Center for Historic Preservation and Technology:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1825-1995 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Biographical Sketch

Originally known as the History of Engineering Program, an interdisciplinary endeavor founded at Texas Tech University in 1970, the Center for History of Engineering and Technology conducts research programs that effect the identification, inventory and documentation of historic engineering sites and structures, city and county-wide historic building surveys, and documentation of antique farm equipment. Geographically, the main research focus is the American Southwest with most completed projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, or Utah. Staff members consist of Texas Tech faculty and research associates from various fields.

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Scope and Content

Contains materials generated by research programs conducted by the Center for Historic Preservation and Technology (formerly History of Engineering Program). Includes files on sites identified in Historic Engineering Site Inventories undertaken in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah with files arranged alphabetically by site name. Documentation of specific sites ranges from simple identification to in-depth documentation. Documentation can include photographs (contemporary and historic); historic sources (photocopies), bibliographic material, blue prints, mechanical drawings, maps, informant questionnaires, and interview transcripts. Files also include nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) as well as American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Historic Civil Engineering Landmark recognition. Additional materials in the collection were generated by Historic Building Inventories in Greenlee County and Douglas, Arizona; various New Mexico cities and counties; and Cleburne and Pampa, Texas. Other projects represented in the collection are the Florida Historic Bridge Survey and Lubbock County Historic Farm Equipment Research. Also includes correspondence and administrative material relating to the program, a User’s Guide for the original computerized Historic Engineering Site Inventory (HESI) database, and a recently prepared CD-ROM containing the database and a visual basic program for accessing the information. Bulks with material generated by the Historic Engineering Site Inventory projects in various states.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

Some archival collections may be housed in storage outside of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library building. Requests to retrieve such materials may take up to 10 business days to complete. Please contact our Reference Department to arrange retrieval.

Audio, video, and film recordings may not be immediately accessible due to format, condition, or copyright status. All items must be digitized prior to patron use. Because not all collections materials have been digitized, please contact the Reference Archivist at least 10 days prior to arrival in order to coordinate digitization. Though we can digitize much of our holdings within two weeks, some media may be fragile and require specialized digitization outsourcing, which can take up to three months for completion.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Center for Historic Preservation and Technology Records, 1833-1995 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Accession Information

Collection accession #(s):
2002-0116-B

Gift, 2003

Processing Information

Processed by: Karen Hicks, 2003

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Additional Sources

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Collection Inventory