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University Archive Photographs "I"
Arranged in alphabetical order by
collection name
Inaugurations and Symposium l Institute for Diaster Research l International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies
Inaugurations and
Symposium
The first symposium on Arid and Semi-arid Lands was held in conjunction with the
inauguration of Dr. Grover E. Murray as the eighth president of the university October
30-November 1, 1966. As a geologist, Dr. Murray held a long-time interest in the study of
desert environments and was instrumental in founding the International Center for Arid and
Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS) at Texas Tech in 1967. Participants for the symposium
included John W. Gardner, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Stewert L. Udall,
secretary of the Interior; Emilio Portes Gil, former president of Mexico; and Dr. S.
Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
- U 98.1 Inaugurations Photographs, undated- This collection of two prints contains images of guests of the Arid and Semi-arid Lands symposium and Dr. Murray's Inauguration, October, 1966. Pictured include John W. Gardner, Emilio Portes Gil, Dr. Grover E. Murray, Dillon S. Ripley, and Stewart L. Udall.
Institute for Disaster Research
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U 220.1 Institute for Disaster Research Photographs, 1976- This collection contains one print, the Proceedings of the Symposium of Knowledge and Implications For Man, and a list of the participants. The image is of all the participants of the Symposium. As this is a very small collection, the image resides with the manuscript material.
International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS)
- U 96.3 ICASALS Photographs, undated- The collection consists of 2 mounted, oversized prints of dignitaries by a military air command passenger jet (undated) and a meeting at the Lubbock International Airport for International Development (undated).
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