President’s Office Records, 1923-1948

Jones, Clifford Bartlett, 1885-1972

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Businessman, ranch manager and college president. Born in 1885 in Rico, Colorado. Manager of the Spur Ranch in Dickens County, Texas, from 1913-1939. Instrumental in the establishment of Texas Technological College, served on the original Board of Directors, and was the third president of the college from 1939-1944. Member of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Good Roads Movement. Active in land sales and colonization, banking and politics, and numerous social, historical and fraternal o...

West Texas Chamber of Commerce

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The West Texas Chamber of Commerce had its beginning in Fort Worth, Texas, in December, 1918. This organization was established to effectively serve West Texas through economic growth. At the time of its merger with the Texas Chamber of Commerce in 1986, its main office was located at Abilene, Texas. The records represent fifty years of its history and operation in promoting better industries to develop in West Texas in areas such as agriculture, education, tourism, medicine, and ot...

Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975

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Coke R. Stevenson served as Governor of Texas from August 1941 to January 1947. From the description of Papers, 1943. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22608558 ...

Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938

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An agriculturist and educator, Bradford Knapp was born in Vinton, Iowa, on December 24, 1870. He was the son of Seaman Asahel Knapp, a noted agricultural authority. Bradford Knapp attended Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) and the University of Michigan. He married Stella White in 1904, and they had five children. He was appointed a special assistant in the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1909. In 1914 he was made Chief of the Office of Extension Work for the Southern Stat...

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

United States. National Youth Administration

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United States Army Air Forces. Flying Trainig Command

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Weeks, Margaret Woodward, 1886-1967

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Original faculty member at Texas Technological College. Served as dean of the Home Economics Department (1925-1953) during its formative years. Born in 1886 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Began her career teaching grade school in Canada and the United States. Received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Columbia University in 1922 and 1925. Became Dean of the Home Economics Department in 1925. Helped to organize the Home Economics Club in 1925, established the Home Economics Loan Fund, helped form th...

Texas Tech University. Office of the President

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The scrapbook was donated to the University Archive by David Edward Olsen, who played on the 1962 Picador basketball team for Texas Tech. Olsen was attending the Picador Reunion in February 2002 and brought along his scrapbook. From the guide to the Texas Tech University, Office of the President, Records, U 147. 42., 1965-1966, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University) Terms in office for the various Texas Tech University administ...

Doak, Mary Woodward, 1886-1967

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