Texas Christian University
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1902-
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Amon G. Carter papers, 1806-1997 (inclusive), 1935-1955 (bulk).
Collection
Identifier: MS 014
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...
Dates:
1806-1997; Majority of material found in 1935-1955
David Grant Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-238
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 retirement...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1983 - 2020
H. G. Heine Prinzing Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 231
Content Description
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.
Dates:
1918-1919
Jerome A. Moore papers, 1882-1974 (inclusive), 1952-1973 (bulk).
Collection
Identifier: MS 7
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 ...
Dates:
1882-1974
Records of the Centennial Planning Commission, 1965-1974.
Collection
Identifier: RU24
Dates:
1965-1974
Records of the Commission on the Future of TCU
Collection
Identifier: RU 10
Overview
The records include the preliminary and final reports of all seventeen task forces that composed the Commission on the Future of TCU.
Dates:
1999-2000
Records of the Division of Public Relations, 1948-1983 (inclusive), 1958-1987 (bulk).
Collection
Identifier: RU 25
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1948-1983
Records of the Future Planning Commission
Collection
Identifier: RU 19
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...
Dates:
1960-1971 (inclusive), 1967-1969 (bulk).
Records of the Future Priorities Committee
Collection
Identifier: RU 20
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
Dates:
1965-1974 (inclusive), 1972-1973 (bulk).
Records of the TCU Building Fund, 1948 Campaign, 1944-1954 (inclusive).
Collection
Identifier: RU 5
Overview
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.
Dates:
1944-1954