Texas Christian University

Collection Scope and Content Summary The papers document the life and career of Amon G. Carter, Sr. Subject files make up the largest portion of the papers and include correspondence, financial information, programs, photos, and news clippings. These files reside in two series. The majority of the subject files are in Series I, while the rest are listed as correspondence in Series III. The papers document Carter's involvement with a wide variety of people and interests. They contain a large amount of correspondence documenting...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records document the university service of Professor Emeritus David Grant from 1983 through 2020. While on the faculty of TCU, Dr. Grant served on the Core Curriculum Review, the Academic Excellence Committee, and in the Faculty Senate, where he served on the Excellence subcommittee. The records were stored in binders and have been transferred to folders and boxes. Dr. Grant donated the materials to Special Collections upon his...

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A 1918 and 1919 Horned Frog Yearbook, five graduation and school portrait photographs of unidentified TCU students, and one large team photo of the 1919 Horned Frogs Football team document the college athletic career of H. G. "Heine" Prinzing. The team photo is a print version of what appeared in the yearbook, and players are identified on the back of the image. The yearbooks are signed by dozens of students, including Prinzing's teammate and future TCU football coach Dutch Meyer.

Collection Scope and Content Summary The majority of the papers are research materials compiled by Moore for his writing of Texas Christian University: a hundred years of history (1974). The documents include partial histories of TCU's offices, schools and departments; interviews with faculty, staff, and alumni; biographies of distinguished community members; official and personal correspondence; advertising materials; news clippings; data cards; and the original manuscript of ...

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The records include the preliminary and final reports of all seventeen task forces that composed the Commission on the Future of TCU.

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The records document the activities of the public relations division of TCU. They are arranged alphabetically by subject and include correspondence, policies, programs, news releases, news clippings, publications, and reports.

Collection Scope and Content Summary The records document the activities of the FPC and consist of committee files, general correspondence, goals and related materials, reports, and resource materials. The bulk of the general correspondence is between Commission members and Chancellor J. M. Moudy. Materials in the committee files include correspondence, notes, research materials, meeting minutes, and reports. In the spring of 1969, the FPC published its findings in a series of reports. The reports, and a synopsis of the...

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The records document the activities and findings of the Future Priorities Committee and consist of correspondence, general committee files, meeting minutes, press releases, reports, and sub-committee files. Committee files consist of research materials, statements, and reports. Copies of draft reports and the final published report are included.

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The records document the 1948 Campaign for campus expansion undertaken by the TCU Building Fund and include statements, pledges, photographs, and background information on architects, benefactors, and proposed buildings.

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The records consist of minutes, bulletins, correspondence and other publications produced by the Texas Christian University Research Foundation.

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The records include agendas, correspondence, financial, minutes, photographs, newsclippings, newsletters, obituaries, and programs of the TCU Retirees Association.

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The TCU Ledgers include various accounting information for AddRan Christian University, Texas Christianity Univeristy, and the Brite College of the Bible for the years 1901 until 1972. The bulk of the ledgers cover the years 1901-1940. The ledgers include information on tuition payments, student credits, bookstore accounting records, faculty and staff payrolls, financial campaign records, loans, building funds, departmental expenses, and insurance payments.

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The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically. The description column notes the general subject content of each scrapbook. Folder numbers have been assigned to each scrapbook to aid in identification.Items include news clips, letters, programs, photos, and invitations.

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Various grants requested by faculty and staff in relation to the Vision in Action and Strategic Planning Program. Also includes correspondence.