Nancy Holt Hughes Collection

Institution:
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Texas Tech University
MS 41041
Lubbock, Texas 79409
806-742-3749

Contact Person: Reference Librarian

Date: August 8, 2002

Accession number(s): 2001-0094-B

Collection number: S1599.1

Size of Collection: 13 boxes (3.3 linear feet)

Biographical Sketch: Nancy Hughes is an avid collector of postcards building up her personal collection for many year beginning in the mid twentieth century. She is a native of Santa Anna, Texas. Her father is Roy D. Holt, Sr., a Texas history scholar and educator.

Additional Sources:Gloria’s Corner, by Gloria and Raymond Jackson, Denison, Texas

Scope and Content: The collection is composed mostly of Texas postcards. Ten boxes have postcards from various cities and towns. One box has a miscellaneous collection of topics and the last box contains postcards of Texas courthouses. The postcards showcase famous landmarks, people, and historical events. There are approximately 7250 postcards within the collection. The files contain news clippings, publications on postcard collecting, and oversized postcards. Also includes a postcard collectors’ newsletter entitled “Gloria’s Corner”, printed from Denison, Texas (1991-1995). Postcards Inventory.

Organization: Organized by town names and miscellaneous topics.

Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library: Postcard Collection, 1878-1970, SWCPC 167

Acquisition: Gift, 2001.

Access Restrictions: Open for Research.

Processed by: Abel Ramirez

Preferred Citation:

Hughes, Nancy Holt, Collection, 1922-2000 and undated, 
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection Topics:

• Hughes, Nancy Holt
• Texas – postcards
• Texas – courthouses
• Deltiology
• Postcard collecting