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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

General Files

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Ruth E. Cowart:

An Inventory of Her Papers, 1908-1963, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorCowart, Ruth Evans
Title:Ruth E. Cowart Papers,
Dates:1908-1963
Abstract:These are the papers of former Lubbock, Texas, teacher Ruth Evans Cowart.
Collection #S1644.1
Quantity:1 small box (0.3 linear feet)
LanguageEnglish.
Repository:Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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.

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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).

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Organization

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

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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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

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Related Material

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

  • Helen M. Bisbee Papers, 1874-1988 and undated

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Ruth E. Cowart Papers, 1908-1963, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

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

Purchase, 2003

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2003

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Collection Inventory

 

General Files

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11Correspondence to Beulah Evans Cowart, 1918-1963
2Correspondence to Roscoe Cowart from Beulah Evans, 1920
3Correspondence to Ruth Cowart, 1944-1963
4Literary Production: “Tanning Process” hand written notes, 1937
5Printed Material: Grovesville Independent School District of Lubbock County, Texas, Specifications for School Building, ca. 1925
6Scrapbook Material: Miscellaneous, 1908-1955
7Scrapbook Material: Photo Album, 1937-1942

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