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• Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site
  • 1889-1946, Joseph E. Johnston Camp 94 U.C.V.

    Records and photographs pertaining to the Joseph E. Johnston Camp 94 U.C.V. Series, approximately 1889-1946.
  • 1920-1996, Mexia Oil Boom

    Photographs and papers from the Mexia Oil Boom Series, approximately 1920-1996.
  • 1965-1983, Joseph E. Johnston Camp No. 94 C.S.A.

    Photographs, literary productions, and correspondence from the Joe Johnston Series, approximately 1965-1983.
  • 1983-Present, Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site

    All records pertaining to the Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site Series, 1983-present.
• Crossroads of Music Community
  • Gordon McLendon: Old Scotchman Radio Program

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  • Jesse "Guitar" Taylor

    This is a collection of materials that Jesse Taylor and his family donated to the Crossroads Archive
  • Murphey Family Collection

    This collection consists of genealogy records of the Murphey family
  • Tommy and Charlene Hancock Family Archives
• History of the Book
  • Artist Books
  • Joseph Conrad Manuscripts
  • Personal Diaries and Albums
• History of the Southwest

  This community includes maps, diaries, and newspapers pertaining to the history of the Southwestern United States, primarily Texas.
  • Books of the Southwest Collection
  • Documents
  • Maps of the SWC/SCL

    Map holdings in the SWC/SCL
  • Southwest Collection Land Promotionals
• Literature of the Southwest
  • Mary Austin Collection

    Literary works by Southwestern United States author Mary Austin
  • Prentiss Ingraham Buffalo Bill Collection
  • Republic of Texas Journal and Diary of Miles Squier Bennet
  • Southwest Writers

    Southwest literature and authors, pre-20th century.
• Lubbock

  Historical information on the establishment and growth of the city of Lubbock, Texas, and Lubbock County, Texas.
  • Education in Lubbock County

    Historical information on education in Lubbock County, Texas.
• Natural History and Science

  Donated from Clyde Jones to the Sowell Collection.
  • Birds
  • Comanche Reconciliation Ceremony Collection
  • DeBuffon Collection
  • Early Natural History Books
  • John Muir
• Newspapers
  • Clarendon News
  • Cross Plains Review

    Newspaper from Cross Plains, Texas.
  • Haskell Free Press
  • Muenster Enterprise

    Muenster, Texas newspaper
  • Southwest Digest

    African American Newspaper for Lubbock, Texas.
  • The Post Dispatch
  • The Toreador

    Texas Tech University Newspaper
  • The Vernon Times
• Oral History Interviews

  Oral History Interviews housed at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
  • Oral Histories of the SWC/SCL

    Abstracts and sound recordings from the Oral History program of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.
• Photographs
  • Burkburnett, Texas

    This collection consists of photographs of Burkburnett, Texas. Bulks with photographs of the oil industry (1919-1936). Also contains a panoramic scene of Burkburnett (ca. 1920).
  • Crosbyton Solar Power Project

    Photographs and blueprints from the Crosbyton Solar Power Project.
  • Desdemona, Texas

    The collection consists of photographs of Desdemona, Texas. The bulk of the photographs are of the oil boom in Desdemona, circa 1920. Also included are images of a tank baptism and an unidentified peanut farm in Eastland ...
  • Electra, Texas

    This collection consists of photographs of Electra, Texas, dated from 1900-1973, with the bulk of the photographs concerning early town life and the oil boom days from 1909-1918.
  • Frank Reeves Photgraph Collection
  • Freeman, Bennett B.

    The collection consists of agricultural, railroad, and oil industry photographs, dated in the 1920s, of Breckenridge, Desdemona, Jakehamon and Ranger, Texas.
  • Information Services

    Photographs from the Texas Tech University Information Services Collection, 1936-1978
  • Lubbock History
  • Lubbock Pictorial
  • Photographic Services, 1969-
  • Postcard Collection

    Historic postcards from the holdings of the Southwest Collection.
  • Public Information

    Photographs from the Texas Tech University Public Information Collection, 1920s-1970s
  • Red Raider Retrospectives, 1925-

    Photographs of Texas Tech University, its people, facilities and events.
  • Southwest Collection Photographic Collections (SWCPC)

    Photographic images digitized from various Southwest Collection photographic collections.
  • Tarahumara Collection
  • Texas Tech Athletics

    Photographic images of Texas Tech athletes, staff, coaches and athletic events.
  • Thurber, Texas

    Historic photographs of Thurber, Texas.
  • Winston Reeves Photograph Collection
• Southwest Collection

  Manuscripts housed within the Southwest Collection
  • Daniel H. Benson Papers
  • Double U Company Architectural Drawings
  • D.W. Harris Papers
  • Southwest Collection Manuscripts, Ephemera, Etc.

    Selected manuscripts, broadsides, posters, etc. from the holdings of the Southwest Collection.
  • Southwest Conference Statistics

    Southwest Conference Statistic Cards
  • Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita Papers
• Sowell Collection
  • Rick Bass
• Student Broadside Collection
  • Broadside Collection Spring 2008
• The Petroleum Museum
  • Curtis Rogers Photographic Collection

    Photographs from the Curtis Rogers Collection at The Petroleum Museum.
  • John V. Webel Photographic Collection

    Photographs from the John V. Webel Collection at The Petroleum Museum.
  • Lee Jones Jr. Photographic Collection

    Photographs from the Lee Jones, Jr. Collection at The Petroleum Museum.
• University Archives

  Digital Collections from the Texas Tech University Archives
  • German Art Collection, 1889-1980

    Negatives taken by Richard Schroeder and information collected by Billy I. Ross to document stolen World War II art.
  • Human Sciences Scrapbooks

    Collection of scrapbooks from the School of Home Economics, which later became the Colleg eof Human Sciences, at Texas Tech University.
  • Locating Board

    Proposals for the newly established Texas Technological College.
  • Texas Tech Artifacts

    Artifacts and memorabilia from the Texas Tech University Archives.
  • Texas Tech Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

    Meeting minutes and agendas of the Texas Tech Board of Regents.
  • Texas Tech Football Game Programs

    Texas Tech University football game programs from the University Archives.
  • Texas Tech People

    Photographs of Faculty, administrators, staff and other Texas Tech related people pulled together from various manuscript collections within the University Archives.
  • Texas Tech Publications

    Miscellaneous Texas Tech related publications from the holdings of the University Archives.
  • Texas Tech Tips

    Publications for male and female students regarding housing, proper behavior and other campus related issues.
  • Texas Tech University Blueprint Collection

    Digital copies of selected Texas Tech University blueprints and architectural drawings.
  • Tex Talks and the Texas Tech Magazine Publications

    Tex Talks was a newletter published by the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association. Texas Tech Magazine was sponsored by the Alumni and Ex-Students Association.
  • The Activists' Forum

    Short run Texas Technological College student newspaper.
  • The Catalyst

    An underground newspaper produced by Texas Tech students and residents of Lubbock from1969-1971