Lubbock History Collections
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Photograph: Nicolette Hotel, 1890.
Among the Southwest Collection’s holdings are numerous physical archival collections, digitized archives, and oral histories relating to the history of Lubbock, Texas, from its earliest years to the present day. This page provides a snapshot of the Southwest Collection’s holdings related to this topic.
Archival Papers, Records, and Collections
Hundreds of other collections are available, ranging from government records, to the papers of public and private figures, to the records of local businesses, schools, and private groups. There too many to list here! So be sure to visit Texas Archival Resources Online to search for them among our many finding aids and inventories.
Digitized Collections
While not all of the Southwest Collection’s holdings have been digitized and made available online, their finding aids and inventories can be found on Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) alongside finding aids from dozens of other archives throughout the state. In some cases, collections' contents have also been summarized and made available in this guide.
Maps, Pamphlets, Flyers, and Related Items
Newspapers
Oral Histories
The Southwest Collection owns many oral histories relating to the history of Lubbock: its schools, businesses, politics, and dozens of other topics. They may be found via a search among our oral history abstracts as well as among our oral history transcripts.
Some oral histories are gathered under specific topics, such as the ones below.