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Friends of the TCU Library Yesterday’s Yearbook

The Friends of the TCU Library make a difference. Through support and outreach, our Friends play a vital role in contributing Special Collections recently completed a project to digitize the TCU Horned Frog yearbooks dating from 1905
to the academic success of every student at Texas Christian University. The mission of the Friends is to: through 1999, and make them available in its online repository. Special Collections and Library staff worked with

Lyrasis Digitization Collaborative on this project, which took three months to complete. “We pursued this project
• Encourage understanding and appreciation of the work of the University Library and its special collections. to make this material more accessible to the TCU community and beyond,” said Mary Saffell, Special Collections
• Build up a greater realization of the importance of the Library to the future development of the University. Senior Archivist.
• Attract gifts in the forms of bequests, endowments, books, manuscripts and other appropriate materials beyond the
resources of the Library budget. The TCU Horned Frog yearbook was first published in 1895 and has been published annually since 1905 with a
• Serve as a medium through which Friends of the Library may become acquainted and share their enthusiasm for books. few exceptions. No yearbook was published in 1910, the year of the Waco fire. In 1974, the Horned Frog folded as
a result of lack of student support and funding. Image magazine was created in the 1973-1974 academic school
Our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the University, it’s students, alumni, the community and the Library by year to replace the yearbook and continues as a magazine today. The yearbook came back briefly in 1978 and 1979.
providing an avenue for learning more about library services, collections and to become more involved in a beloved and From 1983 through 1985 TCU published The Feature, a magazine-like volume that covered the major events and
respected institution. organizations of the university, but did not include individual pictures of students. The Horned Frog resumed
regular publication in 1986.
Throughout the year, the Friends sponsor speakers, faculty presentations and special events at the University that are of interest
to TCU and the Fort Worth Community. The bi-annual Friends newsletter highlights these events as well as new developments The yearbooks are full of historical information about TCU and are a snapshot into history in general. The
at the Library. yearbooks from the 1930s have art deco designs on the cover. It’s also interesting to see how students dress and the
fashions through the years. Yearbooks published earlier than 1905 will be digitized and added to the repository.
Please join me in exploring all of the wonderful treasures the TCU Library has to offer. Fill out the membership form provided,
mail it with a check and be prepared to be amazed. Membership forms are also available online. The online yearbooks can be viewed at https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/11031

A complete collection of TCU yearbooks from 1895 through 2015 can be viewed in our Special Collections reading
room.
Edward Fritz
President
Friends of the TCU Library

Friends of the TCU Library Board Members

Mr. Edward Fritz, President
Mr. Kevin Kuenzli, Treasurer
Mr. Craig Barbolla, Secretary
Ms. Stephanie Brentlinger
Dr. Ken Hubbell
Ms. Tracy Hull
Dr. June Koelker, Library Dean
Ms. Janet Baird Quisenberry
Ms. Cynthia Reaves
Ms. Joan Swaim
Ms. Lynn Winter

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