2010-08-312010-08-311923http://hdl.handle.net/10605/547Twenty-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."Cite as: Texas Technological College Locating Board Records, 1923 and 1938, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University.Original 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.en-USThe 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.Amarillo (Tex.)Amarillo (Tex.)--History.Texas Panhandle (Tex.)--History.Agriculture--Texas, West.Railroads--Texas--Photographs.Wheat--Texas--Photographs.Texas Technological College Locating Board.Texas Technological College--Location.Texas Technological College--History.Texas Technological College--Planning.Universities and colleges--Texas--History.Other