urn:taro:ttu.sw.00189 American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 (Lubbock, Texas): An Inventory of Its Records, 1918-1985 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806)-742-3749 Fax: (806)-742-0496 Webpage: http://swco.ttu.edu/ Contact Person: Reference Archivist
April 17, 2004 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided Abel Ramirez, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 26, 2004. Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1918-1985 and undated Abel Ramirez Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 2004 Descriptive Summary American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 (Lubbock, Texas) American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1918-1985 and undated These are the records detailing the activities of the American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 of Lubbock, Texas. S25.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 box and 1 oversized item (2.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

An auxiliary for American Legion Post 148, the organization was chartered in 1925. The post was founded in 1919-1920 and named in honor of Philip Simpson Allen and Roland Terrell Allen, Lubbock veterans of World War I who were killed in action in France. Charter members of the auxiliary included Mrs. George Brewer, Mrs. A .B. Slagle, Mrs. C. F. Stubbs, Mrs. C. P. Collier and Miss Mae Murfee. The purpose of the organization is to bring together ex-servicemen of the Lubbock, Texas area.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains some correspondence, a legder of expenses, some news clippings, and four scrapbooks of the activities, history, and items collected from members of the American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 of Lubbock, Texas.

 Organization

The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence, Ledger, and Scrapbook Materials.

 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 (Places Lubbock (Tex.) Subjects American Legion. Auxiliary. Allen Brothers Post No. 148 (Lubbock, Tex.) Veterans--Texas--Lubbock--Societies, etc. Lubbock (Tex.)--Social life and customs.

Collection accession #(s): None for the record.

Gifts, 1980s

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, April 2004.

 Preferred Citation

American Legion Auxiliary, Allen Brothers Post #148 (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1918-1985 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:

American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.) Records, 1945-2002 and undated American Ex-Prisoners of War (Texas Dept.) Records, 1940-1999 and undated Collection Inventory General Files 1 1 Correspondence: Business, 1967-1972 1 2 Printed Material: News clippings, 1969-1974 and undated 1 3 Financial Material: Cash Receipts Journal, 1948-1949 Scrapbook Material 1 4 Scrapbook #1, 1918-1971 and undated 1 5 Scrapbook #2, 1918-1985 and undated 1 6 Scrapbook #3, 1936-1937 Oversized Item #1 Scrapbook #4, 1945-1980 and undated