05. Alumni Papers

Content Description Audiovisual language programs, scripts, correspondence, business files, research material, books, and artifacts document the life and work of English as a Second Language educator Edwin T. Cornelius from 1940-2012. Cornelius was a TCU grad and linguist who developed and wrote numerous ESL courses for Greek, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese audiences.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, manuscripts, legal documents, financial records, pamphlets, teaching materials, sermons, photographs, and artifacts document the life and work of Joseph Lynn Clark and the Clark family from 1751-1969.  The first series, Race Relations, 1910-1967, contains correspondence related to the Texas Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Other material in the series includes pamphlets, book reviews, manuscripts, and assorted correspondence.  The second and largest series, Clark Family...

Scope and Contents The collection includes a Harris School of Nursing cape and nurse’s cap worn by Kathleen Woodier Lutz when she attended the school and worked at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth from 1942 until 1944. Upon her graduation she received a Bible from the Women’s Auxiliary of the Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital. Also included are two photographs of Kathleen Woodier Lutz, one as a student and one post-graduation, in her nurse’s uniform, and a certificate of registration from the Board of Examiners for...

Scope and Contents Original works of music, arrangements, jingles, compilations, study books and etudes, and business records document the career of composer Lew Gillis from the 1950s through the 1980s. Contained in the first series are many arrangements scored in Jazz settings. The second series contains works written for specific events such as multiple beauty pageants for towns around the DFW area. There are several jingles written for multiple television and radio stations, along with jingles written for...

Scope and Contents The papers include correspondence, student records and recitals, performance programs, and news clippings.

Content Description Correspondence, photographs, TCU ephemera, scrapbooks, and other personal material documents the life of Lucille Trent Montgomery, a TCU student in the 1930s and longtime Fort Worth resident.

Scope and Contents The collection is one folder of notes received from classmates. The notes are often invitations to social or religious events. They depict the active social life of a young college student at AddRan College in Thorp Spring in the late 1880s.

Scope and Contents Photographs, clippings, ephemera, scrapbooks, writings, legal documents, and other material document the life of Mary Elizabeth Waits Scott Williams, daughter of TCU president E. M. Waits. The collection is divided into four series. The first series includes Mary Beth’s biography, clippings, ephemera, photographs, scrapbook, and writings, including her school reports and papers, as well as speeches and writings. The second series includes material related to the death of her first husband,...

Scope and Contents The collection includes a photo of Add Ran College at Thorp Springs, Texas. Of particular interest is her diary from 1890 as a student and an autograph book from 1885. There is also a program from Add-Ran College, a receipt for a Cotton Bowl ticket, a Fort Worth Press news clipping, and a poem, signed by ‘Lela.’

Content Description Photo albums, clippings about TCU football and other topics, correspondence, plaques and certificates related to the life and career of Melvin Diggs, a TCU football player who went on to become an attorney.