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

    James B. Randall Collection

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

    Miscellaneous bulletins, brochures; Louisiana Tech academic programs (management, business, engineering); issues of Tech Alumni News.

  • James Evans Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James Evans Collection

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

    Items from donor's student days at Tech High School and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.

  • James F. Digby Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James F. Digby Collection

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

    Historical memorabilia of donor's years as an engineering student at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.

  • James Govan Taliaferro Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James Govan Taliaferro Papers

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

    Politician and jurist of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, owned and operated Harrisonburg Independent; served as associate justice of Louisiana Supreme Court from 1866 until death; opposed secession during Civil War; includes papers of children, collection provides some interesting detail on family relations and living conditions during the period.

  • James Lafayette Goodwin Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James Lafayette Goodwin Papers

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

    The papers of Goodwin, a farmer and merchant near Vienna, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, during the last quarter of the nineteenth century;

  • James Larkin Dendy Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James Larkin Dendy Collection

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

    Marriage documents of Bernice, Louisiana area residents James E. Coplen and Sallie Grafton.

  • James L. Hogan Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James L. Hogan Collection

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

    Afrika Korps pattern eagle and swastika. This artifact was given to American civilian camp employee, James L. Hogan by German POW Robert Kopriwa. Also, includes a book entitled The Brothers Karamazov written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Random House in 1943.

  • James Pierce Tomlinson Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    James Pierce Tomlinson Papers

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

    Materials concerning the life of James Pierce Tomlinson.

  • Janis Irvin Chavanne Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Janis Irvin Chavanne Collection

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

    1950 edition of Louisiana Tech University's school song "Alma Mater" autographed by composer John P. Graham and containing photographs of 1895 faculty and 1900 graduating class.. Presented to the donor (grad. 1956), who played the organ at the 1950 commencement, honoring the class of 1900.

  • Janis Scogin Pierce and James Lee Pierce Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Janis Scogin Pierce and James Lee Pierce Collection

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

    Miscellaneous collection of memorabilia of Louisiana Tech University alumni over the years.

  • Jared Quitman Long Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Jared Quitman Long Collection

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

    Louisiana Polytechnic Institute graduate's varsity sweater.

  • Jean Hammons Kennedy Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Jean Hammons Kennedy Collection

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

    Photographs of Louisiana Industrial Institute in c.1920's, including one of Old Main.

  • Jeannine Morgan Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Jeannine Morgan Collection

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

    Historical memorabilia from the donor's student years at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in the 1950's and from the tenure of her mother Mary Alice Wilder in the 1920's.

  • Jessie J. Hollis Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Jessie J. Hollis Collection

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

    Louisiana Polytechnic Institute baseball varsity sweater.

  • Jimmie Davis 100th Birthday Centennial by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Jimmie Davis 100th Birthday Centennial

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

    Items celebrating the 100th birthday of former Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis.

  • Joann C. Smiley Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Joann C. Smiley Collection

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

    Materials from donor's student days at Louisiana Tech.

  • Jo Ann Simmons Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Jo Ann Simmons Collection

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

    Memorabilia from student days at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute of donor, 1945-1948, and of donor's great aunt Wilma Anderson Beckwith Ford, 1924-[1927?].

  • Joe M. King Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Joe M. King Collection

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

    Reminiscence about long-time professor of English, Dr. Frances Fletcher, who taught the donor during his student years at Louisiana Tech University, 1940-1943.

  • Joe Strother Collection by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    Joe Strother Collection

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

    The collection contains a number of caricatures and comic strips done by Mr. Strother. Included in the collection are a photograph of the “Planning Committee” for the Athletic complex and eleven framed “CAMOS” given to the donors as a personal gift.

  • John Ardis Cawthon and Eleanor Cawthon Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    John Ardis Cawthon and Eleanor Cawthon Papers

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

    Historical materials from Louisiana Industrial Institute and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, including copy of "Alma Mater" autographed by composer John P. Graham and photographs of the Tech campus, as well a genealogical materials.

  • John Bell Hood Photographs by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    John Bell Hood Photographs

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

    Photographs of Hood and family.

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

    John B. Holstead Papers

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

    Materials concerning the life of the early Lincoln Parish resident, editor of the Vienna Sentinel, Vienna town councilman, attorney, and author.

  • John B. Wise Letters by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    John B. Wise Letters

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

    Letters of a young Confederate soldier in Virginia to his mother and brother in or near Greenwood, Louisiana.

  • John D. Winters Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    John D. Winters Papers

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

    Papers of Louisiana Tech University history professor.

  • John E. Fagg Papers by University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

    John E. Fagg Papers

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

    Personal and professional papers of historian Dr. John E. Fagg.

 

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