History of Engineering Programs: An Inventory of Its Records, 1904-1976, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

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History of Engineering Programs:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1904-1976, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Texas Tech University
	Title:	History of Engineering Programs Records,
	Dates:	1904-1976
	Abstract:	The collection contains miscellaneous photographs and correspondence dealing with the cotton industry, as well as images of the Blankenship Family.
	Collection #	U 89.1
	Quantity:	1 box and 1 oversized folder (0.6 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

There is little biographical information on this collection other than it was donated courtesy of T. Lindsay Baker. In one of the correspondence, W. S. Chennault explains that he worked for Western Union from 1920-1962 and discusses the background of the six telegraph lines from Sweetwater. The other correspondence, this time from John A. Focht, suggests doing a survey of the Camp Verde area to collect biographies and memoirs of the older engineers in the state.

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Scope and Content

The collection is made up of miscellaneous photographs, correspondence and a felt covered scrapbook with the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College logo on it. The majority of the photographs deal with the cotton industry. The scrapbook consists of images of the Blankenship family.

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Open for research

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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 (People)
		Chennault, W. S.
		Focht, John A.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Western Union Telegraph Company--History
	Subjects
		Cotton--Photographs

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

History of Engineering Programs Records, 1904-1976, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Gift, 1978

Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, 2004

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Correspondence, 1974-1976

Cotton Harvesting News Clippings and Photographs, 1904-1974

Photo 1- Unlabeled image of men by carts filled with cotton, undated

Photo 2- Unlabeled image of cars and carts filled with cotton, undated

Photo 3- Unlabeled image of view down onto carts filled with cotton and men with machinery, undated

Photo 4- J. D. Cotton Stripper, LCHC, undated

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Photo 5- Unlabeled image of two men on machinery, undated

Photo 6- Lubbock's First Gin where compress now stands, Lubbock, Texas, by Daniel Studios (1 negative), December 1904

Photo 7- Unlabeled image of suited men before a train with a banner that reads "1,200 Bales of Cotton biggest individual shipment to a co-op in U. S. from Ellwood Farms, Lubbock, to Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Assn." Photo by Brown Studio, undated

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Photo 8- One of the new "Friend Cotton Harvesters" at Lubbock. G. O. Reeves, Lubbock, Texas (2 duplicate images), undated

Photo 9- Unlabeled image of an unidentified man by bales of cotton (5 duplicate images), undated

Photo 10- Unlabeled image of bales of cotton surrounding an unidentified building and windmill, undated

Photo 11- Unlabeled early image of trucks and horse-drawn wagons filled with cotton, undated

Photo 12- Cotton sled, Lubbock, Texas, undated

Photo 13- Alton Brazell with 1910-1911 Cotton Clipper, LCHC at Shallowater, photo by Gerry Burton, AJ, January 1974

Photo 14- John Deere Cotton Stripper, photo by Gerry Burton, January 1974

Photo 15- Close up Friendly Cotton Stripper at Prec. 4 Maintenance Shop, photo Gerry Burton, AJ, January 1974

Photo 16- Unlabeled image of bales of cotton surrounding an unidentified building and windmill (2 duplicate images), undated

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folder

Photographs, 1974-1978 and undated

Photo 17- Unidentified men with dissected cow, labeled "1st class BSA and N," (1 print, 1 negative), undated

Photo 18- Unidentified man writing at desk (1 print, 1 negative), undated

Photo 19- Unidentified man with dinosaur bones (1 print, 1 negative), undated

Photo 20- Bust of an unidentified man (1 print, 1 negative), undated

Photo 21- Inoculation of cow's ear, undated

Photo 22- Inoculation of cow's ear, undated

Photo 23- Unidentified man threading cotton, undated

Photo 24- Unidentified man threading cotton, undated

Photo 25- Unidentified man with rolls of cotton, undated

Photo 26- Unidentified man testing cotton strength, undated

Photo 27- Unidentified man with cotton, undated

Photo 28- Unidentified man with machinery that is spooling cotton, undated

Photo 29- Windmill- ¼ mile south of County Line Community in Lubbock County, Nelson Farm, photo by Gerry Burton, AJ, January 1974

Photo 30- Turkeys in fenced yard with cows, pigs and horses, undated

Photo 31- Chickens- "A poultry scene-- Lubbock County. Two poultry packing plants here. Lubbock Chamber of Commerce," undated

Photo 32- Unlabeled scene of people and horses by the entrance of "W. H. Vaughn Livery and Feed Stable," and back of photo labeled "Vanderschels' Studio," undated

Photo 33- Unlabeled scene of cattle in pens, undated

Photo 34- Unlabeled scene of cattle in pens, undated

Photo 35-Unlabeled scene of cattle in pens, undated

Photo 36- Unlabeled scene of cattle in pens, undated

Photo 37- Unlabeled scene of cattle grazing in field, undated

Photo 38- Unlabeled scene of field of (sun?) flowers, undated

Photo 39- Unlabeled scene of field of (sun?) flowers, undated

Photo 40- Unlabeled scene of sacks of onions in field, undated

Photo 41- Unlabeled scene of sacks of onions in field, undated

Photo 42- Unlabeled scene of sacks of onions in field, undated

Photo 43- Unlabeled scene of Hereford cattle in field, undated

Photo 44- Unlabeled scene of Hereford cattle in field, undated

Photo 45- Unlabeled scene of Hereford cattle in field, undated

Photo 46- "Horse drawn manure spreader (Galloway) vintage 1900-1919, Mark Field Ranch, Lake Victor, Texas, Burnet County, undated

Photo 47- "Horse drawn manure spreader (Galloway) vintage 1900-1919, Mark Field Ranch, Lake Victor, Texas, Burnet County, undated

Photo 48- "Horse drawn manure spreader (Galloway) vintage 1900-1919, Mark Field Ranch, Lake Victor, Texas, Burnet County, undated

Photo 49- "Horse drawn manure spreader (Galloway) vintage 1900-1919, Mark Field Ranch, Lake Victor, Texas, Burnet County, undated

Photo 50- "Horse drawn manure spreader (Galloway) vintage 1900-1919, Mark Field Ranch, Lake Victor, Texas, Burnet County, undated

Photo 51- Windcharger in Ray West Farm, 4 mi east of New Deal, Texas, undated

Photo 52- Cars parked by windmill and unidentified house, undated

Photo 53- Unidentified bull, undated

Photo 54- Unidentified bull, undated

Photo 55- Three unidentified men showing bulls in unidentified auditorium, sign in background says "Tuborg Beer Room," undated

Photo 56- Two unidentified men by tractor in field, undated

Photo 57- Close up of cooked beef being sliced, undated

Photo 58- Tech Meat Lab: Two unidentified men with hanging slabs of meat, undated

Photo 59- Close up of bug on flower bud, undated

Photo 60- Longhorn cow and calf, undated

Photo 61- Longhorn bull, labeled "Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department" and "Longhorn cattle by Hope," undated

Photo 62- Longhorn bull, labeled "Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department" and "Longhorn cattle by Hope," undated

Photo 63- Two men on horseback with longhorn cattle, labeled "Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department," undated

Photo 64- Longhorn bull, labeled "Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department," undated

Photo 65- Irrigation of field and three unidentified men by stalks of corn (1 contact sheet, 9 negatives), undated

Photo 66- Unidentified man, undated

Photo 67- Unidentified man looking at dinosaur display (1 negative), undated

Photo 68- Rodeo scenes, labeled "Gene Brothers" (6 negatives), undated

Photo 69- "All School Rodeo" (30 negatives), March 13, 1978

Photo 70- Unidentified men with horse remunda and bronc riding, labeled "Hinson" (23 negatives), undated

Photo 71- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell" (6 negatives), undated

Photo 72- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 73- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 74- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 75- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 76- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 77- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 78- Old unidentified machinery, labeled "Mr. Griggs and Mr. Brazell," undated

Photo 79- Unlabeled image of a "J Cisneros" drawing of a Spaniard on horseback, undated

Photo 80- Unlabeled image of three unidentified women weaving on looms, undated

Photo 81- Unlabeled image of people in horse-drawn covered wagons, undated undated

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folder

Scrapbook: Blankenship Family, . Maroon felt cover with "Mechanica College of Texas Agricul" on cover. Parts of the felt letters are missing. Several pages of the scrapbook are loose from the binding. Includes various family images. The college images were taken at Texas A & M and includes football and band scenes. Includes several loose, typed fragile pages of what appears to be a book, mostly of family biographical information and a dedication page. The author is not named but does identifies his/her father as Andrew Wesley Blankenship. 1913-1928

Photo 82- Loose from scrapbook, unidentified aerial view, undated

Photo 83- Loose from scrapbook, group portrait of three people, the photo is labeled on back in an unreadable handwriting except for "Blankenship 1950," undated

Photo 84- Loose from scrapbook, two unidentified women seated on a porch, undated

Photo 85- Loose from scrapbook, three people with dog- "Doyle, Wallace, Bessie and Trixie (dog)," undated

Loose item- First Annual Commencement Program, Texas Technological College, 1927

Loose item- Concert Tech Band and Orchestra, H. LeMaire, Director, December 8, 1927

Loose item- Opening Fourth Annual Session, Texas Technological College, September 21-30, 1928

Loose item- Second Annual Commencement Program, Texas Technological College, 1928 1928

folder

Oversized Folder

Photo 86- Three persons inside Thornhill Drug Company, 1103 Avenue G, Lubbock, Texas, (?) 1928

Photo 87- James G. Thornhill, co-owner of Thornhill Drug, and Harry LeMaire, Tech Band Director. Both are leaning against a car, 1926

Photo 88- Unidentified women sewing large piles of white fabric, undated

Photo 89- Unidentified room filled with textile machines, probably cotton, undated

Photo 90- Textile machines with spools of thread, undated

Photo 91- Textile machines with spools of thread, undated

Photo 92- Textile machines with rolled cotton, undated

Photo 93- Textile machines with coils of cotton, undated

Photo 94- Textile machines smoothing out cotton into a thin roll, undated

Photo 95- Textile machines with coils of cotton, undated

Photo 96- Textile machines, undated

Photo 97- Textile machine with cotton, undated

Photo 98- Textile machines, undated

Photo 99- Textile machines with threads of cotton, undated

Photo 100- Textile machines with coils of cotton, undated

Photo 101- Textile machines, undated

Photo 102- Unidentified peole in some sort of auction or stock market like setting, undated

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

History of Engineering Programs:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1904-1976, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Access Restrictions

Manuscripts