934-1964 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
  • Jones Stadium correspondence, information, proposals, expansion, and usage 1952-1959 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • Jones Stadium expansion news clippings, 1957-1962 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Jones Stadium, 1987-1990 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Jones Stadium Renovation, 2000-2002 (see U 147.5 Student Government Association Records)
  • Jones Stadium, 2001-2005 (see U 147.14 President's Office Records)
  • Jones Stadium Parking Tag Packet, 2003 (see U 279.1 Red Raider Club Records)


Junction Campus (originally known as the University Center at Junction)



KOHM-FM
The campus radio station at Texas Tech University, KOHM is located at 89.1 on the FM dial.



KTXT-TV and KTXT-FM
On October 16, 1962, KTXT-TV broadcasted its first programs as Texas Tech’s non-commercial television station. Its programming is broadcast through local channel 5. KTXT-FM is a non-commercial, educational radio station operated by Texas Tech University students through the Department of Student Media and is governed by OP 30.01.

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



La Ventana
The La Ventana publication is the official yearbook for Texas Tech University.

  • The La Ventana yearbooks (1926-2009) have been digitized and are viewable here.
  • U 109.2 La Ventana Negative Collection, 1970-1973 and undated: The collection of 31,800 negatives consists of images taken by the staff of the La Ventana for publication of the university yearbook.
  • U 109.3 La Ventana Negative Collection, 1964-1988 and undated: The collection of 121,400 negatives consists of images taken by the staff of the La Ventana for publication of the university yearbook.
  • U 109.4 La Ventana Negative Collection, 1965-1966: The collection of 605 negatives and nine proofs consists of images taken by the staff of the La Ventana for publication of the university yearbook.
  • U 109.5 La Ventana Photograph Collection, 1942-1943: The collection consists of three prints of students and the Red Cross at a war time relief drive. The images were used in the 1942-1943 La Ventana yearbook.
  • U 109.6 La Ventana Negative Collection, 1934-1995: This artificial collection of 26 negatives features images photographed from various La Ventana yearbooks per a patron's request. Many are athletic images.
  • La Ventana I Negative Collection, 1962-1983 and undated
  • La Ventana II Negative Collection, 1960-1984 and undated


Latin American Area Studies Program



Law School

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:



LGBTQIA Education and Engagement, Office of

  • U 471.1 Office of LGBTQIA Education and Engagement Records, 2014-2023: This 5 box and 1 oversized item collection consists of buttons, photographs, program fliers, posters, meeting minutes, presentation notes, mounted T-shirts and ephemera, and news articles on LGBTQIA supported and sponsored activities at Texas Tech University, including the annual Lavender Graduation ceremony and the Big 12 LGBTQIA and Allies Summits. The Office of LGBTQIA Education and Engagement also began a collaboration with the Southwest Collection in the spring of 2018 to conduct, preserve and transcribe LGBTQIA related oral history interviews.
  • LGBTQIA Oral History Project
  • Big 12 LGBTQIA and Allies Summit


Library
The Texas Tech University Library serves as a resource for information that provides support to the University's teaching, research, and service mission and its quest for excellence in all endeavors. Serving both on campus and in the larger community, the Library provides information resources by participating in reciprocal borrowing agreements among libraries in the state and nation. One of two regional depositories for U.S. government documents in Texas, the Library also serves as a depository for U. S. patents and trademarks, and for Texas State Documents.

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • Library Blueprints
  • S 488.1 Ray C. Janeway Papers, 1962-1982: This 1 wallet and 1 scrapbook collection is comprised of a scrapbook and printed material. The printed materials are a film script and responses to the suggestion box at the Texas Tech University Library.
  • U 112.1 Library Records, 1925-1985 and undated: This 20 box and 1 oversized folder collection contains annual reports, budget information, activities and committee reports, 6 sound recordings, blueprints, and 9 photographs.
  • U 112.1 Library Photograph Collection, 1947-1965 and undated: This collection consists of various images of Texas Tech staff and faculty, many of which worked in the Library- Katherine Bridges, Zona Edwards, Paulie Bain Brittain, Harold Simpson, R. C. Goodwin, Ray C. Janeway, Iva Richey Beene Parks; a group portrait of unidentified men; the 1938 Texas Tech Board of Directors; and four images of people attending the 1958 Junior College Workshop at Texas Tech.
  • U 112.2 Library Photograph Collection, 1974-2001 and undated: This collection consists of six images of the Library staff and facilities, one image of the Library Addition under construction in 1974, and one image of the Cluff family attending a retirement party for Library Dean Cluff in 2001. Pictured include Ken Ketner, Ken, Carol Joiner and Sharon Kohout.
  • U 112.3 Art in the Library Committee Records, 1994-2004: This 1 box collection contains annual reports, photographs, and activities reports and emails.
  • U 112.4 Library Faculty Committee Records, 1993- : This 1 box collection contains the annual activity compilations for the three Library faculty committees - the Faculty Executive Committee (2010-2022), the Promotion and Tenure Committee (1993-2010), and the Faculty Research Committee (2014-2019). Included are meeting minutes, procedures and bylaws updates, ballot information, and various versions of the academic status and tenure guidelines.
  • U 112.6 Library Faculty Records, 1938-2006 and undated : This 10 box and 5 oversized item collection includes achievement reports and planning statements, committee and council reports, various operation files from Library Dean Dale Cluff, personnel files, information on building renovations for the Library, and correspondence.
  • U 112.7 Library Development Records, 1925-2001 and undated : This 7 box and 1 oversized folder collection contains office files, budget information, event information and planning, Friends of the Library activities, and development proposals and reports. Also included are 470 prints, 9 contact sheets, 222 negatives, and 1 cassette tape.
  • U 112.8 Library Development Records, 1925-2001 and undated : This 1 item collection consists of a bound oversized ledger for Texas Tech Library circulation statistics from 1947-1992.
  • U 112.9 Library Photograph Collection, 2001 : This collection consists of 14 prints and 11 negatives of images from the 2001 Faculty Book Exhibit Ceremony in the Croslin Room, a view of the 3-D University Center expansion model, and the English/Philosophy Building under construction. Faculty pictured include Alwyn Barr, John Burns, Paul Carlson, Sankar Chatterjee, Jorge Iber, and Janet Neugabauer.
  • U 112.10 Library Photograph Collection, 1989 and undated : This collection of 87 prints and 26 negatives consists of images of library staff and student assistants at work and parties, the circulation desk decorated for Christmas (1989) and staff with a large snake that had been let loose in the library stacks.
  • U 112.17 Library Records, 1966-1992 and undated: This 3 box collection contains miscellaneous files, including the Library's newsletters; a file pertaining to the Library's attempt to acquire the records and research material of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art; publications by Texas Tech Foundation and Research Services; copies of the 1981 House and Senate Bills of the 67th Legislature; achievement reports from the Library; and Board of Regent meeting minutes from 1983-1986.
  • U 112.17 Library Photograph Collection, 1940s and undated: This collection consists of nineteen prints and 18 negatives of groups of individuals, building structures, and ceremonies relating to the Texas Tech University Library. An artificial collection, the images were reproduced in 1997 from the Heritage Club collection and from the 1940s La Ventanas.
  • U 112.18 Library Photograph Collection, July 1987 : This collection consists of 72 color slides of the interior of the Texas Tech University Library and members of its staff and administration.
  • U 112.19 Library Photograph Collection, 1999: Taken by Robert Suddarth Photography, this collection consists of 5 prints of the newly renovated interior of the Texas Tech University Library, including Government Documents, the Fifth Floor stacks, and one of the TLTC computer lab.
  • U 112.20 Library Exhibit Items, 2000: This 2 oversized box collection contains exhibit panels concerning the Library's renovation.
  • U 112.20 Library Photograph Collection, 1995? : Taken by Pamela Cooper, these 4 color prints are of the presentation of a bicycle to Ed Brousard, who worked for Library Development. Brousard's car had been broken into and a collection was taken up to buy him the bicycle. Also includes a newspaper clipping on Cooper's death. All donated by Bruce Cammack.
  • U 112.21 Library Records, 1972-2001: This 11 box collection consists of miscellaneous office files belonging to the Dean of the Library. Including is the Academic Council, access services, acquisitions, the Administrative Council, correspondence, personnel files, and the Texas Library Association activities. Eleven blueprints, donated by the Wind Engineering department, of the Library have been placed into oversized.
  • U 112.22 Library Records, 1975-2000: This 3 box collection contains various administrative reports, meeting minutes, media placements concerning library activities and personnel, committee materials, and search committee information. The photographs, and audio and video recordings also pertain to library activities and personnel.
  • U 112.22 Library Photographs, 1990s : Included in the collection are 23 negatives, 19 contact sheets, and 59 prints. The images are of Library staff and administration; Texas Tech Library's induction into ARL; dedication and groundbreaking of the Southwest Collection/Special Collection's building; and author David McCullough signing books.
  • U 112.23 Library Development Records, 1977-2008: This 2 box collection contains grant applications and office files covering grant application and awards from the Texas Tech Library, the Southwest Collection, the Vietnam Archive and the Archive of the Turkish Oral Narrative.
  • U 550.1 Robert G. Weiner Popular Culture Collection, 1891-2023: This 43 boxes collection consists of comic books, graphic novels, books, newsletters, and magazines, as well as Weiner's personal research materials, copies of his publications, and articles in which Weiner was interviewed or being featured.
  • U 47.1 Elizabeth Howard West Papers, 1835-1939 and undated: This 1 box collection consists with correspondence and research notes compiled during her chairmanship of the Southwestern Library Association's Regional Literature Program SWLA) in Texas (1934-1936), her career as librarian at the Texas State Library and Texas Technological College, and materials related to West's master's thesis, "Cartography of the French and Spanish Expansion.
  • Laying of the Library Cornerstone and the new library, 1932-1938 (see U 147.13 President's Office Records)
  • Library, 1938-1944 (See U 147.17 President's Office Records)
  • Library, 1952-1960 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • Library news clippings, 1955-1962 (See U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
  • Library, 1958-1969 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
  • Library - committees, reports, donations, workloads, and promotion, 1961-1990 (see U 1.5 Academic Affairs)
  • Library, 1965-1973 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
  • University Libraries, 1965-1987 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
  • Library, 1966-1971 (see S 977.1 W. L. Stangel Papers)
  • Library, 1966-1998 (see U 184.3 University News and Publication Records)
  • Library, 1967-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
  • Library Committee, 1976-1985 (see U 48.1 Committee Records)
  • Library - ACRL self-study, undated (see U 207.5 Provost's Office Records)


Library External Relations and Outreach

  • U 275.1 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, 2001: The collection of 50 color negatives and 32 color prints consists of various images of Library staff, office space, and Tina Fuentes's art work. Pictured are D'Ann Harmon, David Marshall, Brian Quinn, Jan Kemp, Dawn Dockter, Greg Nelson, Richard Kyle, Carol Roberts, Liz Applin, Sarah Tollett, Amy Chang, Steve Bogener, and Donald Dyal.
  • U 275.2 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, April 27, 2001: The collection of 16 color prints of document Arbor Day planting activities. Included are images of the Will Rogers Statue wrapped in black crepe paper, the Masked Rider on horseback, Chancellor John Montford at the podium, the releasing of red and black balloons, and group portraits of Library staff participating in the planting activities.
  • U 275.3 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, May 14, 2001: The collection of 11 color prints consist of staff in a style show showing off shirts and jerseys with the Library logo. Pictured are Robin Bray, Peter Kargbo, Jo Ann Altman, Lisa Gonzales, David Marshall, and Donell Callender.
  • U 275.4 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, February, 2002: The collection of 39 black & white prints consist of candids of the Men's Basketball team for an ESPN photo shoot.
  • U 275.5 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, 2001: The collection consists of images from various Library activities. 14 color prints show Library staff- Adrian Levya, Eric Law, Dawn Dockter, Scott Devine, Amy Chang, Jan Kemp, and Myra Brown participating in the "Raising a Reader Book Festival" event at Mahon Public Library on May 5, 2001. 4 color prints are of a Preston Smith exhibit on May 5, 2001. The last set are of 3 prints of the first Story Hour on May 5, 2001, and 21 color prints showing Jake Syma and Myra Brown reading to a crowd for Children's Story Hour on August 2001.
  • U 275.6 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, 2001: The collection of 100 color prints documenting the activities of the Library Gala, including attendees and singers. Pictured include Myra Brown, Scott Devine, D'Ann Harmon, Dale Cluff, John Montford, Don Haragan, Idris Traylor, David Schmidly, David Marshall, H. B. Paksoy, and Karen Knight.
  • U 275.7 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, 1997-1999 and undated: The collection of 46 color prints consist of interior and exterior views of the Library after its renovation (1999), interior and exterior views of the Southwest Collection building (August 27, 1997 and undated), and exterior views of the International Cultural Center (undated).
  • U 275.8 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, May 9, 1997: The collection of 96 color prints consists of images taken when Texas First Lady Laura Bush came to the Southwest Collection to rededicate the Coronelli Globe. Tech Regent James Sowell contributed the funds to help restore the globe and have a stand and enclosed built for the globe. The globe was rededicated in Mrs. Bush's honor. Several of the images are close ups of the globe. Persons attending the event included Mrs. Bush, James Sowell, Bruce Cammack, Grover Murray, and Dale Cluff.
  • U 275.9 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, 2001: The collection of 10 color prints and 10 color negatives showing the Library's logo on a white van and furniture in the Architecture Library.
  • U 275.10 Library External Relations and Outreach Photograph Collection, 1995-1996: The collection of 171 color prints and 198 color negatives document the construction of the Southwest Collection building from 1995-1996.


Locating Board

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • U 113.1 Locating Board Records, 1923 and 1938: This 7 box collection contains the applications, proposal and supplemental information submitted by 36 applicants for the location of Texas Technological College. Several include black and white photographs, maps and blueprints. A few also have leather covers. Some of the proposal books and accompanying information have been digitized and are available online here.
  • U 399.1 Establishment of Texas Tech - This collection contains 6 vendor's lien notes concerning land used to establishing Texas Technological College.
  • U 470.1 J. V. Hall Collection, 1923: This 1 item box collection contains a 4 x 6 card containing instructions for people to gather at the depot and sing two songs about Lubbock, lyrics included on the card, to greet the Locating Board at their arrival in town.
  • S ? William Tubbs Papers, 1923: This collection consists of two bank receipts from 1923 concerning the payment for securing land for the creation of the West Texas Technological College, which then became Texas Technological College. William Tubbs paid a sum of $500 on a pledge to secure land that lead to the creation of Texas Tech.



Lubbock Lake Landmark

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Mathematics Department

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McClellan Memorial Infirmary

Oral History Interviews:

Manuscript Collections:

  • S 874.1 Embree R. Rose Papers, 1917-1965: This 1 wallet collection contains news clippings and correspondence dealing with the dedication of the Len and Harriett McClellan Memorial Infirmary. It bulks with news clippings (1950-1965) about the infirmary and student health service at Texas Technological College.
  • Infirmary, 1951-1958 (see U 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
  • Harriet McClellan Property, 1952-1959 and Len McClellan Memorial Infirmary, 1953-1959 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
  • Infirmary, 1954-1955 and undated and Student Health Services, 1952-1967 (see 148.3 Public Information Records)
  • See also Student Health Services


Mechanical Engineering

Texas Tech Mechanical Engineering special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), Division of Engineering (June 1955), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962)

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Media and Communications, College of
Journalism at Texas Tech Technological College emerged first as a course within the English Department when the college opened in 1925-1926. Tech began offering a major in journalism beginning in 1931-1932, and the Journalism Department was established in 1937. The Department of Mass Communications was formed in 1971, combining the Journalism Department and courses in telecommunications from the Speech Department, and advertising courses from the School of Business. The School of Mass Communications was formed in 1988. The College of Mass Communications was formed as a separate and independent unit in 2004. It was renamed the College of Media and Communications in the fall of 2012.

Texas Tech Media Communications special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Journalism at Texas Tech (May 1952), and Journalism at Texas Tech (November 1962)

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Medicine, School of (Health Sciences Center)
The Texas Tech School of Medicine was created on May 29, 1969 by the 61st Texas Legislature and admitted its first class of students in 1972. The process of developing a medical education facility for West Texas, however, began in 1949. In 1954, following a study of the medical community and services provided in the Lubbock area, surveyors determined need for improvement. Professionals were recruited in 1957 to form a Health Survey Committee. The findings of the committee provided the basis for future planning for the School of Medicine. A multi-campus institution with its administrative center in Lubbock and regional campuses at Amarillo, El Paso, and Odessa, it was expanded in 1979 to become the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Following expansions included the establishment of the Schools of Nursing, Allied Health and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Pharmacy School. Also, Allied Health programs were also expanded to Amarillo and Odessa.

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Memorabilia

  • U 119.1 Memorabilia, 1929- : This 2 box collection contains various memorabilia relating to Texas Tech which collected over the years by various sources. Each of the items are listed on the full artifact list as well.
  • U 119.2 Memorabilia, 1930s: 2 textiles from the 1930s.
  • U 119.3 Memorabilia, undated: 1 framed mirror with Tech logos.
  • U 119.4 Memorabilia, 1927 and 1939: 3 textiles from 1927-1939.
  • U 119.5 Memorabilia, 1938-1967: This one wallet collection contains: 1) six student ID images dated from 1955-1964, 2) four Student Activity [ticket] Books for 1956-1957, 3) ten punch card student meal tickets from 1967, 4) an unused 1956 "Conference Notes" pad with the tower of the Administration Building on it, and 5) three loose student photos of William R. Potts (1940), Curtis Aquilla Hyatt (1941) and Johnie Pearl Mantooth (1938).


Mentor Tech

  • U 512.1 Mentor Tech Records, 2003-2018: The 1 box collection contains copies of TTU Mentor Tech Directories (2003-2004) and annual scholarship banquet programs (2007-2018).


Military Affairs / Military Science

Texas Tech Military Science special bulletins, brochures and programs:

Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), President's Annual Report: Opening 1942-43 Session (November 1942), The Arts (May 1951), and Correspondence Courses Offered for Military Personnel (February 1946)

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Modern and Classical Foreign Languages

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Museum of Texas Tech University
The Museum was founded as the West Texas Museum in 1929, shortly after Texas Technological College was chartered in 1925. Dr. William Curry Holden served as its first director until 1969 when he retired. He oversaw the construction of the first building, which began as a basement only, through the completion of that facility, to the construction and occupation of the current buildings in 1970. Dr. Holden also identified the first Folsom projectile points from the Lubbock Lake area which became the Lubbock Lake Landmark State Historical Park, an internationally recognized center for studies of early man in the New World.When the Museum moved into its present quarters at 4th and Indiana Avenue, the former building was converted into classroom and office spaces as Holden Hall. The reorganized institution was renamed the Museum of Texas Tech University and the Natural Science Research Laboratory was added. Significant additions to the Museum have occurred over the past 30 years including the establishment of the Ranching Heritage Center (dedicated in 1976 and established as a separate university entity in 1998), the construction of permanent interpretation and research facilities at the Lubbock Lake Landmark (1990), and the building of the Diamond M Wing to house the tremendous Diamond M Fine Art Collection (1995).

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    The Museum Photograph Collection
    An artificial collection of photographs, postcards, and other memorabilia that were collected from various donors.  The collection was called The Museum Collection because it once resided at the Texas Tech Museum and the name remains, despite the relocation of the collection to the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. A searchable inventory is available here.



    Music, School of
    Texas Tech has offered musical courses since 1925, but not until 1952 was a Bachelor of Music made a degree option. By the academic year 1954-1955, there were nine full-time staff members and 3 part-time. The band's increasing membership caused numerous moves for the department around campus until a music building was finally constructed in 1951.

    Directors for the Goin' Band from Raiderland are: W. H. Waghorne, 1925-1926; Harry Lemaire, 1926-1934; Dewey O. Wiley, 1934-1959; Dean Killion, 1959-1980; Keith Bearden, 1981-2003; and Christopher Anderson, 2003-2010; Keith Dye and Duane Hill, 2010-2011; Duane Hill, 2012-March 30, 2018 and Eric Allen, 2012-present; and Eric Allen, Joel Pagan and Dr. Ryan Smith, 2018-present.

    Texas Tech Music special bulletins, brochures and programs:

    Summer Band School for Band Teachers, College Students and Graduate Students (May 1941), The Arts (May 1951), Music at Texas Tech (October 1952), Music at Texas Tech (August 1960), and Art, Drama, and Music at Texas Tech (December 1966)

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    • Music Blueprints
    • Music related oversized items
    • Rollin Herald Photograph Collection, 1930s-1980s - contains a large number of prints and negatives from the 1960s-1970s on the marching band, concert bands, the Court Jesters, and various band camps. Many of the negatives are from various football game performances.
    • Department of Music Report, 1968: This report includes historical information concerning enrollment, departmental budget, faculty and plans for the next 5-10 years.
    • The History of the Texas Tech University Orchestra, 1925-1964 (Thesis by Laura Ann Flanagan, 2020)
    • U 26.1 Band Records, 1926-1974 and undated: This 1 box and 1 oversized box collection contains printed materials, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbook materials, the Texas House Concurrent Resolution, and memorabilia. The photographs were transferred to the Heritage Club Photograph Collection.
    • U 394.1 Robert Deahl Papers, 1999 and 2015: This 1 wallet collection contains Deahl's typed remembrance of Gene Hemmle and a cover letter from his wife, Lora, seeking to donate the typed pages to the archives.
    • U 369.1 John Gillas Collection, 1971-2009: This 12 box collection consists of photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, programs, and scores from Mr. Gillas’s personal collection.
    • S 410.1 Leon Harris Papers, 1938-1984: This 3 box collection contains pre-game and half time marching band scripts which Harris used.
    • S 410.2 Leon Harris Papers, 1983-1985: This 2 wallet collection contains pre-game and half-time marching band programs, a program for the 8th Annual Texas Marching Band Festival, line-up cards, scripts and other band related items.
    • U 314.1 Gene Kenney Scrapbook, 1956-2007: This 1 scrapbook collection pertains mainly to the activities of the Texas Tech Choir, of which Gene Kenney was the director.
    • S 534.1 M. Dean Killion Papers, 1938-1985: This 3 box collection contains information on the professional activities of Killion, including correspondence relating to the Fresno State and Texas Tech University bands, various band clinics, and contests judged. Also includes considerable amounts of practice music for various instruments, quizzes, other band curricula, scrapbook material, and papers pertaining to organizations to which he belonged.
    • U 529.1 Harry LeMaire Sr. Collection, 1909-2002: The oversized box contains correspondence, newsletters, and newsclippings related to the career of musician and Texas Tech band director LeMaire. Also included in the paving liens for LeMaire's rental properties in Lubbock, an encapsulated handwritten musical composition for "The Matador Song" (1936?), a copy of the Texas Tech Song book (1944), and 34 photographs of LeMaire and his family.
    • S 564.1 Harry LeMaire, 1925-1991: This 2 wallet collection contains correspondence, financial material, and teaching material of Le Maire, Texas Technological College's first band director and author of The Matador Song.
    • S 752.1 James B. Nevins Papers, 1937-1945: This 1 wallet collection includes copies of programs of band concerts and clinics in which Nevins participated.
    • U 123.1 School of Music Records, 1934-2010 and undated: This 19 box collection consists of programs, flyers, news clippings, photographs, audio and visual recordings, and memorabilia of the School of Music ensembles, as well as various band service organizations.
    • U 123.2 School of Music Records, 1953-1988: This 4 box collection contains correspondence, performance program booklets, committee notes, and curriculum notes.
    • U 123.3 Music Department Records, 1979-1989: This 1 box collection contains newspaper clippings, 11 prints, and correspondence about the School of Music between 1979 and 1989, and pertains mainly to the history of the carillon program at Texas Tech, including the musicians who play the instruments.
    • U 123.4 Music Department Slide Collection, 1974-1991 and undated: The collection consists of 466 slides featuring various various music related activities. Includes scenes from Madrigal Dinners; scenes from the musicals Carmen and Carousel and the play Patience; scenes from various TTU opera performances; and miscellaneous images of students and faculty playing musical instruments, engaged in vocal performances and participating in events such as Choir Camp.
    • U 123.6 Music Department Records, 1945-1987 and undated: This 22 box collection consists of correspondence, marching band formations, press books, academic program committee, affiliated artists, calendars, commencement, course changes, fraternities and sororities, graduate studies, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, NASM, NEA, Scholarships, Symphonic Band, Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), Twirlers, photographs, and Pre-Game and Half Time Programs.
    • U 123.6 Department of Music Photograph Collection, 1954-1987 and undated: The collection of 267 negatives and 2,097 prints consists of images of the band, its members, and performances. Included are images of drum majors, the marching band, twirlers, the choir, concert bands, court jesters, and football game footage. Three oversized photographs were transferred to UA Oversize Photos box A.
    • U 123.8 Music Department Records, 1945-1996 and undated: This 20 boxes and 1 oversized folder collection is comprised mostly of materials related to various summer camps, such as All-State Choir, Band, Band/Orchestra, and Orchestra, that are held on an annual basis for secondary school students. Musical scores, like Symphony #2 Finale, and its various instrumental parts figure prominently in the collection. Miscellaneous performances in the music department are highlighted, such as a 1993 trip to Carnegie Hall, the annual Madrigal Dinners on campus, Lubbock Summer Repertory, and the University Sing. Also included are 568 prints, 218 contact sheets, 43 negatives and 65 slides.
    • U 123.8 Music Department Photographs, undated: This collection consists of 5 prints and 12 copy negatives of group portraits of the Texas Tech band, both formal and performance portraits, as well as some of the former band directors. Pictured include W. R. Waghorn, Harry LeMaire, and Dewey O. Wiley.
    • U 123.9 Music Department Recordings Collection, 1978-2003: This collection of 265 recordings was donated by former Band Director Keith Bearden and are related to rehearsals and performances of the Texas Tech Goin’ Band from Raiderland dated from 1978-2003.
    • U 123.10 Music Department Records, 1937-2006 and undated: This 15 boxes and 1 oversize box collection consists of various memorandums, committee minutes, band rosters, programs and brochures, memorabilia and sound and video recordings.
    • U 123.11 Music Department Records, 1937-2006 and undated: This 1 box collection contains 14 copies of the 1940 publication of Harry LeMaire's educational workbook "LeMaire's Signature and Chord Indicator and Chord Construction" and a loose photograph of three people with a baby labeled "Pop, Harry, Mom & Jr".
    • U 123.12 Music Department Scrapbook, 1951-1968: This scrapbook primarily documents the activities of the Texas Tech Choir and Madrigal Singers from 1951-1956 and 1963-1968. It contain ephmera, musical performance programs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and multiple Texas House of Representative and Texas Senate resolutions (1955, 1961 and 1963) honoring the choir, Gene Hemmle and Gene Kenney. Also included are music programs for other TTU School of Music performances, such as Carol of Lights and Annual Texas Symposium of Contemporary Music, and programs for the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. School of Music faculty leading the choir during this time period were Gene Hemmle, conductor of the Choir; Gene Kenney, subsequent conductor; Herbert Colvin; associate conductor; and Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, pianist.
    • U 124.1 Music Department Records, 1941-1949: This 1 box collection consists of correspondence primarily related to Tau Beta Sigma, Texas Tech University's first women's band sorority, joining the national music fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi national as the Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma.
    • U 444.1 School of Music Symposium Collection, 2004-2006: This two box (0.4 linear feet) collection contains 11 CD recordings of plenary sessions and performances that took place during the Schumann Perspectives Symposium hosted by the Texas Tech School of Music on September 29th and 30th, 2006. It also contains a 15 part biography [on CD] of Schumann, and the files of music professor Lora Deahl, who chaired the symposium and program posters.
    • U 508.1 Alan Shinn Collection, 1986-2017 and undated: This 10 box collection includes personal correspondence, musical performance programs, 109 photographs, faculty reports, memorabilia such as plaques and awards, and 522 musical performance recordings of professor Shinn's performance.
    • S 1575.1 Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn Papers, 1996-2000: This 1 wallet collection contains four music scores.
    • U 333.1 Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn Collection, 1912-2009: This 63 box collection contains materials relating to the personal and professional life of Mary Jeanne van Appledorn. It is divided up into five series: manuscript, books, recordings, artifacts, and oversize materials.
    • U 333.2 Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn Collection, 1956-2016: This 2 box and 5 folder collection consists of materials found in the School of Music that relate to late Dr. Mary Jeanne van Appledorn's career. Included are correspondence, her Horn Professor application, recital programs, compositions, and concert recordings.
    • U 49.1 Dewey O. Wiley Papers, 1915-1981 and undated: This 25 box collection contains correspondence, financial material, scrapbooks, music programs, printed materials, photographs, band organization materials (Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Phi Beta Mu), news clippings, and memorabilia related to Wiley's career as the "Father of Texas Bands."
    • U 49.1 Dewey O. Wiley Photograph Collection, circa 1920s-1970s: This collection of 2,326 prints and negatives consists of image from Wiley's career as "the Father of Texas Bands." Pictured are early 1920s images of the Simmons University "Cowboy Band", numerous images of the Texas Tech Band, as well as Wiley family photos, postcards, and miscellaneous concert bands. A good portion of the Texas Tech Band images are of their "formations" or intricate patterns made by the band while performing during a football game. Also includes choirs, drum majors, Harry LeMaire, majorettes, Midland College football team, parades, and postcards.
    • Band, 1954-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
    • Band, 1965-1997 and Department of Music, 1966-1993 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
    • Music Building, 1949-1968 and Music Department, 1951-1969 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
    • Music, 1952-1965 (see U 148.3 Public Information Records)
    • Music Building, 1954-1955 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
    • Music news clippings, 1955-1963 (See U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
    • Music, 1957-1976 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
    • Music, 1962-1973 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
    • Music, 1968-1976 (see U 20.1 College of Arts and Sciences Records)
    • Music, 1967-1997 (see U 184.3 University News and Publications)
    • Music, 1972-1982 (see U 20.10 Arts and Sciences Records)
    • Music, 1979-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
    • Music, 1980-1984 (see U 157.7 Research Services Records)
    • Music Recordings, 1937-1987 (see U 414.2 University Recordings, 1937-1987)
    • School of Music - self-study, 2012 (see U 207.5 Provost's Office Records)
    • School of Music programs and recitals, 1965-1999


    Name Change
    From 1959-1969, debates and demonstrations were held over the renaming of Texas Technological College. It was agreed that the word "university" was necessary to reflect the growth in size and prestige of the "college." There was a lot of vocal and written support was for retaining the Double-T logo, despite whatever name was selected for the university. By 1963, the Board of Directors officially approved the name "Texas Tech University," preserving aspects of the original name and retaining the trademark Double-T. The State Legislature, on September 1, 1969, formally approved the board's suggestion.

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    National Youth Administration

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    • U 126.1 National Youth Administration Records, 1935-1936: This 1 box collection concerns administration of a National Youth program for part-time employment of needy college students at Texas Tech during the Great Depression. It contains contains payroll information for participants, correspondence and other materials related to the WPA program. The director for the National Youth Administration for the state of Texas was Lyndon Baines Johnson.
    • National Youth Administration, 1935-1941 and undated (see S 455.1 William Curry and Frances Mayhugh Holden)
    • National Youth Administration, 1937-1938 (see U 147.13 President's Office)
    • National Youth Administration, 1940-1941 (see S 977.1 W. L. Stangel Papers, 1888-1975)


    Nursing, School of
    The School of Nursing has expanded quickly over its brief history. The first Nursing classes at Texas Tech were part of the Continuing Nursing Education Program, which began in 1979. Then in the Fall of 1981, the first students with no prior nursing education were admitted into Tech's baccalaureate nursing degree program at the Lubbock Health Sciences Campus. This program was the only BA nursing program in Texas where students receive immediate nursing instruction in clinical areas. In the Fall of 1985 the program expanded to a second campus in the Permian Basin. The rapid growth then continued to expand in the level of nursing education that could be achieved at Texas Tech. In 1988 a graduate program was began. Then in 1992 in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio a doctoral program also began. At this time the School of Nursing boasts forty plus nursing faculty, who are all involved in clinical practice as well as teaching duties, programmatic level research activities, and over 500 hundred students at all levels of education.

    Oral History Interviews:

    • Pat Yoder Wise oral history interview- faculty (1986)

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    • U 160.1 School of Nursing Records, 1947-1997 and undated: This 59 box collection contains various office files concerning the Nursing health profession. Includes, photographs, video tapes, audio tapes of conferences, course syllabi and course materials, numerous proposals, transparencies, agendas, meeting minutes, memos, correspondence, grant applications, historical information on the formation of the School of Nursing, news clippings, printed materials, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing surveys and materials, staff development committee files, statement of philosophy, institutional self-studies, and various reports.
    • U 160.1 School of Nursing Photograph Collection, 1977-1988 and undated: The collection consists of 192 prints, 148 negatives, and 14 color slides. It consists of miscellaneous images on the nursing profession, nursing students, and the Texas Tech School of Nursing. It includes images on the Annual Conference on Continuing Education (1977); the EP and BC Advisory Committee meeting (1988); the Excellence in Nursing Practice Award Display in the HSC Library (undated); the Historical Registration (1983); the Lillian Wald Library Display (undated); the May Awards Ceremony (1986); a Nursing Exhibit (undated); the School of Nursing pin; and numerous unidentified people. Also included are slides of the Faculty Lunch and Meeting (1986), and Yondell Masters.
    • U 160.2 School of Nursing Records, 1988-1990: The 3 box collection contains office files, particularly of the Permian Basin campus, as well as program reviews, general faculty regulations, graduate program proposals, and self studies.
    • U 160.3 School of Nursing Photograph Collection, undated: The collection, donated by Pat Yoder Wise, consists of 3 Polaroid prints featuring nurses at work.
    • U 160.4 School of Nursing Records, 1998-2001: This 3 box collection consists of syllabi from nursing courses taught at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
    • U 160.5 School of Nursing Slide Collection, undated: The collection consists of 268 slides of artwork and nursing activities for IMAGE.
    • U 160.6 School of Nursing Records, 1968-1999: This 4 box collection consists of office files, annual reports, correspondence, course schedules, and Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing Information.
    • U 160.7 School of Nursing Records, 2001-2002: This 2 box collection consists of syllabi from nursing courses taught at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
    • U 160.8 School of Nursing Records, 1980: This collection contains two copies of a March 1980 accreditation report on continuing education in nursing, as well as a site visit report coinciding with the accreditation report.
    • Nursing Education, 1952-1958 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
    • Proposed Nursing School- TTU, 1975-1976 and undated (see S 402.1 Kent Hance Papers)
    • School of Nursing, 1979-1990 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
    • School of Nursing Recordings, 1980-1998 and undated (see U 414.1 University Recordings)
    • School of Nursing, 1986 (see S 1811.1 Bea Zeeck Papers)
    • School of Nursing, 1998-2000 (See U 147.44 Office of the President Records)


    Official Publications

    • U 219.1 Official Publications Photograph Collection, undated: The collection contains 4 oversized prints are of the architectural details of a campus building and posed shots of Texas Tech students. The images were used as a photographic preparation file for the office of Official Publications, and are located in UA Oversize Photograph Box A.


    Operations Division



    Pageants

    • U 130.1 Pageants Records, 1926-1929: This 1 wallet collection is comprised of printed programs of annual pageants performed by Texas Tech students.


    Peace Corps



    Pantex



    Park Administration and Landscape Architecture

    Oral History Interviews:

    • Dan Kemp oral history interview (2021)

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    Personnel

    • U 373.1 Personnel Pay Plans Collection, 1962-2001: This is a 1 box collection of the annual pay range documents.


    Petroleum Engineering

    Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering special bulletins, brochures and programs:

    Textiles and the New Generation: How the Texas Technological College is Training the Youth of America for the Cotton Milling Industry (February 1927), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), Professional Preparation for Work in the Petroleum Industry (October 1941), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), Petroleum Engineering, 1949 Division of Engineering (June 1955), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962)

    Oral history interviews:

    • William Lyon Ducker oral history interviews- faculty (1973 and 1980)

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    Philosophy Department



    Photographic Services
    Photographic Services was a unit within the Office of University News and Publications, which was organized to handle news and information for the Texas Tech University system. It was responsible for taking photographs to accompany media stories and other outreach needs for the university, as well as serving as an on-site photography studio for campus requests such as portraits of faculty, staff and administrators.



    Physical Plant
    The department of Physical Plant is responsible for the planning, construction, renovation, maintenance, and repair of campus buildings and facilities.

    • U 294.1 Physical Plant Records, 1992-2004: This 21 box and 3 oversized folder collection consists of a report on the utilities systems with blueprints folded inside (January, 1950) and annual fiscal reports from 1992-2003.
    • U 294.2 Physical Plant Records, 1994-2008: This 94 box collection is divided into three sections- series one of the collection consists of two boxes of files on the 1997-1998 renovation of the Administration Building's west wing; series two includes bound project specification manuals for Texas Tech buildings; and series three consists of project files including correspondence, photographs, and blueprints, relating to Physical Plant projects around campus.
    • U 294.3 Physical Plant Records, 1947-2010: This 55 box collection consists of project and renovation files that were digitized before being delivered to the University Archives. This collection is a temporary holding.
    • U 294.4 Physical Plant Reports, 1950-2003: This 1 box collection consists of a report on the utilities systems with blueprints folded inside (January, 1950) and annual fiscal reports from 1992-2003.
    • See also Facilities Planning and Construction.
    • Physical Plant news clippings, 1957-1959 (see U 163.1 Scrapbooks)
    • Physical Plant, 1951-1969 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
    • Physical Plant, 1981-1994 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)


    Physics Department



    Placement Office and Placement Services



    Planning Office (also known as Planning Department)

    • U 143.1 Planning Department Records, 1957-1981: This 4 box collection includes files on budget guidelines and requests, legislative requests, student demonstrations in 1969-1970, information on the Western Information Network (WIN), and damage from the 1970 Lubbock Tornado.
    • U 144.1 Planning Office Records, 1937-1983 and undated: This is a 10 box collection.
    • U 144.2 Planning Office Records, 1937-1983 and undated: This is a 10 box collection.
    • U 144.19 Planning Office Records, 1923-1985 and undated: This 47 box collection includes departmental self-studies, as well as information regarding the physical campus and development of the medical school, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960's and 1970's.
    • See also Physical Plant and Facilities Planning and Construction.


    Planning and Assessment, Office of
    The Office of Planning and Assessment contributes to the university mission by promoting and leading institutional effectiveness activities; facilitating the measurement and analysis of institutional assessment data, and supporting institutional compliance.

    • U 442.1 Office of Planning and Assessment Report, 2010: This 1 wallet collection contains the 2010 McCabe Academic Integrity Survey Report.


    Plant and Soil Sciences
    The Department of Plant and Soil Science teaches students to investigate basic biological and physical to focus on problems in plant genetics, plant development, pest control, and plant use for food, fiber or aesthetics. The three fields of study that are taught include Agronomy, Horticulture and Integrated Pest Management.

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    • U 145.1 Plant and Soil Sciences Department Records, 1935-1974 and undated: This is a 1 oversized box collection.
    • U 146.1 Plant and Soil Sciences Records, 1947-1971 and undated: This 10 box collection consists of photographs, plaques, trophies and certificates pertaining to the activities of the Texas Tech crop judging teams coached by Professor Cecil Ayers beginning in 1942.
    • U 146.1 Plant and Soil Sciences Photograph Collection, 1935-1969: The collection of 32 prints consists of various images of people who have won awards. Included are the Crops Judging team (1935, 1951, 1954-1969), an awards banquet in Kansas City (1948), the Crops team members (1948, 1950), Grain judging team (1951), individual crops competition winners (1953, 1957, 1962, 1965-66), and the National Grain Sorghum Show judge (1958). People pictured include Cecil Ayers, Rex Johnson, Bill Starnes, and Arthur W. Young.
    • U 488.1 George O. Elle Collection, 1931-1983 and undated: This 2 box collection consists of 2,804 slides and 18 photographs related to Dr. Elle's research and field work.
    • S ? George Tereshkovich Papers, 1951-1980: This 1 wallet collection contains correspondences, literary productions, and printed material concerning Tereshkovich’s work on Buffalo Gourd research.
    • S 567-E1, E3-E5 George Tereshkovich Collection: 6 prints of the installation of the University Greenhouses (1973); 39 color slides of the Dairy Barn and Silo (1982-1983); and 12 color slides of Agronomy Farm and related plant plots west of Flint Avenue and the area between the west wing of the Library and the Agriculture Building (1953-1968).
    • Plant and Soil Sciences, 1978-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)


    Political Science Department
    The Political Science department at Texas Tech University offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, including one in public administration. The department also houses the Center for Public Service, which offers hands-on research opportunities for political science graduate students.

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    Prairie Fire

    • U 499.1 Prairie Fire publications, 1926-1927: This 1 wallet collection contains 4 copies of the student literary publication.


    Presidential Lecture and Performance Series

    • U 342.1 Presidential Lecture and Performance Series Records, 2006-2008: This 1 box collection is comprised of web page printouts, meeting agendas and minutes, invitations, brochures, and fliers connected with events sponsored by this group. The collection, donated by Dr. Mary Jane Hurst, also includes CDs of various performances - Paul Taylor Residency (2008); Paul Taylor Residency - Master Class (2008); COE Lecture Festival (2007); Santa Fe Opera (2007); Chris Gardner; Duke Ellington Orchestra; Emerson String Quartet; Marc-Andrè Hamelin Concert; and the President's Book Award (2006-2008).


    PrinTech
    PrinTech was a campus department that operating a printing and reproduction service for other Texas Tech University entities. It produced printed materials such as flyers, posters and brochures, as well as transparencies and lecture materials for research and teaching faculty. The department was closed in 2000.

    • U 435.1 PrinTech Records, 1971-1994: This 4 box collection consists of negatives, prints and slides used for the production of Texas Tech University printed and teaching materials, such as lecture transparencies. Included are 18,762 negatives, 371 contact sheets, 762 prints and 51 slides.


    Programs for Academic Support Services (PASS)

    • U 498.1 Programs for Academic Support Services (PASS) Final Report, Fall 1992: This 1 wallet collection contains 1 bound report.


    Psychology



    Public Art Program



    Public Information, Department of
    The Department of Public Information, now called University News and Publications, handled publicity and presses releases for Texas Tech University. It also gathered news clippings and media information published on Texas Tech by outside entities.



    Quality Service and Professional Development
    The Department of Quality Service and Professional Development creates, schedules, arranges and teaches various types of training and education courses geared toward employee development and skills. Some of the courses are mandatory for continued employment while others offer staff opportunities to expand their skills. The department also administers an employee recognition award program.

    • U 292.1 Quality Service and Professional Development Records, 2002: This 1 box collection consists of training rosters and materials for courses taught by the Texas Tech department of Quality Service and Professional Development.
    • U 292.2 Quality Service Council Records, 1994-1996: This 1 box collection contains meeting minutes, agendas and related documentation of the Quality Service Council.


    Ranch Headquarters Association

    • S 1275.1 Ranching Heritage Association Records, 1983-1990: The 1 wallet collection includes guidebooks, note cards, letters, and papers of the Ranching Heritage Association of Lubbock, Texas that were collected by Mrs. H. Allen Anderson who was a member.
    • U 150.1 Ranch Headquarters Association Records, 1971-1973: This 1 wallet collection contains the meeting minutes of the Ranch Headquarters (later called the Ranching Heritage) Association from 1971 to 1973.
    • Ranching Heritage Association, 1985-1990 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)


    Ranching Heritage Center
    Dedicated on July 4, 1976, the Ranching Heritage Center is comprises of a 12 acre outdoor exhibit of 31 historic structures, dating from the 1830's to about 1917, with the structures have been moved to the current site from locations throughout the state and authentically restored in order to depict the history of farming and ranching in the West Texas area. These buildings show the evolution of ranching, and many of the structures originate from famous ranches that played decisive roles in the development of modern ranching such as the 6666, the Matador, the XIT, and the King ranches. It was later renamed the National Ranching Heritage Center.

      Oral History Interviews:

      Manuscript Collections:

      • Ranching Heritage Center related oversized items
      • U 151.1 Ranching Heritage Center Records, 1966-1977: This is a 1 box collection.
      • U 151.1 Ranching Heritage Center Records, 1975-1979 and undated: This is a 1 box collection.
      • U 151.1 Ranching Heritage Center Records, 1981: This is a 1 wallet collection.
      • U 151.2 Ranching Heritage Center Records, 1902-1990 and undated: This 20 box collection includes financial materials, invitations, correspondence, various newsletters, guest books, and biographical sketches of the various ranch buildings and their previous owners. Two of the boxes contain the writings of Mamie Burns, wife of former Pitchfork Ranch manager D. Burns.
      • U 151.2 Ranching Heritage Center Photograph Collection, 1917-1988: This collection of 118 prints, 26 negatives, and 2 slides contains images of activities on the Ranching Heritage Center compound, the various ranch building and their interiors, members of the Ranching Heritage Association, activities related to the National Western Artists Show and Sales, people wearing historic costumes, the old Arnett Ranch Headquarters building, a slave cabin, Spring Lake Ranch, and Will Rogers. Also includes two damaged, mounted images- one is of Geo. Turner holding a team of horses next to oil derricks that were close to the Bickley Farm north of Electra, Texas in 1917 The second image is of a group of children posed beside a school in Clara, Texas in 1920. Pictured include the 6666 Barn; Dr. Len Ainsworth, Ninia Bivins; Alton Brazell; Clay County Jail (Clay County, Tex.); Cattle; Chuckwagons; Clara (Tex.); Cowboys; Electra (Tex.); Ewing Halsell; Hogs; Fran Holden; Horses; Longhorn Cattle; Jiggs Mann; Dr. Grover E. Murray; Montie Ritchie; Geo Turner; and windmills.
      • U 151.3 Ranching Heritage Center Photograph Collection, undated: The collection consists of three oversized prints. One is a woman’s portrait labelled "Edwards, T Bar Ranch, Tahoka, undated". The remaining two are slightly different versions an undated color aerial of the Texas Tech University campus.
      • U 151.4 National Ranching Heritage Center Collection, 2016: This 1 wallet collection consists of three items related to the Ranch Life  Series with Hank the Cowdog program at the NRHC. Included is book 1 titled "Ranch Life Series: Ranching and Life Stock (2016), a brochure for "The Ranch Life Learning Center at the National Ranching Heritage Center," and the "Ranch Life With Hank the Cowdog" curriculum teaching guide.
      • Ranching Heritage Center - numerous files on the Ranching Heritage Association and the Ranching Heritage Center, 1959-1998 (see U 184.3 University News and Publications)
      • Ranching Heritage Center, 1969-1978 (see U 68.5 College of Engineering Records, 1928-1980 and undated)
      • Ranching Heritage Center, 1975-1978 (see U 147.38 President's Office Records)
      • Ranching Heritage Center, 1978-1981 (see U 147.9 President's Office Records)
      • Ranching Heritage Center, 1981-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
      • Ranching Heritage Center - numerous files, including Grand Opening, 1982-1981, video/slideshow production script, 1983, and development and growth documents, 1972-1980 (see S 1811.1 Bea Zeeck Papers, 1941-2009)
      • Ranching Heritage Center files and photographs, 1967-1990 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
      • Ranching Heritage Center files, 1986-1999 (see S 1864.1 Alvin Davis Papers, 1866-2016 and undated)


      Range and Wildlife

      Oral History Interviews:

      Manuscript Collections:



      Rattlesnake Canyon
      Deeded to Texas Tech in December of 1981 by Stanley C. Stribling, the 91-acre property known as Rattlesnake Canyon is located within an 11,000-acre ranch located in Val Verde County, Texas. "Rattlesnake Canyon boasts one of the six finest surviving pictographic panels of the Pecos River Rock Art Style." (description courtesy of the Executive Summary page of the white paper contained within the collection).



      Red Raider Camp
      The Red Raider Camp was established to help transition students who have just graduated high school and are planning to attend Texas Tech University.



      Red Raider Retrospective

      Red Raider Retrospective Photograph Collection, 1925- historical images of the Texas Tech campus, student life, faculty, and campus activities that have been pulled together from various collections.



    Registrar

    Oral History Interviews:

    • Warren P. I. Clement oral history interview (1973 and 1981 )
    • Evelyn Clewell oral history interview (1973 and 1982)

    Manuscript Collections:



    Rehabilitation Training Program



    Research and Graduate Studies, Office of



    Research Bureau

    • U 155.1 Research Bureau Records, 1958: This is a 1 wallet collection.


    Research Services
    The Office of Research Services provided centralized administrative and management services for sponsored projects. Such projects include grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements, both from the public and private sectors, which support research, instructional, and service projects.



    Residents Standards Board Handbook
    The Handbook described guidelines for student behavior in the dormitories, the Residents Standards Board operation and procedures, forms, and dining and housing costs.

    • U 198.1 Residence Standards Board Handbook Records, 1970-1979: This 1 wallet collection consists of Handbooks of the Residents Standards Board from 1970-1979.


    Scrapbooks on Texas Tech

    • U 44.1 College Scrapbooks, 1923-1973: This 15 box collection consists of newspaper clippings glued into scrapbooks, as well as a few memorabilia items.
    • U 163.1 Scrapbooks, 1920-1963: This 5 box collection contains news clippings on Texas Technological College, Texas Tech personnel and events. There are also clippings on other colleges, particularly ones in Texas, and various topics such as segregation and integration.
    • U 163.2 Scrapbook, 1927-1929: This is a 1 scrapbook collection.


    Seal of Texas Tech



    Seismological Observatory



    Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:



    Southwest Collection
    After the opening of Texas Technological College, the library started gathering manuscript material. As the potential of the collection became obvious, it was separated into an entity of its own. The archives, named the Southwest Collection, had its first official location in the basement of what was then the West Texas Museum (now called Holden Hall). Over the years, the collection grew in size and reputation. In 1963, the collection was moved from its home of 8 years and placed in the basement of the library (now the Math building). Once again the archives outgrew its location. In 1997, the Southwest Collection moved into its new building, located just north of the main Library. The archives' was renamed the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:

    • Southwest Collection Blueprints
    • U 165.1 Southwest Collection Records, 1952-1997: This one box collection contains a variety of items relating to the history of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libraries. Included is early correspondence that dealt with the 1955 opening of the Southwest Collection, letters expressing the need for more space (at both the Museum and Math Building locations), news clippings regarding major donations in the early years of the collection, notes used to compile a guide to the W. C. Holden Collection, and collection guides from 1952 and 1967-68.
    • U 165.1 Southwest Collection Photographs, 1956-1981 and undated: The collection contains 15 prints and 4 negatives depicting a variety of images relating to the history of the archives, including two former directors, staff, a 1959 football rally and cheerleaders, the Women's Study Club (Lorenzo, Tex.) and an arial view of the Tech campus. Pictured include Dr. Anson R. Bertrand, Seymour V. Connor, Sylvan Dunn, Dr. Donald E. Green, Senator Dorsey B. Hardeman, Damon Hill, Leete Jackson, Frank Junell, and David Murrah.
    • U 165.2 Southwest Collection Records, 1947-1981 and undated: This two box collection contains a variety of items relating to the history of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libraries, including brochures, reports, and correspondence.
    • U 165.3 Southwest Collection Photographs, 1998: This collection of 24 color slides consists of various images of the staff, the Coronelli Globe, and interior and exterior shots of the building.
    • U 165.4 Southwest Collection Photographs, 1997 and undated: This collection of 35 prints and 20 negatives of images of a reunion of the 1939 Texas Tech University football team celebrating their 1939 Cotton Bowl tournament. The event was held in the old Southwest Collection location in the Math Building. Also part of the collection is images from the 1997 dedication of the new Southwest Collection building, including images of the primary guest speaker, historian David McCullough.
    • U 165.5 Southwest Collection Photographs, Sept. 23-24, 1999: This collection of 24 prints and 45 negatives consists of images of participants at the 2nd Annual Legends of the Southwest Symposium, entitled "Our Hidden Hispanic Heritage". Included are photographs of the various presenters and attendees. Starting in the fall of 1998, the Southwest Collection holds the Legends of the Southwest Symposium. The first one centered around western writers, with the homage paid to guest speaker Elmer Kelton. The 1999 session's theme was on hispanic heritage, with speakers presenting papers on Coronado, hispanic ranching, and a impersonation of Father Junipero Serro. Pictured include Dr. Don Blakesee, Donald Cutter, David Marshall, Dr. John Miller Morris, Jim Pfluger, Dr. Joe Sanchez; Dr. Andres Tijerina, Bill Tydeman, and Chris Wilson.
    • U 165.6 Southwest Collection Photographs, undated: This collection consists of 14 copy prints from the Southwest Collection. Included are photos of ranching, musicians, and various people.
    • U 165.7 Southwest Collection Photographs, 1980s: This collection consists of ten images from the 1980s showing staff picking up collections, Arlene Smith's retirement party, and a tent show exhibition and book signing.
    • U 165.8 Southwest Collection Records, 2000: This collection of 94 slides consists of interior and exterior views of the Southwest Collection/Special collections Library building, staff and equipemnt. The black and white slides aare of images from the Early Lubbock exhibit that was on display in the stairwell leading up to the director's office on the 3rd floor. All slides were taken by staff from the archives.
    • U 165.9 Southwest Collection Records, 1928-2002: This 30 box collection consists of administrative files of Dr. David Murrah, with the bulk of the collection dating between the 1960s to the 1980s.
    • U 165.9 Southwest Collection Photographs, 1972-1994 and undated: This collection consists of 412 prints, 50 contact sheets, 484 negatives and 2 slides of miscellaneous images of actitives of the Southwest Collection staff. Pictured include Don Anderson, Fran Holden, William Curry Holden, Ray Janeway, George Mahon, Melvin Mann, the Matador Cowboy Reunion, Gordon McClendon, David Murrah, Charlie Scruggs, Governor Preston Smith and John C. White.
    • U 165.10 Southwest Collection Photographs, 2000-2001 and undated: This collection consists of 62 prints, 62 negatives and 2 slides of miscellaneous images of the Holden Reading Room decorated in the Mary Jane Johnson concert; boxes in the stacks of the old building; S. V. Connor and Clifford B. Jones posing with a large book; various images of books, magazines and other items collected by the Southwest Collection; and various staff members and the building. Nine of the images were taken after a winter ice storm in early spring 2001 of the Southwest Collection building and its campus surrounding.
    • U 165.11 Southwest Collection Photographs, April 5, 2001: This collection consists of seven images taken at the Faculty Book Exhibit reception on April 5, 2001. Provost John Burns presented certificates to staff and faculty who published materials in 1999-2001. Pictured with Burns include Southwest Collection staff and professors such as Alwyn Barr, Paul Carlson, Marletta Childs and Janet Neugebauer. The Texas Tech Library holds a reception annually in conjuction with the Faculty/Staff Book Exhibit. Due to Library construction, the 2001 reception served for a two year span.
    • U 165.13 Southwest Collection Photograph Collection, early 1980s: This collection consists of nine images of SWC staff moving boxes of donated materials into the archives, staff and students enjoying a meal at Janet Neugebauer's home, and SWC staff at a West Texas Historical Association meeting. People pictured include Eustace Gomez, Rebecca Herring, Tai Kreidler, Lisa Lambert, Richard Mason, David Murrah, and Janet Neugebauer.
    • AV 189 Southwest Collection Audio and Visual Collection, 1995-2003: This 1 box collection contains 35 recordings from the 1997 dedication events for the new Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library and 140 slides of various SWC staff members, interior views of the old and new buildings, including images of the new building's construction and groundbreaking ceremony.
    • U 426.1 Abel Ramirez Photograph Collection, 1994-1996 : This 70 print and 74 negative collection consists of images the site and surrounding buildings for the new Southwest Collection Building before and during construction.
    • Southwest Collection, 1941-1972 (see S 499.1 Clifford B. Jones
    • Southwest Collection, 1951-1952 and undated (see S 455.1 William Curry and Frances Mayhugh Holden)
    • Southwest Collection news clippings, 1957-1962 (see U 163.1 Scrapbook  Collection)
    • Southwest Collection, 1958-1973 (see S 977.1 W. L. Stangel Papers)
    • Southwest Collection, 1953-1961 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
    • Southwest Collection, 1963-1969 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
    • Southwest Collection, 1960-1997 (see U 184.3 University News and Publications)
    • Southwest Collection, 1968-1969 (See U 2.1 Vice-President for Academic Affairs Records)
    • Southwest Collection, 1974-1987 (see U 1.5 Academic Affairs)
    • Southwest Collection, 1985-1997 (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
    • U 105.1 Formby Research Fellowship Records, 2004-2012: This 1 box collection consists of files on the history of the fellowship, the application and selection process for awardees, and the applications of the successful recipients.
    • U 445.1 Medieval Southwest Exhibit Records, 2007-2009: This 1 box collection contains information on the exhibit, the grants that funded the project, and other related documents.


    Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute (SWPRTI)

    Oral History Interviews:

    • Dan Kemp oral history interview (2021)

    Manuscript Collections:



    Speakers and Artists Series
    Officially opened on March 13, 1953, the Student Union building, now called the University Center, houses the offices of various campus organizations and student services. The Student Union Program Council was responsible for planning and organizing various social events, such as the Speakers and Artists Series, movies, dance performances and entertainers. By the 1990s, University Center Programs became the administering body and the social events were renamed as the Nightlife Series.



    Speech and Theater Arts (See also University Theatre)

    Texas Tech Speech special bulletins, brochures and programs:

    The Arts (May 1951) and Art, Drama, and Music at Texas Tech (December 1966)

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:



    Student Health Services

    • Student Health Services Scrapbook, 1925-1986: This oversized scrapbook contains news clippings, photographs, brochures and other related ephemera related to the Student Health Services center at Texas Tech. The bulk of the scrapbook dates between 1947-1971. The book's pages are fragile. Also included (and stored in the folder at the back of the scrapbook) is a typed 5-page history of the Student Health Services at TTU written by Edith Cruce.
    • See also McClellan Memorial Infirmary


    Student ID Office

    • U 440.1 Student ID Office Records, 1977-2006: This one box collection contains correspondence, literature, proposals and associated documents concerning the implementation and upgrading of the Texas Tech University student ID program.


    Student Publications

    • U 175.1 Student Publications Records, 1937-1963: This 3 box collection contains negatives and transparencies produced by Texas Tech Students. It also contains La Ventana negatives, photo logs, and a yearbook.
    • U 175.2 Student Publications Photograph Collection, 1969 and undated: The collection consists of 104 negatives of images taken for student publications, most likely the La Ventana. Included are images of the food lab, members of the American Home Economics Association and their awards banquet, members of Home Management, members of A. I. D., Home Economics Council, and Dr. Lockart. The negatives were taken by the photo staff of Student Publications and were sent to the Southwest Collection by Darrel Thomas.


    Systems and Procedures

    • U 176.1 Systems and Procedures Records, 1935-1971: This 10 box collection is comprised of applications for leave of absence and leave of travel made by Texas Tech faculty and personnel.


    Teaching Academy



    Tech People

      Texas Tech People Photograph Collection: This digital collection is comprised of photographs of Texas Tech related persons that have been pulled together from various manuscript and photograph collections found in the University Archives.



    Tech Tips
    Tech Tips were handbooks for new Texas Tech students which described Housing and Dining policies and fees, traditions at the college, etiquette and dress for female students, and outlined various student organizations present on campus.

    • U 199.1 Tech Tips Publications, 1942-1975: This 1 box collection contains copies of Tech Tip publications.
    • U 199.2 Tech Tips Printing Plates, undated: The collection consists of 20 metal printing plates used in Tech Tips publications.
    • Tech Tips, 1942-1963, have been digitized and are available for viewing here.


    Texas Tech Faculty Legal Action Association, Inc. (TTFLAA)

    • U 468.1 Texas Tech Faculty Legal Action Association, Inc. Records, 1980-1986: This 1 box collection contains articles of incorporation, bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence and news releases concerning a TTU faculty group organized to bring legal action against the university concerning changes to tenure guidelines approved by the Board of Regents on September 28, 1984. The document "Statement of Facts: Substantive Changes" outlines the differences between the 1967 tenure policy as it appears in the 1984 Faculty Handbook and the revision approved by the board in 1984. The tenure conflict was resolved by May of 1986 in terms acceptable to the Faculty Senate and many TTU faculty, thus resulting in TTFLAA not pursuing a lawsuit against Texas Tech.


    Texas Tech University Independent School District - Brazil (Leonardo da Vinci)

    • U 374.1 Texas Tech University ISD - Brazil (Leonardo da Vinci): This 1 wallet collection contains press releases on TTU ISD's Brazil program and the 2011 commencement address by Provost and Senior Vice President Bob Smith.


    Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame

    • U 461.1 Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame Collection, 1975- : This 3 box collection consists of folders related to the annual induction of notable bandmasters into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Mu (Texas). It was donated to the archives courtesy of Keith Bearden.


    Texas Techsan (Alumni Association publications)



    Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute



    Textile Engineering

    Texas Tech Textile Engineering special bulletins, brochures and programs:

    Textiles and the New Generation: How the Texas Technological College is Training the Youth of America for the Cotton Milling Industry (February 1927), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1936), Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1938), Textile Engineering at Texas Technological College (June 1941), Engineering at Texas Technological College (March 1942), Textile Engineering at Texas Tech (October 1951), Division of Engineering (June 1955), School of Engineering Announcements, 1959-1960 (January 1959), School of Engineering Announcements, 1960-1962 (January 1960), and School of Engineering Announcements, 1962-1963 (January 1962)

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:



    Textile Research Center



    Treasury, Office of

    • U 520.1 Texas Tech: Office of Treasury Records, 1954-1974: The collection contains 2 matured revenue bonds and 18 bank saving and investment books.


    Undergraduate Programs and Student Success
    Organized under the Office of the Provost, the Undergraduate Programs and Student Success division was called the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs prior to 2017.

    • U 133.1 Undergraduate Programs and Student Success Records, 2013-2016: This 1 box collection contains publications, handouts and reports to the Office of the Provost published by the division. Included reports are the annual "Partnership for Student Success," "Student Success and Retention," and "Partnerships and Collaborations," and "Texas Tech University and Title IX."


    United Spirit Arena



    University Center
    Officially opened on March 13, 1953, the Student Union building, now called the University Center, houses the offices of various campus organizations and student services. The Student Union Program Council was responsible for planning and organizing various social events, such as the Speakers and Artists Series, movies, dance performances and entertainers. By the 1990s, University Center Programs became the administering body and the social events were renamed as the Nightlife Series.

    Texas Tech University Center special bulletins, brochures and programs:

    University Center (undated), and University Center (March 1980)

    Manuscript Collections:

    • U 182.1 University Center Records, 1950-1956: This 1 wallet collection contains copies of the publication, Almost Weekly.
    • U 182.1 University Center Photograph Collection, undated: The collection contains one image of students at the Ex-Students display table.
    • U 182.2 University Center Photograph Collection, 1993: The 2 print collection contains images of Lisa Gilbreath as the Masked Rider, sitting on the horse, Double T.
    • U 182.3 University Center Photograph Collection, 1979-1982 and undated: The collection is composed of 19 images of various people participating in university events. Group portraits are of the staff of Pine Cove, the staff of Sky Ranch, Red Raiders Football team (1979), and the Women’s Tennis Teams (1979-1980, 1981-1982). Also includes miscellaneous unidentified pictures- a Tech football game; a football team portrait (undated); various images of unidentified women of Pi Beta Phi; students posing with sporting equipment; and various undated team portraits. These items were discovered in the attic of the University Center Activities Office and donated to the archive. They were transferred to UA Oversize Photos Box B.
    • U 182.4 University Center Photographs, 1976: This collection consists of 1 negative and 2 prints of the University Center taken in 1976.
    • U 182.5 University Center Records, 1954-1999: This collection consists of 2 plaques (UC Programs Life Pass Award plaque, 1979-1999 and W. B. Rushing Award plaque, 1954-1993) and an oversized University Center Scrapbook, 1993-1999.
    • U 249.1 University Center Programs Records, 1955-1999: This 1 box collection consists of various programs, flyers, and press releases to advertise the special activities and events offered by the University Center Programs.
    • U 516.1 Student Union & Activities Scrapbooks, Spring 1949 - Summer 1973: This 1 box collection contains three oversized scrapbooks documenting people, events and activities related to the Texas Tech Student Union. Recreation Hall Scrapbook 1 contains news clippings for Spring 1949. Recreation Hall Scrapbook 2 contains news clippings and two photographs of students dancing dated from Summer 1948 - Summer 1952. The Student Union Scrapbook, dated Fall 1958 - Summer 1973, contains news clippings, correspondence and 36 photographs. Many of the photos, letters and telegrams relate to the new Student Union Annex. Tech President R. C. Goodwin's dedication speech for the March 19, 1962 grand opening is also included.
    • Student Union, 1950-1965 (see 35.2 Vice President for Business Affairs)
    • Student Union Building, 1953-1965 and Tech Union, 1956-1963 (see 148.3 Public Information Records)
    • Tech Union Annual Reports, 1954-1958 (see U 147.26 President's Office Records)
    • University Center, 1986-1999 and undated (see U 185.6 University News and Publications Records)
    • See also the Campus Planning Committee Meeting Minutes, 1958-1967 for information on the Student Union expansions, renovations and operational usage (such as pgs. 8-12 of the fall 1966 meetings documenting first 13 year operation).
    • University Center, 1995-1997 (see U 184.3 University News and Publications)
    • University Center Expansion, 1998-2004 (see U 147.5 Student Government Association Records)


    University Counseling Center



    University Daily
    The Texas Tech University student newspaper was originally called The Toreador (1925-1966), then The University Daily (1966-2005), and is now known as The Daily Toreador (2005-present).



    University Ministries

    • U 183.1 University Ministries Records, 1969-1974: This 1 wallet collection includes correspondence, general files, financial documents, and scrapbook material concerning the University Ministries. Also included in the office files are ministries constitution and by-laws, minutes of meetings, reports, and rosters.


    University News and Publications
    The Office of University News and Publication maintained a large amount of public information files for research purposes, assisted in ascertaining accuracy of facts regarding the University, and provided editorial and technical work for production of various campus publications. These include the campus newsletter, Outlook; the campus research publication, Vistas; the development publication, Tech Topics, and the on-line campus newspaper, TechTalk. The office also offered media related training sessions, coordinated interviews and press conferences, and aided in the creation of media plans for major campus events. The department has undergone numerous name changes over the decades, including the Office of Public Information (1950s-1960s), Information Services (1960-1980s) and it currently goes by the name Office of Communications and Marketing (2000s).

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:



    University Press
    University Press is the official publishing authority of the University, working towards advancing and disseminating information on and about Texas Tech. Its primary responsibility when publishing is to ensure quality, accuracy of information, and the appropriateness of the works printed under its supervision. The department seeks to publish materials that reflect the strengths of the University in its research and educational topics while maintaining the high national standards set by other university presses.

    • U 186.1 University Press Records, 1980: This 1 box collection contains various publications published by the Texas Tech University Press.
    • University Press, 2009-2010 (see U 147.8 President's Office Records)


    University Recordings
    These are comprised of various collections of audio and visual recordings that have been donated by several departments over the years.

    • U 414.1 University Recordings, 1975-2012 and undated: This 4 box collection contains miscellaneous recordings created and/or collected by Texas Tech University. Areas covered include Athletics, faculty convocations, dedication of the Mass Communications Building, commencement, Institutional Advancement, the Museum, the Red Raider Club, and the School of Nursing.
    • U 414.2 University Recordings, 1937-1987: This collection of 134 LPs and 34 Ampex magnetic tapes primarily concerning the School of Music, its ensembles and faculty.


    University Theatre and Dance
    The Theatre program at Texas Tech began in 1925, as part of the Speech Division. The first official production was "The Youngest" performed May 4, 1928, in the school gym. Over the years the program has grown and expanded. In 1964 the University Theatre was built and in 1986 the addition of the laboratory theatre gave Tech its present Theatre facilities. In the Summer of 1967 the Theatre expanded its regular season to include a yearly Summer Repertory Theatre. Currently the students who participate in the Rep Theatre can get class credit, then follow the Theatre to Angel Fire, NM for paid theatre experience. It is now part of the Department of Theatre and Dance.

    Texas Tech University Theatre special bulletins, brochures and programs:

    The Arts (May 1951) and Art, Drama, and Music at Texas Tech (December 1966)

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:

    • University Theatre Posters
    • School of Theatre & Dance Production Photos, pre-1995 (digitized)
    • Theatre and Dance production programs and newspaper articles, 1964-2010
    • U 378.1 Clifford Ashby Collection, 1966-2009: This 4 box collection consists of photographs, programs, and notes from Mr. Ashby's personal collection during his tenure at Texas Tech. Also included is a scrapbook focusing on Tent Shows.
    • S 42.3 Clifford Ashby Papers, 1925-2015: This 1 wallet collection contains theatre programs and correspondence.
    • S 42.4 Clifford Ashby Papers, 1925-2015: This 2 wallet collection contains a manuscript of “Trouping Through Texas: Hardley Sadler and His Tent,” and scrapbook material.
    • S 42.6 Clifford Ashby Papers, 1978-1990: This 1 wallet collection contains brochures, programs, financial reports, events paperwork, newsletters, a script for “Anne of Green Gables,” and a survey from the Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
    • Tent Show: Candy Pitch Music and Interview - Robert Johnson, 1980 (Donated by Clifford Ashby in 2002; see U 414.1 University Recordings)
    • AV 88 Barry Corbin Papers, 1946-2006: This 3 box collection consists of materials relating to Corbin's family, education in Lubbock and at Texas Tech, financial records from 1992 to 2006, and performances as early as 1961.
    • U 267.1 Diane and Rick Malone Papers, 1958-1971 and undated: This one box collection consists of two scrapbooks on plays performed by the Texas Tech Speech Department. One consists of various dramas performed from 1958-1961, and the other scrapbook contains the script from “Sweet Bird of Youth,” 1959-1971. The posters are from the Lubbock Theatre Centre, Texas Tech Speech Department, and the Texas Tech Fine Arts Festival.
    • U 284.1 Ronald Schulz Papers, 1926-1986 : This 16 box, 1 oversized scrapbook and 1 oversized folder collection includes play production books containing programs, photographs, scripts, director's and stage manager's notes, as well as scrapbook materials, periodicals, pamphlets and brochures, all pertaining to Schulz's theater career.
    • U 187.1 University Theatre Records, 1929-1975: This 2 box collection contains correspondence, royalty agreements, financial summaries, and early yearbooks and photographs of the Sock and Buskin club. Seven images were transferred to Photographs.
    • U 187.1 University Theatre Photograph Collection, undated: The collection of 7 prints consists of images of cast members performing scenes from plays such as "Dance of the Maypole," fencing, and dressed in costumes such as vampires.
    • U 187.2 University Theatre Records, 1950-2000: This 2 box and 2 scrapbook collection contains of Texas Tech University Theatre brochures, play programs, news clippings, show schedules, three videos with scenes from the 1998 Summer Repertory, and two oversized scrapbooks. It also includes 19 negatives and 409 prints of various theatrical productions, costumes, and cast members.
    • U 187.3 University Theatre Records, 1943-1999: This 4 box collection contains play bills, tickets, advertising materials, posters, photographs, schedules, production books, correspondence, and other miscellaneous play related materials.
    • U 187.4 University Theatre Records, 1943-1999 and undated: This 2 box collection contains publication and play information, photographs, and scrapbooks.
    • U 187.4 University Theatre Photograph Collection, 1943-1997: This 2 box collection contains photographs from various theatrical productions, costumes, and cast members.
    • U 187.5 University Theatre Scrapbook, April 17-24, 1964: This 1 scrapbook collection consists of a guest register for the opening of the University Theatre, with the production of Romeo and Juliet. Signatures of the guests include the signature of actor, G. W. Bailey, of the tv series, MASH.
    • U 187.6 University Theatre Scrapbook, 1997-1998: This 1 scrapbook collection contains backstage photographs, as well as newspaper clippings, of the theatre students from the 1997-1998 academic year.
    • 187.7 University Theatre Records, 1990-2002: The collection consists of 5 oral history interviews on cassette tape and printed notes on these interviews.  The notes contain a full list of topics discussed, relating to developments in the department from 1972 to 2002. They are mainly summaries of the discussions and are not word-for-word unless quotations are used.
    • U 187.7 University Theatre Photograph Collection, 1923-1976: The collection consists of 297color slides depicting various theatre personalities and events. Productions include Everything in the Garden, The Bacchae, Lower Depths, Country Wife, Tartuffe, Tobacco Road, A Doll's House, Indians, A Street Car Named Desire, Man and Superman, Electra, and various playbills. About a third of the slides consist of images of Harley Sadler and tents shows.
    • U 187.8 University Theatre Records, 1995-2008: This 1.5 box collection contains Texas Tech University Theatre and Lubbock Community Theatre programs, newspaper clippings, and press releases, as well as a run of the Green Room Notes from 1998-2007.
    • U 187.8 University Theatre Slide Collection, undated: The collection consists of 3 slide sets donated in 2005 by professor Clifford Ashby. Slide sets #1 and 2 relate to images of Harley Sadler and Tent Shows; and Slide set #3 relate to Texas Tech theater productions (1961-1973) and actors.
    • U 187.9 University Theatre Recordings, 1964-1994 and undated: This 3 box collection contains contains 118 recordings pertaining to the Texas Tech University Theatre program dated between 1964-1994.
    • University Theatre, 1965-1972 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
    • University Theatre, 1976-1981 (see U 20.10 Arts and Sciences Records)


    Upward Bound
    A federally funded program to help prepare low-income or first-generation students in a family to attend college, Upward Bound was designed for students who were not originally planning to attend college. Texas Tech’s branch of Upward Bound offers college preparatory courses from October to May to high school juniors and seniors recruited within a 50 mile radius around Lubbock, Texas.

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:



    Veterinary Science



    The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietname Archive



    Visual and Performing Arts, College of

    Oral History Interviews:

    Manuscript Collections:



    Water Resources Center (WRC)
    Established in 1965 by the Board of Regents, the Water Resources Center (WRC) researches water issues on the state, national and international level, and in particular water concerns of the Texas High Plains. The WRC is housed in the Civil Engineering building and its researchers are comprised of Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty.

    • For historical recap on the establishment and funding of the Water Resources Center, see Institutional Self-Study: Report of the Committee on Special Activities, Volume 1, 1971-1973, pages 139-156.
    • U 295.1 Water Resources Center Records, 1896-2001: This 27 box and 3 oversized folder collection deals with various water related subjects, such as the Canyon Lakes Project, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Crosbyton Solar Power Project, High Plains Ogallala Area Regional Water Management Plan, Lubbock Christian College Institute of Water Research, Ogallala Aquifer and Symposium, Recreational Reuse of Municipal Wastewater, Superconducting Super Collider Project, Texas Water Resources Institute, United States Bureau of Reclamation, and Urban Runoff. It also includes blueprints and maps, such as the Approximate Altitude of the Base of the Ogallala Formation, Approximate Altitude of the Water Table in the Ogallala Aquifer, Big Spring Quadrangle, and South Lubbock Drainage Study.
    • U 295.2 Water Resources Center Records, 1883-2003: This 3 box and 1 Oversized folder collection deals with water related subjects, primarily related to the Environment and the Pantex Plant, outside of Amarillo, Texas.
    • U 295.3 Water Resources Center Records, 1940-1992: This 13 box and 1 Oversized folder collection deals with water related subjects, primarily associated to the environment and the Pantex Plant, located outside of Amarillo, Texas. Included are numerous literary productions, maps of various Texas counties, and water reports.
    • U 295.3 Water Resources Center Photograph Collection, 1961-1992: The collection of 62 prints and 353 slides documents water projects and studies conducted by the Water Resources Center.
    • U 296.1 Tony Mollhagen Papers, 1835-2000: This 48 box and 1 oversized folder collection consists of a few photographs and numerous articles by Dr. Mollhagen and other professionals working on topics related to parasitology, pesticides, and water issues.
    • Water Resources Center Correspondence, 1963-1967 (see U 144.19 Planning Office Records)
    • Water Resources Center, 1964-1969 (see U 68.5 College of Engineering Records, 1928-1980 and undated)
    • Water Resources Center, 1967-1970 (see U 100.11 Information Services Records)
    • Water Resources Center, 1970-1980 (see U 68.1 College of Engineering Records)
    • Water Resources Center, 1981-1984 (see U 2.2 Vice-President for Academic Affairs)
    • Water Resources Center, 1981-1985 (see U 20.10 Arts and Sciences Records)
    • Water Resources Center, 1988-1994 (see U University News and Publications Records)
    • Water Resources Center - Digital repository for publications produced by members of the WRC.


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    Wind Science and Engineering Resources Center (WISE) and the National Wind Institute (NWI)
    The Wind Science and Engineering (WISE) Research Center at Texas Tech University was established in 1970, following a tornado in Lubbock that caused 26 fatalities and more than $100 million in damage. The WISE Center is focused on research, education and information outreach. The comprehensive and interdisciplinary research program aspires to exploit the useful qualities of wind and to mitigate its detrimental effects. The Center develops information on windstorm disaster mitigation and other wind-related subjects that can be made available to professionals and the public. The National Wind Institute was established in December 2012.

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