Records of Denton Ray Lindley, vice president of Texas Christian University
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1961
Creator
- Lindley, Denton Ray, Dr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Denton Ray Lindley was born in 1905. He earned degrees from Phillips University (B.A., 1926), TCU (B.D., 1929) and Yale University (B.D., 1941; M.A., 1943; Ph.D., 1946). Lindley served as TCU's vice president from 1953 to 1958, as executive vice president from 1958 to 1959, and as president from 1959 to 1962. He died in 1987.
Extent
8.50 Linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by fiscal year and alphabetically by subject within each year.
Physical Location
Vault BF 4-6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Chancellor's Office, ca. 2000.
Cultural context
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Records of Denton Ray Lindley as vice president of Texas Christian University
- Author
- Compiled by Jeanette Arteaga de Calderon and Claire C. Galloway
- Date
- November 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Mary Couts Burnett Library Repository
TCU Box 298400
2800 S. University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129-0001
Fort Worth Texas 76129
(817) 257-4566
(817) 257-7282 (Fax)
LibSpecialCollections@tcu.edu
