Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0312]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Carl Duffield"
Date: March 28, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Girls and Horses in Corral

Copy negative of two HSU Cowgirls in western clothing with the HSU Six White Horses in a corral. There are more horses in the background on the left and a barn on the right.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girls with Marine Officer

Copy negative of two HSU Cowgirls in western costumes with a uniformed Marine.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man and Woman on Fence

Copy negative of an HSU Cowgirl and Cowboy in western costumes. She is sitting on a fence and he is standing on the left. The Riding School building is behind them.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girl on Fence by Horse

Copy negative of an HSU Cowgirl in western costume sitting on a fence with a white horse beside a building.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girl on Fence

Copy negative of an HSU Cowgirl in western costume sitting on a fence, holding a rope.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman on Horse

Copy negative of a female HSU student riding a dappled horse in a field with bushes, trees, and buildings in the background.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman Trick Rider on Horse

Copy negative of a female HSU trick rider standing on a white horse, twirling a rope in front of the Riding School building. There are two other white horses in the background by the building.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Ladies Standing Outside

Copy negative of two women standing outside the Abilene State School Beauty Shop. The woman on the left is Agnus Gertrude Cook DeRusha, and the woman on the right is an unknown client.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Women at Club Meeting

Copy negative of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, District 6 meeting at the home of Mrs. Hart Shoemaker on Riverside Dr. in Abilene. There are six women standing in front of a house with stone archways.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boys in Chemistry Class

Copy negative of students Bill Wright, Jr., Robert Hopkins, and Terrell Hamilton working in a chemistry class in Abilene High School. The boys are wearing aprons, working at a table with beakers, and there are more supplies on the shelves behind them.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calliope

Copy negative of the McMurry College calliope on the street in front of the Metro Theater in Abilene with a group of people standing around it in the mid 1950's.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Horn Trio, Trumpet Section

Copy negative of McMurry College Band members, from left to right, Don Hamilton, Willis Gidden, and Bob Newman in uniform, playing trumpets in the late 1950's. Two are standing, and the one on the right is sittting, and there are five pictures and a map on the wall behind them.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Pictures

Copy negative of five school pictures of young Paul , Odell, and Dan Webb with other pictures partially visible. The large picture on the left taken in 1951 and the picture in the top right corner taken in 1955 are of Paul, The top middle picture and bottom right picture taken in 1955 are of Odell, and the middle bottom picture taken in 1955 is of Dan. Their names are written on each picture.
Date: {1951,1955}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Willis Family in Abilene]

Photograph of John T. Willis, Sr., Neva Willis Hudson, Charles Grant Willis, and Thomas Hart Willis at the home of Sallie Parker Willis in Abilene, Texas. Pictures hang on the wall behind them, and a face is reflected in a mirror hanging between the pictures. Chairs and a bench are also visible behind them.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Freshman Officers]

Photograph of the 1957 Freshman Class Officers on the front steps of a Hardin-Simmons University building. Standing, left to right: Wayne Wicker, Cammie Hulse, Richard Irwin. Seated on steps, left to right: Buddy Banack, Lannie Skaggs, Don Timberlake.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of HSU Dining Room]

Photograph of one long table in the private dining room of the Hardin-Simmons University cafeteria. The back wall is wallpapered with a repeating scene of a mansion surrounded by willows. Note in pencil on the back of the photo reads, "Private dining room of HSU cafeteria -- 1958-59."
Date: [1958..1959]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of HSU Golf Team]

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University golf teams posed in a semi-circle holding gold clubs. A white building can be seen in the background. This photograph was published in the Brand, the weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University, on May 26, 1951. From left to right: Billy Phillips, Jack Tidwell, George Smith, Frank Freer, and Carl Chambers.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Filming at HSU Riding School]

Photograph of a film crew inside the barn of the Riding School at Hardin-Simmons University. A boom operator holds a microphone down from the rafters.
Date: 1951
Creator: Thurman's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Smith Hall]

Photograph of Smith Hall, previously called the Girls Industrial Home, at Hardin-Simmons University. A female student can be seen reading on the front steps of the building.
Date: [..1952]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of HSU Trustees - 1959]

Group photograph of Hardin-Simmons University trustees on the steps of a building in 1959. Below the photograph is a list of names of the trustees pictured by row and those not present.
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Behrens Chapel Fire]

Photograph of the Behrens Chapel fire taken from between two other Hardin-Simmons University buildings and a parking lot. Flames and a large cloud of black smoke can be seen coming from the roof of the chapel.
Date: 1957?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Speaker at Dedication Ceremony]

Photograph of Omar Burleson, Elwin Skiles, and Fess Parker at the Achievement Celebration St. Dedication Ceremony. A man stands behind a microphone with a “KRBC” banner.
Date: November 19, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Frances Kesner and Dale Coody on HSU Campus]

Photograph of Frances Kesner and Dale Coody sitting in chairs beneath a tree in front of a brick building on the Hardin-Simmons University campus.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History