Charles John Wagner Papers, 1896-1952
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Texas Tech University. Museum.
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The Museum was founded as the West Texas Museum in 1929, shortly after Texas Technological College was chartered in 1925. Dr. William Curry Holden served as its first director until 1969 when he retired. He oversaw the construction of the first building, which began as a basement only, through the completion of that facility, to the construction and occupation of the current buildings in 1970. Dr. Holden also identified the first Folsom projectile points from the Lubbock Lake area w...
West Texas Museum Association
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The Plains Museum Society was created in 1929 to establish a museum in the South Plains of Texas. The society changed its name to West Texas Museum Association in 1935. Responsible for building the Texas Tech Museum in 1970 and the Ranching Heritage Center in 1976 in Lubbock, Texas. From the description of Records, 1989. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25476297 The Plains Museum Society was created in 1929 to establish a museum in the South Plains of Texas. The ...
Holden, William Curry, 1896-
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Author and historian. Born in Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas. Attended high school in Rotan, Texas. Received B.A., M.A. and Ph. D. from the University of Texas. Taught history at McMurry College (1923-1927), the University of Texas (1927-1928) and Texas Tech University (1928-1965). At Texas Tech University, served as professor of History, Sociology and Anthropology, Dean of Archaeological and Social Science and Dean of the Granduate School. Granted the status of Professor Emeritus of History ...
Wagner, Charles John, 1878-1957
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Medical doctor, surgeon, civic leader. Born in 1878 in Belle Center, Ohio. Attended the University of Illinois Medical School. Moved from Chicago to Lubbock, Texas, in 1913. Aided in establishing West Texas Hospital in Lubbock in 1922. Physician on the 1934 Yaqui Expedition which was sponsored by Texas Technological College and Harvard University. Served as president of the West Texas Museum Association (1937-1939). Died in 1952. From the description of Papers, 1896-1952, (bulks 1893...
Texas Technological College
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Dr. Billy Ross, the chair of the School of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University, and a Mass Communications faculty member, Richard Schroeder, went to Pueblo, Colorado, to film German World War II art works which were supposed to be returned to Germany. Ross received permission from the U. S. Army to film the works. Ross wrote down the documentation information that went with each art work while Schroeder did the photography work. From the guide to the German Art from the Bill...
