Southwest Collection

The Southwest Collection acquires, preserves, and makes available to the public historical materials of regional, state, and national significance.

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May the Fourth be with you! It’s Star Wars Day! Pictured here is a complete press kit from the original Star Wars film, which premiered on May 25, 1977.

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Registration for Fall 2023 classes is in full swing on campus, but it looks a little different than it used to. How did you get registered when you were a TTU student?

📸: @SWCArchive

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Don’t miss our Oral History Archivist, Dr. Elissa Stroman, tomorrow evening at the Groves Library!

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It’s…Artifact Friday! Where we’re probin’ and needlin’ and sewin’ and such.

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Wednesday? Map Day! Where we’re showin’ you “Maps showing the route of the "St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad" of Kansas : and its connections” from 1869.

See a larger version here: https://t.co/dryP4tH3K3

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It’s…Artifact Friday! You need to know anything about fish? Just ask.

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Well lookee there!

c/o Texas in Review, August 1954

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It’s…Artifact Friday! This medal is ride or die, and gets the thanks it deserves for it.

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Western Wednesday, y’all! Not a day to mess with her, I tell ya what.

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It’s…Artifact Friday! So anyways, we started draftin’.

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Wednesday? Map Day! Featuring “A geographically correct county map of states traversed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway and its connections” from 1875.

See a larger version here: https://t.co/0TlLzCh8tk

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Congratulations to the winner of the 2023 Sowell Emerging Writer's Prize, @katejneville! The Sowell Prize is produced in collaboration with @sowellcollect and @Terrainorg. View the full press release on the TTU Press blog. #universitypress #TexasTech https://t.co/aoVTWj1zxC

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It’s…Artifact Friday! We don’t know how one of our donors got ahold of this. One person told me to type “We don’t know MAO they got ahold of it.” I said no.

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Wait wait, guys. We missed a spot.

c/o Texas in Review, 1954

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#InternationalPolarBearDay
For some polar vibes, check out these cool😎books.

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After a cold winter the Official Fox of the Southwest Collection is back, and has found a sunny spot to enjoy.

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It’s…Artifact Friday! Featuring a commemorative coin from the American Legion Riders of Kansas.

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It’s Western Wednesday, y’all! Where we take a look at a little agriculture from Greeley, Colorado.

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Submission Deadline for The 2023 Sowell Collection Conference is coming up! Get yours in soon.

#sowellcollection #sowellconference2023 #literature #community #nature #poetry #writers #ecology #queerecology #LGBT

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It’s…Artifact Friday! Are your signs courtesy of these courteous banks? Yeah, we thought not.