Southwest Collection

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.

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

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

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

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: buff.ly/3Y83669

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

Well lookee there! c/o Texas in Review, August 1954

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

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

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

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: buff.ly/3mdauje

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 ttupress.org/blog/2023/03/0…

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.

Wait wait, guys. We missed a spot. c/o Texas in Review, 1954

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

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

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

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

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

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