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Texas A&M Heritage Preservation Oral History Program Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1352
  • Collection
  • 1998-2002

The Heritage Preservation Oral History Program was designed to preserve for future generations of Aggies the history and traditions of Texas A&M as experienced by a diverse group of people.

The oral histories were largely collected by Haskell Monroe, the director of the program and the Dean of Faculties Emeritus, through an interview process. Haskell Monroe was a history professor at Texas A&M University as well as the President of the University of Texas at El Paso and the Chancellor of the University of Missouri. While at A&M he served as the secretary of the Aspirations Committee. This Committee wrote crucial reports advising changes that would help create the diversity experienced at A&M to this day including racial integration, co-education, and the elimination of the compulsory Corps of Cadets service.

The interviewees, for the Heritage Preservation Oral History Program, ranged from faculty, staff, students, and people highly involved in the university. This was intentionally done to give a diverse and well-rounded history and perception of life at Texas A&M University. These people ranged from university Presidents and their wives, yell leaders, student body presidents, and professors. In the Early Years of the program's history the focus was on A&M in the 1930s and the impact of the Corps. While in later interviews conducted professors and students were interviewed about more specific facets of A&M and individual programs and departments. While the program initially was supposed to only interview about 24 important people to the intuition it grew considerably throughout the process. The interviews were conducted from 1998 to 2002 totaling up to over 200 individual interviews and interviewees.

James R. Couch Papers

  • US TxAM-C 1449
  • Collection
  • 1950-1974

This collection contains articles written by James Russell Couch from his duration at Texas A&M as professor of Poultry and Nutrition Science. The articles relate to Poultry and Nutrition science and range from 1950 to 1974.

Couch, James Russell

Old Main Building Commemorative Plate

  • US TxAM-C 1232
  • Collection

This collection includes a porcelain plate made in Germany with the inscription "Wheelock - Made in Germany for M. H. James, Bryan, TX - Dresden". The plate contains an image of the original Old Main Building that was destroyed by fire in 1912.

Texas A&M Grade Reports Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1241
  • Collection
  • 1877-1955

This collection includes some personal grade reports from former students at Texas A&M. It also includes average semester grades for freshmen, sophomores, or by department for sessions 1925-1926 to 1939-1940.

Richard J. Dunn Collection - Fighting Texas Aggie Band

  • US TxAM-C C000041
  • Collection
  • 1922-1970

This collection contains correspondence from the A&M College Bandmaster Richard J. Dunn. Other items in this collection include infantry music books dating from 1930-50s. The collection also contains original sheet music from the Fighting Texas Aggie Band and legal documents pertaining to Richard J. Dunn's song "Texas Aggie", "Spirit of Aggieland", "The Aggie War Hymn" and other Aggie Sheet music.

Dunn, Richard J., 1881-1961

J. Oscar Morgan Papers

  • US TxAM-C 1147
  • Collection
  • 1911-1912

This collection contains papers of Dr. J. Oscar Morgan who was a Professor of Agronomy at A & M College of Texas in the early 1900s. Few exact dates could be identified, but some of the papers are dated around 1911-1912.

There is no information about whether these papers were ever published as articles, or whether they were used only in the classroom.

Chinese Student Association Papers

  • US TxAM-C 1156
  • Collection
  • 1963; 1971-1972

This collection includes a directory from the Chinese Student Association at TAMU from 1971-1972 and information about student run events during that time. Also included is the CSA constitution, dated 1963.

R. N. Conolly Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1159
  • Collection
  • Undated

This collection contains personal letters from Texas A&M student R. N. Conolly, along with a letter from the Dean of the School of Agriculture congratulating Conolly's parents about their son’s achievement.

Forest W. Cooper Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1161
  • Collection

This collection contains letters to Forest W. Cooper, an A&M student, who was elected First Lieutenant in the Corps of Cadets in 1923. The letters within were sent by Dana X. Bible, James Sullivan, and "Puny" Wilson, all who were involved with A&M athletics. Also, information about Cooper and the collection are included.

Eta Kappa Nu - Gamma Mu Chapter Minutes

  • US TxAM-C 1163
  • Collection
  • 1962-1966

This collection consists of a record book containing meeting minutes from the Gamma Mu Chapter at Texas A&M University of Eta Kappa Nu.

Texas A&M University, Bicycle Club Records

  • US TxAM-C 1164
  • Collection

This collection contains minutes of meetings, committee reports, financial statements, and reports of the Road Master,  from the Texas A&M Bicycle Club.

Texas A & M Bicycle Club

Texas A&M College Junto Club

  • US TxAM-C C000043
  • Collection
  • 1919-1920

This collection includes manuscripts discussing World War I (WWI) propaganda cartoons, an essay on war and physicians, and other essays written by students at Texas A&M College in 1919-1920.

Arne A. Jakkula Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1188
  • Collection

This collection contains information about the work of A. A. Jakkula at the Texas A&M Research Foundation in the Oceanography Department. Included is a photo album with pictures, newspaper articles, and biographies of people involved in the ship "Atlantic", which was renamed "Dr. A.A. Jakkulan" because of his contribution to its development.

Jakkula, Arne A.

Texas A&M College Student Correspondence Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1197
  • Collection
  • 1877-1878

This collection contains letters written by two A&M College students and general information about the collection. The first two letters are written by David Gordon Miller to his mother in 1877 (folder 2), and tell of Gordon's desire to be with his family at Christmas including a few words about A&M College and life. The third letter (folder 3) was written by E. G. Mills to his sister A. H. Sears on March 30, 1878, with a small section expressing the tedious life of an A&M student at the time.

Old Main Building: Transcript of Hearing After 1912 Fire

  • US TxAM-C 1204
  • Collection
  • 1912

This collection includes three copies of the testimony taken in the investigation of the origin of the May 27, 1912 fire that destroyed the Main Building ("Old Main") at Texas A&M College. The chairman of the investigation was Dr. D.W. Spence, Captian C. L. Fenton, and Wilmon Newell. It includes testimony from students, faculty, and staff that witnessed the explosion of the armory deposit on the fourth floor of the Main Building.

F. E. Giesecke Papers

  • US TxAM-C 1223
  • Collection

This collection includes pages from Giesecke's textbook “Mechanical Drawing”, geometric drawings, and his early grade reports from A&M.

Giesecke, Friedrich E.

Texas A&M Student Receipts Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1224
  • Collection
  • 1922-1923

This collection is of various receipts noting payment on a note, lab fee, and deposit slips, from the years 1922 to 1923 at Texas A&M College from old records accumulated and saved by Mr. David E. Lamb. These were sent to fill some gaps in the documentation of Texas A&M history.

Lamb, David E.

Gustav McKee Watkins: A Biography Collection

  • US TxAM-C 711
  • Collection

This collection contains a photocopy of Chapter 8 from the second edition of a book entitled Gustav McKee Watkins: A Biography, by John Bennett Watkins II, with additional references including a follow-up email of contents and extra biography materials.

James C. Nagle Photograph Album

  • US TxAM-C 704
  • Collection
  • circa 1900

The James C. Nagle Photographic Album is a Kodak album containing photographs of Texas A&M College campus, circa 1900.

Nagle, J. C. (James C.), 1865-1927

Irene "Mom" Claghorn Scrapbooks

  • US TxAM-C 706
  • Collection
  • 1900-1940

This collection contains three scrapbooks, one of which belonged to Irene Claghorn, filled with photographs and mementos dating from the early 1900s through the 1940s.

Texas A&M Student Scrapbook

  • US TxAM-C 707
  • Collection

One, 5" box with one folder of earlier campus photographs and one scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1960-1969.

Commencement Programs Collection - College of Veterinary Medicine

  • US TxAM-C C000293
  • Collection
  • 1984-1999

This collection functions as a record of commencements done by Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine. These programs are reports to the public, who attends the commencement, and clearly list all candidates for graduation.

D. Yarbrough Texas A&M College Scrapbook

  • US TxAM-C 320
  • Collection
  • circa 1938

This collection consists of a scrapbook showing "Early Views", mostly buildings, of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas through photographs taken by D. Yarbrough, Co. "A" Engineers (most dated 1938 on the back).

Included is a photo of the "Duncan House, College Station" which is probably the house of the Board of Directors (W. A. Duncan, as director of food services, was assigned a living space in that building). Photographs of several community buildings are also included:  The Boyett Apartments (North Gate), A&M Methodist Church, Baptist Church, Christian Church, St. Mary's (Catholic) Chapel, A&M Consolidated High School, and A&M Consolidated Grammar School (both schools were located on campus). There is also a close-up photo of a "typical" project house, and a long-distance shot of a group of project houses.

Bardin H. Nelson Papers

  • US TxAM-C 327
  • Collection

This collection contains unpublished papers written by A&M Professor Bardin H. Nelson discussing education, nutrition, and a number of other topics.

William M. Turner Papers

  • US TxAM-C 1239
  • Collection
  • 1945-1972

This collection contains photographs, programs, and clippings collected by William (Bill) M. Turner, who participated in a number of musical and theatrical endeavors across Aggieland, relating to the Aggieland Orchestra, Singing Cadets, and the Summer Entertainment Series at Texas A&M from 1945-1964 when Turner was the director of the Singing Cadets.

Exhibit Collection, "Easterwood Airport"

  • US TxAM-C 1240
  • Collection

This collection includes many articles, advertisements, and maps of the Easterwood Airport ranging from 1938-1986.

The items in the collection were assembled and used as part of a Texas A&M University exhibit on the history of Easterwood Airport, also known as Easterwood Field, which is the regional airport for Texas A&M University, Bryan-College Station, and Brazos County, Texas. The airport is owned by Texas A&M, who authorized the development of an airport at the existing site in 1938.

MSC Bookstore Promotional Cap

  • US TxAM-C 1247
  • Collection

This collection consists of a single cotton baseball hat (white/maroon) with printed Texas A&M University Athletics logo and the other Texas A&M University logo with inscribed "Your Texas A&M Bookstore - The Memorial Student Center".

Harold B. Sorensen Publications

  • US TxAM-C 1248
  • Collection
  • 1954-1970

This collection includes many of Harold B. Sorenson’s writings either reprinted from a group of writings or from his own works.

Sorensen, H. B. (Harold B.)

Joseph "Joe" Utay Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1289
  • Collection
  • 1912-1965

This collection contains memorabilia from Joe Utay’s career as a football coach during the mid-1900s along with his collection of football programs and stats rosters from his time serving in the Southwest Conference. Joe Utay was a member of the Texas A&M Football team from 1905-1907 as a halfback and was the football coach from 1912-1936. He was involved with the Southwestern Conference, the Cotton Bowl, and the Texas Officials Association.

This collection includes correspondence from Douglas MacArthur (then serving as the Commandant of West Point) discussing a potential football game between West Point and Texas A&M College. This collection also contains two lawsuits appealing for Texas A&M College to admit women to the university in 1933 and 1955. (The lawsuits were given to Joe Utay for legal review.)

Utay, Joseph

Star Wars at Texas A&M University Collection

  • US TxAM-C C000245
  • Collection
  • 2015

This collection consists of a number of items of Texas A&M University memorabilia, that display images, and lines of dialogue from the Star Wars cinematic universe. These items were sold in the fall of 2015 at the University Bookstore at the Memorial Student Center (MSC), as part of the nationwide landslide of publicity surrounding the December 2015 release of the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Items in the collection include T-shirts, pennants, stickers, decals, and beverage coolers, among others.

Austin Mardon Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1375
  • Collection
  • 1986-1989

This collection includes flags (felt) brought along on the geographical expedition in search of meteorites in Antarctica, headed by A&M professor John Wormuth, from November 1986 to February 1987. The expedition was an international collaborative effort between Japanese, Austrian, Dutch, and American researchers with William A. Cassidy (University of Pittsburgh) as the expedition team leader.

Other items included are a Texas House Resolution awarding Austin Mardon the United States Navy's Antarctica Medal on February 27, 1989.

Mardon, Austin A. (Austin Albert)

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