Linda Kaye Collection

The collection documents Linda Kaye's career, particularly her time spent photographing TCU events from 1962-2007. Series I consists of images taken at TCU events or of TCU faculty, staff, and students. Photos of sporting events and the performing arts comprise the majority of the series. TCU athletics are thoroughly represented. Even though photos of football, basketball, and baseball are most common, this collection includes photos from nearly all men's and women's sports in which TCU fielded a team during Kaye's time as photographer (intramural teams not included). Photos of campus are spread throughout the series, under various titles. Series II includes images from Kaye's assignments outside of TCU. The series includes family and personal portraits, along with photos from business grand openings and other ceremonies, and photos of sporting events in which TCU teams did not participate.

Series I: TCU Photopgraphs, 1962-2007 includes photo negatives, prints, slides, CDs, publications, and ephemera documenting events relating to or sponsored by TCU. The series consists of two subseries: athletics and general university events.

The athletics subseries is arranged alphabetically by sport and chronologically within each sport. Game or action photos comprise the great majority of the material in the subseries, but still photos of the athletes, as well as photos of coaches and staff, facilities, special events, and summer youth camps are also present. In addition, schedules, rosters, scorecards, and promotional materials are included for many sports. The subseries consists of photographs of both men's and women's sports. The men's and women's basketball teams have separate entries in the inventory, the other sports that field both men's and women's teams are listed under a single entry. The mascot (SuperFrog), cheerleaders, and showgirls are featured in some of the game photos. The "general athletics" section contains photographs and memorabilia not specific to one particular sport. Photographs of Athletics Department events and employees, Frog Club events, fundraisers, awards and banquets, and sports facilities are part of this general section as well as photos of unidentified athletes, trainers, and athletic staff.

The general university events subseries consists of photographs of faculty and staff, students, campus, and events sponsored by TCU. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by last name, department name, or event title. There are many photographs of performing arts in this subseries, featuring performances by TCU's dance, music, opera, and theatre programs. Photographs of campus appear under the heading "campus views" and throughout the series according to the titles Linda Kaye assigned to them. Therefore, listings such as "fog on campus" or "Frog Fountain" may be of interest to those seeking shots of campus. Faculty and staff are listed alphabetically by last name or under the department in which they worked.

Series II: General Photographs, 1969-2007 includes images from Linda Kaye's photo assignments not connected to TCU. It is arranged alphabetically by the name of the business or the last name of the person featured in the photos. The series includes family portraits as well as photos of business events and non-TCU sporting events.