Descriptive Summary
Andrews, Ruth Horn
Ruth Horn Andrews Papers,
1878-1979 and undated
The collection
consists of research material gathered by Andrews and personal papers of Ruth
and Joseph F. Andrews and her father, Paul Horn.
S28.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes (3.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Teacher and author Ruth Horn Andrews was born in 1893 in Jasper,
Tennessee. Her father, Dr. Paul Whitfield Horn, was the first president of
Texas Technological College. She received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas
Technological College where she taught English (1933-1943). In 1943, she
married Joseph Andrews and moved to New York City where she taught at New York
University. She published The First Thirty Years: a
History of Texas Technological College, 1925-1955 in 1956. Ruth Andrews
died in 1986 in New York.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material generated by Ruth Horn Andrews, her
father Paul W. Horn, and Ruth's husband Joseph Frank Andrews. The contents
include personal correspondence, legal material, manuscripts, speeches, printed
material, and scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence
and research notes Ruth Andrews used in writing The First
Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College, 1925-1955
(1956).
Organization
The collection is organized by series:
- Ruth Horn Andrews
- Joseph Frank Andrews
- Paul W. Horn
- Literary Production
- Printed Material
- Memorabilia
- Scrapbooks
- Artifacts
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)
Andrews, Ruth Horn, 1892-1986
Horn, Paul W., 1870-1932
Subjects (Places)
Lubbock (Tex.)--History
Subjects
Texas Technological College--History
Texas Tech University--History
Collection accession #(s):
86-0045-B, 87-0001-B
Gifts, 1962 and 1986
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Karen Hicks, 2004
Preferred Citation
Ruth Horn Andrews Papers, 1878-1979 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:
- Ruth Horn Andrews Photograph Collection
- Ruth Horn Andrews and Mabel Erwin, Oral History Interview [sound
recording], 1968
- Paul Whitfield Horn Papers, 1908-1932
Collection Inventory
Ruth Horn Andrews, 1902-1977 and undated
Correspondence
1
1
Received,
1927-1977 and
undated
1
2
Report to a Number of
Persons Who will Know Better Next Time (Scandinavian trip),
1961
1
3
Legal Material,
1911-1961
Literary Production
1
4
Diary,
1929-1933
1
5
Poem in Honor of Ruth by Swartz, Zelma Moore,
1927
1
6
Speeches,
1955
1
7
Various Manuscripts,
undated
1
8
Personal File,
1924-1955 and
undated
1
9
Printed Material - News Clippings,
1902-1956 and
undated
Research Material
1
10
Quotations,
1956 and
undated
1
11
Various Topics,
1949-1963 and
undated
1
12
Travel,
1941-1952 and
undated
1
13
Memorabilia,
1943
The First Thirty Years: a History of
Texas Technological College, 1925-1955, 1923-1956 and
undated
Correspondence
1
14
Correspondence,
1955-1956
1
15
Ex-Students,
1955-1956
1
16
Miscellaneous,
1928-1955
1
17
Received,
1956
1
18
Sent,
1956
1
19
Unanswered,
1955-1956
1
20
Printed Material - News Clippings,
1955-1956 and
undated
Research Material
1
21
Administration,
1924-1955 and
undated
1
22
Alumni-Agriculture,
1946-1955 and
undated
1
23
Alumni,
circa
1955
1
24
Alumni and Ex-Students,
1925-1956 and
undated
1
25
Agriculture,
1926-1956 and
undated
1
26
Art Course,
1925-1954 and
undated
1
27
Athletics,
1923-1956 and
undated
1
28
Avalanche-Journal Clippings,
1925-1944 and
undated
1
29
Board of Directors' Meetings,
1923-1955 and undated
1
30
Buildings and Grounds,
1931-1955 and
undated
1
31
Business Administration,
1931-1954 and undated
1
32
Chronology,
undated
1
33
Council of Women Graduates,
1938-1945 and
undated
1
34
Decennial,
1935
1
35
Degrees (Earned and Honorary),
1951-1953 and
undated
1
36
Dormitories,
1929-1951 and
undated
1
37
Engineering,
1924-1925 and
undated
1
38
Engineering Alumni and Ex-Students,
1935-1955 and
undated
1
39
Ex-Students Association,
1931-1953 and
undated
2
1
Faculty,
1925-1955 and
undated
2
2
Foreign Languages,
1931-956 and undated
2
3
Field Trips, Tours, etc.,
1935-1955
2
4
Geology,
1930-1954
2
5
Graduate School,
1927-1955
2
6
Home Economics,
1926-1955
2
7
Dr. E. N. (Edward Newlon) Jones,
1954-1956
2
8
Journalism,
1925-1955
2
9
Library,
1925-1955
2
10
Military,
1925-1956
2
11
Miscellaneous,
1928-1955
2
12
Pan-Tex,
1945-1955
2
13
Religious Life,
1927-1956
2
14
Will Rogers,
1926-1955
2
15
Scholarships, Loans, Awards, etc.,
1928-1955
2
16
Silver Anniversary 1950,
1930-1955
2
17
Speech Department,
1927-1955
2
18
Student Life and Tradition,
1926-1956
2
19
Student Union Building,
1929-1955
2
20
Tech and Industry,
1952-1955
2
21
Tech and Lubbock,
1926-1955
2
22
Tech Foundation,
1950-1956
2
23
Tech Press,
1955 and
undated
2
24
Textile Engineering,
1927-1956
2
25
Very Early Days,
1925-1948
2
26
War Years,
1940-1955
Joseph Frank Andrews, 1937-1948
2
27
Certificate of Recognition - ASA (American Standards
Association) War Committee,
1946
2
28
Legal Material,
1937-1948
Paul W. Horn, 1878-1966 and undated
2
29
Correspondence,
1923-1929 and
undated
2
30
Horn Professorship,
1966 and
undated
2
31
Literary Production - Journal/Scrapbook,
1878
2
32
Literary Production - Various,
1926 and
undated
2
33
Memorabilia - Event Programs,
1921 and undated
2
34
Printed Material - News Clippings,
1888-1932 and
undated
2
35
Artifacts,
undated
Literary Production, 1894 and undated
2
36
Eulogy for Nicholas Keith by Cash, James I.,
circa
1894
2
37
Speech - The Seven Sages of
Texas Technological College, by Gates, W. B.,
undated
Printed Material, 1905-1970 and undated
2
38
The Book of Job, The Modern Reader's Bible, Wisdom
Series, McMillan and Company, with associated notes,
1906 and
undated
2
39
A Christmas Message, by
Horn, Paul W.,
1905
2
40
London Terrace
Apartment House, New York City,
1952-1963 and undated
2
41
The New Century Spelling
Book by McCallum, A. N. and P. W. Horn,
1908
2
42
New York University
Bulletin,
1949
3
1
News Clippings,
1921-1967 and
undated
3
2
News Clippings - Texas Tech University,
1966-1970 and undated
3
3
Song Book: Texas
Technological College,
1926
3
4
The Texas Techsan,
November,
1955
Memorabilia, 1921-1979 and undated
3
5
Agriculture Badges,
1979 and
undated
3
6
Programs,
1921-1971 and
undated
Scrapbooks, 1882-1965 and undated
3
7
Scrapbook of Clippings of the writings of G. W. Horn and
other materials,
1882-1904 and
undated
3
8
Spain,
1915-1926 and
undated
3
9
Scrapbook Material - Postcards,
1965 and
undated
3
10
Scrapbook Material - Prints, etc.,
1922 and
undated
3
11
Photographs and other material, mostly from Mexico,
1921-1929 and
undated
Artifacts, undated
3
12
Photo albums (2) - empty,
undated