A center for the study of West Texas regional history

The proposed Center for the Study of Regional History is an educational facility which will provide an opportunity for a more efficient and comprehensive history education on a multiple of levels. The Center will co-locate, and provide new facilities for, the Texas Tech University Ranching Heritage Center (an indoor and outdoor history museum), the Southwest Collection (a regional research library and archives), the Lubbock County Museum (a collection of antique farm implements) and a proposed School of restoration to be added to the Texas Tech University Museum Science Department. The project should also provide facilities for education in regional history to be used on a full and part time basis by the History, Architecture, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics and Art Departments.

Since the project will be sited on the Texas Tech University Campus, collegiate education will be the prime concern. However, the facility should also provide learning opportunities for individuals and groups with a variety of backgrounds and educational levels. The casual museum visitor, elementary school class or the family on a weekend outing should find the facility as useful and educational as the most highly educated and serious researcher.