TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
General Files,
1970 and undated
Tarbox Family,
1941-1951 and undated
Memorabilia,
undated
Athletic Career,
1938-1972 and undated
Business Affairs,
1949-1975 and undated
Legislative Career,
1939-1978 and undated
Military Service,
1937-1976 and undated
Personal Papers,
1863-1976 and undated
Legislative Career,
1939-1978 and undated
Athletic Career,
1938-1972 and undated
Business Affairs,
1949-1975 and undated
Military Service,
1937-1976 and undated
General Files,
1965-1976 and undated
Legislative Career,
1939-1978 and undated
Scrapbooks,
1937-1976 and undated
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Elmer Lois Tarbox:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1863-1978 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Tarbox, Elmer
L. |
| Title: | Elmer L. Tarbox Papers,
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| Dates: | 1863-1978 and undated |
| Abstract: | The papers of former
Texas legislator Elmer Lois Tarbox. |
| Collection # | S 1006.1 |
| Quantity: | 12 boxes and 13
scrapbooks (15.0 linear feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Elmer Lois Tarbox was a Texas legislator, World War II veteran,
businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. Born in 1916 in Bishop, Oklahoma, he
received a B.B.A. degree from Texas Technological College in 1939. He was
active in football, basketball, and track programs, and set three NCAA records
while attending Texas Technological College. Tarbox also participated in the
1939 Cotton Bowl game. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army
Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater with the famed "Flying Tiger" Squadron. He was awarded the Air Medal,
Silver Star, Purple Heart, and the Golden Eagle of China.
After his military service, Tarbox developed, patented, and marketed
"Elmer's Weights", used primarily for athletic
conditioning and physical rehabilitation. He served as State Representative of
West Texas' Seventy-Sixth District, Place Two, from 1966-1976 and helped
establish the Schools of Law and Medicine at Texas Tech University. Diagnosed
with Parkinson's Disease, he founded the Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute
in 1972 at the Texas Tech Medical School. Tarbox and his wife, Maxine Barnett,
reared four children prior to her death in 1978. Tarbox died in 1987 in
Lubbock, Texas.
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The collection includes correspondence, printed and scrapbook
material, financial and legal material, literary productions, legislative
material, and memorabilia pertaining to Tarbox's legislative career, military
service, business affairs, athletic career, and personal interests. It bulks
(1937-1978) with materials relating to his legislative career and Texas
politics. Also included is a genealogy of the Tarbox family and a literary
production (ca. 1863) concerning a soldier's account of the home front during
the Civil War.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Tarbox, Elmer
L. |
| | Tarbox, Elmer
L.--Family |
| | Tarbox
family--Genealogy |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | Canadian River Project
(U.S.) |
| | Democratic Party
(Tex.)--History |
| | Elmer's Weights, Inc.
(Lubbock, Tex.) |
| | Texas. State Rural
Medical Education Board |
| | Tarbox Parkinson's
Disease Institute |
| | Texas. Legislature. House
of Representatives |
| | Texas. Legislature.
Legislative Council |
| | Texas. Parks and Wildlife
Dept. |
| | Texas Technological
College--Sports |
| | Texas Tech University.
School of Law |
| | Texas Tech University
School of Medicine |
| | Texas Technological
College. School of Business Administration |
| | Texas Technological
College--Alumni and alumnae |
| | United States. Army Air
Forces. China Air Task Force |
| Places |
| | Texas--Politics and
government--1951- |
| | Texas,
West--History |
| | United
States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives |
| Subjects |
| | College
sports--Texas |
| | Parkinson's
disease |
| | Weight training--Equipment
and supplies |
| | World War,
1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma |
| | World War,
1939-1945--Aerial operations, American |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Elmer L. Tarbox oral history interview [sound recording], 1973
- Preston Smith Photograph collection, 1969
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Elmer Lois Tarbox Papers, 1863-1978 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gifts, 1973-1978
Abel Ramirez, August 2000
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General Files,
1970 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Bank Account Materials,
undated |
| 2 | | Elmer's Weights, Inc.,
1970 and undated |
| 3 | | Miscellaneous,
undated |
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Tarbox Family,
1941-1951 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 4 | | Baby/Bridal Books,
1941-1946 and undated |
| 5 | | Baby/Bridal Books,
1950-1951 and undated |
| 6 | | Photographs,
undated |
| 7 | | Texas House of Representatives, Elmer Tarbox Letterhead,
undated |
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Memorabilia,
undated
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 8 | | Miscellaneous Items,
undated |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | Miscellaneous Items,
undated |
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Athletic Career,
1938-1972 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | Football and Track Programs,
1938-1939 |
| 2 | | Texas Tech Football,
1938-1953 and undated |
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Business Affairs,
1949-1975 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 3 | 3 | | Correspondence,
1974-1975 |
| 4 | | Elmer's Weights, Inc.,
1971-1976 and undated |
| 5 | | Ford Merchandising School,
1949-1952 |
| 6 | | Lubbock Auto Company, Inc.,
1951 |
| 7 | | Moxley-Tarbox Real Estate,
1973 and undated |
| 8 | | National Air Terminal Service,
1953-1957 and undated |
| 9 | | Oil,
1971-1975 |
| 10 | | Pecans,
1969-1970 |
| 11 | | Stocks,
1958-1971 and undated |
| 12 | | Tidmore Construction Company,
1951 and undated |
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Legislative Career,
1939-1978 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 3 | 13 | | Alcoholism,
1975 |
| 14 | | Appropriations for Higher Education,
1967 |
| 15 | | Athletic Trainers,
1970-1976 and undated |
| 16 | | Austin,
1973-1974 and undated |
| 17 | | Ben Barnes,
1967 |
| 18 | | Biography and Legislative History of Elmer Tarbox,
1970 and undated |
| | | | Campaign Related Material,
1966-1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 19 | | | Campaign Addresses,
1966-1967 and undated |
| 20 | | | Campaign Funds,
1974-1975 |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | Campaign Helpers,
1968 and undated |
| 2 | | | Campaign Printed Material,
undated |
| 3 | | Constitutional Revision,
1973-1974 and undated |
| 4 | | Constitutional Revision,
1973-1975 |
| 5 | | Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System,
1966-1967 |
| 6 | | Correspondence,
1973-1975 |
| 7 | | Correspondence,
1973-1975 and undated |
| 8 | | Elmer Tarbox's Legislative Letter,
undated |
| 9 | | Energy Institute,
1974 |
| 10 | | Highway Safety Amendment,
undated |
| 11 | | Hockley County,
1965-1968 and undated |
| | | House Bills,
1965-1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 12 | | | New Bills,
1965-1969 and undated |
| 13 | | | House Bill 423: Regulate Outdoor Music Festivals,
undated |
| 14 | | | House Bill 602: Athletic Trainer,
undated |
| 15 | | | House Bill 819: Public Utility Regulation,
1975 |
| 16 | | | House Bill 833: Terry County D. A.,
1971 and undated |
| 17 | | | House Bill 883: State Preference Purchasing,
undated |
| 18 | | | House Bill 1126: Education Finance,
1975 and undated |
| 19 | | | House Bill 1304: Occupation Tax on Motor Carriers,
1967 and undated |
| 20 | | | House Bill 1327: Imperfect Safety Glass Labeled,
undated |
| 21 | | | House Bill 1386: Employees Retirement System,
undated |
| 22 | | | House Bill 2136: Medical School Admissions,
1975 |
| 23 | | | Miscellaneous,
1967-1975 and undated |
| 24 | | Shirley Lane,
1967-1968 |
| 25 | | Lubbock County Agricultural Demonstrations,
1973-1975 |
| 26 | | Lubbock Transportation Plan,
1974-1976 |
| 27 | | Mailing Addresses,
1975 and undated |
| 28 | | Medical,
1973-1974 and undated |
| 29 | | Memorabilia,
1974 and undated |
| | | Municipal Bonds,
1961-1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 5 | 1 | | | Bank of America,
1970 |
| 2 | | | Chapman and Cutler,
1970 |
| 3 | | | Dawson, Nagel, Sherman, and Howard,
1961-1970 |
| 4 | | | Issuance of Municipal Bonds,
1975 and undated |
| 5 | | | Orrick, Herrington, Rowley, and Sutcliffe,
1970 |
| 6 | | | Wood, King, Dawson, Love, and Sabatine,
1970 |
| 7 | | | Weigand, Curfman, Brainerd, Harris, and Kaufman,
1970 |
| 8 | | Gus Mutscher,
1967-1968 |
| 9 | | Notes,
1957-1974 and undated |
| 10 | | Office and Secretarial Expenses,
1967 |
| 11 | | Politics,
1966 |
| 12 | | Printed Material,
1940-1975 and undated |
| 13 | | Printed Material,
1966-1975 and undated |
| 14 | | Rocky Mountain Legal Digest,
1959 |
| 15 | | Sample Speeches on Proposed Constitution,
undated |
| | | Senate Bills,
1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 5 | 16 | | | Senate Bill 41: Law Examination,
undated |
| 17 | | | Senate Bill 52: General Appropriations,
1975 |
| 18 | | | Senate Bill 240: Parole Commissioners,
1975 |
| 19 | | | Senate Bill 616: Pesticides,
1975 |
| 20 | | | Senate Bill 635: Patients' Compensation Act,
1975 |
| 21 | | | Senate Bill 965: Child Care,
1975 |
| 22 | | Senate Resolution 109,
1975 |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 1 | | Senate Subcommittees,
1973 |
| 2 | | Smith, Preston,
1967-1968 and undated |
| 3 | | Speeches,
1959-1967 and undated |
| 4 | | Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Symposium,
1974-1978 |
| 5 | | Telephone Utility Regulation,
1975 |
| 6 | | Terry County,
1967-1968 |
| 7 | | Texas in Action Report,
1973 |
| 8 | | Texas Agency Network,
1973 |
| 9 | | Texas Board of Cosmetology,
1963-1968 |
| 10 | | Texas Business,
1971-1972 |
| 11 | | Texas Constitutional Convention,
1973-1975 |
| 12 | | Texas Department of Community Affairs,
1975 |
| 13 | | Texas State Personnel Statutes,
1974 |
| 14 | | Texas Tech,
1967 and undated |
| | | Texas Tech,
1966-1976 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 15 | | | Budget,
1966-1968 and undated |
| 16 | | | Health Sciences Center Hospital,
1976 and undated |
| 17 | | | Medical School Faculty Council,
1975 |
| 18 | | Thompson, Sandra,
undated |
| 19 | | Tuition Increase Bill,
1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 1 | | University Land Fund,
1967-1968 and undated |
| 2 | | West Texas Water Institute,
1976 and undated |
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Military Service,
1937-1976 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 7 | 3 | | Flying,
1940-1943 |
| 4 | | Newspaper Clippings,
1943 and undated |
| 5 | | Printed Material,
1937-1944 and undated |
| 6 | | Veterans' Administration,
1944-1976 and undated |
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Personal Papers,
1863-1976 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 7 | 7 | | Boy Scouts of America,
1928-1935 |
| 8 | | Correspondence,
1934-1957 and undated |
| 9 | | Family Tree,
undated |
| 10 | | Farm Account,
1973-1974 and undated |
| 11 | | Financial Material,
1939-1975 |
| 12 | | Insurance,
1973-1975 and undated |
| 13 | | Legal Material,
1942-1957 |
| box | folder |
| 8 | 1 | | Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous,
1941-1954 and undated |
| 2 | | Phi Delta Theta,
1953 |
| 3 | | Printed Material,
1927-1950 and undated |
| 4 | | Scrapbook Material,
1935-1972 and undated |
| 5 | | Memorabilia,
1935-1938 and undated |
| 6 | | Tarbox, Bill,
1971-1973 |
| 7 | | Tarbox, Mary,
1863 |
| 8 | | Tarbox, Max,
1972-1976 and undated |
| 9 | | Tarbox, Nelson,
1863 |
| 10 | | Texas Tech Class Material,
1937-1952 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 9 | 1 | | Correspondence,
1935-1972 and undated |
| 2 | | Genealogical and Biographical Material,
1970 and undated |
| 3 | | Printed Material,
1931-1973 and undated |
| 4 | | Scrapbook Material,
1933-1973 and undated |
| 5 | | Scrapbook Material,
1933-1973 and undated |
| 6 | | Scrapbook Material,
1933-1973 and undated |
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Legislative Career,
1939-1978 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 9 | 7 | | Campaign Related Printed Material,
1966-1972 and undated |
| 8 | | Correspondence,
1966-1973 and undated |
| 9 | | Correspondence,
1966-1973 and undated |
| 10 | | Diaries,
1966-1971 |
| 11 | | General Printed Material,
1966-1973 and undated |
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Athletic Career,
1938-1972 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 9 | 12 | | Printed Material: Programs,
1938-1972 and undated |
| 13 | | Printed Material,
1938-1972 and undated |
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Business Affairs,
1949-1975 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 9 | 14 | | Correspondence,
1959-1971 |
| 15 | | Financial Documents,
1959-1972 |
| 16 | | Printed Material,
1952-1967 and undated |
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Military Service,
1937-1976 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 9 | 17 | | Miscellaneous,
1944-1945 and undated |
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General Files,
1965-1976 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 10 | 1 | | Correspondence,
1973 |
| 2 | | Correspondence,
1974 |
| 3 | | Correspondence,
1975 |
| 4 | | Correspondence,
1976 |
| 5 | | Correspondence,
undated |
| 6 | | Administrative Staff and Program Directors,
1973 |
| 7 | | Agricultural and Livestock, Sub-Committee,
1976 |
| 8 | | Applications for Public Information,
1973 |
| 9 | | Assorted Bills on Insurance and Malpractice,
1975 |
| 10 | | Austin File,
1973-1975 |
| 11 | | Austin File,
1973-1976 |
| 12 | | Church School Bill,
1975 |
| 13 | | Bill Clayton File,
1975-1976 |
| 14 | | Constituents Requests,
1971-1973 and undated |
| 15 | | Constitutional Revision Committee,
1975 |
| 16 | | Consumer Law,
undated |
| 17 | | Election Code, Reporting Procedure,
1975-1976 |
| 18 | | Financial Report Letter, from Common Cause,
1974 |
| 19 | | Flag, How to Order,
1973 |
| 20 | | Food and Fiber, Budget Proposal,
1975-1976 |
| | | House Bills,
1965-1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 10 | 21 | | | House Bill 240: Education,
undated |
| 22 | | | House Bill 381: Credit Disclosure Act,
1975 and undated |
| 23 | | | House Bill 432: Architects Bill,
1975 |
| 24 | | | House Bill 668: Rehabilitation Districts for
Handicapped Persons,
undated |
| 25 | | | House Bill 1334: Dentists Bill, and Others,
undated |
| 26 | | | House Bill 1665: Denton Family Farm Act of 1975,
1975 |
| 27 | | House of Representatives, Members' Accounts,
1974-1975 |
| 28 | | Impeachment,
1975 |
| 29 | | Impeachment, Inquiry,
1975 |
| 30 | | Legislative Property Tax Committee,
1974 |
| 31 | | Major Bills of the 64th Legislature,
undated |
| 32 | | Maps of District,
1971 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 11 | 1 | | Austin File,
1976 |
| 2 | | House Bill 214: Special License Plates for Disabled
Veterans,
undated |
| 3 | | News Releases,
1975 and undated |
| 4 | | Office Expense in Austin,
1975-1976 |
| 5 | | Persons Requesting a Change in the Constitution or a
Bill,
1973 |
| 6 | | Printed Material,
1972-1975 |
| 7 | | Proclamations,
1973 and undated |
| 8 | | Proposed New Constitution,
1975 |
| 9 | | Prospective Committee Appointees,
1973 |
| 10 | | Remarks of Craig A. Washington,
1972 |
| 11 | | Sample Legislative Wrap-up Speech, sent by Bill Clayton,
undated |
| 12 | | Scrapbook Material,
1973-1975 and undated |
| | | Senate Bills,
1975 and undated |
| box | folder |
| 11 | 13 | | | Senate Bill 234: Texas Women's University Medical
School,
undated |
| 14 | | | Senate Bill 635: on Malpractice, Voting Record,
1975 |
| 15 | | | Senate Bill 761: Mass Transportation,
undated |
| 16 | | | Senate Bill 762: Mass Transportation,
undated |
| 17 | | Senate Concurrent Resolution: Texas Tech 50th
Anniversary Commendation,
undated |
| 18 | | Social Security Act,
1975 |
| 19 | | Southwest Collection,
1976 |
| 20 | | Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Symposium,
1976 |
| 21 | | Texas Aeronautics Commission,
1970-1976 |
| 22 | | Texas Commission for the Arts and Humanities,
1974 |
| 23 | | Texas House Rules, Draft,
undated |
| 24 | | Texas Offshore Terminal Commission,
1974 |
| 25 | | Text Book Committee,
undated |
| 26 | | Transportation Committee Studies,
1975-1976 |
| 27 | | University of Texas, Allen Shivers Letter,
1975 |
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Legislative Career,
1939-1978 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 12 | 1 | | Campaign Related Printed Material,
1974 and undated |
| 2 | | Correspondence,
1967 and undated |
| 3 | | General Printed Material,
1972-1974 |
| | | Framed Memorabilia,
1939-1968 |
| box | folder |
| 12 | 4 | | | Alpha Phi Omega Membership,
1939 |
| 5 | | | Election to State Representative, 77th Representative
District,
1968 |
| 6 | | Memorabilia: Gavel, Higher Education Committee Chairman,
1971-1972 |
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Scrapbooks,
1937-1976 and undated
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| othertype |
| Scrapbook #
1 | | | Scrapbook,
undated |
| othertype |
| 2 | | | | Ledger: Business Affairs: Lubbock Auto Company, Inc.,
1951 |
| othertype |
| 3 | | | Scrapbook: Personal Papers,
1973-1975 and undated |
| othertype |
| 4 | | | | Personal Papers: Between Friends/Entre Amis (Canadian
Consulate),
undated |
| othertype |
| 5 | | | | Scrapbook #1,
1950-1973 |
| | | Oversized Scrapbooks,
undated |
| othertype |
| 6 | | | | Scrapbook,
undated |
| othertype |
| 7 | | | | Scrapbook: Tarbox, Elmer Lois,
undated |
| othertype |
| 8 | | | | Scrapbook,
1973-1976 |
| othertype |
| 9 | | | | Scrapbook,
1973-1976 |
| othertype |
| 10 | | | | Campaign Scrapbook,
1937-1976 |
| othertype |
| 11 | | | | Scrapbook: Tarbox, Elmer Lois,
1952-1975 |
| othertype |
| 12 | | | | Scrapbook,
(Missing) undated |
| othertype |
| 13 | | | | Scrapbook,
1952-1975 |
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