Descriptive Summary
Grossman, Jean
Jean Grossman Papers,
1944-1966
Papers of Tech alumni
Jean Grossman on the University Theatre, as well as her family's metal
business.
U 256.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
1 box (0.5 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
The donor, Jean Grossman [formerly Jeannie Rook], is a graduate of the
Texas Tech University Theatre program. Her father, Charles Galloway Rook, Sr.,
worked as a professor at Texas Tech during the 1940s-1950s doing cotton
research under the Cotton Research Committee. Rook and his son, Charles
Galloway Rook Jr., owned the Tru-Fab Metal Products Company which provided
building materials to construct cotton gins.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two scrapbooks of theatre productions from the
Texas Tech University Theatre. The first is of the 1966 production of Tartuffe,
for which the donor was the costuming assistant. The second scrapbook is of
various theatre productions from 1964-1966. Also included is a scale model of
the theatre's stage and miniature set pieces [made to scale as well] for the
play "Not Enough Rope" which was done in the spring of 1966.
The remainder of the material concerns cotton gins, irrigation, cotton
burr waste research, and Tru-Fab Metal Products Company. This includes
correspondence, photographs and committee information.
Organization
The collection is organized into two series: the University Theatre
play materials and the papers of Charles Galloway (C. G.) Rook.
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)
Grossman, Jean
Mahon, George Herman,
1900-1985--Correspondence
Treadaway,
Gordon--Correspondence
Rook, Charles
Galloway--Archives
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Chemurgic Council
Texas Technological
College. Cotton Research Committee
Texas Technological
College. Dept. of Theatre Arts
Texas Technological
College. Dept. of Theatre Arts--Faculty
Texas Technological
College. Dept. of Theatre Arts--Students
Tru-Fab Metal Products
Company
Tru-Fab Metal Products
Company--Records and correspondence
Subjects
College and school drama,
American--Texas--Lubbock
College
theater--Texas--Lubbock
Cotton gins and
ginning
Cotton gins and
ginning--By-products--Analysis
Cotton gins and
ginning--Design and construction
Cotton gins and
ginning--Research
Irrigation
Repertory
theater--Texas--Sources
Scrapbooks
Theater--Texas,
West
Theaters--Texas--Lubbock
Collection accession #(s):
2001-0196-B
Gift, 2001
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, July 2001
Preferred Citation
Jean Grossman Papers, 1944-1966, Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, see the following manuscript collections:
- University Theatre Records, 1929-1975
- University Theatre Records, 1943-1999
- University Theatre Records, 1943-1999 and undated
Collection Inventory
University Theatre
1
1
News Clippings: "The Contrast",
1965
1
2
News Clippings: "Noah",
1965
1
3
News Clippings: "The Tempest",
1964
1
4
Scrapbook,
1964-1966
1
5
Scrapbook: "Tartuffe",
1966
Rook, Charles Galloway (C. G.)
1
6
Correspondence "A",
1945-1948
1
7
Correspondence "B",
1948
1
8
Correspondence "C",
1945-1948
1
9
Correspondence "D",
undated
1
10
Correspondence "E-F",
1947-1948
1
11
Correspondence "G-I",
1947-1949
1
12
Correspondence "K-N",
1946-1949
1
13
Correspondence "P-S",
1944-1949 and undated
1
14
Correspondence "U-V",
1946-1948
1
15
Correspondence between C. G. Rook and Ben R. Barbee,
1948
1
16
Correspondence between C. G. Rook and George Mahon,
1956
1
17
Correspondence between C. G. Rook and Gordon Treadaway,
1947 and undated
1
18
Correspondence between R. C. Rook and W. H. and L. D.
Betz,
1946-1947
1
19
Cotton Research Committee,
1946-1948
1
20
Progress Report on Researches on Gin Wastes or Cotton
Burs,
undated
1
21
Rook, C. G.: Biographical Information,
1947 and undated
1
22
Scrapbook: Cotton Gins and Tru-Fab, (42 prints)
1963-1964 and undated
1
23
Texas Chemurgic Council,
1947-1948 and undated