[Photograph of Music Class]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group posed looking over sheet music. A red stamp in the lower left corner identifies the photo as a proof.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thurman's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of an orchestra and choir performing on stage in the gymnasium at Hardin-Simmons University.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group posed looking over sheet music on a piano. The instructor points out a specific area with the end of a pencil, and the students look on.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group posed looking over sheet music laid out on a piano. Four male students stand behind a women who sits on the bench behind the piano. The instructor points out a specific area with the end of a pencil, and the students look on.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of School of Music]

Photograph of Georges Pretre, conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, and Dean Caruth, from the School of Music, speaking to one another at an event.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Group]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University music group practicing under the guidance of a faculty conductor. Choral singers as well as orchestral wind instrument players are shown.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thurman's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Music Award Ceremony]

Photograph of a man behind a microphone presenting a student with a music award. Two members of the audience are also shown in the foreground. A piano can be seen against the wall in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thurman's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Simmons College Band, 1910-11]

Photograph for the Simmons College band from the 1910-11 school year, showing the members of the band on the front steps of a campus building. There are 26 people standing in two rows with their instruments. A small child wearing a matching uniform stands in front of the bottom row.
Date: [1910..1911]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowgirls at Event]

Photograph of members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band performing at an event. The photo shows four women who play accordion, bass, vocals, and guitar.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowgirl Band]

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band on stage with their instruments. The conductor, wearing a tuxedo, stands on a podium in the middle of the group.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowgirls Holding Tubas]

Photograph of two members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band holding marching band tubas. They both wear matching Cowgirl uniforms which include a light-colored button-down shirt, a knee-length skirt, and a cowboy hat.
Date: April 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Simmons College Band]

Photograph of the Simmons College Band on the front steps of a campus building. There are 16 people standing in two rows with their band instruments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 1909-10 Simmons Band]

Group photograph of the 1909-1910 Simmons College band, show each member with his instrument. The members have been identified below the photo: “Prof. C. H. Lewis--Cornet, Carl Scot--Bass, Julian Rushing--Bass, Jessie Rodgers--Alto, Henry White--Violin, James Moore--Cornet, Malcolm Mayfield--Cornet, Grover Dick--Clarinet, Love James--Tenor, Otto Watts--Flute, Edgar McCall--Cornet, Eugene Compere--Clarinet, Earnest Reynolds--Flute, Elijah Hicks--Snare drum, Robert. Patton--Bass drum, Robert. Collins--Slide trombone.”
Date: [1909..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Band]

Group photograph of the word famous HSU Cowboy Band on the front steps of a building. There are 34 people posed in 3 rows with their instruments.
Date: [1934..]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Band, 1933]

Official group photograph of the 1933 Simmons University Cowboy Band. There are 24 people posed in 3 rows with their instruments.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Academy Band]

Photograph of the 1905 Academy Band on risers in front of a brick building, showing each student holding his or her instrument.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University instructor and student looking at a piece of sheet music.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Band]

Photograph of The Original Cowboy Band on the front of Abilene Hall at Simmons University. The band stands in a triangle formation with their instruments.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of HSU Symphony Orchestra]

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University symphony orchestra on stage with their instruments. An audience can be seen in the foreground. Note in the bottom margin reads, "H-SU Symphony Orchestra -- 1942-3 -- Herbert Preston, Conductor."
Date: [1942..1943]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Choral Ensemble]

Photograph of a choral ensemble gathered around a man playing a piano. Two of the singers hold out sheet music so that everyone can read the music.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thurman's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men Playing Harpsichord]

Photograph of a music student playing the harpsichord while a Hardin-Simmons University faculty members watches in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Clarinet Section]

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band clarinet section. The photo shows the women playing their instruments during a concert.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Trombone Section]

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band trombone section. There are 3 women posed in a tier pattern with their instruments. A shadow is cast on the back wall.
Date: April 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowgirl Band with Instruments]

Photograph of members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band practicing their instruments together. The women play a variety of instruments, including two clarinets, a trumpet, a tuba, and a trombone.
Date: April 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History