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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Willie Lee Pace Dillon Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
"Golden Heritage" (memoirs) and personal recollections of the life of Willie Lee Pace Dillon(1885- ), during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Claiborne Parish.
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Winnie Baldwin Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Diplomas from Ruston High School and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute awarded to donor's aunt Henrietta Irby, including both the Bachelor of Industry and the Bachelor of Arts, reflecting the revised Tech curriculum.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994.
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Women's History Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Illustrative depiction of Women’s History'
donated by Peggy Schenk.
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World War II Ration Documents
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Unused ration books from World War II, various rations, gas, store, tires, shoes, fuel oil, etc
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W.R. Lynn Family Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Legal papers of Bernice, Louisiana area residents, including land grant and correspondence.
Bernice Historical Society
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W.T. Block Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
“The Diary of 1st Sergeant H. N. Connor” edited and annotated by W.T. Block. 1861-1863. 36 pgs.
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W. Walter Wicker Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Tech note pad featuring drawings of campus buildings.
Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994
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W.W. Durden Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials related to the Ruston, Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and to the history of Ruston, La
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Zeta Tau Alpha Letter
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Letter establishing the first national sorority at Louisiana Industrial Institute.
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Zion Hill Baptist Church Committee Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials relatiing to Zion Hill Baptist Church of Union Parish, Louisiana