Descriptive Summary
Bledsoe, William Harrison, 1869-1936
Willis H. Bledsoe
Photograph Collection,
1896-1963 and undated
Photographs donated by
Willis Harrison Bledsoe, dated from 1896-1963 and undated.
SWCPC 409
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
272 photo prints and 1
negative
English.
Biographical Sketch
William Harrison Bledsoe was an attorney, politician, and investor. He
was born in 1869 in Cleburne, Texas, and died in 1936. He set up his law
practice in Lubbock, Texas, and eventually the law office became Bledsoe,
Crenshaw, and Dupree. Bledsoe also served in the Texas legislature as a House
of Representative member and as Senator. He helped to sign into law the
creation of Texas Technological College.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs of individuals, groups of individuals,
architecture, school children, interior of a machine shop, Texas Tech University, the
wake for Senator William Harrison Bledsoe, and various street scenes.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Allen, Ben
Black, Charles
Black, Elizabeth
Bledsoe, Brownwen
Bledsoe, Emma K.
Bledsoe, Karen
Bledsoe, William Harrison, 1869-1936
Boone, Delle W.
Boone, Grace
Boone, Mildred
Boone, Sandra
Boone, Sula Ann
Byrd, Joseph
Graves, Martha
Gregory, Gary
Jones, Clifford Bartlett, 1885-1972
Keltz, Eugene
Mash, Joseph
Overton, Ruthie
Shurtleff, Peggy
Shurtleff, V. L. (Dan)
Tomlinson, Vada Belle
Wilson, Roscoe
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Bank & Trust Company
Texas Tech University--History
Texas Technological College--History
Places
Austin (Tex.)--Views
Brandon (Tex.)--Views
Breckenridge (Tex.)--Views
Cisco (Tex.)--Views
Dallas (Tex.)--Views
Hillsboro (Tex.)--Views
Lubbock (Tex.)--Views
Maxgate (England)
San Antonio (Tex.)--Views
Surrey (England)
Subjects
Architecture--Texas--Lubbock
Buildings--Texas
Children--Photographs
Texas--Politics and government
Texas Technological College--Photographs
Acquisition
Gift, 1985
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez
Preferred Citation
Willis Harrison Bledsoe Photograph Collection, 1896-1963 and undated,
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Willis Bledsoe Oral History Interview [sound recording], 1983
- Emma K. Bledsoe Papers, 1905-1983