Papers, 1916-1937, 1916-1931.

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Papers, 1916-1937, 1916-1931.

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Includes and bulks (1916-1931) with correspondence, legal material, and scrapbooks concerning the movement to create a West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College and the early days of Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. Also consists of scrapbooks from the U.S. Army publication, "Recruiting News" (1935-1937).

362 leaves

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7114037

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Taylor, T. U. (Thomas Ulvan), 1858-1941

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Hodge, Thomas P.

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Thomas F. Hodge served as the secretary and treasurer of the Campaign Association for the West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Texas Technological College), helping to establish the college in 1916. From the description of Hodge, Thomas F., Reminiscences, 1926 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 752309527 ...

Evans, Silliman.

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Biggers, Don Hampton, 1869-1957

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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...

Crane, Royston Campbell, 1864-1956.

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Lawyer, politician, historian. Born in 1864 in Washington County, Texas. Was awarded B.A. by Baylor University and L.L.B. by the University of Texas Law School. Mayor of and longtime lawyer in Sweetwater, Texas. Served as president of the West Texas Historical Association (1925-1948). Active in the West Texas, or "Sweetwater," Secession Movement to create an Agricultural and Mechanical College in West Texas. From the description of Papers, 1916-1937, 1916-1931. (Texas Tech University...