This collection contains manuscript materials related to the American Ex-Prisoners of War experiences in German and Japanese prison camps during World War II.   Also includes materials on the National Prisoners of War Museum at Andersonville, Georgia.  The Texas chapters of the AEPOW have chosen the SWC/SCL as their official repository for their records.  For further details, click here:  AEPOW1.  Additional materials are added to this collection from time to time.

American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.)
Records, 1940-1999 and undated
4 boxes and 14 scrapbooks (10 linear feet)

    The important items included diaries and individual stories written by Americans captured during World War II and the Korean War.  Also comes with correspondence, newsletters, and twelve scrapbooks pertaining to the activities of the Texas Chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of War.  For further details, click here:  AEPOW2.
    The American Ex-Prisoners of War (AEPOW) is a national organization for American citizens captured during any war.  The    organization includes over 300 chapter and state departments with over 30,000 members.  It was established on April 14, 1942 as The Bataan Relief Organization but was renamed in 1949.   The Texas Chapter of the AEPOW has chosen the SWC/SCL as their official repository.

American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.)
Records, 1929-2002 and undated
2 boxes (1.3 linear feet)

    This collection contains information gathered on prisoner of war grave locations compiled by the American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Department).  It also includes a file on the WAAC Hunter and Henry P. Shotland’s crew, the Goliad massacre of James W. Fannin’s command, and a booklet entitled History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion by L. C. McCollum (1929).  For further details, click here:  AEPOW3.
    The American Ex-Prisoners of War (AEPOW) is a national organization for American citizens captured during any war.  The organization includes over 300 chapter and state departments with over 30,000 members.  It was established on April 14, 1942 as The Bataan Relief Organization but was renamed in 1949.  The Texas Chapters of the AEPOW has chosen the SWC/SCL as their official repository.

American Harp Society
Collection, 1969-1976
556 leaves

Includes correspondence and printed material pertaining to the activities of the American Harp Society and its members, and bulks (1973-1976) with printed material which are primarily issues of the American Harp Journal. Of particular interest is a composition entitled "Windmill Sketches," composed by Gail Barber of Texas Tech University.
Founded in 1962, the American Harp Society is open to harpists, students, and those interested in the advancement of harp education, performance, and composition.

American Institute of Architects (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1986
21 leaves

Contains 1986 honors nominations for the Texas Society of Architects.
The Jubilee 75 Committee and Lubbock Heritage Society were nominees sponsored by the Lubbock, Texas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

American Legion. Auxiliary. Allen Brothers Post No. 148 (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1918-1985 and undated
1 box and 1 oversized item (2.0 linear feet)

      This collection contains some correspondence, a ledger of expenses, some news clippings, and four scrapbooks of the activities, history, and items collected from members of the American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 of Lubbock, Texas.  For further details, click here:  AmericanLegion.
      An auxiliary for American Legion Post 148, the organization was chartered in 1925. The post was founded in 1919-1920 and named in honor of Philip Simpson Allen and Roland Terrell Allen, Lubbock veterans of World War I who were killed in action in France. Charter members of the auxiliary included Mrs. George Brewer, Mrs. A .B. Slagle, Mrs. C. F. Stubbs, Mrs. C. P. Collier and Miss Mae Murfee. The purpose of the organization is to bring together ex-servicemen of the Lubbock, Texas area.

American Legion. Auxiliary. Post No. 269 (Brownfield, Texas)
Records, 1932-1936
41 leaves

      Consists of scrapbook material pertaining to the activities of American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 269 during the depression.
The American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 269 of Brownfield, Texas, was named for William Guyton Howard, a Brownfield native who was killed in World War I. The charter for the auxiliary was reinstated March 18, 1930.

American Red Cross. Brownwood, Texas, Chapter
Records, 1939-1973
19,353 leaves

The collection contains information on the chapter's work during World War II and Texas disaster relief projects. Includes correspondence, general office files, and financial material pertaining to the activities of the American Red Cross chapter of Brownwood, Texas. Also includes printed material of the American Red Cross (1943-1964).
The Brownwood, Texas, chapter of the American Red Cross has been involved in disaster relief, first aid and safety training, military liaison, and war production.

Anderson, Betty Price
Papers, 1957-1977 and undated
5 boxes (5.0 linear feet)

Includes general materials concerning the civic and political activities of Betty Anderson. The collection bulks (1957-1976) with materials pertaining to the Urban Renewal Agency, the Lubbock Planning and Zoning Commission, the Rape Crisis Center, Head Start, and others.
Born in 1933 in Waxahachie, Texas, Anderson was awarded a B.A. by North Texas State University (1954) and an M.A. by Texas Tech University (1973). Anderson's civic activities include work with the Citizens' Advisory Commission, the Urban Renewal Agency, Head Start, the Rape Crisis Center, the Lubbock Area Advisory Committee, the Lubbock Planning and Zoning Commission, the Texas League of Women Voters, and many other local, state, and national organizations.

Anderson, Betty Price
Papers, 1961-1996 and undated
5 boxes (5.0 linear feet)

      The collection includes general materials concerning the civic and political activities of Betty Anderson.  Featured topics are desegregation of Lubbock Independent School District, South Plains Food Bank, Texas Constitutional Revision Commission, and events associated with the Women's movement and Equal Rights Amendment, United Nations Decade for Women, and International Women's Year.  Additionally, the collection includes material from Anderson's work with other boards and commissions supporting and promoting issues of public interest.  For further details, click here:  BAnderson1.
      Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Betty Price Anderson was awarded a B.A. by North Texas State University (1954) and an M.A. by Texas Tech University (1973).  Anderson has held office in numerous state and local organizations, including the League of Women Voters of Lubbock, League of Women Voters of Texas, and American Association of University Women, and continues her activities in supporting and promoting the social, health, and welfare concerns of women, children, the elderly, and the disabled.

Anderson, Charles
Papers, 1884
1 microfilm reel (2 ft.) : negative

Consists of a paper read before the Cincinnati Society of Ex-Army and Navy Officers, Jan. 30, 1884, one of several pamphlets of speeches he delivered and published.
Born in 1814 in Louisville, Kentucky, Anderson graduated from Miami University in Ohio. Admitted to the bar in 1843, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1844. Anderson settled in Texas in 1859 and established what later became the Argyle Hotel in San Antonio, where he bred cavalry horses for the U. S. Army. Arrested by Colonel Henry McCullock because of his pro-Union sympathies, Anderson escaped in October 1861, and fled back to Ohio, where he became colonel of the 93rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected lieutenant governor of Ohio in 1863 and governor in 1865-1866. Anderson wrote various pamphlets and speeches on the cause of the Civil War. He died in 1895 in Paducah, Kentucky.

Anderson, Darlene E.
Papers, 1928-1984
2 boxes and 10 scrapbooks (4.0 linear feet)

     The collection is mostly comprised of scrapbooks and scrapbook materials from Darlene Anderson’s participation in Lubbock civic organizations and some from her husband’s military experiences during World War II.  The scrapbooks contain photographs, souvenirs and mementos, news clippings, post cards, programs, and letters showing the life of Darlene Abbott Anderson from her childhood school years in Lubbock, Texas, college years at Texas Technological College, vacation times, and civic activities.
     Darlene E. Abbott Anderson was Lubbock’s Woman of the Year in 1979.  She has been active in the Lubbock community from the 1960s to the1980s through organizations such as the Lubbock Women’s Club, Ranching Heritage Association, and the Women’s Division of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.  She was married to Hugh Allen Anderson (Sr.) a veteran of World War II, who is now deceased.  He was a business professor at Texas Tech University.  They had one son, H. (Hugh) Allen Anderson.

Anderson, H. Allen, Sr.
Papers, 1965
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

It contains news clippings, college course materials, and several printed materials. Hugh Allen Anderson, Sr. was a professor of Economics at Texas Technological College. He was born in Anson, Texas and served in the Air Force from 1942-1946.
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Anderson, John B.
Papers, 1892
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Collection pertains to a letter written by John B. Anderson to Mr. and Mrs. Crane. The letter is a proposal asking for their daughter, Emma’s, hand in marriage.  Click here for further details.

Anderson, R. S.
Papers, 1951-1954
401 leaves

Bulks with financial material, such as daily record books, inventory, and payroll records, store license, and tax records pertaining to the Anderson Service Station and Sun Grocery.
A resident of Silver, Texas, Anderson operated the Anderson Service Station and Anderson Sun Grocery.

Andrews, Ruth Horn
Papers, 1878-1979 and undated
3 boxes (3.0 linear feet)

     The collection contains material generated by Ruth Horn Andrews, her father Paul W. Horn, and Ruth’s husband Joseph Frank Andrews.  The contents include personal correspondence, legal material, manuscripts, speeches, printed material, and scrapbooks.  The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and research notes Ruth Andrews used in writing The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College (1956).  For further details, click here:  RHAndrews.
     Teacher and author Ruth Horn Andrews was born in 1893 in Jasper, Tennessee.  Her father, Dr. Paul Whitfield Horn, was the first president of Texas Technological College.  She received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas Technological College where she taught English (1933-1943).  In 1943, she married Joseph Andrews and moved to New York City where she taught at New York University. She published The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College, 1925-1955 in 1956. Ruth Andrews died in 1986 in New York.

Andrews, Warren P.
Papers, 1946-1956
9 leaves + 3 items

Includes correspondence pertaining to an award received from the Texas Bankers Association. Also includes the medal and plaque from the Texas Bankers Association and a certificate from the Save the Children Federation.
Andrews was president of the Texas Bankers Association (1921-1922), and was awarded the King's Medal for service by King George VI of England for duties performed during World War II. He also received a Certificate of Merit by the Save the Children Federation.

Animas Valley Growers Association
Records, 1957-1979
1 small box (0.3 linear feet)

      This collection contains some correspondence, financial records, legal records, and printed material of the business activities of the Animas Valley Growers Association of New Mexico.  The Animas Valley Growers Association is a cooperative between the farm producers living in the Animas Valley of far southwest New Mexico.  They promoted the growth of common cash crops and the distribution of their products.  After 1972, they no longer existed as a business organization.  For further details, click here:  Animas.

Anna Zip Oil Association (Brownwood, Texas)
Records, 1917-1920
168 leaves

Contains correspondence and financial and legal documents pertaining to the formation, business activities, and liquidation of the Anna Zip Oil Association.
This was an unincorporated joint stock association formed on July 12, 1918, for the purpose of drilling oil wells near Brownwood, Texas, and selling crude oil to refineries. The association was liquidated in 1920.

Annual Reports
Collection 1980-1992
7 boxes (7 linear feet)

Collection contains various annual reports of U.S. corporations which detail their finances to stockholders.

Anonymous Texas Travel Log
Collection, 1877
1 wallet (0.1 linear ft.)

     The item in the collection is a pocket book with hand notes from an unknown writer of his journey from Ohio to Austin, Texas on August 15-22, 1877.  His descriptions are short.  The book also contains essays on emigration to Texas, summaries of Texas’s attractions such as soil and climate conditions, political speech (1884) on the Republican Party, and his opinion of the U.S. government, history and labor struggles.
     The anonymous travel log contains some hints to the writer of its content but it is difficult to decipher.  A note is written of a visit with G. W. Alston living near Ennis, Ellis County, Texas concerning a land purchase.  In fact several notes exist of land shopping in Texas.  The notebook contains about 52 pages of texts with most being prose compositions.

Anson Chamber of Commerce (Texas)
Records, 1942-1971
1 microfilm reel ( 125 ft.) : negative

Contains correspondence, general office files, financial and legal documents, personal notes, photographs, newsclippings, photographs, programs, a minute book, a copy of the Chamber's by-laws, and scrapbook material all relating to the Chamber's activities, including special events such as the "Anson Story" pageant, the Overland Centennial (1958), Jeannie C. Riley Day, and Anson's 90th Anniversary Celebration (1971).
The Anson Chamber of Commerce was launched in 1927 with Rex Ridell as its first president. Its annual activities include the Chamber of Commerce banquets and the Jones County Fair & Livestock Show.

Anson City Council (Texas)
Records, 1922-1975
1 microfilm reel (130 ft.) : negative

Contains minutes, financial statements, election notices, bills, bid notices, resolutions and ordinances which reflect the activities of the Anson City Council. There are five volumes of minutes books.
The Anson City Council was officially chartered on April 6, 1920, though the city government, headed by a mayor, goes back to 1904. However, few records of the period (1904-1920) exist of the city government's operations.

Anson Woman's Club (Texas)
Records, 1903-1976
4 microfilm reels : negative

Contains 13 minute books, 66 yearbooks, scrapbooks, newsclippings, programs and miscellaneous items concerned with the activities of the Anson Woman's Club.
The Woman's Club of Anson was organized in 1903, with Mrs. H. J. Grace as president and Mrs. C. C. Ferrell as program chairman. Among other things, the Club began the town's public library, which it also sponsors.

Anton City Council (Texas)
Records, 1931-1968
1 microfilm reel (55 ft.) : negative

Contains the minutes of meetings of the Anton City Council, plus the proceedings of the first official meeting of the town's Board of Commissioners.
Anton, Texas, located in northeastern Hockley County, was founded in 1924 on a Santa Fe Railroad switch in what was once the north pasture of the Spade Ranch.

Anton Townsite Company (Hockley County, Texas)
Records, 1924-1954
2,395 leaves

Contains sales files, abstracts of title, financial documents, and school censuses pertaining to the activities of the Anton Townsite Company. The collection bulks (1924-1948) with land sale files.
Anton, in Hockley County, Texas, was the first town developed from land sold by the Spade Ranch, a 262,000 acre ranch owned by barbed-wire manufacturer Isaac L. Ellwood. Land selling began in 1924 and continued until 1967, when the company was dissolved. Ed M. Hart served as first assistant sales manager and then as a manager (1924-1967).

Appleton Rifle Club (Appleton, Texas)
Records, 1942-1949
24 leaves

Contains a journal for club rifle meets.  A private organization affiliated with the National Rifle Association. The club competed in shooting tournaments during the 1940s.

Archer, Michael Wade
Papers, 1924-1995 and undated
3 wallets (0.3 linear feet)

     Includes sketches of humorist Michael W. Archer’s political cartoons, artwork, and copies of news articles written while he was a student at Dalhart High School, Amarillo Junior College, and Texas Tech University.  Michael W. Archer is a Texas Tech graduate majoring in Mass Communications. He is the creator of the "Whatever" Calendars, which first came out in 1994. He considers himself an artist and a cartoonist.  He is currently living in Amarillo, Texas.

Arista, Mariano
Papers, 1840
1 microfilm reel (1 ft.) : positive

Includes a broadside, dated August 6, 1840, at the Headquarters in Matamoros, issued by General Arista to the Cherokees, Shawnees, Wacos, Kickapoos, and other Indian tribes in Texas.
Born in 1802 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Arista joined the Puebla regiment and advanced to brigadier general and made commandant general of Tamaulipas and general of the Mexican Army of the North in 1839. He put down attempts to establish the Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840 and, also in that capacity, commanded the Mexican forces in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma in May 1846. Arista became Mexican Secretary of War in 1848 and was declared the constitutional President of Mexico in 1851. He was exiled in 1853 near Lisbon, Portugal, where he died in 1855.

Arizona and Ohio
Collection, 1922-1926
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

     The collection contains a photo album with 134 b & w photographs, all 3 x 5 inches with captions.  The photographs document images taken of buildings, nurses and soldiers, events and surrounding grounds at the National Military Home Central Branch in Dayton, Ohio and buildings, nurses, homes and recreational activities and scenic parks in Arizona.  The last few photographs show a Los Angeles trip.
     The photographs were taken by an as-yet-unidentifiable female U. S. Army nurse but possibly by Miss Nicholson and her older nurse colleague and companion Hattie to document their tours of duty in Ohio and Arizona.  They were in Ohio from 1922-1924 and in Tucson, Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona from 1925-1926.  It is believed that Hattie retired from nursing in 1925and lived out the rest of her life in Arizona. 

Armstrong, Mollie Wright
Papers, 1909-1964
1,363 leaves

Includes correspondence, legal, financial, and printed material, literary productions, charts, photographs, and scrapbook materials pertaining to Dr. Armstrong's career as an optometrist in Brownwood, Texas. The collection bulks (1933-1964) with business and personal correspondence, which includes a signed letter from Helen Keller.
An optometrist and civic leader, Mollie was born in 1875 in Bell County, Texas, and began her optometry practice in 1899 in Brownwood, Texas, as the first woman optometrist in Texas. She served on the State Board of Optometry Examiners for 25 years, was the director of the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee, and organized the Business and Professional Women's Club of Brownwood. After retiring at age 89, she wrote a history of optometry in Texas. Mollie Armstrong died in 1964.

Armstrong, Pat McGready
Papers, 1896-1970
2 microfilm reels : negative

Includes correspondence concerning Armstrong's business affairs and activities with various organizations. Newsclippings, a pamphlet on Will Rogers State Park, a dedication program of 1st Methodist Church-Waco 100th birthday, certificates, a map of Methodist Church locations in San Antonio, and a copy of Truman E. Moore's, You, A Father Figure?, which is about the Menninger Foundation of Topeka, Kansas, are also included.
The son of an East Texas oil driller, Armstrong started in that occupation before serving as a Texas Ranger during the East Texas oil boom years. Later he became a Methodist minister. Armstrong also published a book entitled Representation on the Life of a Man.

Armstrong, Robert Wright
Papers, 1868-1975
35,699 leaves

Includes correspondence, photographs, financial and legal material, scrapbook and printed materials, literary productions, and memorabilia pertaining to Armstrong's business, political, and personal activities. The collection bulks with correspondence (1922-1966) and railroad materials (1868-1966). Also of interest is correspondence concerning the illegal confinement of Earl G. Phillips to an insane asylum, and his problems and conditions at the asylum.
Armstrong was a railroad executive, civic leader, veteran, musician, and university board member. Born in 1892 in Brownwood, Texas, he served in World Wars I and II, and later became vice-president of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Texas Technological College from 1961-1966, he also held memberships in the Committee of Governing Boards of State Supported Universities, Texas Transportation Institute, West Texas Chamber of Commerce, Brownwood Chamber of Commerce, Texas Heritage Foundation, and American Society of Traffic and Transportation. Armstrong was also active in music with Al G. Fred's Minstrels, Neil O'Brian’s Minstrels, and the Old Gray Mare Band of Brownwood. He died in 1966 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Arnett, D. N.
Papers, 1866-1939
4 boxes (4.0 linear feet)

Includes personal and business correspondence, financial and printed material, and literary productions. The collection bulks with personal and business correspondence (1908-1909), general files (1866-1939), and financial records pertaining to Arnett's career as manager of Ellwood's ranching business (1895-1917). Some of the correspondence was written by J. Frank Norfleet, foreman of the Spade Ranch from 1891-1904, which details weather and business concerns of ranch life.  For further details, click here:  DNArnett.
Arnett was a West Texas rancher, trail boss, ranch manager, and banker. Born in 1847 in Milam County, Texas, he served in the Civil War as Texas Home Guard, joined the regular Army (CSA) in 1864, and became a Texas Ranger in 1867. He began "trailing cattle" in 1870, was employed as "trail boss" by D.H. and J.W. Snyder from 1877-1879, and became the manager of the Snyder's Yellow Wolf Ranch in Coke County, Texas, in 1881. By 1882, Arnett had acquired his own ranch, the Scissors Brand Ranch, in Mitchell County, Texas. From 1891-1912, he worked as the manager of the Renderbrook and Spade Ranches owned by barbed wire manufacturer, Isaac L. Ellwood. Later, Arnett raised cattle near Colorado City, Texas, and helped organize the City National Bank of Colorado City, Texas, where he served as bank vice-president. He died in 1934 in Colorado City, Texas.

Arnold, Gazzie Burkett
Papers, 1886-1985
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

    The main item is a diary compiled by Gazzie Burkett Arnold of Pin Oak, Texas.   It is accompanied by a genealogy of the Burkett and Arnold Families.  The Burkett Genealogy was compiled by Ruby Millicent Burkett Fisher.  It is accompanied by copies of wills.
    Gazzie Burkett Arnold was born on May 8, 1864 in Moulton, Lavaca County, Texas.  She died in 1921 at Whitehall, Texas.  Her husband was James Thomas Arnold whom she married in November 15, 1882.  Her parents were Nathaniel Boone Burkett and Catherine (Bunting) Burkett.  Her father was a Texas pioneer and Texas Ranger.

Arnold, Richard
Collection, 1902-1975
927 leaves

Includes printed materials and notes used in the research of Arnold's thesis, "The History of Adaptation of Cotton to the High Plains of Texas, 1890-1974."  Arnold received an M.A. in History from Texas Tech University in 1975.

Arthur, Lane
Papers, 1909-1984
7 microfilm reels : negative

Includes correspondence, campaign contributions and expenditures, and legal materials.   Lane and Nancy Arthur were active in Lubbock city and county government.

Arthur, Lane and Nancy
Papers, 1913-1984 and undated
4 boxes (4 linear feet)

    The papers contain hand written notes, transcripts of proceedings, news clippings, affidavits, correspondence, voter registration and census information, and subpoenas dealing mostly with the Single Member District Discrimination Suit in Lubbock, Texas. Also includes files on campaign contributions.  For futher details click here:   Arthur.
    The papers deal with the Single Member District Discrimination Suit of Lubbock, Texas. It effected the way minorities were represented in the city and county government of Lubbock based on population growth in certain precincts. Lane and Nancy Arthur served as attorneys for the plaintiff-intervenors. They were also active in the Lubbock City and County government.

Aryain, Edward
Papers, 1973-1996
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Collection consists of a literary production, "From Henna to Seminole" by Edward Aryain, Sr. documenting his immigration from Syria to the U.S. and correspondence from his sons. Edward Aryain, Sr. became a successful businessman in Seminole, Texas.   Click here for further details.

Ashby, Clifford
Papers, 1977
191 leaves

Includes manuscript of Trouping Through Texas, plus printed material on the 1977 Folk Culture Symposium, Tent Show Biographical Information Sheets, and Texas art.
Ashby was a Texas Tech University professor of Theater Arts. He co-authored (with Suzanne DePauw May) the book, Trouping Through Texas: Harley Sadler and His Tent Show (1982).

Ashby, Clifford
Papers, 1983
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Collection includes theatre scripts, budgets, contracts, and related printed materials pertaining to the theatre arts. Also includes personal handwritten letter from Sylvia Ashby. Dr. Clifford Ashby is Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at Texas Tech University and a noted tent show scholar.

Ashby, Clifford
Papers, 1915-1991
1 box and 4 wallets (1.4 linear feet)

Contains correspondence pertaining mostly to the production of "The Vi-Ton-Ka Medicine Show" and a portion of the shooting script for "Midnight Cowboy." The collection also contains museum brochures, a firearm collector’s catalogue as well as theatre programs and miscellaneous correspondence.  Click here for further details.
Ashby was a Texas Tech Professor of the Theatre Arts. He also co-authored (with Suzanne DePaw May) the book, Trouping Through Texas: Harley Sadler and His Tent Show (1982).

Ashby, Clifford
Papers, 1998
1 box (1 linear foot)

Collection includes two draft copies of a manuscript entitled "Classical Greek Theatre: New Views of an Old Subject" with handwritten notes. Dr. Clifford Ashby is Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at Texas Tech University and a noted tent show scholar. In December 1998, the manuscript was published by the University of Iowa Press.

Ashby, Clifford
Papers, undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Collection is a set of Haynes Souvenir Postcards of Yellowstone National Park with 48 cards. Dr. Clifford Ashby is Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at Texas Tech University and a noted tent show scholar.

Ashby, Clifford
Papers, 1978-1997
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

The collection is comprised of materials from two theatre productions.   Buzzard, written by Dr. Ashby, was performed in 1978 at the Lubbock Theatre Center. The second work represented in the colleciton is Ion, as adapted by Dr. Ashby and presented by The Lubbock Community Theatre in 1997. The materials include scripts, production notes, playbills, and programs.  Related collections include the Clifford Ashby Video Collection and Clifford Ashby Photograph Collection.

Ashby, Sylvia
Papers, 1964
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Contains publications on the Texas Tech Theatre European Tour of 1964 and a copy of the play, Liebermnan’s Laundromat by Barry Corbin.
Sylvia Ashby is the wife of Dr. Clifford Ashby, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University. She was named one Lubbock, Texas’ Women of Excellence in 1993.

Ashby, Sylvia
Papers, 1966-1995 and undated
1 wallet (0.2 linear feet)

Collection of correspondence for the Women of Excellence Award, Granbury Opera House, Lubbock Women of Excellence, and Stage Productions publications, and miscellaneous materials.
Sylvia Ashby is the wife of Dr. Clifford Ashby, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University. She was named one Lubbock, Texas’ Women of Excellence in 1993. The Granbury Opera House was built in 1886 and closed in 1911. In 1975 it re-opened and has since provided entertainment to the public in the form of theatrical plays.

Ashby, Sylvia
Papers, 1987-1991 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

The collection primarily deals with Sylvia Ashby’s literary production, including a play script to Tales Told by the Brothers Grimm.  Sylvia Ashby is the wife of Texas Tech professor, Clifford Ashby. She dramatized the play Tales Told by the Brothers Grimm. Her play was performed by Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas.

Askins, John
Papers, 1956-2006,
a College Baseball Hall of Fame Collection
6 boxes (6 linear feet)

     A component of the College Baseball Hall of Fame Collection of the College Baseball Foundation Archive, the collection consists of items John Askins collected in conjunction with his reporting duties and through his former and current professional associations. The majority of the collection is comprised of college and university baseball media guides and press releases from 1978-2006 and material relating to the establishment and administration of the Smith Award.
     A graduate of Texas Tech University, John Askins is a sports journalist, former Executive Director of the Greater Houston Sports Association, current Executive Director of the College Baseball Hall of Fame and a member of the College Baseball Foundation Board of Trustees. Askins has made major contributions to several award programs that promote recognition of excellence in college baseball including the Rotary Smith Award, the Brooks Wallace National Player of the Year Award, and the College Baseball Hall of Fame, administered by the College Baseball Foundation. Formed in the fall of 2004, the College Baseball Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to the support of college baseball through promotion of its history and recognition of its cultural influence and to the creation of opportunities for players and fans.

Association of Oilwell Servicing Contractors (Dallas, Texas)
Collection, 1963-1965
75 leaves

The collection consists of printed material pertaining to the Association of Oilwell Servicing Contractors conventions of 1963, 1964, and 1965.
Founded in 1956 as a voluntary, non-profit trade organization whose membership includes individuals and businesses from all oil-producing areas of the United States, the association works to solve technical and operating problems. The Association of Oilwell Servicing Contractors is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Association of Women Students (Texas Technological College)
Records, 1968 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

    The collection contains a scrapbook of the Women’s Day banquet and activities at Texas Tech in 1968 plus a few loose photographs of the event. It also contains some undated photographs.  The Association of Women Students was organized on the Texas Tech University campus in 1931 by Mary W. Doak, Margaret Weeks and the Quarterly Club, a faculty women's organization. The organization holds an annual Women's Day celebration, during which all Tech coeds wear white.

Aston, Rogers Reginald
Papers, 1946-1980
6 microfilm reels : negative

Consists of material documenting Aston's water related activities and associations. Included are correspondence, speeches, news clippings, minutes, reports, and other items about the Pecos Valley Agualantes, the National Water Conference. Aston's filing system has been maintained.
Aston is a New Mexico rancher and artist known for his bronze sculptures. He is also involved in issues and organizations involving water conservation for the upper Pecos Valley.

Atascosa County Centennial (Texas)
Records, 1856-1956
1 microfilm reel (20 ft.) : negative

Consists of an official centennial program and history of Atascosa County.   Atascosa County, Texas, organized in 1856, celebrated its centennial anniversary of that event in 1956.

Atcheson, Atkinson, Cartwright and Rorex
Collection, 1978
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

     The item is a single booklet of a Project Index of Atcheson, Atkinson, Cartwright and Rorex, that includes building projects built from the period 1939 to 1977 by the architectural firm.
     The Project Index includes buildings constructed in Lubbock and Texas Tech University such as the Lubbock Municipal Airport (1948) and Texas Tech's Student Union (1951).  Other building projects located in numerous cities are listed as well.  The firm began with James Atcheson in 1939.  Over the years the firm’s name changed to accommodate other architects such Atkinson in 1949, Cartwright in 1956 and finally Rorex in 1972.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Santa Fe Splinters, Collection, 1830-1940
7 microfilm reels : negative

Consists of 41 volumes, including typescript and photocopies of Santa Fe Records (1830-1940). Includes reports, correspondence, lists, clippings, photographs, and financial documents describing the development of the Santa Fe and subsidiary lines. Most material is arranged by routes of the railroad. The collection includes construction histories of the various lines and constitutes the official scrapbook of the Santa Fe Railway System, which was compiled by Joseph Weidel. General introductory statements on the compilation of the Splinters precede the title page of each of the forty-one volumes.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Records, 1874-1986 and undated
27 boxes, 5 oversized boxes, and 4 books

    Contains Dispatcher's Record ("train sheets"), correspondence, printed material, scrapbook material, architectural drawings, time tables (1966-1971), 1948 rule book, 2 chronological seniority rosters (1966-1971), news bulletins (1968-1971) and other operations material. Correspondence material includes 3 letterpress books (1874-1878, 1879-1882 and 1882-1884). The bulk of the collection consists of architectural drawings (1909-1973) which deal with Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (ATSF) depots, office buildings and businesses.  Also includes business correspondence with the Slaton Division of the San Angelo Branch of the ATSF.  For further details click here:  ATSF.
    Chartered in 1859 as the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company, it was renamed the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company in 1863. It then became the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company in 1893. The system grew to cover the area from Chicago, down to the Gulf Coast, and over to California. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe became part of the Santa Fe Railroad systems, a part of the Santa Fe Industries. The company was active in land colonization, townsite development, and transportation.

Athena Symposium (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1956-1958
50 leaves

Consists of minute book for 1956-1958.
A women's study club that was formed in Lubbock, Texas, in 1956. The purpose of the club was discussion and research on political, cultural, and psychological topics.

Athenaeum Club (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1923-1977
1,801 leaves

Contains correspondence, a handwritten history, financial reports, club minutes, printed notices, programs and miscellaneous scrapbook material. Also contains one photograph of club officers.
A Lubbock women's literary organization, the club was organized at the old First Methodist Church in 1923. Mrs. W. L. Baugh presided over the organizational meeting. Shortly after 1923, the club was federated by the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.

Atkinson, David K.
Collection, 1989
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Literary productions of one oral history transcription compiled by Alice Stocks: Interview with David K. Atkinson on U.S. Steel (Atlantic City) Rail Line by Rev. Mark Jervis on Jan. 1, 1989.
The original interview recording on David K. Atkinson is housed at the Wyoming State Archives. The interview centers around Mr. Atkinson and his involvement with the U.S. Steel Rail Line in Atlantic City.

Ausmus, Lawrence
Family papers, 1905-1968
1,761 leaves

Includes correspondence, photographs, literary productions, and legal, financial, and scrapbook materials pertaining to the Ausmus' Colorado boarding house business, mining, and the education of Florence Ausmus. The collection bulks (1905-1968) with financial and scrapbook material and correspondence.
The Ausmus family lived in Colorado during the first half of the twentieth century. Margaret Ausmus ran boarding houses, while her husband, William, and son, Lawrence, worked in mines and on road construction crews. A daughter, Florence, attended Catholic school in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Austin, David, Jr.
Papers, 1838-1841
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

     The collection is composed of eleven letters written to David Austin Jr. while he was living in Tallahassee, Florida Territory.  The writers are his wife Rebecca, brother Abraham Austin, nephew William Price, and storekeeper John Besson.  Date span is November 18, 1838 to April 1, 1941.
     David Austin Jr. was a businessman and entrepreneur living in Florida.  One of his partners was a speculator named Flagg.  The relatives described in detail family issues and news from New York City.  They also mention the family’s connection to the Swartwout-Price scandal, which was the first million-dollar embezzlement of the United States government funds.  Samuel Swartwout and William Price were implicated in the crime;  they fled to Europe to escape punishment.

Avants, Douglas
Papers, 1930-1996 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)

Items include correspondence, milk bottle lids from 1930-1936, newsletter on the dairy industry. Douglas Avants has an interest in the Texas dairy industry and is a collector of dairy items.

Ayers, Ross
Papers, 1968-1973 and undated
3 boxes (2.3 linear feet)