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Mrs. Allie Collins Parker, the donor, is a native of Lubbock. She earned her bachelors and masters degrees at Texas Technological College (1933 and 1950 respectively) with emphasis in economics and marketing. She was originally from Claude, Texas. Her husband was Robert M. Parker, who graduated with a masters in Mathematics from Texas Tech in 1933.
- U 221.1 Class Reunion Records, 1972: This 1 wallet collection contains 2 copies of the class directory for the class of 1932-1933, a 1972 issue of the Texas Techsan, and various donor/alumni pamphlets. The class reunion was held on May 13, 1972.
Cantwell, Nancy
Nancy McKissack, whose married name is Cantwell, was born in 1933 and
attended Texas Technological College in the early 1950s. During her years
at Texas Tech, McKissack was involved with Zeta Tau Alpha and the drama
fraternity Alpha Psi Omega.
- U 304.1 Nancy Cantwell Collection, 1938-1956: This 1 box collection consists of two scrapbooks donated by Nancy Cantwell.
Cole Collection
C. Curtis Reese attended Texas Tech for three years in the mid-1920s and
left Tech before finishing his degree.
- U 273.1 Cole Collection, 1920s and undated: This 1 wallet collections contains a scrapbook of Mrs. Cole's father, C. Curtis Reese, which includes scenes of the campus, students, ships and miscellaneous people. There are also images of Mr. Reese traveling around the world to places like Paris and surveying. Additionally, there are party invitations and handbills.
Disney Collection
Mrs. Disney’s father, Rex Keys, attended Tech in 1926 and was business
manager of La Ventana and a football player. He passed away in 1951.
- Jay C. and Doris K. Disney Photographs
- U 60.1 Jay C. and Doris K. Disney Collection, 1926-1927: This 1 wallet collection contains a Prairie Fire publication by Texas Tech students, Jan.-Feb. 1927, and a 1926 Texas Tech songbook. Transferred to Photographs division were two black & white photos of Texas Tech's first football game, dated 1925, and transferred to the Athletics collection was a 1926 Texas Tech vs. TCU game program.
Duncan Collection
- U 318.1 Hazel Duncan Collection, 1928-1932: This 1 wallet collection consists of various items found among Hazel Duncan's belongings. The items are a City of Lubbock "How to Read the Electric Meter and Other Useful Information" pamphlet; a Young Women's Christian Association membership card; an unfolded "Texas Tech Pasteurized Dairy Products Sweet Cream Butter" wrapper; a Christmas card from Texas Tech President Horn, 1928; 2 news clippings on the Tech football team; a January 1931 Texas Tech Pictoral and Information Bulletin; a 1930 4th Annual Commencement program; a The Forum invitation; and an oversized 1932 April Fool Supplement to the Toreador entitled "Scarlet Scavenger."
Charles R. and Jane Eatherly Collection
Charles R. Eatherly was a Park Administration student and worked in the
Texas Tech Greenhouse in the summer of 1960. He received his BS degree in
1961 and his MS in 1963, with both degrees coming from Texas Tech. His wife,
Jane, was also a 1961 graduate of Texas Tech. Her father, James Lawrence
Hicks, attended Texas Tech in the late 1930s and was president of the Aggie
Club at Texas Tech in 1938 and was also involved in the Block and Bridle
Club.
- U 322.1 Charles R. and Jane Eatherly Collection, 1930-1938: This 1 wallet collection contains pages out of the scrapbook of Mr. James Lawrence Hicks. Included are programs from the Block and Bridle Club, the Aggie Club Banquets, graduation invitations from Texas Tech in 1938 and from Lubbock High School in 1930, 3 photographs, and an invitation and program for the "Laying of the Cornerstone of the New Library" (1938). Mr. Eatherly's previous donation of 52 color slides of the 1960 Homecoming Parade were added to the Heritage Club Photograph Collection (P7106).
Goforth, Flora
Born in 1907 in Granger, Texas, Flora Goforth spent her childhood in Texas
and New Mexico. Relatives on both sides of her family had been weavers,
spurring her desire to make a career out of designing surface patterns. She
attended Texas Technological College in the late 1920s-early 1930s. Texas
Technological College was the only school west of the Mississippi to have a
textile school.
- Flora Goforth Photographs
- Flora Goforth oral history interview (1999)
- Flora Goforth oral history interview (2000)
- U 242.2 Flora Goforth Papers, 1927-1934 and undated: The collection includes various woven textiles done by Goforth and her students, photographs, and Texas Technological College memorabilia and campus directories.
- U 242.3 Flora Goforth Papers, 1906-2000: The collection includes correspondence, financial records, printed materials, hand notes, diaries, and appointment calendars by Flora Goforth, some Texas Technological College memorabilia, a stick loom project, and class notes.
Grossman, Jean
The donor, Jean Grossman [formerly Jeannie Rook], is an graduate of the
Texas Tech University Theatre program. Her father, Charles Galloway Rook
Sr., worked as a professor at Texas Tech during the 1940s-1950s doing cotton
research under the Cotton Research Committee. Rook and his son, Charles
Galloway Rook Jr., owned the Tru-Fab Metal Products Company which provided
building materials to construct cotton gins.
- U 256.1 Jean Grossman Papers, 1944-1966: The collection contains two scrapbooks of theatre productions from the Texas Tech University Theatre. The first is of the 1966 production of Tartuffe, for which the donor was the costuming assistant. The second scrapbook is of various theatre productions from 1964-1966. Also included is a scale model of the theatre's stage and miniature set pieces [made to scale as well] for the play "Not Enough Rope" which was done in the spring of 1966. The remainder of the material concerns cotton gins, irrigation, cotton burr waste research, and Tru-Fab Metal Products Company. This includes correspondence, photographs and committee information.
Lyon Collection
Mrs. Grace Flechtner Lyon and her twin sister, Kathryn Flechtner Gressett
both graduated from Texas Technological College.
- U 315.1 Grace Lyon Collection, 1968: This 1 wallet collections a letter from James G. Allen, Dean of Student Life, to R. J. Flechtner, along with a certificate stating that Mr. Flechtner was member #8 of "Dads Association Life Member." Mr. Flechtner had joined the newly founded Dad's Club, which later became the Dads Association, in the Fall of 1956 when his daughters came to Texas Tech. He did not receive his membership certificate until 12 years later.
Shanklin, Melinda
James Marcus Gordon worked at Texas Technological College for its first
twenty years, during which time he taught Latin and education classes and
served as head of the philosophy and sociology department. He was dean of
Arts and Sciences from 1925-1945, dean of men from 1925-1937, as well as and
dean emeritus.
- U 281.1 Melinda Shanklin Papers, 1903-1989: This 1 box and 1 oversized folder collection was donated by Melinda Shanklin, granddaughter of James Marcus Gordon, and consists of news clippings, photographs, certificates and diplomas on the Gordon family. Also included is J. M. Gordon's correspondence and literary writings.
Wilson, Eloise Smith
Wilson was a student at Texas Technological College from 1933-1936 and a
member of the DFD social club. She married John H. Wilson.
- S ? Eloise Smith Wilson Papers, 1933-1939: These 2 scrapbooks deal with the social life of Eloise Smith and John H. Wilson at Texas Technological College in the 1930s. The scrapbooks are primarily filled with news clippings, photographs, wedding invitations, and other memorabilia of social activities.