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Austin Allison

Austin Allison is an assistant librarian at Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

Texas Tech University, the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

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The Remnants of the Southwest Conference

Conference realignment. It is the periodic buzzword that makes the rounds of college athletics for the past three or more decades as schools and conferences aim to sweeten their television contracts. The history of college athletics runs mostly parallel to the history of college athletic conferences, and with that history comes the stories of conference

Tumbleweed Smith at Lamesa Chamber Banquet

Authentic People

Tumbleweed Smith and the Sounds of Texas

Austin Allison

Authentic People Transitory or not, tumbleweeds possess the sort of legendary semi-permanence in Texas that makes them one of the most prolific icons that represent the state. It is no surprise then that one of Texas’ most prolific broadcasters, Big…

Trail Drives

Comfortably Lodged

Austin Allison

Be it a witty euphemism or a roundabout slap in the face, describing a county jail’s occupants as “comfortably lodged” evokes intriguing thoughts about jailhouse conditions in years past. This term, along with other colloquial language, is sprinkled across regional…

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Austin Allison

The Remnants of the Southwest Conference

Tumbleweed Smith and the Sounds of Texas

Comfortably Lodged

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