Southwest Collection

This Thursday! Join us for a reading from Clara Bush Vadala @ 6pm.
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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!

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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.

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

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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.

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Bingo concept courtesy of US National Archives!

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.

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There are so many! Recently, one of our archivists gave a talk to the women of Lubbock's Twentieth Century Club. It's one of the oldest clubs in Lubbock, TX and the corresponding collection contains records and scrapbooks from 1909-1981. txarchives.org/ttusw/findin...

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 reference.swco@ttu.edu.

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!
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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...

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We double checked the back of the print and it is dated March 1959!

Hello, David. We're not sure when the image was taken exactly, but it was indeed the archive when it was located in what is now the math building on TTU campus.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Giant cowboy, probably in Lubbock with one of the early Wild West shows (with 2 unidentified women).

Photograph of four men. Identified is Senator Bledsoe, 2nd from left, and Mr. Chitwood (but 2 unidentified).

M.M. Dupre family at their home (2000 block of Broadway) in summer 1922.

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.

Happy Centennial Goin' Band from Raiderland! You don't look a day over 100! These 1930s images can be found in our Winston Reeves collection.

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School starts Monday! Welcome back Red Raiders! 👆 To celebrate your return, here are some images from the University Archives of pre-electronic class registration. Aren't you glad you don't have to wait in these long lines?

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Photo 1: Will H. Flynn, Lubbock sheriff, far right at first murder trial by Jury in Lubbock, 1912.

Photo 2: Three unidentified young women.

Each Thursday, we will post 2-3 images with either unidentified buildings or people in our Lubbock Pictorial collection. If you can identify the place(s) or person(s), please leave a comment with your response below the post. See Facebook or Instagram for more details on the photos!

HAPPY NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAY! Today we're featuring our Frank Reeves collection of digitized photos. Reeves was a livestock reporter for Fort Worth Star-Telegram, American Hereford Journal, and Cattleman.

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Did you know processing archival materials requires archivists to remove rubber bands, metal paper clips, and staples? These rust and disintegrate, causing damage to documents. Plastic paperclips are preferred.

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