urn:taro:ttu.ua.00008 Sports Newspapers and Magazines Collection: An Inventory of Its Holdings, 1941-2006 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Lynn Whitfield 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
August 2002 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, August 2002. Finding aid written in English. June 6, 2007 The inventory was revised to include new items. Tue Jul 22 14:48:04 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.ua.00008 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Sports Newspapers and Magazines Collection, 1941-2006 and undated Lynn Whitfield The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, August 2002 Descriptive Summary Texas Tech University Sports Newspapers and Magazines Collection, 1941-2006 and undated Miscellaneous newspapers and magazines featuring Texas Tech Athletics. U 23.7 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 box (1.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Sports Information Office traces its origins to the Sports News Office in the early 1950s, and evolved to the present designation in the late 1960s. Sports Information serves in a public relations capacity as a liaison between the media and the athletic department. The Office maintains media records on all Tech athletes, as well as compiles and designs media guides and game programs.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains miscellaneous newspapers and magazines featuring various Texas Tech Athletics from 1941-2006 and undated.

 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 (Organizations) Big 12 Conference Southwest Conference (U.S.) Texas Tech University--Sports Texas Tech University--Sports--History Texas Tech University--Basketball--History Texas Tech University--Football--History Subjects Basketball--Texas--Lubbock--History College athletes--Texas--Lubbock--History College sports Football--Texas--Lubbock--History Women athletes--Texas--Lubbock--History Acquisition

Gifts, undated

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, 2001

 Preferred Citation

Sports Newspapers and Magazines Collection, 1941-2006 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Additional Sources Pollard, Norval. Red Raiders: Stories, Stats, and Stuff about Texas Tech sports. Wichita, Kan.: Wichita Eagle and Beacon Pub., 1996. Dodd, Dennis. Big 12 Handbook: Stories, Stats, and Stuff about the Nation's Best Football Conference, Big 12 Conference. Wichita, Kan.: Wichita Eagle and Beacon Pub. Co., 1996. Ratliff, Harold V. The power and the Glory: the Story of Southwest Conference Football. Lubbock: Texas Tech Press, 1957. Tips, Kern. Football, Texas style: An Illustrated History of the Southwest Conference. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, 1964. West, Dirk. SWC cartoon book: Over 25 years of Cartoon History of Red Raider and SWC football, Plus a Nostalgic Look at Life in Raiderland. Lubbock, Tex.: D. West, 1995. Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:

Athletic Media Relations, Records and Photographs, 1928-1999 and undated

Athletics (Game Programs), 1925-1998

Athletics (Media Guides), 1942-1998

Kelly Cawthon oral history interview [sound recording], 1975

Pete Cawthon Jr. oral history interview [sound recording], 1970s

Morley Jennings oral history interview [sound recording], 1972

John T. King oral history interview [sound recording], 1960s

Mrs. George Langford oral history interview [sound recording], 1973

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Collection, 1939-1997

Sports Information, Records, 1926-1996

Sports Information, Records, 1960-1999 and undated

 Collection Inventory 1 1 Sports Magazines Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "The Incredible Journey" (4 copies), 1993 The New York Times Magazine: "The Most Offensive Mind in Football- Coach Mike Leach Goes Deep" (1 copy), 2005 Southwest Basketball: "Why Marsha Sharp May Be the Best Coach in America" (1 copy), 1993 Sports Illustrated - Smashing! - Texas Tech men's basketball cover" (1 copy), March 25, 1996 Sports Illustrated - Women Sport: "A Star is Born- Sheryl Swoopes" (1 copy), Spring 1997 Texas Techsan: "Close Up" (1 copy), May/June 1993 Texas Sportsworld (1 copy), January 1985 Sports Newspapers 1 2 Newspapers: Lady Raiders Basketball America: "Flash and Substance" (pages 12-14, 1 copy), undated Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Champions, 91-92" March 15, 1992 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Georgia on their Minds- Tech Strides into the Final Four," April 3, 1993 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Extra! A Slice of Heaven" (5 copies), April 5, 1993 University Daily, "Mission Complete" (2 copies), April 5, 1993 USA Today - Texas Tech Beats Ohio State 84-82 For Women's Title, April 5, 1993 1 3 Newspapers: Lady Raiders University Daily: "Lady Raiders Commemorative Edition" (9 copies), April 9, 1993 1 4 Newspapers: Lady Raiders Women's Basketball Journal: "Explosive! Alicia Thompson of Texas Tech" (4 copies), January 26, 1998 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "500… and Going Strong," (1 copy), 2002 The Dallas Morning News: "True Grit," March 11, 2003 Daily Toreador: "Simply the Best" (2 copies), March 1, 2006 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "A Sharp Legacy," March 7, 2006 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "The Crowning Moment," March 7, 2006 1 5 Newspapers: Football Lubbock Morning Avalanche: "Texas Tech Accepts Sun Bowl Bid After Arizona Declines," December 9, 1941 University Daily: "Bowl Extra," December 14, 1993 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Shouldering the Burden," August 24, 1997 Red Raider Report: An Insider's Guide to Texas Tech Football (2 copies)," Spring 2000 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Next Stop... Red Raiders Continue to Climb Bowl Ranks with January Date in Dallas," December 30, 2005 1 6 Newspapers: Miscellaneous Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Strike up the Horns" (2 copies), 1994-1995 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Red Raiders Texas Tech School of Medicine," September 16, 1995 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "Texas Tech School of Champions," September 16, 1996 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "On the Spot- A Guide to the 2004-05 Texas Tech Basketball Season," November 19, 2004 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "On Guard- 2005-06 Texas Tech Basketball Season Preview," November 10, 2005 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "We Got Next" - men and women's basketball teams, November 9, 2007 1 7 Newspapers: Miscellaneous Texas Tech Celebrity Tennis Tournament, April 15, 1984 The Daily Toreador Presents "The Curry Bunch" and "Bob Knight, Raiders are Chasing 880," double-sided basketball issue, 2006-2007