Texas Tech University
Archives
Below are oversized materials,
arranged primarily by donor, that are often housed separately due to their
size.
Academics, Agricultural Sciences/Animal Sciences, Art and Photography [Miscellaneous], Athletics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Establishment & Location of TTU, Human Sciences, International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS), International Textile Center, Landscape Architecture, Masked Rider, Miscellaneous, Mom and Dads Association, Museum, Music, President's Office, PrinTech, Provost's Office, Ranching Heritage Center, Research Services, Residence Hall Association, Saddle Tramps, Shanklin, Melinda, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech Press, and Women's Service Organization
- O17.C - Time Chart of Earth’s Early History from Archeozoic to Cenozoic. Partially torn, undated (1 item)
- O17.5 - Scrapbook of the Red Raiders vs. St. Mary’s Gaels, Cotton Bowl, January 2, 1939 [Includes Cotton Bowl of 1994]
Agricultural Sciences / Animal Sciences
- O17.4 - W. L. Stangel collection: Charts, 1946 (2 items); Texas Tech Blueprints, undated (7 items); Assorted Blueprints, 1929 (6 items); Texas Tech Buildings and Assorted Blueprints, 1937-1949 (6 items); Texas Tech Buildings and Assorted Blueprints, 1926 and undated (13 items); Texas Tech Buildings and Assorted Blueprints, 1934-1948 (10 items); Texas Tech Buildings and Assorted Blueprints, 1937 and undated (6 items); Texas Tech Buildings and Assorted Blueprints, 1941 (15 items); and Texas Tech Buildings and Assorted Blueprints, 1920-1937 (11 items)
- O7.5- Texas Tech: Agriculture Education Department, 1984
- O17.9- Texas Tech: Agriculture Education Department, 1984
- O17.9- Texas Tech: Agriculture Education Department, 1984
- O18.6- Photographs and print, undated (11 items)
- O18.13- Agricultural Education and Mechanization Collection, 1935-1975 and undated (6 boards)
Art and Photography [Miscellaneous]
- O7.7- Texas Tech University: Presidents’ Home: Pastel Painting, undated (1 item)
- O17.11- Early Portraits by H. de Leon of Texas Tech Faculty: Wm. M. Whyburn, Edward N. Jones, D. M. Wiggins, Clifford B. Jones, R. C. Goodwin, Bradford Knapp, and P. W. Horn, undated (7 items)
- F175.1A- Paintings of Texas Tech Personalities, 16 x 20’s: Grover Murray, Donny Anderson, Preston Smith, Jim Carlen, undated (4 items; Donor: David Burnet)
- 019.12.5 - Print of the Agricultural Pavilion
- O7.14 - Texas Tech entrance into Southwest Conference, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, May 13, 1956 newspaper (2 items)
- O18.5- 1938 Texas Tech football team, The Toreador, 1938 (1 item; donor- Elmer Tarbox)
- O18.5- 1938 Texas Tech football team, The University Daily, 1969 (1 item)
- O18.5- 1938 Texas Tech football team, political issues, The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 1937-1973 (18 items; donor- Elmer Tarbox)
- O18.5- 1938 Texas Tech football team, The Sunday Post, 1938 (1 leaf; donor- Elmer Tarbox)
- See also the Sports Information Posters and Oversized collection
- O18.7- Texas Tech Southwest Conference Admission poster, 1956 (1 item)
- F176.4A- Texas Tech Women’s Basketball Team poster, 1984-1985 (1 item)
- O18.9- Texas Tech Red Raider poster by Dirk West, undated (1 item)
- O7.16 - Painted rendering of new TTU Chemistry building (1 item)
- O7.4 - Charcoal drawing of W. Albert Noyes, Jr., President of American Chemical Society, 1947, by Carleton West (1 item)
Establishment & Location of TTU
- O7.14 - Map of Texas showing cities competing for Texas Tech in 1923 (1 item)
- O7.14 - Newspapers on the beginning of TTU: “10,000 Attend Tech Ceremonies,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1924 (2 items) and “Thousands See Tech Jubilee,” Lubbock Morning-Avalanche, 11/12/1924 (1 item)
- O18.1- Texas Tech, Houston Chronicle, 1929 (1 item); Texas Tech, Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 1926-1935 and undated (5 items); and Texas Tech, Western Weekly, 1926 (4 items)
- O18.2- West Texas and Texas Tech, West Texas Today, 1923 (2 items) and Texas Tech, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1923 (3 items)
- O18.3- Texas Tech, The Dallas Morning News, 1930 (1 item)
- O18.4- Texas Tech, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Extra, 1923 (1 item)
- O7.9- "Celebrating the Challenge of Change" poster with biographical sketch of La Wanda Murfee in folder
- O19.A - Texas Home Economics Association, large white banner (1 item), and Texas Home Economics Education, large brown banner (1 item)
International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS)
- O18.4- Texas Tech: ICASALS Poster for the Southwest Artists Exhibition, undated (1 item)
- O18.5- "Arid Lands and Human Response," Series poster, Texas Tech Museum, undated (1 item; Note: Last public Appearance by the late Charles L. Wood, Associate Professor of History, Texas Tech)
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O19.A - Black cotton pickers in a field with tractor and wagon in the background (SWCPC 651)
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O7.10 - Texas Tech University Campus Plans, 1930-1980 (25 leaves)
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O19.8.13 - "Guns Up" Black & white Masked Rider poster, undated (3 items)
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O19.8.13 - Texas Tech Skeet & Trap Club poster with Raider Red
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O19.8.13 - Educational Job Fair poster with Raider Red, 1987
Miscellaneous Oversized Materials
- O7.13 - Clifford B. Jones Certificate from Texas Tech Ex-Students Association, comes with tassel, undated (1 item)
- O8.1 - Texas Technological College poster, 1965 (1 item)
- O7.10 - Texas Tech University Campus Plans, 1930-1987 and undated (7 items); "Campus Aerial– South" Poster, undated (1 item); House Plan, undated (1 item); and International Posters, 1979 and undated (6 items)
- O8.9 - Ink print of Will Rogers on his horse Soapsuds, statue at Texas Tech, undated (1 item)
- O9.11 - Deans, poster of collage photos, undated (1 item)
- O8.2 - Flora Goforth’s items: Certificate and water-colored painting (2 items)
- O10.17 - Harmsen’s Western Americana Collection at the Museum of TTU, 1976: ICASALS-Museum Development Program, 1967; The University Daily, volume 42, No. 31, 1966 (Inauguration of President Grover Murray commemorative edition); Texas State Parks, report by Dept. of Park Administration, TTU, 1963; and Forty Years Forward: 1925-1965, Texas Technological College, 1965
- Texas Tech University Campus Life Poster, Character Map, 1982 (1 item)
- O18.1- Anne L. Hammons’ diplomas from Texas Technological College, 1929-1933 (2 items)
- O18.1- Texas Tech Article, The Lubbock News Loyalty Edition, undated (1 item)
- O18.4- Texas Tech and Lubbock Christian College, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 1973 (1 item)
- O18.8- Texas Tech Prints, undated: Texas Tech Dairy Barn (2 items); Texas Tech Seal (2 items); Ranching Heritage (2 items); Red Raider Mascot (2 items); and Farming in a Corn Field (2 items)
- O18.9- Diploma awarded to Estus Cantrell Polk, degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Technological College, 1952 (1 item) -- Polk received the first Ph.D. awarded at Texas Tech.
- O18.937th Annual Texas Tech NIRA Rodeo poster, 1986 (1 item; Donor: Kristine Fredriksson, 1986)
- O18.11 - Comparative Literature Symposium: "The Spanish Civil War in Literature," poster, undated (1 item)
- O18.11 - Comparative Literature Symposium: "Literature and Anthropology," poster, undated (1 item)
- O7.9 - "Spirit of Excellence," posters, 1995 (3 items)
- O7.9 - Texas Tech La Ventana poster, undated (3 items)
- O 19? - George Elle - Aerial map entitled "Conservation Plan Map, Lubbock County, TTC Campus," undated
- O 19? - "Lubbock Character Map" illustrated color map of Lubbock depicting various business and personalities produced by G. V. Pubs, undated
- O 19 ? - "Culture Clash in AmeriCCA" poster, autographed by the performers, 2007
- O 19.13.3 - Faculty Recognition 2006 by Kyle Miller (Mortar Board)
- O 19.13.3 - Artist’s print of Law School by Larry Bridges, # 209/1000
- O 19.13.3 - Artist’s print of Texas Tech School of Medicine and Allied Health by Larry Bridges, 150/1000
- O 19.13.5 - Blank TTU Business Administration diploma for December 2000
- O17.C - Large canvas signs (2 items); "Their Children Provide Realities," undated; and "Fathers Provide Dreams," undated
- O7.13 - Texas Technological College Museum Painting [Holden Hall] by Robert, Locard, and Del, undated (1 item)
- O8.11 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy certificate to Maurice T. Easter for Registered Pharmacist, 1908 (1 item), and Ward Seminary for Young Ladies diploma to Lydia Louise Mooar, 1909 (1 item)
- O9.13 - Oversized Book, Chicago Offers Northerly Isle, 1945 (1 item)
- O18.7- Arid Lands and Human Responses poster, undated (1 item)
- Poster: Eliot Porter: Antarctica, undated (1 item)
- O18.9- West Texas Museum Association emblem poster signed by Mary Ellen Jones, undated (1 item)
- O19.13.3- Texas Tech Band in Concert poster, mounted, 1930 (1 item)
- O17.7- Texas Tech Summer Band School Posters, 1942-1957 (2 items; D. O. Wiley Estate)
- O18.4- Band Camp Poster, 1973 (1 item)
- O18.5- Music Department posters, undated (5 items)
- O18.9- Texas Tech Fall Choral Concert poster, 1986 (1 item)
- O18.9- Texas Tech Cosi Fan Tutte Opera Performance, 1986 (1 item)
- O8.6- Band on football field in flower-shaped formation, undated (1 mounted item; removed from frame)
- O18.5- Texas Tech Posters, 1973-1978 and undated: Literature Symposium (2 items), Music Department (2 items); Calendar (2 items); University Center Events (1 item); and Women Athletics (1 item)
- O18.4- Establishment of Tech and Locating Board, 1972 (2 leaves)
- O18.3- Grover Murray Inauguration Invitations, 1966 (3 items)
- F176.2A- Charts of Administration Organization, undated (8 items); Faculty list by Department, 1971 (1 item); "A Method for Seasonal Financial Control Historical Data: Dormitories Plotted Against Historical Data," undated (2 items); and Roll of Honor, Women: Recognition Service, 1939 (1 item)
- O18.9- News clipping: Death of Texas Tech President Paul Horn, The Toreador, 1932 (1 item; donor Mina Lamb)
- O7.13 - Calendar, 1996 (1 item)
- O8.9 - 1998 Calendar with "Owl Draw" in Blanco Canyon image by PrinTech
- O8.11 - Miscellaneous campus blueprints (6 items); Miscellaneous campus maps (17 items); and Miscellaneous campus architectural renderings/drawings (17 items)
- O7.13 - Chuck Wagon Gathering Poster, 1997 (1 item)
- O9.1 - Publication Templates, undated (6 items); Memo from Preston Smith on Recognition of Ranch Day, 1972 (1 item); and The Coming West, newspaper, Ranch Headquarters Association, Snyder, -Texas, 1970 (1 item)
- O8.10 - Chuck Wagon Gathering poster, 1999 (1 item)
- O8.1 - National Western Artist Show poster, May 1984 (1 item)
- O18.11- National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, 1990 (1 item)
- O8.6 - Experimental Biology poster (1 item)
- O8.6 - Great Degree Programs poster, Department of Art, Texas Tech University (1 item)
- Carol of Lights Posters -- see University Theatre below
- O7.14 - “Timeless Perfection” 42nd Annual Carol of Lights at Texas Tech posters, Dec. 2000 (3 items)
- O17.2 - Saddle Tramps Posters, 1971-1974 (3 items)
- O19.4.5 - James Marcus and Alice Gordon diplomas from Scottish Rite, James Marcus Gordon "the Alamo Latin and Music School Diploma (1899), and a Scottish Rite certificate" (4 items)
- O7.12 - Southwest Collection Display Posters: New building rendering, 1980s (4 items); New Building Floor Plans, 1994 (5 items); Paint and Tile Colors Sample Poster, 1995 (1 item)
- O7.18 - Southwest Collection Display and Prints: Ground Floor Plan on board, 1994 (1 item); Architecture Blue Prints, 1994 (118 leaves); Carpet Samples (2 items); Tile and Fabric Sample poster board (1 item); Users’ Notice Board, 1996 (1 item).
- O8.2 - "The Archivist’s Code" poster from the General Services Administration, undated (1 item), and "Southwest Collection" Promotional Board, undated (1 item)
- O7.14 - SWC/SCL Memorials and Donors Plaques removed from SWC/SCL walls, 6/1998 (2 items)
- O7.11 - W. C. and Frances M. Holden Reading Room Signs removed from SWC/SCL walls, 6/1998 (2 items)
- O7.2 - W. C. and France Mayhugh Holder Sign Board removed from wall after display, 6/1998 (1 item)
- O7.3 - Blueprint of New Southwest Collection building for Boston and 18th Street, undated (1 item)
- O7.3 - "Collection of Material on Area Life Being Built at Lubbock," article on Southwest Collection from an Amarillo newspaper, July 10, 1966 (1 item)
- O8.11 - An Exhibit for the Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute, bound booklet, 1995 (1 item); Proposal for Design, Preparation, and Installation of Exhibits for the Special Collections Library, Texas Tech, bound booklet, 1994 (1 item); and Preliminary Design Drawings for the Exhibits for the Special Collections Library, Texas Tech, bound booklet, 1996 (1 item)
- O18.11- "Hispanic Southwest: A Symposium of History, Literature, and Folk Art," poster, 1989 (1 item)
- O18.5- Texas Tech Posters: Red Raider and Texas Tech; Overcoming Math Anxiety; Edward Villella, 1980; Residence Halls Staff Positions, 1980; Texas Tech Counseling Center: Speed Reading; Neil Simon’s "The Good Doctor," 1979; Drive Friendly Poster, 1980; Faculty Recital: Lora Deah L.; Dracula The Ballet, 1980; Jack Anderson, 1980; and Fraternity Rush, 1980.
- O18.7- Texas Tech University Semicentennial Poster, 1973-1975 (1 item)
- O18.5- Blueprints of Texas Tech University Theater tent show, undated (7 items)
- O18.10- American College Theatre Festival, poster, 1976 (1 item)
- University Theatre Posters
- Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 7, 1979 (1 item); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 4, 1981 (1 item); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 2, 1983 (1 item); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 5, 1986 (2 items); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 1, 1989 (1 item); Carol of Lights Poster, Nov. 30, 1990 (1 item); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 6, 1991 (2 items); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 3, 1993 (2 items); Carol of Lights Poster, Dec. 5, 1997 (1 item); and Lights on Broadway Poster, Dec. 3, no year (1 item).
- O16-17.C - Women’s Service Organization, photograph collage