[Photograph of Cowboy Band Member]

Photograph of a student in the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band playing a French horn at the 2009 Western Heritage Day. She wears a yellow button-down shirt, bandanna, a large belt buckle, and chaps. Several white plastic chairs can be seen in the background.
Date: 2009
Creator: Maynard, Shannon Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Catclaw Boys]

Photographic slide of the Catclaw Boys performing outside beneath a tree at Western Heritage Day in 2004. The band is composed of three older men playing guitar and one woman with a violin. One of the men has been identified as Herb Grover.
Date: 2004
Creator: Richardson, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Band at Sandefer Memorial]

Photographic slide of the Cowboy Band performing in front of the Sandefer Memorial at the Western Heritage Day in 2004. Richardson Library can be seen in the background.
Date: 2004
Creator: Fink, Larry
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Band at Sandefer Memorial]

Photographic slide of the Cowboy Band performing in front of the Sandefer Memorial at the Western Heritage Day in 2004.
Date: 2004
Creator: Fink, Larry
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Singer]

Photographic slide of a cowboy singing and playing the guitar at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The singer, visible from the side, wears a straw cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a denim jacket.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Paul Madden Singing]

Photographic slide of cowboy singer, Paul Madden, playing the guitar and singing into a microphone at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. He wears a brown cowboy hat and a denim jacket. Several large trees can be seen in the background.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Fink Family]

Group photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University-affiliated family posed next to a Christmas tree. From left to right: Katrina Dean Fink (daughter of Dr. Jack Dean, Dean of School of Music); Dr. Bob Fink, Dept. of English; Dr. Tiffany Fink, Dept. of History, and her son Andrew; Jon Fink; and Rob Fink.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Richardson Library]

Photograph of the Rupert and Pauline Richardson Library at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Murl Sickbert was the music librarian.
Date: April 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sigma Alpha at Sing]

Photograph of Hardin-Simmons University students performing onstage at Sing. A man can be seen in the front playing a saxophone on one knee while others run around in the background wearing "Camp" shirts.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Band, 1988]

Group photograph of the HSU Cowboy Band during the fall semester of 1988, showing 36 people in three rows. The student in the middle of the second row holds up a “Cowboy Band” rubber doughnut. W. Scott Mather, conductor, stands in the bottom row, second from right. Michael Patterson sits on the top row, seventh from right.
Date: Autumn 1988
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph Andy Patterson at Chalkboard]

Photograph of Dr. Andy J. Patterson writing musical notes on a chalkboard at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Two Hardin-Simmons students stand on either side of him, watching as a writes. One of the students holds sheet music in her hands.
Date: June 17, 1986
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Delta at Sing Rehearsal]

Photograph of Delta posed in three rows after an All School Sing rehearsal. Three of the men hold instruments, including a saxophone, tuba, and trombone.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dizzy Fingers]

Photograph of Dizzy Fingers, including Jill Trudgeon and Danny Barefield, as an interact in the All School Sing.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Interact Group]

Photograph of Raimunda Pena Forte and Velma Rodriquez perform as an interact in the All School Sing.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men Playing Instruments at Sing]

Photograph of Todd Johnston, Herman Merritt, and Greg Kelly (Interact) playing the banjo, guitar, and bass while singing at the 24th annual All School Sing.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of The Hairy Belefontes]

Photograph of the Hairy Belefontes as an interact in the All School Sing. They stand behind a grand piano set up in front of the auditorium stage.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Caldwell Hall]

Photograph of the side of Caldwell Hall on the Hardin-Simmons University campus. The building sign can be seen standing in the front lawn and reads, "Caldwell Hall -- School of Music."
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Singers at Western Heritage Day]

Photographic slide of singers performing with several different instruments, including banjos and a mandolin, at the 1982 Western Heritage Day.
Date: 1982
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Piano Player]

Photograph of Christian Zacharias after he finished a piece on the piano. Typed note on the back reads, “Irl Allison (left) congratulates Christian Zacharias, Cliburn Competition Medalist, after a performance with the Abilene Philharmonic -- In the background (l. to r.) are Ruby E. Young, Lucialis Morrison, Thurman Morrison, E. Edwin Young, George Yaeger, T. W. (Jack) Dean, and Jessie Allison.”
Date: October 30, 1973
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 a Man and a Piano]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University faculty member standing beside a piano. The unidentified man, wearing a dark double-breasted suit, stands with his right hand resting on the lid of a vertical piano.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Accordion Player]

Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl playing an accordion with singers in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Caldwell Hall]

Photograph of Caldwell Hall at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. A sign in the front lawn reads, "Caldwell Hall -- School of Music." Marching band members can be seen talking in a group near the front entrance doors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hutcheson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Check Ceremony that Establishes Scholarship]

Photograph of Mrs. Don Kimball, the former Karen Swartz and 1963 music graduate, presenting a $10,000 check to Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher, Hardin-Simmons University president, to begin an endowed scholarship in honor of the late Edward H. Hamilton, a former acting dean and music professor.
Date: unknown
Creator: Best, Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History