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The Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University describes, preserves, and makes accessible to scholars and the general public archival collections of regional, national, and international significance.
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Happy early Thanksgiving!
This 1958 image is from our Winston Reeves Collection (hdl.handle.net/10605/16706) and shows four men around a Holsum Bakery display. The photo was labeled "Craig and Webster - Holsum."
#archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #Thanksgiving
This 1958 image is from our Winston Reeves Collection (hdl.handle.net/10605/16706) and shows four men around a Holsum Bakery display. The photo was labeled "Craig and Webster - Holsum."
#archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Happy early Thanksgiving!
This 1958 image is from our Winston Reeves Collection (hdl.handle.net/10605/16706) and shows four men around a Holsum Bakery display. The photo was labeled "Craig and Webster - Holsum."
#archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #Thanksgiving
This 1958 image is from our Winston Reeves Collection (hdl.handle.net/10605/16706) and shows four men around a Holsum Bakery display. The photo was labeled "Craig and Webster - Holsum."
#archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #Thanksgiving
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In 1955, TTU theatre students toured the set of "Giant" during production in Marfa, TX.
1: Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.
2-3: Taylor with TTU students.
Public Information Photo Collection: swco-ir.tdl.org/collections/...
#texastech #southwestcollection #elizabethtaylor #jamesdean #giant #marfa
1: Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.
2-3: Taylor with TTU students.
Public Information Photo Collection: swco-ir.tdl.org/collections/...
#texastech #southwestcollection #elizabethtaylor #jamesdean #giant #marfa
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In 1955, TTU theatre students toured the set of "Giant" during production in Marfa, TX.
1: Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.
2-3: Taylor with TTU students.
Public Information Photo Collection: swco-ir.tdl.org/collections/...
#texastech #southwestcollection #elizabethtaylor #jamesdean #giant #marfa
1: Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.
2-3: Taylor with TTU students.
Public Information Photo Collection: swco-ir.tdl.org/collections/...
#texastech #southwestcollection #elizabethtaylor #jamesdean #giant #marfa
EXCEL SPREADSHEET, 1919 EDITION
This ledger comes from the Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records. The company was formed in 1888 by Colonel Robert Dickie Hunter, who also formed the company town of Thurber, TX.
#archives #southwestcollection #preservation #texasandpacificcoalcompany #Thurber
This ledger comes from the Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records. The company was formed in 1888 by Colonel Robert Dickie Hunter, who also formed the company town of Thurber, TX.
#archives #southwestcollection #preservation #texasandpacificcoalcompany #Thurber
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
EXCEL SPREADSHEET, 1919 EDITION
This ledger comes from the Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records. The company was formed in 1888 by Colonel Robert Dickie Hunter, who also formed the company town of Thurber, TX.
#archives #southwestcollection #preservation #texasandpacificcoalcompany #Thurber
This ledger comes from the Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records. The company was formed in 1888 by Colonel Robert Dickie Hunter, who also formed the company town of Thurber, TX.
#archives #southwestcollection #preservation #texasandpacificcoalcompany #Thurber
For this month's Friday Faves, Assistant Archivist Weston Marshall highlights the Hal P. Spencer Papers. Spencer served in the U.S. Army at Hickman Field during WWII. After the war, he worked at Reese Air Force Base. txarchives.org/ttusw/findin...
#PearlHarbor #archives #southwestcollection #ww2
#PearlHarbor #archives #southwestcollection #ww2
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For this month's Friday Faves, Assistant Archivist Weston Marshall highlights the Hal P. Spencer Papers. Spencer served in the U.S. Army at Hickman Field during WWII. After the war, he worked at Reese Air Force Base. txarchives.org/ttusw/findin...
#PearlHarbor #archives #southwestcollection #ww2
#PearlHarbor #archives #southwestcollection #ww2
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This Thursday! Join us for a reading from Clara Bush Vadala @ 6pm.
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#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #poetry #writers #literature #community #nature
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #poetry #writers #literature #community #nature
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This Thursday! Join us for a reading from Clara Bush Vadala @ 6pm.
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #poetry #writers #literature #community #nature
texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #poetry #writers #literature #community #nature
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We're hiring! 💼📣
Visit the link here for more information: www.depts.ttu.edu/library/abou...
#archives #intern #southwestmusicarchive #southwestcollection
Visit the link here for more information: www.depts.ttu.edu/library/abou...
#archives #intern #southwestmusicarchive #southwestcollection
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We're hiring! 💼📣
Visit the link here for more information: www.depts.ttu.edu/library/abou...
#archives #intern #southwestmusicarchive #southwestcollection
Visit the link here for more information: www.depts.ttu.edu/library/abou...
#archives #intern #southwestmusicarchive #southwestcollection
Happy November! Here are a few items from the Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1998-2003. The collection contains correspondence, meeting notes, posters, newspapers, photographs, and more!
#lubbock #archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #DiaDeLosMuertos
#lubbock #archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #DiaDeLosMuertos
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy November! Here are a few items from the Dia De Los Muertos Committee (Lubbock, Texas) Records, 1998-2003. The collection contains correspondence, meeting notes, posters, newspapers, photographs, and more!
#lubbock #archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #DiaDeLosMuertos
#lubbock #archives #southwestcollection #specialcollections #DiaDeLosMuertos
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🎃Happy Halloween from the Southwest Music Archive!🎃 Enjoy this electrostatic print from the Jesse “Guitar” Taylor collection of a wizard brewing something spooky!
For more information on this print, visit the link here: hdl.handle.net/10605/82010.
For more information on this print, visit the link here: hdl.handle.net/10605/82010.
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎃Happy Halloween from the Southwest Music Archive!🎃 Enjoy this electrostatic print from the Jesse “Guitar” Taylor collection of a wizard brewing something spooky!
For more information on this print, visit the link here: hdl.handle.net/10605/82010.
For more information on this print, visit the link here: hdl.handle.net/10605/82010.
Halloween is around the corner! Check out these vintage Halloween-themed window displays at Lubbock's Hemphill-Wells Company department store from 1943.
- Winston Reeves Photograph Collection
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #Halloween
- Winston Reeves Photograph Collection
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Halloween is around the corner! Check out these vintage Halloween-themed window displays at Lubbock's Hemphill-Wells Company department store from 1943.
- Winston Reeves Photograph Collection
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #Halloween
- Winston Reeves Photograph Collection
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #Halloween
We had a great time in Las Cruces, NM earlier this month for Border Regional Archives Group's 9th annual Border Archives Bazaar. Here's a picture of our merch table! Be sure to keep an eye on our social medias for future events and opportunities to learn about the Southwest Collection.
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We had a great time in Las Cruces, NM earlier this month for Border Regional Archives Group's 9th annual Border Archives Bazaar. Here's a picture of our merch table! Be sure to keep an eye on our social medias for future events and opportunities to learn about the Southwest Collection.
Archives Month has nearly come to an end, but archival work continues! If you want more information about the SWC, here's a copy of our brochure which describes our mission, collecting scope, and other aspects of the collection.
#archivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections #manuscripts
#archivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections #manuscripts
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Archives Month has nearly come to an end, but archival work continues! If you want more information about the SWC, here's a copy of our brochure which describes our mission, collecting scope, and other aspects of the collection.
#archivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections #manuscripts
#archivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections #manuscripts
You never know what you're going to find when processing archival collections! Here are some examples of interesting items that our archivists have come across while processing.
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You never know what you're going to find when processing archival collections! Here are some examples of interesting items that our archivists have come across while processing.
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections
October 16th is #AskAnArchivist Day! If you have questions for our archivists, we welcome you to message us directly or leave your question in the comment section below. We look forward to hearing from you!
For research inquiries, please contact Reference Services at [email protected].
For research inquiries, please contact Reference Services at [email protected].
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
October 16th is #AskAnArchivist Day! If you have questions for our archivists, we welcome you to message us directly or leave your question in the comment section below. We look forward to hearing from you!
For research inquiries, please contact Reference Services at [email protected].
For research inquiries, please contact Reference Services at [email protected].
If you are near Las Cruces, NM this weekend please be sure to stop by the Border Archives Bazaar. We'll have a booth featuring the Southwest Collection so be sure to stop by!
#southwestcollection #specialcollections #preservation #manuscripts #archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth
#southwestcollection #specialcollections #preservation #manuscripts #archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you are near Las Cruces, NM this weekend please be sure to stop by the Border Archives Bazaar. We'll have a booth featuring the Southwest Collection so be sure to stop by!
#southwestcollection #specialcollections #preservation #manuscripts #archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth
#southwestcollection #specialcollections #preservation #manuscripts #archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth
For this Friday Favorites, Archival Associate Corry McCormick shares one of his favorite collections, the William Edwin Dyess Papers, 1916-1976, which includes correspondence, printed and scrapbook material, and photographs. #archivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections #dyessairforcebase
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For this Friday Favorites, Archival Associate Corry McCormick shares one of his favorite collections, the William Edwin Dyess Papers, 1916-1976, which includes correspondence, printed and scrapbook material, and photographs. #archivesmonth #southwestcollection #specialcollections #dyessairforcebase
Congratulations on turning 100, The Daily Toreador!
For digitized versions of the campus newspapers and
many other area newspapers, please visit
newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/handle/20.50...
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth
#southwestcollection #texastech #lubbock
For digitized versions of the campus newspapers and
many other area newspapers, please visit
newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/handle/20.50...
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth
#southwestcollection #texastech #lubbock
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congratulations on turning 100, The Daily Toreador!
For digitized versions of the campus newspapers and
many other area newspapers, please visit
newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/handle/20.50...
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth
#southwestcollection #texastech #lubbock
For digitized versions of the campus newspapers and
many other area newspapers, please visit
newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/handle/20.50...
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth
#southwestcollection #texastech #lubbock
October is Archives Month! Follow along as we celebrate and share more about how our institution makes history accessible to you.
📷: Southwest Collection Photograph Collection, 1976-1997
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #research #manuscripts #history
📷: Southwest Collection Photograph Collection, 1976-1997
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #research #manuscripts #history
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
October is Archives Month! Follow along as we celebrate and share more about how our institution makes history accessible to you.
📷: Southwest Collection Photograph Collection, 1976-1997
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #research #manuscripts #history
📷: Southwest Collection Photograph Collection, 1976-1997
#archivesmonth #texasarchivesmonth #americanarchivesmonth #southwestcollection #research #manuscripts #history
Look at this 1968 "CATTLE-LOG" which includes a detailed overview of the archive from that time. The rest of the guide lists archived collections, all of which continue to be housed and preserved at the SWC.
#southwestcollection #history #archives #preservation #texastech #research #manuscripts
#southwestcollection #history #archives #preservation #texastech #research #manuscripts
September 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Look at this 1968 "CATTLE-LOG" which includes a detailed overview of the archive from that time. The rest of the guide lists archived collections, all of which continue to be housed and preserved at the SWC.
#southwestcollection #history #archives #preservation #texastech #research #manuscripts
#southwestcollection #history #archives #preservation #texastech #research #manuscripts
The Panhandle South Plains Fair is back in Lubbock from September 19-27, 2025! These early images are from the 1930s through 1950s and can be found in our digitized Winston Reeves Photograph Collection.
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #specialcollections #southplainsfair
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #specialcollections #southplainsfair
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Panhandle South Plains Fair is back in Lubbock from September 19-27, 2025! These early images are from the 1930s through 1950s and can be found in our digitized Winston Reeves Photograph Collection.
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #specialcollections #southplainsfair
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #specialcollections #southplainsfair
This past weekend, our archivists visited Fort Stockton, TX to conduct oral history interviews. We are very grateful to the Fort Stockton residents for sharing their stories of historical significance. For oral history transcriptions from past years, please visit swco-ir.tdl.org/collections/...
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This past weekend, our archivists visited Fort Stockton, TX to conduct oral history interviews. We are very grateful to the Fort Stockton residents for sharing their stories of historical significance. For oral history transcriptions from past years, please visit swco-ir.tdl.org/collections/...
For this month's Friday Favorites, Archivist Kylie Kincaid shows off her favorite items from the Jesse "Guitar" Taylor Papers. These images are of Taylor's original artwork.
#archives #southwestcollection #jessetaylor #jesseguitartaylor
#archives #southwestcollection #jessetaylor #jesseguitartaylor
September 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
For this month's Friday Favorites, Archivist Kylie Kincaid shows off her favorite items from the Jesse "Guitar" Taylor Papers. These images are of Taylor's original artwork.
#archives #southwestcollection #jessetaylor #jesseguitartaylor
#archives #southwestcollection #jessetaylor #jesseguitartaylor
On 8/28/25 the SWC joined the Motley County Historical Commission and the Matador Ranch in dedicating a replacement marker commemorating the history of the Matador Ranch. The original marker was destroyed by the 7/21/23 tornado.
#history #southwestcollection #archives #matadorranch #matadortexas
#history #southwestcollection #archives #matadorranch #matadortexas
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On 8/28/25 the SWC joined the Motley County Historical Commission and the Matador Ranch in dedicating a replacement marker commemorating the history of the Matador Ranch. The original marker was destroyed by the 7/21/23 tornado.
#history #southwestcollection #archives #matadorranch #matadortexas
#history #southwestcollection #archives #matadorranch #matadortexas
This Lubbock Pictorial image shows Mr. Bob Penney (right) and Mr. Kincaide (barber, left) standing next to the traditional barber's pole. Penney was Precinct 4 Commissioner from 1911 to 1912.
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #lubbockhistory
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #lubbockhistory
September 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This Lubbock Pictorial image shows Mr. Bob Penney (right) and Mr. Kincaide (barber, left) standing next to the traditional barber's pole. Penney was Precinct 4 Commissioner from 1911 to 1912.
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #lubbockhistory
#southwestcollection #archives #history #lubbock #lubbockhistory
This is our last edition of Label Lubbock Thursdays! Thank you to everyone who engaged with the images and identified individuals in our posts. If you can identify the place(s) or person(s), please leave a comment with your response below the post.
August 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is our last edition of Label Lubbock Thursdays! Thank you to everyone who engaged with the images and identified individuals in our posts. If you can identify the place(s) or person(s), please leave a comment with your response below the post.