Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection
Southwest Collection Records,
1952-1997
The collection contains items dealing with the history of the Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library.
U 165.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
1 box (1.0 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
After the opening of Texas Technological College, the library started
gathering manuscript material. As the potential of the collection became obvious,
it was separated into an entity of its own. The archives, named the Southwest
Collection, had its first official location in the basement of what was then the
West Texas Museum (now called Holden Hall). Over the years, the collection grew
in size and reputation. In 1963, the collection was moved from its home of 8
years and placed in the basement of the library (now the Math building). Once
again the archives outgrew its location. In 1997, the Southwest Collection moved
into its new building, located just north of the main Library. The archives was
renamed the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.
Scope and Content
This one box (1.0 linear feet) collection contains a variety of items
relating to the history of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Libraries. Included is early correspondence that dealt with the 1955 opening
of the Southwest Collection, letters expressing the need for more space (at
both the Museum and Math Building locations), news clippings regarding
major donations in the early years of the collection, notes used to compile a
guide to the W.C. Holden Collection, and collection guides from 1952 and
1967-68.
Transferred to the Photographs division were 15 photographs and 9 negatives dating between
1956 and 1981. There is also a envelope of negatives and a contact sheet from the opening
of the new Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library building.
Organization
This collection is a compilation of several small collections. Some of which
were given by individual members of the SWC/SCL staff (T. Kreidler and J. Neugebauer, and
L. Vanzant.). Other parts of the collection were collected over the years by the staff
as a whole.
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)
Conner, Seymour V.
Hill, Damon
Holden, William Curry, 1896-
Jackson, Leete
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Technological College. Southwest Collection
Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection
Subjects
Archives--Texas--Lubbock
Manuscripts--Southwestern States--Catalogs
Manuscripts--Texas--Catalogs
Special Libraries--Lubbock (Tex.)
Acquisition
Collection accession #(s):
1995-0078-B, 1997-0090-B, 1997-0121-C and 1998-0013-B
Gifts, 1995-1998
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Preferred Citation
Southwest Collection Records, 1952-1997, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Processed by
Elizabeth Johnston Vasquez, 1998
Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library:
Southwest Collection Records, 1947-1981 and undated
Collection Inventory
Manuscripts
1
1
Biographical Information Sheets,
undated
1
2
"Builders of the Southwest" distribution records,
1959
1
3
Building Program Draft: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library,
1994
1
4
Collection Descriptions,
1967-1968
1
5
Correspondence,
1952-1957
1
6
Correspondence,
1955 and undated
1
7
Holden Papers Guide: Corrected Copy,
1993
1
8
Holden Papers Guide: Drafts,
1991
1
9
Holden Papers Guide: Grant Proposal,
1991
1
10
Holden Papers Guide: Introductions,
1991
1
11
Holden Papers Guide: Notes- Alkali Trails,
1991
1
12
Holden Papers Guide: Notes- Alton Hutson,
1991
1
13
Holden Papers Guide: Notes- Espuela Land & Cattle,
1991
1
14
Holden Papers Guide: Notes - Field Work & Antiquities,
1991
1
15
Holden Papers Guide: Notes- Holden Family Materials,
1991
1
16
Holden Papers Guide: Notes- Mayhugh Family Papers,
1991
1
17
Holden Papers Guide: Notes- Teresita,
1991
1
18
Interview Project of the Southwest Collection,
undated
1
19
Minutes: West Texas Museum Association,
1956
1
20
News Clippings,
1956-1959
1
21
News Clippings,
1960-1965
1
22
News Clippings,
1966-1969
1
23
News Clippings,
1970-1976
1
24
Publications of Roy Sylvan Dunn,
1965-1967
1
25
Publicity,
1952-1978
1
26
Publicity,
1959-1974
1
27
Publicity,
1967-1969 and undated
1
28
Report to the President,
May 1977
1
29
Reports,
1952
1
30
Reports on Southwest Collection Services,
1964-1966 and undated
1
31
Ribbon from Dedication of SWC/SCL Building,
1997
1
32
Scrapbook Materials,
1960-1983
1
33
Southwest Collection: Early Correspondence,
1954-1956 and 1963
1
34
Southwest Collection Program,
1955 and undated
1
35
Southwest Conference,
1956
1
36
Space Problems of the Southwest Collection (in the Museum),
undated
Photographs
Negatives
Farmer doing farm work (4 negatives),
undated
Prints
Student assistants of the Southwest Collection holding a
microfilm roll (1 print),
undated
Dr. Seymour V. Conner accepting a collection (1 print),
1956
E. R. Heineman observing a Southwest Collection exhibit (1 print),
1956
Mrs. Arrington viewing a collection (1 print),
1957
Sylvann Dunn in front of Memorial Book (1 print),
1958
Aerial view of campus (1 print),
1959
Last football game in old Jones Stadium (1 print),
November 1959
Accepting a collection (3 prints),
1974
Accepting a collection (1 print),
1974
Damon Hill and Leete Jackson (1 print),
1975
Women's Study Club, Lorenzo, Texas (3 prints),
1981