University Archives

The role of the University Archives is to identify, acquire, manage, and preserve university records of enduring value to promote intellectual curiosity, discovery, scholarly exploration and inquiry. The University Archives and staff support information needs for the entire university community and is open to the public. The staff is committed to supporting the teaching, research, and service missions of TWU by acquiring, organizing, and promoting the use of unique archival collections.

About the Archives

The Library first began collecting the biographies of great women in 1932 at the suggestion of its president, Dr. Louis H. Hubbard, "to serve as role models" to students. The collection has grown since those early days to include:

University Digital Archives

View scans of historical documents, photographs, and publications.

The Daedalian, yearbook published by the College of Industrial Arts junior class of 1917.

Adrienne Fisk (left) and Dr. Janice LaPointe (middle) Crump perform a commissioned work, Denton, Texas.

Motherhood window pattern, Little Chapel in the Woods

1913 basketball team

Dr. Pauline Beery Mack seated with a group of people, reading Teen-age Food Patterns.

Students at headline setting machine in the print shop. L to R: Alberta Allen; Sandra DeFore; Donna Jean Hood; Jackie Smith; and Kay Longfall.