Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech
University
Sports Information,
Records,
1939-1999 and undated
Records of the Sports Information Office of Texas Tech
University from 1939-1999 and undated.
U 23.9
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes (3.0 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 Contents
The collection consists of files on the Big 12 Conference, media
guides, news releases, radio information, posters, program bids, the Red Raider
Club, schedule cards, statistics, and Tech trading cards.
Organization
The collection is organized by file name in alphabetical order.
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--History
Coaches All-America
Game
Southwest Conference
(U.S.)
Texas Technological
College--Sports
Texas Tech
University--Sports--History
Texas Tech
University--Basketball--History
Texas Tech
University--Baseball--History
Texas Tech
University--Football--History
Texas Tech
University--Golf--History
Texas Tech
University--Swimming--History
Texas Tech
University--Tennis--History
Texas Tech
University--Track and field--History
Texas Tech
University--Volleyball--History
Texas Tech
University--Sports
Texas Tech University.
Sports Information Office
Texas Tech
University--Sports--Statistics
Subjects
Coaches
(Athletics)
College
athletes--Statistics
College
sports--Texas--Lubbock--Statistics
College sports
College
sports--Records--Texas--Lubbock
Football--Texas--Lubbock--History
Sports--Texas--Lubbock--Statistics
Sports
records--Texas--Lubbock
Collection accession #(s):
1998-0421-B, 1999-0065-B, 1998-0105-B,
1999-0181-B, 1999-0272-B
Gifts, 1998-1999
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, September 1999
Preferred Citation
Sports Information Records, 1939-1999 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.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Athletic Media Relations Records and Photographs, 1928-1999 and
Undated
- Athletics (Game Programs), 1925-present
- Athletics (Media Guides), 1942-present
- 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, 1996-1998
Collection Inventory
General Files A-M
1
1
1990 All-Southwest Conference Team,
1990
1
2
Academics and Academic Honors,
1990-1998
1
3
Administrative Sports Information,
1998-1999
1
4
Administrative Sports Information Dept.,
1997-1998
1
5
Athletic Media Relations: Calendar of Services,
1998-1999
1
6
Athletic Newsletter: Non-Tech Schools,
1995-1998
1
7
Athletic On-line,
1998
1
8
Athletic Ticket Office,
1998
1
9
Big 8 Merger,
1995-1996
1
10
Big 12 Conference Athlete of the Year,
1998
1
11
Budget,
1983-2996
1
12
Commissioners Honor Roll,
Fall 1997
1
13
CISCORP (Communication and Information Services
Corporation),
1991
1
14
Computer Information,
1991-1993
1
15
Cosida Digest,
Oct. 1997 - Dec. 1998
1
16
Cotton Bowl Ticket,
1939
2
1
Dallas- KLDD,
1989
2
2
Equitres in Athletics Disclosure Act,
1996-1997
2
3
Football Media Guide,
1990
2
4
Grades: Graduates,
1989-1906
2
5
Holmes, Bill,
undated
2
6
Hornaday, Joe: SID,
undated
2
7
Host Communications,
1988-1989
2
8
KGKL-San Angelo,
1987-1989
2
9
KPAN-Hereford,
1986
2
10
Mailing Lists: Big 8, SWC, Big 12,
1995-1998
2
11
Memorabilia,
1991, 1996 and undated
2
12
Miscellaneous, Memos, and Meetings,
1997-1998
News Releases
2
13
News Releases,
1987
2
14
News Releases,
1988
2
15
News Releases,
1989
2
16
News Releases,
1990
2
17
News Releases,
1991
2
18
News Releases,
1992
3
1
News Releases,
1993
3
2
News Releases,
1994
General Files O-U
3
3
Old Credential Requests- Football,
1995
3
4
Petit, William M.,
1991
3
5
Posters,
1986-1989
3
6
Program Bids,
1991-1995
3
7
Radio/ Basketball/ KCRS,
1985-1989
3
8
Radio Formats,
1989-1990
3
9
Red Raider Basketball Radio Network,
1989-1992
3
10
Red Raider Club Banquet,
1984
3
11
Request for Information,
Spring 1991
3
12
Schedule Cards,
1988-1995
3
13
Score Rite Tables,
undated
3
14
Southwest Conference Records Book,
1996
3
15
SWC Certificates of Excellence: Blank,
undated
3
16
Sports Information Ideas,
undated
3
17
Statistics: Football,
Dec. 1998
3
18
Statistics: NCAA Midwest Regional,
1999
3
19
Teamline,
1996
3
20
Ticket Advising,
1989
3
21
Trading Cards,
undated
3
22
Travel Forms,
1995
3
23
University Netcast Inc.,
1996-1998