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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Hebron Baptist Church Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials of Hebron Baptist Church of Grant Parish, Louisiana.
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Heinz Hennrich Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Items of Heinz Heinnrich, former German P.O.W. at Camp Ruston.
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Helen Beavers Meeks Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Historical memorabilia of the donor's student days at Louisiana Industrial Institute.
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Helen K. Evans Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Material from U.S. World War II prisoner of war camp Camp Ruston acquired by camp cook Walt Hintz.
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Henry Gerard Hall Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Three-year diary of a Shreveport, Louisiana, attorney who was Parish Judge of Caddo Parish in 1873; entries cover both professional and personal affairs; includes letters of college life at Princeton University in 1850.
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Henry H. Fraser Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Printed materials concerning the history of Louisiana Tech University and Ruston, Louisiana, including the prisoner of war camp located near Ruston during World War II, 1938 Ruston City Directory, M.S.M. Hayes' Sketches of Old Ruston, Louisiana, and printed materials relating to the Louisiana Tech Concert Association and the Miss Louisiana Tech pageant.
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Herbert G. Warren Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Items that belonged to Dr. Herbert G. Warren as a student.
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"History of the Churches Composing Concord Baptist Association"
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Historical sketches of Baptist churches in North Louisiana.
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"History of the Printed Book" Sheet Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Sheets featuring examples of printer's art from the History of the Printed Book.
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H. Leslie Clendenen Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Papers from the files of Clendenen, professor of geography at Louisiana Tech University.
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Honey Naylor Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Industrial Institute Diploma (1899) for Howard Benson Warren. (Donor’s uncle) Mr. Warren Later served in the State Senate (1930). Diploma of Heroise Warren (1919).
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Hopkins House Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials related to “Hopkins House” in Marion, Louisiana. The Hopkins House is on the national historical register. Included with the material is information on “In the Gloaming,” the song supposedly written by Anna Porter Harrison who lived in the house while her mother served as a governess before the Civil War. Other material includes autobiographical accounts of the family that owned the house. Most of the materials are copies from other sources, but an operetta performed at Marion High School in 1939 is enclosed in its original binding and hand-drawn cover.
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Hoss Family Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Nathaniel Hoss was an early settler, planter, and commission merchant in Caddo Parish, Louisiana; his son, James M. Hoss, was one of the founders and benefactors of the town of Hosston, Louisiana; includes deeds, business records, and related correspondence of three generations of the Hoss family.
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Howard Morris Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Memorabilia from the donor's student days at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, including items from Louisiana Tech Summer Camp, Louisiana Peach Festival, and Tech Concert Association.
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Huey P. Long Newspaper Clippings
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials related to Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator from Louisiana, Huey P. Long.
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Ida G. Tooke Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
History and a few early records of the Ringgold, Louisiana, church; Tooke is a descendant of founders of the church.
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Ina Claire Madden Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Charters of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana, and at Arcadia, Louisiana; charter of the Mt. Lebanon Female College; related records of the period.
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Israel Shreve Letters
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Correspondence of Colonel Israel Shreve, who served with Washington during the Revolutionary War; provides information on battles, conditions, etc., during the Revolution, including Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Brandywine.
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Iva K. Bain Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Photographs and memorabilia in early Tech days sent to the university archives by the Alumni center.
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Jack Ritchie Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Donated by the Lincoln Parish Library, this collection contains photos mostly taken by Jack Ritchie of early Ruston, Louisiana.
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Jack Terrill Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Pup cap (freshman beanie) from the donor's student days at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.
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Jaclyn Lucas Keasler Collection
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Genealogy of and historical notes on the Simontons and related families from the Middle Ages in Scotland through the twenty-second generation in the southern states; traces the Simonton line in Louisiana including parishes of Lincoln, Bienville, Claiborne, and Jackson.
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James A. Ramsey Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Letter books of an attorney and prominent citizen of Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; personal and business correspondence.
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James A. Smith Musical Score
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University fight song "March Louisiana Tech," written by Smith, director of the University band.
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James B. Aswell Papers
University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Materials related to life of James B. Aswell, President of Louisiana Industrial Institute, 1900-1904.