01. University Records

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The records include scrapbooks and miscellaneous publications such as pledge manuals, national bylaws, pamphlets, and other pledge information.

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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Minutes, correspondence, and participation records created and collected by the athletic council and its chairman, Dr. Henry B. Hardt. The minutes span from 1948 to 1967, the participation records from 1948 to 1954.

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The collection includes membership lists, financial records, constitution and bylaws, and correspondences from 1950-1966.

Scope and Contents The records consist of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, member selection, organizational documentation and correspondence. The correspondence is primarily with Mortar Board with regards to Ampersand becoming a chapter of the National Honor Society.Ampersand, an honor society for senior women, began in 1932 at Texas Christian University. Membership was earned though high scholastic achievement and service to the University and its students. Ampersand applied for membership to...

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Records include course catalogs, annual reports, newsletters, hall council meeting material, and photographs documenting the Brachman learning/living community.

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The records include general correspondence and administrative documents related to personnel and other managerial functions of the offices of vice president, executive vice president, and president.

Collection Scope and Content Summary The papers document the life and career of Edward McShane Waits as President of TCU.  The papers in Series I contain information related to his personal life and career as a minister and a university administrator, as well as his active involvement in the local community.  The administrative material in Series II covers all aspects of his administrative duties at TCU, including student life, academic departments, Brite Divinity School, alumni, and the Board of Trustees.  Other components...

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The records consist of correspondence, subject files, and drafts of speeches documenting James M. Moudy's administrative career at Texas Christian University. Most of the materials document his time as chancellor (1965-1979), though some, in particular the materials in the 2010 accession, document Moudy's work in other administrative positions at TCU.

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The records document M. E. Sadler’s life and career. The records include Dr. Sadler’s writings, sermons, and speeches, as well as business correspondence and a limited amount of biographical information.

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Michael Ferrari served as Chancellor of TCU from 1998- 2003. The records consist of speeches he delivered between 2001 and 2003.

Collection Scope and Content Summary The records include correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, and other material documenting the formation and early years of TCU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter. The records are divided into two series, those of the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Fort Worth and those of TCU’s Delta Chapter. The Delta Chapter records have been separated into president’s papers and general documents. The Phi Beta Kappa Association records and the president’s papers are arranged chronologically, the general...

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Records include charter, minutes, newsletters, membership lists, treasurer's reports, and programs. Phi Delta Kappa is the international professional association for educators.

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The collecion includes plaques, certificates, awards, by-laws, financial documents, photographs and scrapbooks.

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The records document the activities of the TCU chapter of the Association of Women Students (AWS). The majority of the records relate to decisions made by the Association's Judicial Board. Committee work and events planned by the AWS are also represented. The records also include a small amount of material from the parent organization, the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students.

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Organizational records, correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs document the Bryson Club between 1923 and 1995. The records reflect the club's original filing organization, with the exception of loose material. The papers document the membership and activities of the club, and the Bryson scholarship recipients. No literary works from members are included in the collection.

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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.

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The records consist of committee files, meeting minutes, and subject files documenting the activities and interests of the Faculty Senate.

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The records include meeting minutes, financial records, news clippings, and photographs documenting the activities of the Friends of the TCU Library.

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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Correspondence, groundbreaking, news clippings and photographs related to the Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic Building, completed in 1976.

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The records contain financial statements, audit reports, and other financial records concerning Brite Divinity School, Harris College of Nursing, and TCU in general.

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The records include promotional material and photographs featuring the TCU Ranch Management Program.

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The records include bills, minutes, resolutions, budgets, by-laws, and constitutions. The 2015 Accession is a signed poster.