Copy slide of a photograph of the exterior of the McMurry Administration & Classroom Building in the 1920s.

Photograph of the seating and windows in the auditorium of Old Main.

A photograph of J. E. Shewbert as a student at McMurry University. Shewbert received his B.A. degree from McMurry College in 1931 and eventually served on the McMurry Board of Trustees.

Photograph of the McMurry College Opening Day Ceremony. A featured singer sings the song "America," and students watch in the auditorium. The image has been cut in a scallop design, and is on a brown mat.

A photograph of an unidentified man, perhaps a McMurry University faculty member, wearing a suit and round eyeglasses.

Photograph of the invocation at the McMurry College Opening Day ceremony, where students stand in front of their seats in the auditorium. The image is on a brown mat.

Photograph of the invocation at the McMurry College Opening Day ceremony, where students fill the auditorium. The image is on a brown mat.

Photograph of the First Founders Day gathering at the McMurry campus in Abilene. The men are assembled into three rows in front of an academic building.

Group photograph of the Abilene Christian College class of 1923 in graduation gaps and gowns on the front steps of a brick building.

Group photograph of the Sub-T 16 Social Club, wearing matching white button-up shirts with rolledup sleeves and sashes, forming two rows. One of the young men on the edge of the bottom row holds an arrow in his mouth, between his teeth.

Photograph of T.S. Higginbotham, seen fiddling with his camera, taking the annual class picture in 1923. The graduates, wearing graduation caps and gowns, can be seen standing on the front steps of a brick building.

Group photograph of the Wildcat Band in 1923. Back row: Chester Callan, Basden, Witt, Williams. Middle row: Packer, Young, Dee Huffines, J.M. Sewell, Iven Hansley, Mansker, Clark, Thomas. Front row: Jones, Frank Dalmasso, Mason, Clarence Gobble, Oden, Maurice Leach, Scott Sherdee.

Photograph of Irma Jewel McDuffie, wearing a dark-colored fur coat, outside by the Abilene Christian College Wildcat Cage basketball court. Players in uniform on the court can be seen in the background.

A portrait of an unidentified man, tentatively identified as a McMurry University faculty member from the 1920s or '30s, wearing a suit with a striped necktie.

Photograph of Abilene Mayor Charles E. Coombes making an address at the McMurry College Opening Day Ceremony, where students pack the auditorium.

Photograph of the First Methodist Church in Abilene, Texas. The image has been cropped in a wavy pattern on the left and right sides.

Photograph of the McMurry College Opening Day Ceremony. Students fill an auditorium, and several people can be seen on the balcony. The photograph is on a brown mat.

A portrait of an unidentified man, tentatively identified as a McMurry University faculty member from the 1920s or '30s, wearing a suit with a bow tie and round eyeglasses.

A photograph of an unidentified man, tentatively identified as a McMurry University faculty member from the 1920s or '30s, wearing a three-piece suit with a pocket watch and eyeglasses.

Photograph of the McMurry College Administration Building, a three story structure with little surrounding it. The image is on a brown mat.

Photograph of the Parkers during the first funeral held at the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. They stand on the threshold of the uncompleted south entrance to the church, with temporary wooden planks installed between short brick walls. Sallie Ann Parker Willis stands with two of her children at left. Her mother, Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, stands second from right, and Margaret Parker Cox stands at far right, seated against the right short brick all. All face forward.