Texas Tech University Archives
Below are departmental and campus records that are available for viewing in the reading room.

Administration Building

  • U 317.1 Administration Building Collection, 2001: This collection consists of research done by Texas Tech Architect Gene Bals on the Administration Building. He argues that there exists striking similarities between the City of Williamsburg, Virginia and the Texas Tech campus and between William and Mary College's restored Wren Building and Texas Tech's 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.

Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Education
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, and since 1946 the department has sponsored vocational agriculture contests.

  • U 5.1 Agricultural Education Records, 1955-1958: This 1 wallet collection contains general office files and information on W. L. Stangel.  Transferred to the Heritage Club photograph collection are nineteen prints and negatives.
  • U 6.1 Agricultural Education and Mechanization Records, 1935-1975 and undated: This 2 box collection contains printed material concerning Allis Chalmer, John Deere, Harry Ferguson, Inc. and International Harvester.  Also includes brochures and operators manuals.

Agricultural Engineering

  • U 258.1 Agricultural Engineering Records, 1914-1983 and undated: This is a 27 box collection which also includes blueprints.

Agricultural School / Agriculture School

  • Agricultural School Blueprints
  • Agricultural School Photos
  • S 571.1 Arthur Henry Leidigh Papers, 1913-1948:  This 1 wallet collection contains correspondence, printed programs, and photographs concerning the original faculty at Texas Tech University and its School of Agriculture.
  • U 7.1 Agricultural School Records, undated: This 1 wallet collection pertains to correspondence of the Horticulture Department.
  • U 7.2 Agricultural School Records, 1930-1937, 1961-1964, 1967-1975: This one box collection contains materials pertaining to the Agricultural School.
  • U 7.3 Agricultural School Records, 1926-1952: This 1 box collection contains ribbons won from 1926-1952.
  • U 7.4 Agricultural School Records, 1882-1974: This is a 48 box collection.
  • U 8.1 Agricultural School Records, 1889-1980 and undated: This is a 56 box collection.
  • U 159.1 School of Agriculture Records, undated: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 11.1 Agriculture School Records, 1916-1974 and undated: This 48 box collection contains general files concerning Texas Tech and Texas Tech Agriculture School. Also contains printed material on the Agriculture School and agriculture industry.

Agricultural Science and Natural Resources
Since its beginning in 1925, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has provided programs of teaching, research and public service to prepare students for employment in the modern agricultural and renewable natural resources industry.

Agricultural Sciences, College of
On campus, the College operated 900 acres of agricultural land, 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 College maintained a Livestock Arena, a Meat Laboratory and a Greenhouse/ Experimental Garden complex for teaching and research.

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: This 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.

Agronomy Department
Agronomy is the study of soils, plant genetics, pest control, biotechnology, plant physiology, and crop management. Students are taught how to use and manage soils, including the application of chemical, biological, and physical sciences in regards to natural and crop production environments.

  • B. L. Allen oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • Cecil L. Ayers oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • Chester Jaynes oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • Arthur W. Young oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • S 489.1 Chester C. Jaynes Papers, 1943-1978: This 1 wallet collection contains correspondence relating to Jaynes' academic career, plus materials relating to Alpha Zeta, buffalo grass research, and correspondence with TTU College of Agriculture Dean, A. H. Leidigh.
  • U 13.1 Agronomy Department Scrapbook, 1936-1958: Donated by Dr. Chester Jaynes, the leather bound scrapbook concerns the establishment and the history of the Plant Industry Club at Texas Technological College from 1936-1958.  Also included is the organization's constitution and meeting minutes.
  • S 1227.1 Arthur and Vera Young Papers, 1936-1990: This 2 box collection contains information about Young's work as an agricultural consultant to Argentina for the Bunge y Born Corporation. Includes reports of visits to the Estancia region of Argentina, guidelines for growing cotton and insect control, a soil feasibility study, and a five-year proposal for agricultural enterprises in Estancia La Pelada. The collection bulks (1970) with the proposed five year plan.  It also includes Christmas cards, news clippings, bulletins, weather research, scholarship information, and written articles.

American Theatre Tours

  • U 17.1 American Theatre Tours Records, 1955-1962:  This 2 box (2.0 linear feet) collection includes itineraries, potential tour members, and information on college credit for the tour and financial dealings. Also contains correspondence with and pamphlets from hotels and theatres in the eastern and western United States and Canada.

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, which were also maintained by the department for classroom instruction. In addition, a number of the department's students competed for prizes over the years, frequently placing among the top ten in many categories and winning several awards.

  • Animal Husbandry Photographs
  • Aggie Pig Roast oral history interview (1954)
  • James F. Dominy oral history interview (1975)
  • F. G. Harbaugh oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • C. G. Scruggs oral history interview (1976)- importance of W. L. Stangel papers donation
  • U 19.1 Animal Husbandry Records, 1942-1944: This is a 2 box collection containing correspondence from 1942-1944.
  • U 19.2 Animal Husbandry Records, 1944-1945: This is a 2 box collection containing correspondence from 1944-1945.
  • U 19.3 Animal Husbandry Records, 1953-1965: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 19.4 Animal Husbandry Records, 1925-1937: This is a 2 box collection.
  • U 19.5 Animal Husbandry Records, 1945-1948: This is a 28 box collection.
  • S 977.1 Wenzel Louis Stangel Papers, 1888-1975:  The 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 Science
  • Ralph Durham oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • S 765.1-3 Coleman A. O'Brien Papers, 1964-1977: This 4 wallet collection consists of printed material. Includes both reprints and photocopies of Dr. O'Brien's published research, along with copies of notices and faculty publication lists.

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

  • Nolan Barrick oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

Art Department

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.

  • Kathryn S. Durham oral history interview- dean (1975)
  • U 20.1 Arts and Sciences Records, 1962-1970: This is a 5 box collection.
  • U 20.2 Arts and Sciences Records, undated: This is a 7 box collection.
  • U 20.3 Arts and Sciences Records, 1918-1945: This is a 9 box collection.
  • U 20.4 Arts and Sciences Records, 1959-1972 and undated: This is a 2 box collection.
  • U 20.5 Arts and Sciences Records, 1962-1969: This is a 4 box collection.
  • U 20.6 Arts and Sciences Records, 1963-1971: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 20.7 Arts and Sciences Records, 1965-1980: This is a 4 box collection.
  • U 20.8 Arts and Sciences Records, 1968-1981: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 20.9 Arts and Sciences Records, 1969-1976 and undated: This is a 8 box collection.
  • U 20.10 Arts and Sciences Records, 1925-1991 and undated: This is a 10 box collection consisting of annual and departmental reports, coordination board, faculty council, institutional self-studies, steering committees, tenure counseling and decisions, and travel.

Band [see also Music]
In 1925, Tech’s band was composed of only 21 members and wore matador uniforms. Now having about 350 members and wearing a variation of the original uniform, the Goin’ Band performs at various special events, home and away football games, and parades.

  • S 410.1 Leon Harris Papers, 1938-1985 and undated: This 3 box collection bulks with pre-game and half time marching band scripts which Harris used.
  • 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 Collection.

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
Offering advanced degrees in Biology, Microbiology, and Zoology, at both the masters and doctoral levels, the Department of Biological Sciences bases its admissions on the combination of letters of recommendation, grades, GRE scores, and evidence of potential as a research scientist.

  • Milton Frederic Landwer oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Jesse Q. Sealey oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Russell W. Strandtmann oral history interview- faculty (1974)
  • Russell W. Strandtmann oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • S 1688.1 Robert J. Baker, 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).
  • 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.
  • S 997.1-997.2 Richard Arthur Studhalter Papers, 1933-1955: This 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.
  • 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, 1951-1979

Bookstore

Buildings

Building Maintenance

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

Bulletins and Catalogs
Includes miscellaneous Texas Tech publications such as class schedules and graduate school catalogs from Texas Tech University.

  • U 191.1 Bulletins and Catalogs, undated: This is a 8 box collection containing miscellaneous Texas Tech bulletins and catalogs.
  • U 37.1 Bulletins and Catalogs Committee Records, undated: This is a 1 box collection.

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 (TTU) 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.

  • Haskell G. Taylor oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • U 34.1 Business Administration Records, 1968-1974, 1954-1965: This is a 1 box collection consisting of general correspondence, printed materials, and materials on the Ad-Hoc Faculty Committee, the Business Education and Secretarial Administration Department, and Physical Facilities. Also includes correspondence concerning office and classroom facilities in the Classroom and Office Building, and materials concerning advance planning for the new Business Administration Building.

Campus (Building) Plans

  • U 294.1 Campus (Building) Plans, 1996-1998 and undated: This 1 oversized box collection consists of bound copies of various campus building project plans.

The Catalyst
An underground and controversial newspaper written by Texas Tech students from 1969-1971.  Copies of The Catalyst are on microfilm and in digital PDF format and are available for viewing in the Reading Room at the Southwest Collection.

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.

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 276.1 Center for Campus Life Records, 1930s-1950s and 1976-2001: This 1 box collection contains various materials related to the operations of the Center for Campus Life.  Included are 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.

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.

  • U 39.1 Center for Energy Research Records, 1975-1980: This 1 box collection includes are annual reports, solar energy, and the publication of Sources.

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.

  • U 40.1 Center for History of Engineering Records, 1987-1982 and undated: This 2 wallets collection contains materials used in contract research conducted by the Texas Tech Center for History of Engineering and Technology for the Preservation Office of the State of Arizona.

Chemical Engineering

  • U 308.1 Chemical Engineering Records, 1985-1993:  This 1 box collection consists of old office files from Dr. John Bradford pertaining to doctoral program reviews from 1986-1989, the Academy of Chemical Engineers from 1992-1993, and Industrial Advisory Committee from 1986-1993.
  • 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.

Chemistry Department

Civil Engineering
The use of water resources is of great concern to many departments at Texas Tech, civic government, and private industry. To meet their needs for research and water resources advancement, in 1965 the Board of Regents established the Water Resources Center. Members from civic government, Chemical and Civil Engineering and the College of Agricultural (to name just a few) serve an advisory function.

The Department of Civil Engineering has been increasingly interested in the effects of wind on engineered structures. In 1971 the Institute for Disaster Research was created in response to information gained from the 1970 Lubbock Tornado. In 1988 another Center was created to broaden the scope of research – The Wind Engineering Research Center.

  • Civil Engineering Photographs
  • James H. Murdough oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Miriam C. Parkhill oral history interview (1978)
  • S 734.1 James Harold Murdough Papers, 1948-1962: This 1 wallet collection includes literary productions and printed material. The collection bulks (1948-1962) with three texts written by Murdough: A Course in Mechanics, Kinematics and Kinetics (1948); Elements of Dynamics (1958); Elements of Dynamics (Rev. ed., 1962); and Handbook of 8" Howitzer, Model 1917 and 6" Gun, Model 1917.
  • U 205.1 Civil Engineering- Wind Records, 1966-1979 and 1985: This 1 box collection contains official correspondence relating to The History of Engineering Program, Chairman Dr. Ernst W. Keisling, and the Institute for Disaster Research. Included is also the Proceedings of the Fifth U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering.
  • U 205.2 Civil Engineering- Water Records, 1910-1988: This 5 box collection pertains to water use and practice throughout Texas and the United States. The collection was originally the subject files of Robert V. Thurmond, Associated County Agricultural Agent out of Texas A&M in the 1950s. Dr. Marvin J. Dvoracek acquired the papers, adding his own materials to the collection. Dr. Marvin J. Dvoraceck is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, 1962-1994 at Texas Tech.
  • U 205.3 Civil Engineering Records, 1946-1996 and undated: This 7 box collection deals with civil engineering related subjects, primarily related to clay soil testing and analysis, repair of bomb damaged airfield pavements, and various pavement mixtures that make airfield pavements withstand temperatures, takeoffs, wind and water resistant, and stable in a number of scenarios.
  • Wind Engineering Blueprints

Commencement Programs, Invitations and Speeches
Tech’s first commencement exercises were held in May, 1927, and included an operetta and a pageant.  A drawing was made to pick which of the fourteen graduating seniors would be the first to graduate from Tech, with the honor going to Mrs. Mary Dale Buckner.   The first Master’s degrees were given to three Tech students in 1928.

  • S 1285.1 George W. Bush Jr. Papers, 1997: This 1 wallet collection contains Bush's commencement speech delivered on May 10, 1997.
  • S 823.1 O. B. Ratliff Papers, 1922-1971 and undated: This 1 wallet collection contains news clippings, and a speech written and given by O.B. Ratliff to the Texas Tech graduating class of 1946
  • U 45.1 Commencement Programs and Invitations Records, 1927-1966: This is a 1 box collection.

Comparative Literature Symposium
Begun around the mid-1960s, the Symposium was organized by the Interdepartmental Committee on Comparative Literature, in cooperation with other disciplinary departments, and presented an annual gathering which featured guest speakers on various themes. Free to the public and students, the two-day Symposium was also broadcast on a few occasions by KTXT-TV.

  • U 50.1 Comparative Literature Records, 1968-1977: This 1 box and 1 oversized box collection contains materials pertaining to the annual Comparative Literature Symposium conducted at Texas Tech.

Continuing Education

Contracting and Risk Management

Cotton Research
Dr. Albin and Dr. Ethridge were seeking to start a collection that will gather all cotton-related research materials done at Texas Tech University and by Texas Tech faculty.   Dr. Albin worked for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, and Dr. Ethridge worked for Agricultural and Applied Economics dept.

Crosbyton Solar Power Project
The Texas town of Crosbyton was the chosen site for the Solar Power Project conducted through Texas Tech’s Electrical Engineering department. The project was the result of efforts begun in 1974 to find an alternative energy source to slow rapidly rising local utility rates. A 65-foot, bowl-shaped solar dish lined with mirrors and tilted at an angle was constructed to reap maximum sunlight, thereby concentrating the sun’s heat and produce temperatures as high as 1,000 degrees F. The heat would be focused onto a receiver that heated water to create steam, and this stem would then be pumped through a turbine, which would in turn produce electricity. Dr. O’Hair was a professor of electrical engineering and was active in the Project.

Custodial Department

  • U 54.1 Custodial Department Records, 1957: This 1 wallet collection contains Departmental Policies handbook from 1957.  Also contains daily progress reports and transcripts of monthly staff meetings.
  • U 54.2 Custodial Department Records, 1958-1963: This is a 1 wallet collection.

Dairy Barn
The Dairy Barn was constructed in 1925, and was one of two agricultural buildings owned by Texas Technological College. The site of the barn was selected by W. L. Stangel and served as a model for the local area dairyment. Cows were housed in the barn, with their milk used for both the college dormatories and private citizens. The Student Dairy was dissolved in 1935 and the building has not been used since 1964. Although never renovated as once planned, the Dairy Barn was chosen by the Texas Historical Commission as an historical landmark in 1985. The National Park Service approved of the barn's registry into the National Register of Historic places on April 2, 1992.  

Directories

  • U 60.1 Directories, 1927-1975: This 1 box collection contains many bound directories, including directories on Texas Tech University, the School of Medicine faculty and students, and Health Sciences Center Directory.

Economics, Department of

  • Hugh A. Anderson oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Hugh A. Anderson oral history interview- faculty (1979)
  • S 1279.1 Hugh Allen Anderson Sr. Papers, 1965: This 1 wallet collection 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. Click here for further details.
  • S 375.1 Edna Gott Papers, 1960-1986:  This 1 wallet collection bulks with employment records, correspondence, personal material and class evaluations of Dr. Gott. There is also material on Dr. Gott’s discrimination charge against Texas Tech University’s Economics Department, as well as papers and a tape on the memorial service held for Dr. Gott.
  • U 316.1 Lewis E. Hill Papers, 1940-2000:  This 1 box collection consists of three scrapbooks which cover his academic career. Of particular interest are his publications dealing the economic development of West Texas.
  • S 1180.1 Thomas F. Wiesen Papers, 1940-1971: This 2 box collection consists of correspondence, printed material, and general files. It bulks (1941-1961) with Faculty Advisory Committee materials and other materials pertaining to Texas Technological College.
  • U 59.1 Department of Economics Records, 1938-1974: This 1 box collection contains general records and syllabi for economics classes.

Education
The Department of Education was established as one of the units in Liberal Arts when Texas Technological College opened in 1925. Under the leadership of Dr. Morris Wallace, the Department of Education became the School of Education in 1967, and assumed the name "College" when the University's name was changed in 1969.

  • Dr. George Mecham oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Morris Wallace oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • U 62.1 Education College Records, 1927-1938 and undated: This 1 wallet collection includes the grade books of several former Education instructors at Texas Technological College. Also includes reports and printed material on Adult Education.
  • U 62.2 College of Education Records, 1967-1997: This 1 wallet collection consists of a report on "The Evolution of the Texas Tech University College of Education: 1976-1997".
  • U 290.1 College of Education Records, 1970-2002: This 20 box collection deals with various administrative files such as the annual banquet, the Caprock Area Writing Project, correspondence, faculty, and the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP). There are three framed images- Arthur Wilson Evans, John Stephen Carroll, and an unidentified man.
  • U 63.1 School of Education Records, 1951-1977: This 1 wallet collection contains research reports and handbook for teacher educators and student teachers from Texas Tech College for Education.

Educational College

  • U 64.1 Educational College Records, 1952-1957: This 1 wallet collection consists of three printed materials from 1952-1957.
  • U 64.2 Educational College Records, 1960-1970: This is a 1 wallet collection.

Educational College, Dean's Office

  • U 65.1 Educational College, Dean's Office Records, 1953-1975 and undated: This 14 box collection contains the office files of Gordon C. Lee, former Dean of the College of Education at Texas Tech from 1969-1972.

Electrical Engineering

  • Electrical Engineering Photographs
  • U 66.1 Electrical Engineering Records, 1922-1955 and undated: This 1 box collection contains general files concerning the Electrical Engineering department at Texas Tech University.   

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
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.

  • C. C. Perryman oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Engineering College Blueprints
  • Engineering Photographs
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • U 68.1 Engineering College Records, 1925-1993: This is a 33 box collection.
  • U 68.3 Engineering College Memorabilia: This 1 box collection contains three items of memorabilia related to the College of Engineering.
  • Engineering School Photographs
  • U 68.2 Engineering School Records, 1951-1976 and undated: This is a 3 box collection.
  • 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.

English Department

Entomology

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

  • U 69.1 Ethnic Studies Records, 1966-1969: This 1 wallet collection contains correspondence, application for research funds, minutes, undated notes, preliminary proposals, and printed materials.

Facilities Planning and Construction

Faculty

  • Faculty Photographs
  • U 72.1 Faculty Records, 1922-1980: This 1 wallet collection is comprised mostly of various newspaper clippings regarding Texas Technological College, later renamed Texas Tech University, and its faculty and students. A majority of the articles deal with the faculty dismissal of 3 faculty members and the termination of the Adult Education program.
  • U 72.2 Faculty Records, 1937-1980: 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.
  • Faculty files-- see Institutional Research and Information Management

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.

Federal Credit Union

    U 77.1 Federal Credit Union Records, 1954-1996 and undated: This 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet) collection consists of yearbooks and general records of the Texas Tech 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.

Fiftieth Anniversary Activities

  • Charter Day Ceremonies oral history interview (1973)
  • U 79.1 Fiftieth Anniversary Activities Records, 1965-1974 and undated: This 1 wallet collection includes committee files, notes, literary productions, and programs pertaining to Texas Tech's fortieth and fiftieth anniversaries.
  • U 79.2 Fiftieth Anniversary Activities Records, 1968-1975: This is a 1 box collection.

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

  • Alton Wade oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • 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 and 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 Photographs, 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 Joseph 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.

Geography

  • S 1013.1 Otis W. Templer Papers, 1973-1988: This 1 wallet collection contains literary production and printed material pertaining to Templer's professional career as a professor of geography at Texas Tech University. The primary subject matter includes Texas groundwater law and water conservation.

Golf

  • 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.

Government Department

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.

  • U 235.1 Governmental Relations Records, 1967-1989 and undated: This 6 box collection includes administrative correspondence, legislative files and materials related to the 60th through 70th Legislature. The collection also contains Board of Regents proposed rules and regulations and a report to the Committee of Governing Boards on the Status of Higher Education in Texas entitled Education Beyond the High School (1976).
  • U 235.2 Governmental Relations Records, 1965-1988:  This is a 1 box collection.

Graduate School

  • Thomas Langford oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • U 83.1 Graduate School Records, undated: This is a 1 wallet collection.
  • U 83.2 Graduate School Records, 1967-1984 and undated: This 1 wallet collection contains the office files of J. Knox Jones, a former Dean of the Graduate School.
  • U 83.3 Graduate School Records, 1972-1984: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 83.4 Graduate School Records, 1976-1982: This is a 1 wallet collection.

Grounds Maintenance

  • Grounds Maintenance Photographs
  • U 84.1 Grounds Maintenance Records, 1960-1964 and undated: This is 1 ledger and 1 wallet collection contains financial materials, account ledgers, and account notes.

Health, Physical Education and Recreation
The Department of Physical and Health Education’s purpose was to develop an extensive system of intramural athletics in order to furnish exercise and recreation in the nature of competitive sports, with competition being voluntary. However, all early Tech freshmen and sophomore students were required to take physical education classes as part of their curriculum.

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 Photographs: 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.

History Department

  • Paul H. Carlson oral history interview- faculty (1974)
  • William Curry Holden oral history interview- faculty (1957, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976 and 1982)
  • Oscar A. Kinchen oral history interview- faculty (1973)
  • Harry Jebsen oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • Otto M. Nelson oral history interview- faculty (1975)
  • William "Bill" M. Pearce oral history interview- faculty (1973, 1974, 1979, and 1991)
  • U 86.1 History Department Records, 1953-1958 and undated:  This 1 box collection includes general records of the history department including records of the Self-evaluation Committee.
  • U 87.1 History Department Records, 1955-1973:  This 3 box collection consists of general office files, including correspondence, applications, policy statements, reports, memorandums, student information, personnel information, inventories, purchase orders, recommendations, research materials, and self-studies of various university departments.
  • S 210.1 Seymour V. Connor Papers, 1847-1980:  This 4 box collection
  • 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 ? 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.
  • 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.
  • S ? 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 266.1 Dr. James V. Reese Records, 1959-1977 and undated: This is a 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 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 newsclippings.

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 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.

History, Anthropology and Sociology Department

  • 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. 

Home Economics
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.  It's name was later changed to the College of Human Sciences.

Honors Program
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.

  • U 95.1 Honors Program Records, 1970-1973: This 1 wallet collection contains composite manuscripts written by Dr. Mary L. Brewer’s honor English classes.  "The First Snow" was written by her honors English 231 in 1973 and "Hayden’s Will Be done" was written by her honors English 232 in 1970.

Housing [Residence Halls]

Human Sciences
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 College of Human Sciences grew in both size and reputation

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

  • Inaugurations Photographs
  • U 98.1 Inaugurations Records, 1944-1989 and undated: This is a 2 box collection.
  • U 98.2 Inaugurations Records, 2001: This is a 1 wallet collection.

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, 1947-1978: This 31 box collection is comprised of three series.  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 second series is news releases and news logs.  Arranged chronologically, the news releases were, for the most part ones, written and issued by the university.  Many of these are duplicated in the subject files.  The last series is photographs, which is still being processed and is therefore currently unavailable to researchers.
  • U 100.11 Information Services Photographs, 1960s-1970s: This 7 box collection contains 43,747 negatives, most of which were taken for use in the La Ventana [TTU's yearbook].

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.

Institutional Research and Information Management (IRIM)
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 Personnel Office.

  • U 278.1 Institutional Research and Information Management Records, 1920-1994: This  117 box collection consists of faculty and staff files collected from the start of the university until about 1994. Currently, there is only an inhouse inventory available due to the size of the collection.

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 semiarid 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 is "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.

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.

  • See U 207.1 Provost's Office -- Box 53 Folder 9 [committee planning reports and memos, space configurations and cost summaries] and Box 58 Folder 9 [correspondence, mission overview, Internal Revenue Service paperwork, and Articles of Incorporation].

Jones Stadium

  • 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.

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

  • U 254.1 KOHM-FM Records, 1992-1997: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 245.2 KOHM-FM Collection, 2002-2003: This 1 box collection consists of materials pertaining to programs aired on KOHM-FM.

KTXT-TV and KTXT-FM
On October 16, 1962, KTXT-TV broadcasted its first programs as Texas Tech’s non-commercial television station.  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. 

  • KTXT Radio- Public Parallels Programs #75 and 62 oral history interview (1981 and 1983)
  • U 107.1 KTXT Records, 1966-1970: This is a 4 box collection.
  • U 107.2 KTXT Records, 1957-1996: This 4 box collection concerns the establishment of an educational TV station on the Texas Technological College campus.  Also includes information on KTXT-FM as well.
  • U 108.1 KTXT-TV Records, 1962-1999: This 7 box collection contains program guides, program schedules and logs, transmitter operation logs, and films.
  • U 108.2 KTXT-TV Videos:  This 28 box collection contains 408 recordings done mostly by KTXT-TV staff. Of particular interest are the interviews with members of the Hispanic community. The recordings are done almost entirely on three-quarter film and are thus only viewable if equipment and prior arrangements with the University Archivist has been made.

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

Landscape Architecture

  • Landscape Architecture Blueprints
  • Landscape Architecture Photographs
  • U 282.1 Landscape Architecture Records, 1969-1996 and undated: This 7 box and 2 oversized box collection contains correspondence, analyses, reports, studies, raw data, planning papers, proposals, watershed impact studies on Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas.
  • S 1118.1 Elo J. Urbanowsky Papers, 1941-1978 and undated:  This 1 wallet collection includes photos, news clippings, and notes from various speeches given by Urbanovsky. Of particular interest is the evidential information provided primarily through photographs about Texas Technological University during the years Urbanovsky taught there.

Law School

Legislative Appropriations Requests

  • U 288.1 Legislative Appropriations Requests Records, 1968-2007:  This 1 box collection contains the final bound legislative appropriation requests.

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.

  • Library Blueprints
  • Library Photographs
  • Ray C. Janeway oral history interview- dean (1975)
  • Ray C. Janeway oral history interview- dean (1980)
  • S ? Ray C. Janeway Papers, 1962-1982 and undated: 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 112.3 Art in the Library Committee Records, 1994-2004:  This 1 box collection contains annual reports, photographs, and activities reports and emails.
  • 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 112.20 Library Exhibit Items, 2000: This 2 oversized box collection contains exhibit panels concerning the Library's renovation.
  • 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 47.1 Elizabeth Howard West Records, 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."

Mass Communications
The Southwest Journalism Historical Center was created by the Texas Tech Mass Communications Department to celebrate U. S. newspapers that reached one hundred years or more in the printing business. The Center is now defunct.

Mathematics Department

McClellan Memorial Infirmary

  • Embree R. Rose Papers, 1950-1965: 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.

Medical School
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.

  • John A. Buesseler oral history interview- dean (1997)
  • Texas Tech Medical School Consulting Committee oral history tape (1970)
  • Texas Tech Medical School Groundbreaking Ceremony oral history interview (1973)
  • School of Medicine Blueprints
  • School of Medicine Photographs
  • S ? John A. Buessler Papers, 1971-19997 and undated: This 7 box and 1 wallet collection concerns the establishment of the Medical School and its early operations.
  • S ? Preston E. Smith Papers, 1998 and undated: This 1 wallet collection consists of a set of commissioned papers, memorial bulletins on Ima Smith, the wife of Preston Smith, and invitation cards and commemorative scrolls for the opening of the Preston Smith Library of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
  • U 116.1 Medical School Records, 1972-1975: This 2 wallet collection contains budget books.
  • U 116.2 Medical School Records, 1964-1980 and undated: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 116.3 Medical School Records, 1980: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 118.1 Medical School Records, 1976-1980: This is a 1 box collection.
  • U 202.1 School of Medicine Records, 1954-1992 and undated: This 36 box and 1 oversize item collection consists of office files and news clippings pertaining to the start up, construction, operation, and progress of Texas Tech University's School of Medicine. Also included are 3 reels, 87 cassette tapes, numerous photographs on both the Medical School and the main campus, a cartoon satirizing "R.I.P. Shared Services," and 91 pages of blueprints.

Memorabilia

  • U 119.1 Memorabilia, 1968-1973: This 1 box collection contains a golden shovel used in the ground breaking for the museum, a pen used by Marshall Formby, and a pen used by Lyndon B. Johnson.  It also contains other memorabilia connected to Texas Tech.

Military Affairs

  • U 120.1 Military Affairs Records, 1945-1947 and undated: This 1 wallet collection pertains to the organization of a unit of the Texas National Guard at Texas Technological College.  Some of the material concerns the interpretation of the Veterans Assistance program of the Selective Service.

Modern and Classical Foreign Languages

Museum
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).

  • Museum Blueprints
  • Museum Photographs
  • Museum related oversized items
  • Ann Fisher oral history interview (1989)
  • Henry Crawford oral history interview (1994)
  • Leslie Drew oral history interview (1977)
  • U 122.1 Museum Records, 1935-1981 and undated: This 6 box collection contains office files, correspondence, blueprints, photographs, news clippings, and other materials relating to the operation of the Museum of Texas Tech University between 1935 and 1981. Also includes information on the activities of the West Texas Museum Association and the Women's Council. Transferred to oversized materials were 25 blueprints, and transferred to photographs were 27 prints.
  • U 122.2 Museum Records, 1953-1979: This is a 14 box collection.
  • U 122.3 Museum Records, 1984-1989 and undated: This is a 1 wallet collection.
  • U 122.4 Museum Records, 1981-1983 and undated: This is a 1 scrapbook collection.
  • S ? West Texas Museum Association Records, 1950-1989: This collection contains office records, correspondence, membership lists, scrapbooks and financial material dealing with the West Texas Museum Association, and with printed material and news clippings related to the Sixth Annual Texas International Wine Classic held in Lubbock, Texas (1989). It bulks (1950-1967) with scrapbook material.
  • S ? West Texas Museum Association. Women's Council Records, 1954-1985: This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, Women's Council programs, a museum booklet, necrology for Eugene Kingman, and minutes of the 1979 meeting of the West Texas Museum Association.

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 Department
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.

Timelines for the directors for the Goin' Band from Raiderland is: 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-present.