Descriptive Summary
Baker, T. Lindsay
T. Lindsay Baker Papers,
1960-1999 and undated
The personal papers of
T. (Thomas) Lindsay Baker concerning his professional activities and the
Windmillers' Gazette.
S 62.2
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
17 boxes (17.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
T. (Thomas) Lindsay Baker received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
history at Texas Tech University. He conducted extensive work in both the
history of technology and social and cultural history, and published several
books in those areas. Baker also served as a curator at museums in Canyon, Fort
Worth and Waco, Texas. Thomas Lindsay is also the editor of the
Windmillers’ Gazette, a publication
devoted to the history and collecting of windmills. Julie P. Baker was T.
Lindsay’s second wife.
Scope and Contents
The collection of T. (Thomas) Lindsay Baker is composed of personal
correspondence from friends and family, professional correspondence from his
activities with publishers, museums and universities, correspondence and mail
orders concerning the
Windmillers’ Gazette, personal financial
expenses, Julie P. Baker’s personal correspondence, some written histories, and
assorted scrapbook materials. The collection details his activities from the
1980s to the 1990s.
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)
Baker, T. Lindsay
Baker, T.
Lindsay--Manuscripts
Baker, Julia P.
Subjects (Organizations)
Windmillers' Gazette
Subjects
Authors--Texas
Historians--Texas
Windmills
Collection accession #(s):
98-0101-B
Gift, 1998
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, November 2004
Preferred Citation
T. Lindsay Baker Papers, 1960-1999 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:
- T. Lindsay Baker Papers, 1949-1990 and undated
- Krystyna Baker Papers, 1968-1979 and undated
- T. Lindsay Baker Photograph Collection, SWCPC 320
Correspondence
1
1
Advertising-Tutor Sudan, Checks and Pictures,
1980-1996
Assorted Correspondence
1
2
Addresses and e-mails,
1989
1
3
Baylor University News Letters, Pictures,
1989-1991
1
4
Calendar,
1989
1
5
Calendar,
April 1993-May
1995
1
6
Calendar and Personal Notes,
1993
1
7
Christmas Cards and Letters,
1987-1991
1
8
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains,
April 10,
1996
1
9
Fort Larned,
May 1991
1
10
Personal Letters,
1984-1985
1
11
Personal Letters,
1986
1
12
Personal Letters,
1986-1994
1
13
Personal Letters,
1989
1
14
Personal Letters,
1989
1
15
Personal Letters,
1989-1994
1
16
Personal Letters,
1991
1
17
Reference Letters and Thank you,
January-July,
1994
1
18
Reference Materials for filming "T for Texas",
Sept. 12,
1994
1
19
Texas 36th Division Historical Materials by Julian H.
Philips,
1990
1
20
University Research Committee,
1995-1996
1
21
Victorian Christmas Event, Budget,
1991
1
22
Victorian Christmas Event, Chambers of Commerce,
1991
1
23
Victorian Christmas Event, participants,
1991
1
24
Victorian Christmas Event, Itineraries,
1991
1
25
Victorian Christmas Event, Local Arrangements,
1991
1
26
Victorian Christmas Event, Local Information,
1991
1
27
Victorian Christmas Event, Lodging,
1991
1
28
Victorian Christmas Event, Media Publicity,
1991
1
29
Victorian Christmas Event, Receipts,
1991
1
30
Victorian Christmas Event, Leasing,
1991
1
31
Victorian Christmas Event,
1992
1
32
Victorian Christmas Event,
1993
1
33
Western History Association Animal Meetings, Lincoln
Nebraska,
Oct. 1-4,
1996
Correspondence and Personal Papers
1
34
Lennie Draper Papers,
January-December
1984-1985
1
35
Letters and Pictures,
1978-1992 and
undated
2
1
Letters and Pictures,
1979-1991 and
undated
2
2
Memberships Cards,
1990-1993
Personal Papers
2
3
Alltel Telephone Corporation,
Jan.-December
1996
2
4
Cards and Letters,
1995-1996
2
5
Cards and Letters,
1996
2
6
Christmas Cards and Letters,
1993-1994
2
7
Christmas Cards and Letters,
1994
2
8
Detritus from preparation of Income Tax Return,
1995
2
9
Faculty Evaluation forms,
Spring 1993-Spring
1996
2
10
Fehrenback Book Award,
1989-1991
2
11
Letters of Recommendation for T. Lindsay Baker,
1991-1992
2
12
Letters to T. Lindsay from his wife (Julie P. Baker),
1990-1991
2
13
Medical Records,
1991
2
14
Texas State Historical Association,
1994-1995
2
15
Thomas Lindsay Baker Resume,
undated
2
16
T. Lindsay Baker Portfolio,
Jan.-December,
1993
2
17
T. Lindsay Baker Faculty Portfolio,
Jan.-November,
1994
Sent and Received
2
18
Activity with Baylor Students, Prospective Student,
Students at other Universities,
1995
2
19
Alberta Tourism Partnership,
1996
2
20
“Alternatives in Preservation of Bridge,” Texas
A&M, T. Lindsay Baker was a consultant on project,
Spring 1996
2
21
Baylor University: Faculty Research Day,
Feb. 14,
1996
2
22
Church and University Materials,
1993
2
23
Donation of Time for Community Benefit,
1994-1996
2
24
England,
1992
2
25
Field Guide to American
Windmills Book Sales, #404 to #499,
1989-1990
2
26
Field Guide to American
Windmills Book Sales, #404 to #499,
1989-1990
2
27
Field Guide to American Windmill
sale,
1990-1992
2
28
Field Guide to American
Windmills Sales, Receipts 500 to 599,
1990-1992
3
1
Ilanders Turning to Electricity Clipping,
Jan.-July,
1996
3
2
Memberships and Church Materials,
1990-1995
3
3
Memberships and Church Materials,
1994
3
4
Memberships and Church Materials,
1995
3
5
Memberships and Church Materials,
1995-1996
3
6
Memberships and Church Materials,
1995-1996
3
7
Memberships and Church Materials,
1995-1996
3
8
Memberships and Church Materials,
1996
3
9
Motor Certificates,
1986-1990
3
10
Museum and Historical Letters,
1987-1993
3
11
Museum and Historical Letters,
1989-1995
3
12
Museum and Historical Letters,
1990-1991
3
13
Museum and Historical Letters,
1991
3
14
Museum and Historical Letters,
1994-1996
3
15
Museum and Historical Letters,
1995
3
16
Oklahoma Museums Project, T. H. Baker Consultant,
1989-1991
4
1
Personal Office, Cards and Letters,
1960-1993
4
2
Personal Office,
1990-1991
4
3
Personal Office, Cards,
1990-1992
4
4
Personal Office, Cards,
1990-1992
4
5
Personal Office, Cards,
1990-1992
4
6
Personal Office, Cards and Letters,
1990-1992
4
7
Personal Offices,
1991-1992
4
8
Personal Office,
January-December 1991
4
9
Personal Office, Letters Sent,
1991-1993
4
10
Personal Office, Personal Letters and Cards,
1991-1993
4
11
Personal Office,
January-March,
1992
4
12
Personal Office,
January-March,
1992
4
13
Personal Office,
April-October 1992
4
14
Personal Office, Texas Historical Commission,
1992
4
15
Personal Office, Church and University Material,
1992-1993
4
16
Personal Office, Catholic Archives of Texas,
1993
4
17
Personal Office, Museum and Historical Letters,
1993
5
1
Personal Office,
1994-1995
5
2
Personal Office, Letters,
1995
5
3
Personal Office, Texas Tech University,
1998
5
4
Personal Letters and Cards,
1992-1993
5
5
Personal Letters,
1994-1995 and undated
5
6
Personal Letters,
April-December, 1994
5
7
Personal Letters,
August-December, 1996
5
8
Personal Letters,
August-December,
1996
5
9
Personal Letters,
August-December,
1996
5
10
Program Announcements/Letters of Thanks/Public Program
in the Community,
1975
5
11
Santa Fe Animal Health Services,
1988
5
12
Strecker Associates,
1991-1995
5
13
T. Lindsay Baker Faculty Portfolio,
Nov. 1994-December,
1995
5
14
T. Lindsay Baker Faculty Portfolio,
Dec. 1995-September,
1996
5
15
University Press Letters,
1984-1995
5
16
University Press Letters,
1990-1994
5
17
University Press Letters,
1996
5
18
Westerns International,
1992-1995
5
19
Windmill Books,
1994-1995
Sent Letters
5
20
Windmillers' Gazette,
1996
5
21
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1991
6
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
February
1991
6
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
March 1991
6
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
April 1991
6
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
May 1991
6
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
June 1991
6
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
July 1991
6
7
Windmillers' Gazette,
August 1991
6
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
August 1991
6
9
Windmillers' Gazette,
September
1991
6
10
Windmillers' Gazette,
September
1991
6
11
Windmillers' Gazette,
October 1991
7
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
November
1991
7
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
November
1991
7
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
December
1991
7
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1992
7
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
February
1992
7
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
March 1992
7
7
Windmillers' Gazette,
April 1992
7
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
May 1992
7
9
Windmillers' Gazette,
June 1992
7
10
Windmillers' Gazette,
July 1992
8
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
August 1992
8
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
September
1992
8
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
October 1992
8
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
November 1992
8
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
December
1992
8
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1993
8
7
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1993
8
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
February
1993
9
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
March 1993
9
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
April 1993
9
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
May 1993
9
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
June 1993
9
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
July 1993
9
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
August 1993
9
7
Windmillers' Gazette,
September
1993
9
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
October 1993
9
9
Windmillers' Gazette,
November
1993
10
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
December
1993
10
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
January 1994
10
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
February
1994
10
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
March 1994
10
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
April 1994
10
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
May 1994
10
7
Windmillers' Gazette,
May 1994
10
8
Windmillers' Gazette,
June 1994
10
9
Windmillers' Gazette,
July 1994
10
10
Windmillers' Gazette,
July 1994
10
11
Windmillers' Gazette,
August 1994
11
1
Windmillers' Gazette,
September
1994
11
2
Windmillers' Gazette,
October 1994
11
3
Windmillers' Gazette,
October 1994
11
4
Windmillers' Gazette,
November
1994
11
5
Windmillers' Gazette,
December
1994
11
6
Windmillers' Gazette,
December
1994
11
7
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
November 1992-December
1994
11
8
Windmillers' Gazette Mail Order Book Sales,
November 1992-December
1994
11
9
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
January 1995
11
10
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
February
1995
11
11
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
February
1995
12
1
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
March 1995
12
2
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
April 1995
12
3
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
May 1995
12
4
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
June 1995
12
5
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
July 1995
12
6
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
August 1995
12
7
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Aug. 1995
12
8
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Sept. 1995
12
9
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Oct. 1995
12
10
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Nov. 1995
13
1
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Dec. 1995
13
2
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Jan. 1996
13
3
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
Feb. 1996
13
4
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
March 1996
13
5
Windmillers' Gazette, Mail Order Book Sales,
April 1996
13
6
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
April 1996
13
7
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
May 1996
13
8
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
May 1996
13
9
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
June 1996
13
10
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
July 1996
13
11
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
July 1996
13
12
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
August 1996
14
1
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
August 1996
14
2
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
September
1996
14
3
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
October 1996
14
4
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
November
1996
14
5
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
November
1996
14
6
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
November
1996
14
7
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
December
1996
14
8
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
December
1996
14
9
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
1995-1996
14
10
Windmillers' Gazette, Book Orders,
1995-1996
Financial Material
Personal Materials
14
11
Alltel Telephone Bills,
Feb. 1990-January
1991
14
12
Alltel Telephone Bills, Records,
1991
14
13
Alltel Telephone Bills,
1994
15
1
American Express Statements,
1987-1994
15
2
American Express Statements,
1987-1994
15
3
American Express Statements,
June-Dec.
1995
15
4
Book Sales, Postage, Expenses,
1985
15
5
Checking Deposits,
1990
15
6
Citibank and Alltel,
Jan.-Aug.
1995
15
7
Dues in Professional Societies,
1984
15
8
Expenses for Attendance at Professional Meetings,
March-November
1984
15
9
Expenses for Forman Land Surveyors, Interest Paid,
Donations,
1984-1985
15
10
Expenses Incurred in Mail Order Book Sales,
1985
15
11
Expenses Incurred in Publishing Windmillers' Gazette,
1985
15
12
Expenses for Rental Property in Cleborne, Texas,
1984
15
13
Expenses for Research/Photocopies, photograph,
1985
15
14
Expenses for Taxes and Miscellaneous,
1985
15
15
First National Bank in Canyon, Texas,
1985
15
16
First State Bank, Deposit Slips,
1994
15
17
Gazette Postage Expenses,
1985
15
18
Gazette and Windmill Book and Sale, Utility and Rent,
1985
15
19
Income Tax Receipts,
1985
15
20
Income Tax Receipts,
1985
15
21
Income Tax Records, Gross Income,
1984
15
22
Income Tax Records, Windmillers' Gazette Expenses,
1984-1985
15
23
Income Tax Records, Windmillers' Gazette Expenses,
1984-1985
16
1
Income Tax Statements,
1984-1985
16
2
Income Tax Return, Detritus Calendar,
1993-1994
16
3
Mileage Expenses,
1985
16
4
Occupational Expenses-Panhandle-Plains Historical
Museum,
1984-1985
16
5
Research Expenses for “Ghost Towns at Texas,”
1984
16
6
Research Expenses for other Books in Progress,
1984
16
7
Southwestern Bell Telephone Bills,
1985
16
8
State of Texas Purchase Voucher,
1994
16
9
Tax Materials form IRS Return Preparation,
1994
16
10
Telephone Bills,
1993
16
11
Victorian Christmas,
1992-1993
16
12
Visa Statements,
1987-1994
16
13
West Texas State Bank,
1984
16
14
West Texas State Bank,
1985
Sent and Received
16
15
Financial and Travel Material,
1987-1991
16
16
Financial and Travel Material,
1990-1995
16
17
Financial and Travel Material,
1993
16
18
Financial and Travel Material,
1995-1998
16
19
Personal Office, Canceled Checks,
Oct.-December
1977
16
20
Personal Office, Canceled Checks,
1977-1978
16
21
Personal Office, Canceled Checks,
1979
17
1
Personal Office, Canceled Checks,
1979
Julie P. Baker
17
2
Assorted Correspondence, Cards and Letters,
1977-1995
17
3
Assorted Correspondence, Cards and Letters,
1981-1995
17
4
Assorted Correspondence, Cards and Letters,
1981-1995
17
5
Assorted Correspondence,
1991-1994
17
6
Assorted Correspondence, Cards and Letters,
1992-1994
17
7
Assorted Correspondence, Cards and Letters,
1989-1990
17
8
Assorted Correspondence, Cards and Letters,
1990-1994
17
9
Assorted Correspondence, Engagement Calendar,
1992
17
10
Assorted Correspondence, Telephone Bills,
1992
17
11
Assorted Correspondence, Fur Trade Encampment,
September 1989
17
12
Correspondence-Calendars,
1988-1992
Literary Production
17
13
“The Ballad of Billy Harrison,”
March 10, 1996
17
14
“Beacons of the Plains,” by Claude and Carolyn Crowley,
March 1, 1996
17
15
“The Passionate Plainsman” by Lindsay and LaDelle,
1989
17
16
“A Proposal for the First State Bank Historian in
Residence,” Rio Vista High School,
July 25, 1996
Scrapbook Material
17
17
Assorted Correspondence: News Clippings and Letters,
1989-1994
17
18
Assorted Correspondence: Newspaper Clippings and
Letters,
1989-1995 and
undated
17
19
“Inner Ear” Coffee House, Lubbock, Texas,
1967
17
20
Personal Papers: Medical Records/Cards and Memberships/
Photographs,
1994-1996 and
undated