Descriptive Summary
Baker, T. (Thomas) Lindsay
T. Lindsay Baker Papers,
1949-1990 and undated
The papers of T.
(Thomas) Lindsay Baker concerning Polish Americans and windmills.
S 62.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
11 boxes (11.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
T. (Thomas) Lindsay Baker received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
history at Texas Tech University. He conducted extensive work in both the
history of technology and social and cultural history, and published several
books in those areas. Baker also served as a curator at museums in Canyon, Fort
Worth and Waco, Texas. The Westerners International is a foundation whose
purpose is to encourage interest and research in frontier history. T. Lindsay
served as president at one time.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes professional and personal correspondence,
manuscripts of
The First Polish Americans,
A Field Guide to American Windmills, and
Silesians in Texas, some photographs and
printed materials, scrapbook materials and files on the Westerners
International and the Inner Ear Coffeehouse of Lubbock, Texas.
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)
Baker, T. (Thomas)
Lindsay
Baker, T. (Thomas)
Lindsay--Manuscripts
Subjects (Organizations)
Inner Ear Coffeehouse
(Lubbock, Tex.)
Subjects
Authors--Texas
Historians--Texas
Manuscripts--Texas
Polish Americans
Polish
Americans--Manuscripts
Windmills
Collection accession #(s):
87-0004-B, 92-0102-B
Gifts, 1987-1992
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, August 2000
Preferred Citation
T. Lindsay Baker Papers, 1949-1990 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:
- T. Lindsay Baker Papers, 1960-1999 and undated
- Windmill Trade Literature Collection, 1875-1992
Correspondence
1
1
"Thank You" letters and notes,
1948-1957
1
2
"Thank You" letters and notes,
1958-1971
1
3
Baker, Krystyna,
1968-1970 and
undated
1
4
Baker, Krystyna,
1970-1975 and
undated
1
5
Baker, Krystyna, Poland Trip,
1969-1970 and
undated
1
6
Baker, Shirley Mae, Pictures,
1979-1980 and
undated
1
7
Bates Award,
1980-1981
1
8
Bates Award,
1982-1983
1
9
Baylor University Employment,
1986-1987
1
10
Cayman Islands National Museum,
1990 and
undated
1
11
Prize, Charles Frankel,
1989
1
12
Employment,
1984-1987
1
13
Employment Possibilities,
1986-1989
1
14
Fehrenback Book Award,
1989-1990
1
15
Bates Award,
1981-1982
1
16
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Incoming,
Pictures,
1987-1989 and
undated
1
17
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Outgoing,
1987-1989 and
undated
1
18
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Outgoing,
1987-1989 and
undated
2
1
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Outgoing,
1987-1989 and
undated
2
2
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Report,
1989
2
3
Jeane,
1978-1979
2
4
Kaegi Family Visit,
1978-1979 and
undated
2
5
Kosciuszko Foundation,
1972-1976 and
undated
2
6
Moore, Bill,
1986-1987 and
undated
2
7
Personal: Incoming,
1980 and
undated
2
8
Personal: Incoming,
1981 and
undated
2
9
Personal: Incoming,
1982 and
undated
2
10
Personal: Incoming,
1983-1984 and
undated
2
11
Personal,
1961-1969
2
12
Personal,
1970-1977 and
undated
2
13
Personal,
1978 and
undated
2
14
Personal,
1979 and
undated
2
15
Personal,
1983 and
undated
2
16
Personal,
1984 and
undated
3
1
Personal,
1986 and
undated
3
2
Personal,
1987 and
undated
3
3
Personal,
1988 and
undated
3
4
Personal,
1990 and
undated
3
5
Personal, Foreign
1966-1969 and
undated
3
6
Polish Inquiry,
1970-1974
3
7
Professional, Outgoing,
1973
3
8
Polish Migration to Texas,
1973-1974 and
undated
3
9
Professional: Incoming,
1969
3
10
Professional: Outgoing,
1970
3
11
Professional: Incoming,
1971
3
12
Professional: Outgoing,
1971
3
13
Professional: Outgoing,
1972
3
14
Professional: Incoming,
1973
3
15
Professional: Outgoing,
1974
3
16
Professional: Outgoing,
1975
3
17
Professional: Incoming,
1976
3
18
Professional: Incoming,
1977
3
19
Professional: Incoming,
1975 and
undated
3
20
Personal,
1985 and
undated
3
21
Personal,
1986-1987 and
undated
3
22
Professional: Incoming,
1974
3
23
Professional: Outgoing,
1977
3
24
Professional: Incoming,
1978 and
undated
4
1
Professional: Outgoing,
1978
4
2
Professional: Incoming,
1979
4
3
Professional: Outgoing,
1979
4
4
Professional: Incoming,
1980 and
undated
4
5
Professional: Outgoing,
1980 and
undated
4
6
Professional: Incoming,
1981 and
undated
4
7
Professional: Outgoing,
1981
4
8
Professional: Incoming,
1982
4
9
Professional: Incoming,
1983 and
undated
4
10
Professional: Outgoing,
1983 and
undated
4
11
Professional: Incoming,
1984 and
undated
4
12
Professional: Outgoing,
1983 and
undated
4
13
Professional: Outgoing,
1984
4
14
Professional: Incoming,
1985 and
undated
5
1
Professional: Outgoing,
1985
5
2
Professional: Incoming,
1986
5
3
Professional: Outgoing,
1986
5
4
Professional: Incoming,
1987 and
undated
5
5
Professional: Outgoing,
1987
5
6
Professional: Incoming,
1987
5
7
Professional: Outgoing,
1988
5
8
Professional: Outgoing,
1989
5
9
Professional: Incoming,
1990
5
10
Professional: Outgoing,
1990
5
11
Rio Vista, Texas, Incoming,
1988-1989
5
12
Rio Vista, Texas, Outgoing,
1988-1989
6
1
Sall, Louise,
1978-1986
6
2
Scout Trip,
1968
6
3
Sheffield, Annet,
1986-1987 and
undated
6
4
Strecker Museum, Baylor University,
1988-1989
6
5
Texas Association of Museums,
1989
6
6
Texas Historical Commission Annual Historic Preservation
Conference,
1989
6
7
Williams, Etelka and Braxton B.,
1973-1983 and
undated
6
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982
6
9
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982
6
10
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982
6
11
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982
6
12
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982
6
13
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982-1983
6
14
Windmillers' Gazette,
1982-1983
6
15
Windmillers' Gazette,
1983
6
16
Windmillers' Gazette,
February 1983
6
17
Windmillers' Gazette,
March 1983
6
18
Windmillers' Gazette,
April 1983
6
19
Windmillers' Gazette,
May-July 1983
6
20
Windmillers' Gazette,
July-August
1983
6
21
Windmillers' Gazette,
August-September
1983
6
22
Windmillers' Gazette,
October 1983
6
23
Windmillers' Gazette,
October-December
1983
6
24
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1984
6
25
Windmillers' Gazette,
February 1984
6
26
Windmillers' Gazette,
March 1984
6
27
Windmillers' Gazette,
April-May 1984
6
28
Windmillers' Gazette,
June-July 1984
6
29
Windmillers' Gazette,
August-September
1984
6
30
Windmillers' Gazette,
October-December
1984
6
31
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-February
1984
6
32
Windmillers' Gazette,
February-December
1984
6
33
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1985
6
34
Windmillers' Gazette,
February 1985
6
35
Windmillers' Gazette,
March-April
1985
6
36
Windmillers' Gazette,
May-June 1985
6
37
Windmillers' Gazette,
July-August
1985
6
38
Windmillers' Gazette,
September-October
1985
6
39
Windmillers' Gazette,
November-December
1985
7
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-February
1986
7
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
March-April
1986
7
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
May-June 1986
7
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
July-August
1986
7
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
September-October
1986
7
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
November-December
1986
7
7
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-October
1987
7
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-February
1987
7
9
Windmillers' Gazette,
March-June
1987
7
10
Windmillers' Gazette,
July-September
1987
7
11
Windmillers' Gazette,
October-December
1987
7
12
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-August
1988
7
13
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-March
1988
7
14
Windmillers' Gazette,
April-July
1988
7
15
Windmillers' Gazette,
July-August
1988
7
16
Windmillers' Gazette,
October-December
1988
7
17
Windmillers' Gazette,
January-February
1989
7
18
Windmillers' Gazette,
March-May 1989
7
19
Windmillers' Gazette,
June-August
1989
7
20
Windmillers' Gazette,
September-November
1989
7
21
Windmillers' Gazette,
December 1989
7
22
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1990
7
23
Windmillers' Gazette,
February-March
1990
7
24
Windmillers' Gazette,
April-June
1990
7
25
Windmillers' Gazette,
July-September
1990
7
26
Windmillers' Gazette,
October-December
1990
Financial Material
8
1
Bank Statements,
1973
8
2
Bank Statements,
1974
8
3
Bank Statements,
1975
8
4
Bank Statements,
1973-1979
8
5
Bank Statements,
1979-1980
8
6
Bank Statements,
1981
8
7
Bank Statements,
1982
8
8
Bank Statements,
1982-1983
8
9
Bank Statements,
1983
8
10
Bank Statements,
1985-1986
8
11
Deposit and Checkbook Records,
1977-1982 and
undated
8
12
Gas Receipts,
1977
8
13
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Pay Records,
1979-1987
8
14
Student Budget Record,
1967-1972
Legal Material
8
15
Address Book,
undated
8
16
Automobile Collision,
1985-1987
8
17
Baker, Thomas Lindsay, Vitae,
1975-1986 and
undated
8
18
Divorce Documents,
1981
8
19
Griggs, William C., Resume,
1979
8
20
Insurance Papers,
1980-1987
8
21
Baker, Krystyna, Vitae,
1975-1979 and
undated
8
22
T. Lindsay Baker's Employment Records and Miscellaneous,
1972-1987 and
undated
8
23
T. Lindsay Baker's Employment Records, Panhandle Plains
Historical Museum,
1980-1984 and
undated
8
24
Loan contracts,
1980-1983
8
25
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Minutes,
1986
8
26
Resignation Letter,
1987
8
27
Stolen Property Inventory List,
1972
Literary Productions
8
28
"Autobiography, A Very Personal,"
undated
8
29
The Building of the
Trans-Siberian Railway by Baker, Thomas Lindsay,
1969
8
30
Chicago Genealogist “The Kiolbassa Family of Illinois
and Texas,”
Spring 1973
8
31
The Comanche
Barrier to South Plains Settlement, Book Review by Baker, Thomas
Lindsay,
undated
8
32
Comancheria
Demography: 1805-1830 by Brown, William R.,
undated
8
33
Datebooks,
1970-1990
9
1
Datebooks,
1970-1990
9
2
Datebooks,
1970-1990
9
3
"First Polish Americans" TS Early Draft,
undated
9
4
“First Polish Americans” Original TS, undated
undated
10
1
“First Polish Americans” Index,
undated
10
2
A Field Guide to
American Windmills Research Notes,
1977-1979
10
3
A Field Guide to
American Windmills, Research Notes,
1977-1979
10
4
Four Letters from Texas to Poland in 1855,
undated
10
5
“Fulbrighting in Poland: Two Years Stay in Wroclaw," by
T. Lindsay Baker,
1978
10
6
“Howard Paul Becker: Historian of Sociology,”
Fall 1974
10
7
“My Chief Pleasure has Been in Telling Tales...” History
Class 5313,
1975
10
8
The Original
Driskill Hotel Story by Austin Statesman,
undated
10
9
“Pre-historian Indian Water Supply Systems,
undated
10
10
The Red River War
of 1874-1875: Selected Correspondence Between Lieutenant Frank Baldwin and His
Wife, Alice, Author Unknown,
1988
10
11
The Remarkable Cast
Iron of the Galveston Waterworks by Baker, Thomas Lindsay,
1974
10
12
Research Material: Fairbury Pipe and Supply Company,
1977
10
13
Silesians in Texas:
A History of the Oldest Polish Colonies in America by Baker, Thomas
Lindsay,
1976
10
14
"Silesians in Texas by T. Lindsay Baker,
1976
11
1
The United States in 1933: As Seen Through the Pages of
Time Magazines,
March 31, 1969
11
2
WCZESNA Historia Osady Panna Maria W TEKSASIE,
1978
11
3
Z ZYCIA Slaskich Emigrantow W Teksasie,
1977
Oral History
11
4
Ghost Towns of
Texas,
1986
11
5
Interview with Krystyna and Thomas Lindsay Baker,
1970
Photographs
11
6
Baker, Krystyna
1968-1970
11
7
Family and Friends,
1949-1987 and
undated
11
8
Inspections,
1981
11
9
Sall, Louise
1985 and
undated
11
10
Snyder, Texas,
undated
11
11
Vacation Trip,
undated
Printed Material
11
12
Canyon Chronicles, by Thomas Lindsay Baker, Karl Sall,
and Louise Sall,
1985
11
13
Cleburne Times-Review newspaper,
1969
11
14
Foreign Newspapers,
1970
11
15
London Dialing Instructions Booklet,
1966
11
16
News clippings,
1970-1975 and
undated
11
17
New York Arts Journal,
1980
11
18
Poles in New York Photography Project,
1985
11
19
Rare America,
undated
11
20
Texas Barbed Wire Collectors Association: "The
Barb-Arian,"
1968-1971
Scrapbook Material
11
21
Bronze Age Stone Artifacts,
undated
11
22
Clothing Tags,
undated
11
23
Going Away,Cards,
1989
11
24
"Inner Ear" Coffeehouse Lubbock, Texas,
1971
11
25
"Inner Ear" Ecumenical Coffeehouse Brochure,
1970
11
26
Invitations and Program,
1977 and
undated
11
27
Memorial Bulletin,
1981
11
28
Miscellaneous,
1963-1988 and
undated
11
29
Negatives,
1977
11
30
Poland Trip,
1968-1970 and
undated
11
31
Prospectus and VEDA for T. Lindsay Baker,
undated
11
32
Sodhouse Visit, Children's Letters,
1980
11
33
Soviet Cosmonaut's Visit,
1988
11
34
Vietnam War Protest Material,
1969-1970 and
undated
11
35
Wedding Cards,
1970
Westerners International
11
36
Arizona Roundup,
1989
11
37
Board Meetings,
1989-1990
11
38
Green, Donald
1989
11
39
Fort Worth Corral,
1986
11
40
General Correspondence,
1986-1990
11
41
In the Home
Stretch,;
undated
11
42
Membership,
1988-1989
11
43
Members List,
1989
11
44
Newsletters,
1987-1989 and
undated
11
45
Regional Vice Presidents,
1987-1989 and
undated
11
46
The Westerners Brand Book,
1982-1986
11
47
Western History Association Meetings,
1989-1990 and
undated