urn:taro:ttu.ua.00026 United Spirit Arena: An Inventory of Its Records, 1997-1999, 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
February 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, March 2003. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:48:14 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.ua.00026 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the United Spirit Arena Records, 1997-1999 Lynn Whitfield The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, March 2002 Descriptive Summary Texas Tech University United Spirit Arena Records, 1997-1999 The photographic collection contains mainly documentation of the construction the United Spirit Arena at Texas Tech University. U 190.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 6 boxes, 3 volumes of blueprints (10.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

An athletic and multi-purpose facility, the United Spirit Arena culminates a two-year building project to showcase Texas Tech's men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball teams, as well as special events, such as commencement. The arena features more than 15,000 seats, a playing court, a practice court, special event areas and meeting rooms. The facility opened to the public on Friday, October 1, 1999.

The donor of the collection, Don Bundock, was the project representative for the architectural firm of Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc. Bundock and his assistants took most of the digital images and photographs, and he will be turning over the copyright to these images to the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

Local photographer, I. G. Holmes, took the monthly aerial photos of the construction, and retains the copyright to those aerial images. Any use of his materials will need to be cleared through him.

 Scope and Content

The collection consists of daily construction images that were taken with a digital camera, negatives (4,255) , prints (7,374), slides (1,940), and blueprints which span the 1997-1999 construction of the United Spirit Arena. Mr. Bundock helped identify all the slides, except the aerial ones.

Organization

The collection is arranged into the following series: Blueprints Computer Disks Daily Construction Images Manuscripts Negatives Oversized Aerial Prints Prints Slides>

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) Bundock, Don. Holmes, I. G. Subjects (Organizations) Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. Texas Tech University--Buildings United Spirit Arena United Spirit Arena--Aerial photographs United Spirit Arena--Photographs United Spirit Arena--Slides Subjects Arenas--Texas--Lubbock--Design and construction Arenas--Texas--Lubbock--Designs and plans Arts facilities--Texas--Lubbock--Design and construction Arts facilities--Texas--Lubbock--Designs and plans Sports facilities--Texas--Lubbock--Design and construction Sports facilities--Texas--Lubbock--Designs and plans

Collection accession #(s): 2000-0008-B

Gift, 2000

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, 2000

 Preferred Citation

United Spirit Arena Records, 1997-1999, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Collection Inventory 7 1 Blueprints Volume 1 Architectural and Civil Engineering Drawing, May 23, 1997 Volume 2 Post Bid- Phase III Arena Super Structure Architecture and Engineering Systems, September 8, 1997 Volume 3 Mechanical Engineering Drawing, Plumbing system Drawing, Electrical System Drawing, May 23, 1997 Audio/Video System Drawing, undated 5 3 Computer Disks (12 disks) Disk 1- Gunite, mvc-001f through mvc-022f, Dec. 17, 1999 Disk 2- Tech Gunite, mvc-001f through mvc-022f, December 30, 1999-January 2, 2000 Disk 3- unlabelled, mvc-001f through mvc-022f, undated Disk 4- tree planting, mvc-001f through mvc-o12f, 1999 Disk 5- unlabelled, mvc-001f through mvc-020, undated Disk 6- unlabelled, mvc-001f through mvc-021, undated Disk 7- unlabelled, mvc-023f through mvc-0233f, undated Disk 8- mvc-001f through mvc-018f, June 28, 1999 Disk 9- costwksht, costwkst01, May 27, 1999 and June 1, 1999 Disk 10- I. G. Holmes arena aerials, mvc-001f through mvc-010f, undated Disk 11- misc. jpgs, PSC pictures, September-October 1999 Disk 12- mvc-001f through mvc-029f, November 23, 1999 Daily Construction Images (digital images) 1 5 Daily Construction Images, October-December, 1998 1 6 Daily Construction Images, January-June, 1998 1 7 Daily Construction Images, January-December, 1999 1 8 Daily Construction Images, June-September, 1998 1 9 Daily Construction Images, January-December, 1999 1 10 Daily Construction Images (duplicates), January-December, 1999 1 11 Daily Construction Images, April, 1999 1 12 Daily Construction Images (duplicates), June-July, 1999 1 13 Daily Construction Images, October, 1999 1 14 Daily Construction Images (duplicates), December, 1999 Manuscripts 1 1 American Restoration Inc., 1999 1 2 Budget-Cost Analysis, 1999 1 3 Coordination Meeting, October 19, 1999 1 4 Correspondence and Receipts, 1999 1 25 Parkhill, Smith, and Cooper Inc., 1998 1 26 Parking Lot Drawing, undated 4 10 Schedule Status Meeting, July 1999 Negatives 1 15 Negatives (90 35mm negatives), 1997? 1 16 Negatives (100 35mm negatives), July-September, 1997 1 17 Negatives (502 35mm negatives), October-December, 1997 1 18 Negatives (329 35mm negatives), December 1997-January 1998 1 19 Negatives (892 35mm and 2 120mm negatives), 1998? 1 19 Negatives (456 35mm negatives), February-April, 1998 1 20 Negatives (382 35mm negatives), May-June, 1998 1 21 Negatives (460 35mm negatives), July-August, 1998 1 22 Negatives (553 35mm negatives), September-December, 1998 1 23 Negatives (235 35mm negatives), January-December, 1999 1 24 Negatives (5254 35mm negatives), 1999? 6 1 Oversized Aerial Prints by I. G. Holmes (all have pin holes in corners) Aerial, 20 x 24, April 1, 1997 Aerial, 20 x 24, June 20, 1997 Aerial, 20 x 24, August 24, 1997 Aerial, 20 x 24, September 15, 1997 Aerial, 20 x 24, October 21, 1997 Aerial, 20 x 24, 1998? Aerial, 20 x 24, 1998? Aerial, 14 x 11, 1998? Aerial, 20 x 24, Janauary 26, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, February 23, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24 (corner torn), March 20, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, April 28, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, May 30, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, June 26, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, July 27, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, August 26, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, September 29, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, October 20, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, November 24, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, December 23, 1998 Aerial, 20 x 24, 1999? Aerial, 20 x 24, January 27, 1999 Aerial, 20 x 24 (tears in all four corners), February 25, 1999 Aerial, 20 x 24, March 21, 1999 Aerial, 20 x 24, June 25, 1999 Aerial, 20 x 24, August 3, 1999 Aerial, 20 x 24, September 30, 1999 Prints 5 1 Prints in Binders (273), Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 1999 5 2 Prints in Binders (93), Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 1999 1 27 Prints (22), undated 1 28 Prints (21), March 1997 1 29 Prints (12), April 1997 1 30 Prints (48), June 1997 1 31 Prints (21), June-August 1997 1 32 Prints (32), July 1997 1 33 Prints (86), August 1997 1 34 Prints (56), September 1997 1 35 Prints (126), October 1997 1 36 Prints (248), November 1997 1 37 Prints (322), December 1997 2 1 Prints (160), December 1997 2 2 Prints (227), 1998 2 3 Prints (240), January 1998 2 4 Prints (260), January 1998 2 5 Prints (206), February 1998 2 6 Prints (146), March 1998 2 7 Prints (200), April 1998 2 8 Prints (178), April 1998 2 9 Prints (228), May 1998 2 10 Prints (205), June 1998 2 11 Prints (160), June 1998 2 12 Prints (304), July 1998 2 13 Prints (181), July 1998 2 14 Prints (195), August 1998 2 15 Prints (193), September 1998 3 1 Prints (178), September 1998 3 2 Prints (100), October 1998 3 3 Prints (83), October 1998 3 4 Prints (272), November 1998 3 5 Prints (208), November-December 1998 3 6 Prints (71), November 1998 3 7 Prints (73 prints, 3 contact sheets), 1999 3 8 Prints (140), January 1999 3 9 Prints (165), January 1999 3 10 Prints (208), February 1999 3 11 Prints (88), March 1999 3 12 Prints (53), April 1999 3 13 Prints (21), May 1999 3 14 Prints (122), June 1999 3 15 Prints (176), July 1999 3 16 Prints (132), July 1999 3 17 Prints (104), August 1999 3 18 Prints (153), August 1999 3 19 Prints (115), September 1999 4 1 Prints (86), September 1999 4 2 Prints (15), October 1999 4 3 Prints (99), November 1999 4 4 Prints (85), November 1999 4 5 Prints (3), December 1999 4 6 Prints (33 prints, 2 contact sheets), September 1999 4 7 Interior and Exterior Views (5), undated 4 8 Panoramic Views (95), undated 4 9 Panoramic Views (39), 1998? Slides 4 11 Slides: Aerials (345), 1997-1999 4 12 Slides: Set A (124) 4 13 Slides: Set B (139), 1997-1999 4 14 Slides: Set C (140) 4 15 Slides: Set D (140) 4 16 Slides: Set E (140) 4 17 Slides: Set F (140) 4 18 Slides: Set G (140) 4 19 Slides: Set H (140) 4 20 Slides: Set I (105) 4 21 Slides: Set J (50) 4 22 Slides: Set K (140) 4 23 Slides: Set L (80) 4 24 Slides: Set M (117) 4 25 Slides: Set N (45)