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Manuscript Finding Aids
 

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 by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Hebron Baptist Church Collection

    University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Materials of Hebron Baptist Church of Grant Parish, Louisiana.

  • Heinz Hennrich Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Helen Beavers Meeks Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Helen K. Evans Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Henry Gerard Hall Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Henry H. Fraser Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Herbert G. Warren Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • "History of the Churches Composing Concord Baptist Association" by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    "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.

  • "History of the Printed Book" Sheet Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    "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.

  • H. Leslie Clendenen Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Honey Naylor Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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).

  • Hopkins House Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Hoss Family Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Howard Morris Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Huey P. Long Newspaper Clippings by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Ida G. Tooke Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Ina Claire Madden Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Israel Shreve Letters by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Iva K. Bain Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Jack Ritchie Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Jack Terrill Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • Jaclyn Lucas Keasler Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • James A. Ramsey Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • James A. Smith Musical Score by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

  • James B. Aswell Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    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.

 

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