urn:taro:ttu.ua.00145 Techsan Garden Club: An Inventory of Its Records, 1962-1988, 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
April 1998 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, February 2001. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:48:38 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.ua.00145 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Techsan Garden Club Records, 1962-1988 Lynn Whitfield The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 1998 Descriptive Summary Techsan Garden Club (Lubbock, Tex.) Techsan Garden Club, Records, 1962-1988 Started in 1962, The Techsan Garden Club was an organization of the University Women's group and a member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs. U 201.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 2 boxes (2.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Techsan Garden Club was an organization of the University Women's group, started in 1962, and was a member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs. Membership consisted of women faculty members, faculty wives, mothers or sisters of members living in the home, and wives and widows of former faculty members of Texas Tech University. Some the purposes of the club included advancing the interests, the organization, and fine art of gardening and garden clubs and plant societies; aiding in the protection and conservation of natural resources by helping to protect civic landscapes and promoting improvements of roadsides and parks; and assisting in the maintenance of the Municipal Garden and Arts Center and supporting the Lubbock Memorial Arboretum.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains details of the Techsan Garden Club's activities, including financial materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Also included are 4 large scrapbooks filled with photographs and information on the club's activities and members.

 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) Lubbock Memorial Arboretum Garden and Arts Center (Lubbock, Tex.) Texas Tech University Texas Tech University--Faculty Techsan Garden Club (Lubbock, Tex.) Subjects Flower shows--Texas--Lubbock Gardening--Texas--Lubbock--Societies, etc. Women gardeners--Texas--Lubbock Women gardeners--Texas--Lubbock--Societies and clubs Acquisition

Gifts, 1989-1991

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, April 1998

 Preferred Citation

Techsan Garden Club Records, 1962-1988, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Collection Inventory Bank Statements 1 1 Bank Statements, 1963-1975 1 2 Bank Statements, 1976-1988 1 3 Bulletin- The National Preserver, 1977 1 4 Club Materials- Roster, Standing Rules, etc. 1 5 Members Handbooks, 1966-1972 Minutes 1 6 Minutes and Treasurer's Accounts, 1962-1985 1 7 Minutes, 1982-1987 1 8 The National Gardner magazine, 1985-1987 1 9 News Clippings and Photographs, 1969-1978 and undated 1 10 President's Reports, 1978-1986 1 11 Projects (catalogs) 1 12 A Standard Flower Show programs, 1982-1986 1 13 Yearbooks, 1976-1987 Scrapbooks 2 1 Scrapbook, 1962-1964 2 2 Scrapbook, 1973-1974 2 3 Scrapbook, 1977-1978 2 4 Scrapbook, 1983-1984