President's Office: An Inventory of Its Records, 1928-1943, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

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President's Office:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1928-1943, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Texas Tech University. Office of the President
	Title:	President’s Office Records,
	Dates:	1928-1943
	Abstract:	The collection contains administrative office files of the Texas Tech University President from 1928-1943.
	Collection #	U 147.13
	Quantity:	11 Boxes (11.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

Terms in office for the various Texas Tech University Administrations represented in this collection are Dr. Bradford Knapp (1932-1938) and Clifford Bartlett Jones (1938-1944).

Dr. Bradford Knapp attended Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) and the University of Michigan. He served as president of Oklahoma A and M College (now Oklahoma State University), president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, and vice-president of the Southern Agricultural Workers. He became the second president of Texas Technological College in 1932 and held that position until he died suddenly from a heart attack on June 11, 1938.

Clifford B. Jones attended Yale, became the assistant manager of the Swenson Ranch, and a was banker in Spur, Texas. Initially, Jones served on the Board of Directors for Texas Technological College, and was chairman of that entity from 1927-1938. He became the college’s third president in 1938, despite not having a college degree. Jones lasting legacy is the Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Memorial Stadium, which to this day is utilized for Red Raider football games.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains administrative records concerning the running of the newly established college in West Texas.

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	The materials are arranged into alphabetical order.

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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 (Persons)
		Carpenter, John William, 1881-1959
		Doak, Mary Woodward, 1886-1967
		Gordon, James M.
		Hedrick, Wyatt C., 1888-1964
		Hulen, John A., 1871-1957
		Jones, Clifford Bartlett, 1885-1972
		Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938
		Langston, Lonnie
		Sneed, Joseph T., 1920-2008
		Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975
		Underwood, R. A.
		Weeks, Margaret Woodward, 1886-1967
		Wells, Spencer
		West, Elizabeth Howard 1873-1948
		West, James
		Wilson, Roscoe
	Subjects (Organizations)
		United States. National Youth Administration
		United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
		West Texas Chamber of Commerce
	Subjects (Places)
		Lubbock (Tex.)
	Subjects
		Dormitories
		Texas Technological College--Administrators
		Texas Technological College--Alumni and alumnae
		Texas Technological College. Dept. of Animal Husbandry
		Texas Technological College--Faculty
		Texas Technological College--History
		Texas Technological College--Football
		Universities and colleges--Texas--Administration

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	President's Office Records, multiple collections and dates

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Manuscripts
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1	1	Absences, Committee Work, 1938
	2	Administrative Council, 1942
	3	Administrative Research, 1937-1938
	4	Advantages of the Formation of a Division of Commerce, November 1939
	5	Agriculture, 1932-1934
	6	Agriculture Education, 1935-1937
	7	Agriculture Education, 1938
	8	Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, 1934
	9	Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, 1935
	10	Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, 1936-1937
	11	Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, 1938
	12	Agricultural Economics 421, 1937
	13	Alumni, 1933
	14	Alumni, 1934-1935
	15	Alumni, 1936
	16	Alumni, 1938
	17	Alumni Association, 1936-1937
	18	Alumni Association, 1937-1939
	19	American Association of University Professors, 1932-1933
	20	American Association of University Professors, 1935
	21	American Council on Education, 1935-1937
	22	American Council on Education, 1937-1938
	23	Animal Husbandry, 1932-1933
	24	Animal Husbandry, 1933-1934
	25	Animal Husbandry, 1934-1935
	26	Animal Husbandry, 1935-1937
	27	Animal Husbandry, 1938
	28	Annual Maintenance Budget, 1936-1937
	29	Annual Report of the Department of Arts and Sciences, June 1, 1934
	30	Annual Report, Engineering, 1933-1934
	31	Annual Reports of Division, 1938
	32	Applications for Presidency (7 photos), 1932
	33	Arbor Day, 1938-1939
	34	Art Museum, 1933-1934
	35	Applied Arts, 1935-1937
	36	Architecture and Allied Arts, 1933-1934
	37	Architecture and Allied Arts, 1935-1937
	38	Association of American Colleges, 1934-1935
	39	Association of America Colleges, 1935-1939
	40	Association of American Universities, 1935
	41	Athletics, 1932
	42	Athletics, 1933
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2	1	Athletics, 1934
	2	Athletics (2 photos), 1935
	3	Athletics, 1936
	4	Athletics, 1937
	5	Athletics, Amateur Athletics Union Track and Field 1933
	6	Athletics, Coaches Association 1935
	7	Athletics Council, 1937-1938
	8	Audit Report, 1935-1936
	9	Auditor, 1933
	10	Auditor, 1936-1937
	11	Auditor, 1937-1938
	12	Band, 1936
	13	Bearden, Mrs. Victor C, 1937
	14	Bible, 1936
	15	Biology, 1934-1939
	16	Bookstore, 1935
	17	Budget, 1938-1939
	18	Building and Grounds, 1935
	19	Building and Grounds, 1937-1941
	20	Business Administration, 1934
	21	Business Manager, 1932-1933
	22	Business Manager, 1935
	23	Business Manager, 1936-1937
	24	Business Manager, 1937-1938
	25	Business Office, 1933-1935
	26	Carpenter, John W., 1932-1933
	27	Carpenter, John W., 1936-1937
	28	Chemistry Department, 1932-1933
	29	Chemistry Department, 1934
	30	Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1933-1937
	31	Chemical Engineering, 1937-1938
	32	Child Development and Family Relations, 1937
	33	Civil Engineering, 1933-1934
	34	Civil Engineering, 1935-1938
	35	Clothing and Textile, 1937-1938
	36	Commencement, 1937
	37	Commencement, August 1938
	38	Commencement, 1938
	39	Commencement Plans, 1936
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3	1	Commencement Plans, 1937
	2	Commencement Programs, 1933-1937
	3	Commencement Programs, 1933-1934
	4	Commencement Lists, 1938
	5	Cone, Eunice Loraine, 1936
	6	Convocations, 1937
	7	Cook, Gertrude Harris, 1935
	8	Cooperative Extension Service, 1936-1937
	9	Cooperative House, 1938
	10	Corner Stone Laying, Library, 1938
	11	Dairy Manufactures, 1933-1939
	12	Deans, 1934-1938
	13	Deans and Department Heads, 1935
	14	Dean of Agriculture (1 of 3), 1933-1938
	15	Dean of Agriculture (2 of 3), 1933-1938
	16	Dean of Agriculture (3 of 3), 1933-1938
	17	Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1932
	18	Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1934-1938
	19	Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1935-1936
	20	Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1936-1937
	21	Dean of Engineering, 1932-1933
	22	Dean of Engineering, 1933-1934
	23	Dean of Engineering, 1935-1936
	24	Dean of Engineering, 1936-1937
	25	Dean of Engineering, 1937-1938
	26	Dean of Engineering, 1938
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4	1	Dean of Graduate Division, 1930-1937
	2	Dean of Home Economics, 1932-1934
	3	Dean of Home Economics, 1933-1934
	4	Dean of Home Economics, 1934-1935
	5	Dean of Home Economics, 1935-1937
	6	Dean of Home Economics, 1937-1938
	7	Dean of Men, 1937-1938
	8	Dean of Women, 1933-1935
	9	Dean of Women, 1936-1937
	10	Dean of Women, 1937-1938
	11	Dean of Women’s Office, 1933-1934
	12	Dean of Women’s Office, 1934-1935
	13	Department of Agriculture Economics, 1931-1933
	14	Department of Interior, 1932-1933
	15	Department of Speech, 1934
	16	Department of Speech, 1935
	17	Department of Speech, 1937-1938
	18	Decennial, 1935
	19	Director of Debate, 1932
	20	Division of Agriculture, 1934-1936
	21	Division of Home Economics, 1933-1935
	22	Dormitories, 1922-1932
	23	Dormitories (8 photos) (1 of 4), 1923-1934
	24	Dormitories (2 of 4), 1923-1934
	25	Dormitories (3 of 4), 1923-1934
	26	Dormitories (4 of 4), 1923-1934
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5	1	Dormitories, 1935-1936
	2	Dormitories, 1936-1937
	3	Dormitories, 1935-1940
	4	Dormitories, 1940
	5	Dormitories, Public Works Administration Forms, June 1, 1935
	6	Dormitories, Budget Review, undated
	7	Dormitory Applications, 1933
	8	Dormitory Housing Report, 1937-1938
	9	Dormitory, Laws regarding fees, dormitories, etc., 1935
	10	Dormitory Naming, 1941
	11	Dormitory Planning and Finance, 1937-1938
	12	Dormitory Supply Catalogs, undated
	13	Douglass, D. W., 1934-1939
	14	Duggan, Arthur P., 1933-1934
	15	Dunlap, Helen, 1938
	16	Economics, 1934
	17	Economics and Business Administration, 1932-1938
	18	Economics and Business Administration Applications (17 photos), 1936-1937
	19	Economics and Business Administration, 1935-1939
	20	Education (1 photo), 1933-1934
	21	Education and Psychology, 1933-1934
	22	Education and Psychology, 1933-1935
	23	Education and Psychology, 1935-1937
	24	Electrical Engineering, 1933-1934
	25	Electrical Engineering, 1937-1940
	26	Ellis, Ophelia, 1931-1933
	27	Engineering and Architecture Applications, 1933-1934
	28	Engineering Council for Professional Development, 1933-1937
	29	Engineering Drawing, 1933-1934
	30	Engineering School Research Survey, December 9, 1935
	31	Engineering School Research Survey, January 28, 1936
	32	English, 1934-1938
	33	Executive Committee, 1938-1939
	34	Executive Committee Minutes, 1938-1939
	35	Extension, 1933-1938
	36	Faculty, 1932-1933
	37	Faculty Committees, 1934
	38	Faculty Organizations, 1935
	39	Food and Nutrition, 1935-1939
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6	1	Foreign Languages, 1934-1935
	2	Fowler, Rupert Winthrop, 1937-1939
	3	Fulton, George Lyman, 1938
	4	General laws of the state of Texas and correspondence, 1935
	5	Geology and Geological Engineering (3 photos), 1933-1937
	6	Gordon, J. M., 1932-1937
	7	Government, 1934-1937
	8	Graduate Division, 1937-1938
	9	Gulmon, Gordon Weasley, 1937
	10	Haley, John A. (Mrs.), 1937
	11	Harte, Houston, 1936
	12	Hedrick, Wyatt C., 1932-1933
	13	Hedrick, Wyatt C., 1937
	14	Hill, J. Culver, 1937-1938
	15	History and Anthropology, 1934-1935
	16	History and Anthropology, 1934-1938
	17	Hospital Cases, 1935-1938
	18	Hulen, John A., 1935
	19	Information Office, 1936-1939
	20	Industrial Engineering, 1934-1937
	21	Inquiries, 1938
	22	Inventory Received, 1937-1938
	23	Johnson, Thomas, 1933
	24	Journalism, 1932-1933
	25	Journalism, 1933-1938
	26	Knapp, Bradford, 1932-1937
	27	La Ventana and Toreador, 1932-1936
	28	La Ventana and Toreador, 1934-1935
	29	Langston, Lonnie, 1928-1942
	30	Legislative Hearing, 1932-1933
	31	Legislative Material, 1932-1933
	32	Library, 1932-1933
	33	Library, 1933-1934
	34	Library, 1934-1935
	35	Library, 1935-1937
	36	Library, 1937-1938
	37	Library Aid, 1936-1937
	38	Library, the New Library, 1937-1938
	39	Lubbock Sanitarium, 1933-1934
	40	Mathematics, 1934-1937
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7	1	Mechanical Engineering, 1932-1935
	2	Mechanical Engineering, 1935-1937
	3	Meharg, Emma G., 1933-1937
	4	Men’s Dormitory Number 3, Engineers Reference, 1935-1938
	5	Military Science, 1933-1935
	6	Military Science, 1937-1938
	7	Music, 1934-1935
	8	Music, Application correspondence, 1934
	9	Music Department, 1932-1933
	10	Museum, 1937-1938
	11	National Youth Administration, 1937-1938
	12	News Items and Correspondence, 1932-1933
	13	News Items and Correspondence, 1933-1934
	14	News Items and Correspondence, 1934-1935
	15	Office Machine Inventory, 1939
	16	Orientation, 1935
	17	Painting, 1933-1934
	18	Philosophy and Sociology, 1934-1938
	19	Physical Education, Men, 1933-1934
	20	Physical Education, Men, 1934-1935
	21	Physical Education, Men, 1935-1938
	22	Physical Education, Women, 1933-1934
	23	Physics, 1933-1935
	24	Physics, 1936-1938
	25	Plant Industry, 1935-1937
	26	Plant Industry, 1938
	27	Pollard, Thomas G., 1935-1937
	28	Potter, Mrs. W. R., 1935-1937
	29	Presentation of Suit to King Edward VIII, 1936
	30	Presidents of State Supported Colleges, Correspondence, 1932-1936
	31	Presidents of State Supported Colleges, Correspondence, 1937-1938
	32	Presidents Report to the Board of Directors, 1936-1937
	33	Presidents Report to the Board of Directors, 1937-1938
	34	Printing Press, Monetary Review, undated
	35	Proposed Plan of Plotting Property, undated
	36	Public Information Office (1 photo), 1933-1934
	37	Public Information Office, 1934-1935
	38	Purchasing Agent, 1932-1933
	39	Purchasing Agent, 1935-1937
	40	Questionnaires, 1934-1935
	41	Registrar, 1937-1938
	42	Registrar’s Office, 1933-1934
	43	Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), 1935-1936
	44	Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), 1936-1938
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8	1	Rogers, Florence, 1931-1937
	2	Room Programs 1 Semester, 1937-1938
	3	Rotary Club, 1935-1937
	4	Scholarships, 1932-1933
	5	Scholarships, 1933-1937
	6	Scholarship Awards, 1938-1939
	7	Senior Class Gifts, 1936-1937
	8	Sneed, Joseph T., 1933-1937
	9	Southern Association of Colleges, 1932
	10	Southern Association of Colleges, 1933-1934
	11	Southern Association of Colleges, 1934-1937
	12	Southern Association of Colleges Annual Report, 1936
	13	Southwest Conference, 1937-1939
	14	Sowder Estate, 1938
	15	Spears, Loyd B., 1937
	16	Staff, 1932-1933
	17	Staff, 1933-1934
	18	State Auditor, 1937-1939
	19	State Board of Education, Report, 1932
	20	State Board of Education, 1930-1933
	21	State Board of Education, 1933-1934
	22	State Board of Vocational Education, 1937-1938
	23	State Departments, 1932-1933
	24	State Department of Education Reports, 1932-1935
	25	State Laws regarding Graduate Work, 1933
	26	Statement by Bradford Knapp, House Committee on Education, 1931-1932
	27	Steele, L. L., 1937
	28	Strickland, Riley, 1932-1935
	29	Stuart, Robert A., 1932-1933
	30	Student Council, 1934
	31	Student Council., 1935-1936
	32	Student Council, 1936-1937
	33	Student Council Records, 1932-1933
	34	Student Council Records, 1933-1934
	35	Student Council Records, 1934-1935
	36	Student Council Records, 1935-1936
	37	Student Memorial Loan Fund, 1936
	38	Student Memorial Loan Fund, 1938
	39	Summer School, 1934
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9	1	Summer School, 1935
	2	Summer School Budget, 1936-1937
	3	Summer School Budget Material, 1938
	4	Sun Bowl, 1938
	5	Tate, Sammie Lane, 1937-1938
	6	Tech’s Needs, Compiled by Deans and Heads, 1938
	7	Texas Association of Colleges, 1934-1937
	8	Texas Association of Colleges, 1933
	9	Texas Rural Communities, 1934
	10	Texas Technological College, Its Growth and Its Needs, February 1938
	11	Texas Tech Dairy Queen, 1936
	12	Texas Utilities Company, 1933
	13	Textile Engineering, 1933-1936
	14	Textile Engineering, 1933-1937
	15	Textile Engineering, 1933-1935
	16	Textile Engineering Dryer Advertising, 1933-1934
	17	The Golden Rule Foundation and Goodwill, 1936
	18	Thompson, Stout Mylan, 1937
	19	Toreador, 1937
	20	Traffic Education Courses, 1937-1939
	21	Underwood, R. A., 1932
	22	Vocational Agriculture, 1933
	23	Vocational Agriculture, 1935
	24	Wells, Spencer A., 1933-1937
	25	West, Elizabeth Howard, 1934
	26	West, James M., 1936
	27	West Texas Hospital, 1932-1933
	28	Wilson, Roscoe, 1933-1935
	29	Zimmerman, Dennis Esquire, 1936
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10	1	Alumni, 1932-1933
	2	Athletics Newspapers, 1937
	3	Applications for Presidency (1 of 2) (1 photo), 1932
	4	Applications for Presidency (2 of 2) (5 photos), 1932
	5	Calendar, 1942-1943
	6	Commencement Plans, 1932-1933
	7	Commencement Plans, 1933-1934
	8	Commencement Plans, 1935
	9	Department of Interior, 1932-1933
	10	Education and Psychology, 1937-1938
	11	Extension Department, 1933
	12	Faculty Meetings Minutes, 1932
	13	Fraternities, 1937
	14	History of Texas Tech, 1933
	15	Jones, Clifford B., 1932-1933
	16	Jones, Clifford B., 1933-1934
	17	Jones, Clifford B., 1934-1935
	18	Jones, Clifford B., 1935-1936
	19	Jones, Clifford B., 1936-1937
	20	Legislative Material (1 of 2), 1932-1933
	1216	Legislative Material (2 of 2), 1932-1933
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11	1	Registrar, 1933-1937
	2	Registrar’s Office, 1932-1933
	3	Registrar’ Office, 1934-1935
	4	Registrar’s Office Annual Report, 1933-1934
	5	Registrar’s Office Annual Report, 1934-1935
	6	Registration Reports, Miscellaneous, 1933-1935
	7	Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), 1937
	8	State Board of Control, 1938-1940
	9	State Board of Education, 1934-1935
	10	State Board of Education, 1936-1937
	11	State Board of Education, 1937-1938
	12	State Board of Education Report, January 1939
	13	Statistical Reports, 1935-1936
	14	Teacher Retirement, 1937-1940
	15	Texas Centennial, 1936
	16	Texas Cotton Association, 1937-1939
	17	West Texas Museum Association, 1936-1937

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President's Office:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1928-1943, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Organization

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Acquisition

Processed by

Collection Inventory

Manuscripts