A photograph of Dr. David Blackburn (1928-2008), seated at his desk. Dr. Blackburn was chairman of the Fine Arts Division and the Music Department at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, during the 1970s.

Photograph of McMurry University students playing fanfare trumpets on a set of stairs. They wear band uniforms and face right.

Photograph of four saxophone players from the McMurry University band. Other musicians can be seen behind them.

Photograph of McMurry University's band hall, a room filled with instruments and music stands. The photograph was taken from upstairs.

Photograph of a music classroom in the original Art Building on the McMurry campus in Abilene. Desks are lined up in front of a chalkboard.

Photograph of Dr. Lloyd D. Huff playing the guitar while Barbara Brown Williams looks on. A calendar hangs on the wall behind them.

Photograph of Boog (nee Sears) Eyssen sitting at a piano. Eyssen graduated from McMurry College in 1927, where she studied voice and music history. She was the McMurry Totem Queen in both 1926 and 1927. Later in life, she donated money to McMurry to establish the Eyssen Scholarship for Music.

Photograph of Boog Eyssen (nee Sears) holding a cat. Eyssen graduated from McMurry College in 1927, where she studied voice and music history.

A photograph of the Bynum Band Hall at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, from a parking lot. The orange brick building with fleur-de-lis decals stands centered between two mature trees; down the center of the sidewalk leading to the Band Hall entry doors is a garden bed filled with decorative plants and bushes.

Photograph of Cammie Petree, the head volleyball coach of McMurry University, on stage with a guitar.

Photograph of McMurry President Dr. Thomas Kim shaking hands with a man during a graduation ceremony, with members of the Chanters to the right.

Photograph of Frank Hinkel playing the carillon with gloved hands.

Photograph of Dr. Thomas Kim's daughter, Kathy, playing a piano.

Photograph of an unidentified man playing the carillon at McMurry College.

Photograph of the members of the McMurry College Chanters singing on a stage. A man standing to the right conducts them.

Postcard with a photograph of the McMurry College Indian Band, taken in 1950-1951. Raymond T. Bynum was the director.

Photograph of the McMurry College Morning Star singing group standing in front of the wishing well on the college campus.

Photograph of the members of the McMurry College Sharps and Flats act on a stage. The women sit in the first row, and the men kneel behind them in the back row.

Photograph of a woman and a man, likely students, playing a guitar while sitting on the grass beneath some trees on the campus of McMurry College. Several parked cars and a building are visible in the background.

Photograph of members of the McMurry Jazz Combo playing at the 1993 Alzheimer's Memory Walk. Those pictured are Mike Munoz, playing saxophone in the center, Tommy Perkins, and Jimmie Roberts.

Photograph of a music classroom in Old Main prior to renovation. Tables and chairs can be seen in the image.

Photograph of an office in old main prior to renovation. Native American artwork hangs above the desk, which stands on a rug. Other tables and chairs complete the room.

A photograph of the long barrack used in the 1940s and '50s for music classes at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of Paul Engelstad conducting three female singers at McMurry University.