This collection contains materials relating to freshman convocation.

From 2003-2011 the archives would receive the schedule of events, the official program, and a VHS, CD, or DVD (formatting progressed through the years) of the convocation. Occasionally a "gift" was included that the incoming freshmen were given to aid them in their first year away from home.

In 2006, the gift became standardized as a drawstring laundry bag one could put their clothes in and throw in the wash or use to carry their personal items to and from laundry facilities. The bag has a solid piece of materials across the center where "Freshman Convocation" along with the year is printed, and a blank spot for the bag owner's name. (Laundry bags were not given to the archive for the years 2009-2011).

In 2013, Freshman Convocation t-shirts were added to the archive accessions.

This collection includes flower show information, historical club materials, minutes, club yearbooks and scrapbooks, and club reports.

This collection consists of three 5" boxes and includes the following publication titles:

• Newsletter (1977-1994)
• The INA Quarterly
• Preprints (1978-)

This collection consists of the following publication titles:

• Preliminary Reports (1985-1995)
• Technical Notes (1985-1995)
• Newsletter (1985-11992)
• News Release (1985-1991; 1996-1998)

This collection consists of the following:

• Research reports (MS and Ph.D. theses)
• Offshore Observations (1994-1995, two issues).

This collection consists of one 5" box and includes the following publication titles:

• Inside, 1997
• Backstage, 1991-1992
• MSC OPAS Brochures, 1998-2002

This collection contains the following publications for A&M personnel:

• Personnel News, 1975-1978
• Personnel News At A&M, 1978-1989

This collection consists of one 5" box and includes the Physical Plant Newsletter (1979-1994).

The archives consist of photographs, publications, correspondence, and reports on the early history of RESI under the directions of its first two directors, Dr. Gail E. Thomas (1991-98) and Dr. Mitchell F. Rice (1999-2004). The institute was founded in 1991 and established to highlight Texas A&M University's strengths and academic leadership in research relating to the study of race and ethnicity and their various dimensions (e.g., intersections with class, gender, and sexuality; past, present, and future relevance to issues of education, immigration, politics, culture, and health).

This collection consists of one 5" box and includes RESI News Notes Newsletter (1995-1996).

This collection consists of meeting minutes, luncheon meeting and program newsletter/mailings, activity reports, and a brief historical outline. Also included is a binder with photocopies of the original constitution, by-laws, and other documents related to the 1965 formation of the A&M Retirees Club.

Unprocessed

This collection includes records from 1968-1971, official results of Aggiecross VIII through XX, results of the 1984-1985 Autocross, the Master Planning Packet for the 1985-1986 Aggiecross, and the record book of the Club for 1985- 1986.

This collection consists of one 5" box and includes Texas Climatic Bulletin (1997).

This collection contains documents from the Student Government Association (SGA) including bills, constitutions, agendas and minutes of specific committees and councils, and much more regarding the university's government system.

Most of the documents consist of primary sources that were either handwritten or typed. The collection is mostly made up of agendas, minutes, bills, and correspondence of various A&M student committees and councils. There are a few documents on various university programs and issues that occurred between the 1970s and early 1990s. The entire collection covers the time period from the late 1960s to the early 1990s respectively. These documents only address Texas A&M ventures and concerns regarding the student system.

The collection also includes various traditional events (i.e. Muster) and important people (i.e. Dr. Koldus) that was a result of or contributed to Texas A&M's Student Government.

This collection consists of the following publications

• Reports, 1956; 1959-1962; 1965-1968; 1971
• TRC Current Data News, 1973-1984

This collection consists of three 5" boxes and includes:

• Summary Report (1964-1981)
• Texas Highway Operations Manual

This collection contains materials such as guest books, yearbooks, a scrapbook, information books, and annual reports of the Texas A&M University-affiliated women's Newcomers Club.

This collection contains 6 magnetic photo albums containing photographs and other materials regarding Research Park.

The Texas A&M University Zine Collection is a generalized "floating" collection of zines tied to a set of particular collecting criteria:

• Zines created by Texans, Southwesterners or other Southerners and/or concern Texas, the Southwest and the South; zines created by minorities across Texas, the Southwest or the South; zines created by TAMU students or former students; and Artzines concerned with printing and/or designed as print art objects.

The collection has "Texas A&M University" in the title to reflect the collecting criterion of zines created by A&M students or former students. More importantly, however, the inclusion of the A&M name in the collection title reinforces the collection's connection to the university as well as its major purpose, to help make TAMU a center for the preservation of regional alternative voices.

This collection consists of the white, extra copies of the correspondence of the Dean of Agriculture. Most of the correspondence dates from 1960-1968. It should be noted that there is some overlap with material for the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station. This is due to the fact that both R. E. Patterson and H. O. Kunkel who were Deans of Agriculture during this time span also served as Directors of the Experiment Station simultaneously.

The papers from 1959 are from the tenure of Dr. R. E. Patterson as Vice Chancellor for Agriculture. In 1960 he was appointed Dean of Agriculture and simply continued this white copy file until his resignation and departure in August of 1967. Dr. H. O. Kunkel, upon his assumption of duty as the Dean of Agriculture, chose to continue to add to the files of his predecessor rather than creating his own. These files cover virtually the entire time span in which the Dean of Agriculture and Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station were posts held concurrently by the same individual (1960-1972).