Brief for Amarillo on Location of Texas Technological College.

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dc.date.accessioned2010-08-31T18:46:44Z
dc.date.available2010-08-31T18:46:44Z
dc.date.issued1923
dc.descriptionTwenty-five page brief submitted by the Amarillo Committee to the Locating Board for Texas Technological College. Eleven black and white photographs have been inserted into the brief and depict the Hotel Amarillo; the Santa Fe Depot; an unidentified paved highway leading into Amarillo; a heard of cattle feeding; a bumper wheat crop; a field of Kaffir corn; the Municipal Auditorium, home of the American Legion; the Great West Mill; a scenic view of Palo Duro Canyon; a "Palatial Home"; and "Polk Street Looking South." Also included is a map showing the Santa Fe, Rock Island and Fort Worth & Denver Railraods leading into Amarillo, and a map showing streets, highways, railroads and proposed land plots for the new college. The seven page supplementary brief consists of three typed pages and three blueprints, which are of drawings of the exterior and interiors of two proposed "High Class Dormitories."
dc.descriptionCite as: Texas Technological College Locating Board Records, 1923 and 1938, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University.en_US
dc.format.extentOriginal brief is a twenty-five page document measuring 10 ½ x 6 ¾. The photographs and maps placed inside the proposal range from 9 x 6 ½ to 10 ½ x 6 ¾. The supplementary brief typed pages measure 8 ½ x 14 and the blueprints measure 17 x 9 ¼.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10605/547
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDigitized by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.
dc.rightsThe digital images and files in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. To use these digital files in any form, an attribution of "Courtesy of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library" must accompany the image.
dc.subject.lcshAmarillo (Tex.)
dc.subject.lcshAmarillo (Tex.)--History.
dc.subject.lcshTexas Panhandle (Tex.)--History.
dc.subject.lcshAgriculture--Texas, West.
dc.subject.lcshRailroads--Texas--Photographs.
dc.subject.lcshWheat--Texas--Photographs.
dc.subject.lcshTexas Technological College Locating Board.
dc.subject.lcshTexas Technological College--Location.
dc.subject.lcshTexas Technological College--History.
dc.subject.lcshTexas Technological College--Planning.
dc.subject.lcshUniversities and colleges--Texas--History.
dc.titleBrief for Amarillo on Location of Texas Technological College.en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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