Manuscript Finding Aids
The Manuscripts Collection is comprised of over 600 collections of personal and family papers, business and church records, photographs, diaries, maps, oral history tapes, and similar materials. Significant collections include the William King Stubbs Architectural collection, the Marshall Harvey Twichell papers, the Israel Shreve letters, and the different collections that comprise the Camp Ruston collection.
To view or request materials from any of the collections found in the Manuscript collections please contact the University Archives and Special Collections at specialcollections@latech.edu or 318-257-2935.
If citing one of the Manuscript Collections please use the following citation:
Name of collection, collection number, box number, folder number, University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
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Thomas W. Jenkins Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Tech commemorative programs discovered by donor, a maintenance technician, in attic of Howard Auditorium.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994
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T.H. Waters Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Group photographs of Louisiana Industrial Institute 1906 junior class, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute 1933 football team, and swimming team, and 44 snapshots of L.P.I. athletes and coaches from the 1930's.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994
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T.L. James Company
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Video recording on James Company history and current operations and organization, c.1990
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Tom and Martha Stinson Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials related to local histor
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Treuman Breithaupt Family Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Business and legal records and correspondence of Treuman Breithaupt, planter in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana; journal of agricultural activities, 1844-1850; Civil War correspondence of his son, Ernest; and records of the Grange movement in Catahoula Parish.
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Truett Lynn West Centennial Brick
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Tech Alumnus commemorative brick
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T.W. Ray Johnson Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Belongings of the late professor T.W. Ray Johnson donated by his sister, Miss Ruth Johnson. These items can be found at the Alumni Center.
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Vienna Presbyterian Church Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Church book number 2
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Vienna Town Council Records
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Minute book of mayor and councilmen, Vienna, Louisiana
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Virgil and Myrtis Chandler Orr Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Remembrances of the Orr's; from their university and professinal days.
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Virgil Orr Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Memorabilia from the donor's student days at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, [1940], and from his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, 1944-1945.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994
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Virgil Orr Dining Hall Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials concerning the history of family-style food service with student waiters at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, 1926-1943, when the service changed to cafeteria style under the influence of the Navy V-12 Unit stationed on campus during World War II, including records of the waiters' reunion in 1981.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994
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Virgil Orr Energy Conservation Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials related to Dr. Orr's interest in energy conservation.
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Virgil Orr Handwriting Analysis Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Items relating to the analysis of handwriting.
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Virgil Orr Recorded Sound Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Sound recordings, including Louisiana Tech University Band concert and original stage production of "All the Trees of Paradise."
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Wallace B. Bolinger Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Miscellaneous collection of Bolinger, a forester and artist.
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Walnut Creek Baptist Church Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Records of Walnut Creek Baptist Church, Lincoln Parish, La
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Walnut Creek Baptist Church Records
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Church record books
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Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
"History of Wesley Chapel ... and Cemetery," by Murray P. Rasbury and various records of the church.
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W.E. Taylor, "Louisiana"
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
"Louisiana," by W.E. Taylor and E.L. Stephens.
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William A. Hill and Carol Hill Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Historical memorabilia from the donors' student years at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, including performance programs, and material from organizations of engineering students.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994.
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William A. Marbury, Jr., History of the Ruston State Bank
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
"Many Happy Returns: A Salute to Ruston State Bank" written by Nancy A. Bergeron for the 100th year anniversary
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William A. Marbury, Jr. Ruston State Bank Scrapbooks Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
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William C. Boone Letters
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Letters written from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by the Claiborne Parish state senator and attorney to his wife during the first two years of the Huey P. Long administration; correspondence deals with political matters including the impeachment proceedings against Governor Long
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William Remsen Lyman Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Mardi Gras mementos of a prominent New Orleans businessman and financier during the late nineteenth century and a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War