urn:taro:ttu.sw.00152 Ruth E. Cowart: An Inventory of Her Papers, 1908-1963, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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August 22, 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided Abel Ramirez, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 20, 2004. Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the Ruth E. Cowart Papers, 1908-1963 Abel Ramirez Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 2004 Descriptive Summary Cowart, Ruth Evans Ruth E. Cowart Papers, 1908-1963 These are the papers of former Lubbock, Texas, teacher Ruth Evans Cowart. S1644.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 small box (0.3 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

Ruth Evans Cowart was a teacher with the Lubbock Independent School District. Her mother was Beulah Evans of Canyon, Texas and her dad was Roscoe Cowart of Lubbock. She graduated from Texas Technological College in the 1940s with a bachelor’s and master’s degree. Ruth grew up in Lubbock, Texas and her family lived in the Tech Terrace neighborhood.

 Scope and Contents

The collection has personal correspondence addressed to three people: Ruth E. Cowart, Beulah Evans Cowart, and Roscoe Cowart. The collection also has a photo album of Ruth Cowart showing friends and family members in 1941-1942. There is also a specifications bulletin for a school building for the Grovesville Independent School District of Lubbock County (1925).

 Organization

The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence, Printed Material, and Scrapbook Material.

 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) Cowart, Ruth Evans Cowart, Ruth Evans- --Archives Cowart, Ruth Evans- --Manuscripts Subjects Teachers-Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s): 2003-0127-X

Purchase, 2003

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2003

 Preferred Citation

Ruth E. Cowart Papers, 1908-1963, 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:

Helen M. Bisbee Papers, 1874-1988 and undated Collection Inventory General Files 1 1 Correspondence to Beulah Evans Cowart, 1918-1963 1 2 Correspondence to Roscoe Cowart from Beulah Evans, 1920 1 3 Correspondence to Ruth Cowart, 1944-1963 1 4 Literary Production: “Tanning Process” hand written notes, 1937 1 5 Printed Material: Grovesville Independent School District of Lubbock County, Texas, Specifications for School Building, ca. 1925 1 6 Scrapbook Material: Miscellaneous, 1908-1955 1 7 Scrapbook Material: Photo Album, 1937-1942