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Below are social and honor organization collections [both faculty, students
and/or alumni] that are available for viewing in the reading room.
I. Alumni Organizations
Dads and Moms Association
Now known as the Dads and Moms Association, the Dads Association was created
for fathers to show support to their children who attended Texas Tech
University. An annual Dads Day event was held to honor Tech Student fathers,
and many times, there was also a Mother's luncheon held simultaneously. The
Association also helped raise funds for and administer scholarships to Tech
students.
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U 208.1 Dads
and Moms Association: Comprised of 5 Boxes, the
collection contains details of the association's activities, including
financial materials, newspaper clippings, and meeting minutes.
Ex-Double T Association
The Ex-Double T Association was an organization of graduates and ex-students
of Texas Technological College who were awarded the Double T in one of four
major sports.
- U 71.1 Ex-Double T Association Records, 1939-1941:
This 1 wallet collection contains primarily minutes of the association,
some correspondence, and the constitution.
Ex-Students Association
Begun in 1927 with the first graduating class, the Tech’s Alumni Association
went through several name changes before settling on the name of Ex-Students
Association in September 1949. The organization represents all who have
attending Tech, not just its graduates, and publishes a bimonthly magazine
called the Texas Techsan. Sponsoring events such as Homecoming,
awards programs and chapter activities, the Ex-Students Association also
provides numerous academic scholarships and offers support for various
University and student groups.
- Ex-Students Association
Photographs
- U 70.1 Ex-Students Association Records, 1957-1985 and undated:
This is a 3 box collection.
- U 70.2 Ex-Students Association Records, 1929: This is
a 1 wallet collection.
- U 70.3 Ex-Students Association Scrapbook, 1963-1964:
This is a 1 scrapbook collection.
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U 70.7
Ex-Students Association Records, 1927-2002 and undated:
This 8 box collection consists of the administration and activity records
for the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association from 1927-2002 and includes
correspondence, Homecoming planning materials, Executive Board materials
and news clippings.
- S ? D. M. McElroy Papers, 1934-1993 and undated: This
1 wallet collection contains files
on general correspondence, Pete Cawthon, Lubbock Task Force on
Continuing Education, News clippings, Texas Tech Ex-Students
Association, programs, Lubbock tornado, certificates, and scrapbook
material, as well as information concerning D. M. McElroy as director of
the Ex-Students Association.
- S ? Wilmer Smith Papers, 1959-1985: This 1 wallet collection
includes correspondence, legal material, printed material, and
miscellaneous material related to Smith's involvement as President of
Texas Technological College's Ex-Student Association and as a member on
the Board of Directors.
II. Faculty Organizations
After Dinner Forum
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.
U 4.1
After Dinner Forum Records, 1949-1968 and undated:
This one wallet collection contains materials concerning the monthly
meetings of the After Dinner Forum, including correspondence, printed
materials, membership lists and programs, proposals, and literary
productions.
American Association of University Professors
The nation’s principal organization of college professors, the AAUP’s aim is
to encourage growth of faculty participation in university governance,
strive for economic benefits, and to uphold academic freedom. Texas Tech was
placed on the AAUP’s censure list from 1958-1967 for improper dismissal of
three professors.
- U 16.1 American Association of University Professors Records,
undated: This is a 2 box collection.
- U 16.2 American Association of University Professors Records,
1944-1967: This is a 1 box collection.
- U 16.3 American Association of University Professors Records,
1965-1970: This is a 1 box collection.
- U
16.4 American Association of University Professors Records, 1948-1966:
This is a 1 wallet collection.
American Association of University Women
- S ? American Association of University Women. Lubbock Chapter Records, 1925-1962
- S ? American Association of University Women Records, 1969-1977 and undated: This is a 2 wallet
collection.
- S ? American Association of University Women Records, 1928-1981 and undated: This is a
3 box
collection of scrapbooks and literary publications.
- U
204.1 American Association of University Women Records, 1951-1952:
This is a 1 wallet collection contains the "Annual Report: Lubbock
Branch, 1951-1952."
Faculty Club
The purpose of the Faculty Club was to promote social activities for and
among its membership. Faculty, Graduate Assistants, officers of the
administration, and monthly salaried staff of Texas Tech were eligible for
membership. Complimentary, non-voting memberships were given to members of
the Board of Regent and former Tech presidents.
- U 74.1 Faculty Club Records, 1987-1992: This 2 box
collection contains financial material, meeting minutes, membership lists,
and general office files pertaining to the activities of the Faculty Club
from 1987-1992.
- U 74.2 Faculty Club Records, 1965-1970 and undated:
This is a 1 wallet collection.
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U 74.3
Faculty Club Records, 1969-1993 and undated: This 1
box collection contains financial material, meeting minutes, membership
lists, constitutions, and general office files pertaining to the
activities of the Faculty Club from 1969-1993.
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U 74.4
Faculty Club Records, 1967-1989 and undated: This 4
box collection contains financial material, meeting minutes, membership
lists, constitutions, and general office files pertaining to the
activities of the Faculty Club from 1967-1989.
Faculty Women’s Club
Quarterly Club
- S ? Scotti Mae Tucker Papers, 1961-1969: This 1
wallet collection contains include Quarterly Club minutes and programs
for a society of Texas Tech University.
- S ? Margaret W. Weeks Papers, 1925-1967: This collection
includes the minutes of the Quarterly Club from 1932-1957.
Questers
Sachems
Sachems was a faculty organization for fellowship and discussion.
- U 158.1 Sachems Records: This is a 1 wallet
collection pertaining to the history of Sachems.
Techsan Garden Club
The Techsan Garden Club was an organization of the University Women’s group,
started in 1962, and was a member of the National Council of State Garden
Clubs. Membership consisted of women faculty members, faculty wives, mothers
or sisters of members living in the home, and wives and widows of former
faculty members of Texas Tech University. Some the purposes of the club
included advancing the interests, the organization, and fine art of
gardening and garden clubs and plant societies; aiding in the protection and
conservation of natural resources by helping to protect civic landscapes and
promoting improvements of roadsides and parks; and assisting in the
maintenance of the Municipal Garden and Arts Center and supporting the
Lubbock Memorial Arboretum.
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U
210.1 Techsan Garden Club Records, 1962-1988:
Materials in this 2 box collection detail the clubs activities, including
financial materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Also includes 4
large scrapbooks filled with photographs and information on the club’s
activities and members.
Texas Association of College Teachers. Texas Tech Chapter
Organized as the College Classroom Teachers' Association of the Texas State
Teachers' Association in November 1948, the Texas Association of College
Teachers was reorganized and separated from the Texas State Teachers'
Association in 1956. It is composed of local chapters located in
state-supported universities and colleges and helps develop programs to
attain high personal standards of teaching, scholarship and research. The
Texas Tech Chapter is one of the largest chapters.
- S ? Texas Association of College Teachers. Texas Tech Chapter
Records, 1956-1970: This collection contains materials related
to the Texas Association of College Teachers and the Texas Tech Chapter.
It bulks with correspondence (1961-1970) and general files (1957-1967).
Other material includes membership, printed, and miscellaneous material,
minutes, legal and financial documents, charts, and lists. The
correspondence offers a wide variety of discussions related to the Texas
Association of Classroom Teachers activities and interests.
University Women’s Club
The organization was composed of two units. The Newcomers’ Club was
comprised of the wives of faculty who have served three years or less at
Texas Tech. The Faculty Women’s Club was for the wives of faculty who had
served longer than three years at Texas Tech. Various social activities
included tea parties, theatre parties, and a style show. The organization
also participated in raising funds for the Paul Whitfield Horn Fellowship
that gave an annual award to female graduate student at the university.
Another activity of the organization was to prepare and give out information
packets on Lubbock and Texas Tech to any incoming faculty.
III. Honor Organizations
Mortar Board
Leadership, Scholarship, and service was the motto of the Mortar board,
founded nationally in 1918 through the efforts of four local women’s honor
societies at Swarthmore College, Cornell University, Ohio State University,
and the University of Michigan. Texas Tech’ s service organization, Forum,
founded by Mrs. Mary Doak in 1927, was accepted in the spring of 1949 into
the national chapter of the Mortar Board by A.A.U.W. Projects sponsored by
TTU’ s Mortar Board included Homecoming Coffee for Alumnae, Operation
Senorita, and work in Registration.
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Rebecca Akard oral history interview
(2001)
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Betty Bell oral history interview
(2001)
- Melinda Corwin oral history interview
(2001)
- Willouise Fortenbery oral history interview (2001)
- Emily Anny Core Gilmer oral history interview (2001)
- Elizabeth G. Haley oral history interview (2001)
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Carolyn Harding oral history interview
(2001)
- Jean A.
Jenkins oral history interivew
(1975)
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Victoria McClure oral history interview
(2001)
- Pat Nunley oral history interview
(2001)
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Barbara Anne McDougal oral history interview
(2001)
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Judy Poffenbarger oral history interview
(2001)
- Sue Ava
Rainey oral history interview
(1973)
- Elizabeth Thomasson oral history interview
(1973)
- Winfred Vigness oral history interview
(2001)
- Jo Beth Walker oral history interview
(2001)
- Fran Waters oral history interview
(2001)
- Rebecca Wylie oral history interview
(2001)
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U 121.1 Mortar Board Records, 1928-2005: This 3 box
and 5 newspaper box collection consists of materials related to the
original organization, Forum, Forum Chapter of Mortar Board, and the
Alumni Chapter of Mortar Board. Manuscript material dates back to 1928,
and includes such 45 prints, 25 negatives, 1 contact sheet, 2 VHS tapes,
1 photo CD, 1 audio CD. Also included is a collection of 9 chapter
scrapbooks dating back to 1939.
Omicron Delta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa is a leadership/honor fraternity. Student members must
have over sixty hours of university credits and at least a 3.0 grade point
average. They must show competency in at least two of seven leadership areas
including campus athletics, publications, literature, music, etc.
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U
269.1 Omicron Delta Kappa, 1979-1992: This 1 box
collection consists of applications, correspondence, membership
applications, initiation ceremonies, national convention, newspaper, and
University Honors day.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
A mathematics organization, Kappa Mu Epsilon was founded in 1931 and granted
membership into the Association of College Honor Societies in 1968.
The Texas Tech chapter appears to have been established in 1940.
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Alpha Theta, the International Honor Society in History, was created in
1921 at the University of Arkansas. Seeking to bring together students,
teachers, and writers of History, Phi Alpha Theta is a professional society
whose purpose is to promote the study of history through good teaching,
publication, research, and interactions among historians. Publications put
out by the society include The Historian, a historical quarterly is
which prints articles by members as well also numerous reviews of scholarly
books and news of historical activities, and The News Letter, which
is published three times per year and carries articles covering current
activities and awards of the Society.
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U 139.1 Phi Alpha Theta Records, 1952-1991:
This 2 box collection pertains to activities of the Zeta Iota Chapter of
Phi Alpha Theta, international honor fraternity, at Texas Tech University.
Also contains general records of the honor fraternity.
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society and was
established at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Faculty at Texas
Tech University submitted applications to get a chapter in 1982, 1985, 1997
and 2000. Texas Tech faculty finally succeeded in gaining charter
approval in 2006, thus making Texas Tech one of only three public
universities in the state of Texas granted the right to host a Phi Beta
Kappa chapter. The formal installation ceremonies were held at 4 p.m. on
April 11, 2007, at the Allen Theatre on the Texas Tech campus.
Phi Eta Sigma
Freshman students who achieve at least a 3.50 grade point average during
their first two semesters are eligible for membership into Phi Eta Sigma, an
academic honorary organization that was chartered at Texas Tech in 1946.
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U 140.1 Phi Eta Sigma Records, 1990-1995: This 1 box
collection concerns the activities of the Texas Tech University chapter
of Phi Eta Sigma, in particular, the activities concerning the national
convention that was held in Lubbock, Texas, in 1994.
Phi Gamma Nu
Phi Gamma Nu was a professional business sorority whose activities included
helping take the minutes at Dad's Day meetings and hosting a Homecoming
reception for the College of Business Administration.
Phi Kappa Phi
Texas Tech University’s international honor society, Phi Kappa Phi’s primary
objective was the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in
all academic disciplines. The honor society was founded in 1897 at the
University of Maine. There are now chapters in 49 states as well as the
District of Columbia, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Membership in Phi
Kappa Phi is the highest academic honor offered by Texas Tech.
- U 141.1 Phi Kappa Phi Records, 1956-1969: This is a 1
box collection.
Sigma Xi
Previously started on May 26, 1931 as a club, the Sigma Xi group on the
Texas Tech campus offically became a Chapter of the national Sigma Xi
organization on April 22, 1960. The Texas Tech Chapter became the fifth
chapter of Sigma Xi, a graduate science research society, in the state of
Texas. Sixty-one members were inducted under the 1960 initiation ceremonies.
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U
238.1 Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1998 and undated: This 3
box collection contains the records of the Sigma Xi chapter at Texas Tech
University, from it's inception through the present. Included are
financial statements and receipts, correspondence, membership rosters,
banquet invitations and planning files, abstracts of presentations at the
annual conference, the biographical history of the Texas Tech Chapter of
Sigma Xi, meeting agendas and rosters, nominations for memberships, and
the Treasurer's receipts.
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U
238.2 Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1996: This 2 box
collection consists of files on correspondence, manuals of procedure,
membership, nominations, proceedings of the seventy-fifth national
meeting, the Texas Tech University Chapter, and the Third Annual Research
and Creative Activities Day.
Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha was founded at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia, on
October 15, 1898. It became the first sorority to be chartered in Virginia
in 1902 and later, in 1909, became a member of the National Panhellenic
Conference. Members of Las Vivarachas social club at Texas Technological
College became pledges of the Gamma Tau Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha on
December 5, 1952, and were initiated as member in April, 1953.
- See Nancy Cantwell Collection, 1938-1956
IV. Student Organizations
Agricultural Club
[also called the "Aggie Club"]
- Agricultural Club Records, 1929-1933: This 1 wallet
collection contains a bound ledger detailing the history and activities of
the student organization.
Alpha Phi Omega
Organized on campus as the Eagle Scout Club in the fall of 1938, the club
officially became the Beta Sigma Chapter on April 30, 1939. A service
organization, APO is a national service fraternity affliated with the Boys
Scouts of America. The chapter was recognized in 1942 for having the
nation’s largest pledging class.
Angel Flight
Angel Flight was the female arm of the Air Force R.O.T.C. at Texas Tech.
The organization was sponsored by Arnold Air Society, which was the male arm
of the Air Force R.O.T.C. program.
Arnold Air Society
The Arnold Air Society was the male arm of the Air Force R.O.T.C. program.
It's sister arm was the Angel Flight society, which promoted interest in the
United States Air Force, strived to give college women across America
knowledge and educational information concerning the military services, and
aided the progress of the Arnold Air Society.
Association of Women Students (Texas Technological College)
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 held an annual
Women's Day celebration, during which all Tech coeds wear white.
- S 45.1 Association of Women Students Scrapbook,
1968 and undated: This 1 wallet 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.
- U 310.1 Association of Women Students Collection, 1938-1969:
This 1 box collection contains programs for the Recognition Services and
Women's Day events.
Astronomy Club
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S ? Preston F. Gott Papers, 1947-1991 and undated: This 4
wallet collection contains information on the Texas Tech Astronomy Club
and the construction of an observatory.
Block and Bridle Club
Sponsored by the Animal Science Department of the College of Agricultural
Sciences, the Block and Bridle Club was an organization made up of
undergraduate and graduate students who supported the livestock industry and
the Animal Science Dept. Activities included an annual ham and turkey sale,
the Annual Little International All University Livestock Show and Judging
Contest, an banquet, and presentations of scholarships to members. The
national chapter of Block and Bridle Club was formed in 1919 in Chicago,
Illinois.
Channing Club
- U 41.1 Channing Club Records, 1970: This is a 1
wallet collection.
Cheerleading
- Elmer Moore oral history interview (1981)
Fraternities and Sororities
- Jean A.
Jenkins oral history interview
(1975)- introduction of the women's sorority system at Tech
- U 82.3 Fraternities and Sororities Records, 1953-1977 and
undated: This 1 wallet collection includes materials, primarily
consisting of news clippings, pertaining to fraternity and sorority
activities that were collected by Mrs. Hurley Carpenter.
High Riders
The High Riders is a women's spirit organization for Texas Tech University
who helps to promote unity and support for the Women's Athletics Program as
well as for other Texas Tech activities. The female counterpart to the
Saddle Tramps, this group supports women's athletics. The High Riders became
an official Tech support group on Nov. 2, 1976. They take part in parades
and various campus events and ring the Victory Bells after women's teams
win.
- U 195.1 High Riders Records, 1976-1991: This 3 box
collection contains 6 scrapbooks with photographs and news clippings
detailing the High Riders' activities. It also contains 17 sweaters
of three different styles worn by the High Riders organization.
- U 195.2 High Riders Records, undated: This is a 2 box
collection.
Hispanic Student Society
Founded in 1968 by Hispanos who joined together to promote service to Texas
Tech and the Lubbock Community, the Hispanic Student Society is the
university's oldest Hispanic organization. Originally called Los Tortolianos,
or "members of a club," the organization used to participate in different
types of demonstrations and sit-ins, particularly in those where issues of
racial discrimination and segregation were concerned. In 1980, the organization changed
its name to the United Mexican American Students (UMAS), which sought to promote
friendship and leadership, and participated in many large Mexican dances and Mexican
celebrations. A third name change occurred in the fall of 1984, when the organization
became the Hispanic Student Society to reflect the change from its radical predecessors to
its current conservative presence.
International Student Union
- U 103.1 International Student Union Records, 1968-1972:
This 1 wallet collection contains office files of the International
Student Union.
Ko Shari Club
The Ko-Shari Club was a social organization for Texas Tech Co-eds. It was
originally known as the Gadabout Club and later as Les Cigales. The club
used southwestern Indian motifs, inspired by Adolph Bandalier's "The Delight
Makers". It disbanded in 1952 when national sororities were established at
Texas Tech.
- U 104.1 Ko Shari Club Records, 1932-1985 and undated:
This is a 1 wallet collection.
- U 104.2 Ko Shari Club Records, 1932-1985: This is a 1
scrapbook collection.
- U 105.1 Ko Shari Club Records, 1933-1950: This is a 4
scrapbook collection.
- U 106.1 Ko Shari Club Records, 1927-1967: This is a 1
box collection.
Kappa Kappa Psi
- S ? Jack Turner Papers, 1936-1942: This 1 wallet
collection includes printed material, photographs, and scrapbook
material all relating to Turner's participation in the TTU Band and
Kappa Kappa Psi.
Masked Rider
As early as 1936, an unidentified masked rider, wearing a scarlet satin cape, circled the
field on a "borrowed" palomino stallion, then rode off into the night to return
his steed before anyone discovered its absence. The Masked Rider tradition began
officially in January 1, 1954, when Joe Kirk Fulton rode his horse on the field during the
Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida. Unofficially, the Masked Rider had been sneaking onto
the Tech football field since the 1930s and 1940s. Since then the official
masked rider has been a long time tradition for Texas Tech, and the rules for performance
on the field has changed as well as the costume itself. About ten different horses have
been trained for their activities on the football field.
The timeline for the various mascots
and the horses they rode is as follows: Joe Kirk Fulton (1953-56, he rode Blackie
and Pretty Day); Douglas "Dink" Wilson (1964-66, he rode Charcoal Cody); Johnny
Bob Carruth (1968-70, he Charcoal Cody); Tommy Martin (1970-71, he rode Charcoal Cody);
Anne Lynch (1974-75, she rode Happy V); Jess Wall (1976-77, he rode Happy V); Larry Cade
(1977-78, he rode Happy V); Kurt Harris (1981-82, he rode Happy VI-VII); Perry Joe Church
(1982-83, he rode Happy VI-VII); Jennifer Aufill (1983-84, she rode Happy VI-VII); Kim
Saunders (1987-88, she rode Midnight Raider); Tonya Tinnin (1989-90, she rode Midnight
Raider); Blaine Lemons (1990-91, he rode Midnight Raider); Ralynn Key (1991-92; she rode
Midnight Raider); Lisa Gilbreath (1993-95, she rode Double T); Amy Smart (1994-95, she
rode Double T, Hoot Owl, and Two Bar Boy); Jolynn Self (1995-96, she rode High Red); Becky
McDougal (1997-98, she rode High Red and Black Phantom Raider); and Dusty Abney (1998-99,
he rode Black Phantom Raider).
- Masked
Rider Photographs
- See also U 215.1 Texas Techsan Photographs, circa 1950s - one negative and one print of Joe
Kirk Fulton, as the Masked Rider, leading the Red Raiders onto the field
at the Sun Bowl.
- Joe Kirk
Fulton oral history interview (1980)
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George M. Tate oral history interview (1984)
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U
114.1 Masked Rider Records, 1938-1997 and undated:
This 1 box collection contains information regarding the history of the
Texas Tech Masked Rider program. Included is a chronological, annotated
listing of the Masked Riders and their horses, as well as chronologically
organized photocopied articles and brochures about the Masked Rider.
- Videos - see U 185.9 University News and Publications collection:
Includes various video recordings of the Masked Rider.
Medical School- Tech Medical Spouse Association
The Texas Tech School of Medicine chapter of WA-SAMA (Women’s Auxiliary of
the Student American Medical Association) formed in 1972. The chapter was
not only the first medical student spouses’ organization at Texas Tech, but
also the first WA-SAMA chapter in the state of Texas. A group of doctors’
wives from the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza medical auxiliary assisted in the
formation of the Tech chapter of WA-SAMA.
National Youth Administration
- U 126.1 National Youth Administration Records, 1935-1936:
This 1 box collection concerns administration of a National Youth program
of part-time employment for needy college students at Texas Tech during
the Great Depression.
Panhellenic
- U 131.1 Panhellenic Records, 1964-1976: This 1 box
collection contains records of the Panhellenic Council, University Women’s
Club, and Alpha Phi Omega.
Peace Corps
- U 138.1 Peace Corps Records, 1966 and undated: This 2
wallet collection contains printed material concerning the Peace Corps
from 1965-1966.
Residence Halls Association
The annual Carol of Lights event began in 1959, featuring the singing of
Christmas carols and lighting of thousand of lights on campus buildings. The
origins for the event came from Texas Tech's first Christmas in 1925, when a
December Christmas pageant was held at the south end of the Administration
bldg.
Rodeo Association
The Texas Tech Rodeo Association was established to promote collegiate
interest in rodeo activities, continue the western heritage traditions, and
to sponsor a inter-collegiate rodeo team.
- Rodeo Association Photographs
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U
265.1 Rodeo Association Records, 1946-2001 and undated:
This 2 box collection contains miscellaneous historical papers on the
Texas Tech Rodeo Association from 1946-2001. Included are the articles of
incorporation, brochures, news clippings, newsletters, a rodeo handbook,
and numerous rodeo programs. Also, there are memorabilia items such as
rodeo ticket stubs, stationary, christmas cards and a sticker.
Saddle Tramps
San Souci Club
- S ? Roberta Myrick Papers, 1931: This scrapbook is filled with
news clippings, invitations, ticket stubs, programs, hand notes of
events Myrick attended such as the San Souci club and Texas Tech alumni
club.
Science Club
Student Association
Texas Tech Student Government Association is an organization working to meet
the needs of Tech students, and consists of four main branches: the
Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, Freshman Council, and the Judicial
Branch. Each part of the Student Government Association is continually
working together to serve the needs of the student body. Additionally, it
also serve as a liaison between the students and administrators as well as
the city of Lubbock.
- Student
Association Photographs
- U 170.1 Student Association Records, 1966-1971: This
1 box collection contains materials of the Student Association, such as
Supreme Court appointments, roster, minutes to meetings, senate files,
Student Senate Legislative Bills, Senate handbook, photographs, and other
financial material.
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U
170.3 Student Association Records, 1977-1992: The 3
box collection consists of the organization's Constitution and a Student
Bill of Rights, materials related to organizations funded, expensed budget
summaries, and campus organizations spending histories.
- U 170.4 Student Government Association Records, 1993-2001: The
1 box collection consists of materials related to student elections and
results, schedules, student senate and council meeting minutes, and
planning information
Student Dairy Association Arm Patch
The Patch was used by the donor’s (Susan Kincaid) maternal grandfather,
Raymond Reed, when he was a student at Texas Technological College in the
1920’s.
- U 171.1 Student Dairy Association Arm Patch, 1920s:
This 1 wallet collection contains a patch bearing the label
"Texas Tech SDA".
Student Organization for Black Unity
The Student Organization for Black Unity was organized in 1967 as the
student organization for unity and leadership.
- U 174.1 Student Organization for Black Unity Records:
This is a 1 box collection.
Student Publications
- Student
Publications Photographs
- U 175.1 Student Publications Records, 1937-1963: This
3 box collection contains negatives and transparencies produced by Texas
Tech Students. It also contains La Ventana negatives, photo logs,
and a yearbook.
Tech Accounting Society
- U 177.1 Tech Accounting Society Records, 1954-1975 and undated:
This is a 1 box collection.
Women's Service Organization
The Women's Service Organization (WSO) evolved from a 1959 committee of the
Association of Women Students. Its members continue to participate in
a wide variety of campus projects.
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U 232.1 Women's Service Organization Records, 1964-1998 and
undated: This 2 box collection contains memorabilia,
photographs and scrapbooks that were gathered by members over the years.
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U 232.2 Women's Service Organization Scrapbooks, 1996-2004 and
undated: This 3 box collection contains 14 scrapbooks
documenting WSO activities, rush and pledges.
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