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Profile Response: Andy Wilkinson, Southwest Collection, Lubbock TX

“Libraries are haphazard. They grow by circumstance.” Andy Wilkinson, playwright and Artist-in-Residence for ten years at Southwest Collection, acknowledged the logical and serendipitous specialties that comprise Texas Tech University’s archives. Southwest Collection began with a regional focus: collecting ranching records. … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 347 – Lubbock TX to Slaton TX

October 17, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 27 Miles to Date: 18,036 States to Date: 45 Llano Estacado, the Palisaded Plains, also known as the Staked Plains because early Spanish explorers drove stakes to mark their route through … Continue reading

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