Sports Information Records, 1925-1996

Big 12 Conference

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The Big Twelve (12) periodically deposits media guides and other publications with the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library for preservation purposes. The Big 12 is an athletic organization that promotes a regional area and is composed of the following universities: Texas Tech, Texas, Texas A and M, Baylor, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, and Missouri. The organization began after the demise of the Big 8 Conference and the Southwest Ath...

Coaches All-America Game

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Operated by the American Football Coaches Association. First played in in 1961 in Buffalo, New York, then in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1966, and in Lubbock, Texas, in 1970, where it remained until 1976. Played in late spring, the game assembled the best college senior football players into two teams: East and West. Much of the revenue generated from the game was donated to local and state-wide charities. From the description of Collection, 1968-1977. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat reco...

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...

Texas Tech university

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Organized on the Texas Technological College campus as the Eagle Scout Club in the fall of 1938, the club officially became the Beta Sigma Chapter on April 30, 1939. A service organization, APO is a national service fraternity affliated with the Boys Scouts of America. The chapter was recognized in 1942 for having the nation's largest pledging class. Service projects have included placing benches across campus, helping conduct student elections and the Carol of Lights events, planning homecoming...

Southwest Conference (U.S.)

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On May 6, 1914, the Southwest Conference was formed when representatives from several universities met to discuss the future of regional sports among the local schools. Baylor University, Southwestern University, Texas A&M College, Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State), Louisiana State University, University of Texas, and the University of Arkansas participated in this organization. On December 8, 1914, representatives from the Rice Institute (Rice University) and the Un...

Texas Tech University. Sports Information Office

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