urn:taro:ttu.ua.00213 Southwest Collection: An Inventory of Its Records, 1947-1981, 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
October 1998 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided B. Lynn Whitfield, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, March 2005 Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the Southwest Collection Records, 1947-1981 and undated Lynn Whitfield The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, October 1998 Descriptive Summary Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection Southwest Collection Records, 1947-1981 and undated The collection consists of materials pertaining to the history and building proposal for the Southwest Collection. U 165.2 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 2 boxes (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

The collection consists of administrative materials pertaining to the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. Included are reports to the Texas Tech Board of Regents, historical information, correspondence, and a new building proposal.

 Organization

The materials are arranged into 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) 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.)

Gifts, undated

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Preferred Citation

Southwest Collection Records, 1947-1981 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, July 1998

 Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:

Southwest Collection Records, 1952-1997

 Collection Inventory Manuscripts 1 1 Brochure Inserts, undated 1 2 Correspondence, 1952-1955 1 3 History of the Southwest Collection, 1947-1976 and undated 1 4 Inventory Manual Copies #8 and #11, undated 1 5 Report to the Board, 1955-1967 1 6 Report to the Board, 1968-1974 2 1 Report to the Board, 1974-1978 2 2 Report to the Board, 1978-1980 2 3 Southwest Collection Building Proposal, 1981 2 4 Southwest Collection Bibliographies, undated