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[Canyon City, Texas class of 1903]

Photograph of the graduating class of 1903 of Canyon City High School. Shown are two men in suits and five women in white dresses, photographed before a studio backdrop, framed by potted plants. Each person is holding a rolled sheet. Photocopies from the commencement program are attached to the reverse of the photograph, listing the graduates.
Date: 1903
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College burning in 1914. The building is shown from the front with a large column of smoke rising from the center of the structure. A crowd stands watching, with objects that were rescued from the building.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Science classroom at West Texas State Teachers College]

Photograph of a science classroom at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, Texas. Tables holding several microscopes are in the foreground, cases and cabinets along one wall hold equipment, models, and a human skeleton.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Goodnight boys dormitory1905-06

Photograph of male students of Goodnight College in Goodnight, Texas in front of the boy's dormitory. Students of various ages stand in a loose row, with several seated on the ground in front and a small group further back, before an open door. Several others appear in the five windows of the building's second story. The dormitory is a two-story wood frame building built in an "L" shape. Two of the students, Earl Paine and Bill Hill, are identified on the image.
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baseball game at West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of a baseball game at West Texas State Normal College. The game is shown from behind third base, looking across the infield. The pitcher has just released the ball and the batter, catcher and umpire await the pitch at home plate. A few players are seated on a bench along the first base line, and a small group of spectators stand and sit behind and to one side of the plate. A coach stands in the background near first base, and another is in the foreground on the third base side. Football goalposts stand on the far side of the baseball field, and the temporary school buildings built after the main building fire of 1914 are visible in the background.
Date: 191X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College faculty]

Photograph of faculty at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. Four women are standing on porch steps of a frame building, between two white columns. Two men are standing to the left of the women and a young girl stands at the foot of the steps. Individuals are identified on the reverse: (1) ?, (2) Miss Hudspeth, (3) Miss Mae Pickeral (Mrs. Allen's niece); on lower step, Miss Anna I Hibbets. Men - rear ?, and front ______ Henderson.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bovina, Tex., Nov. 1914

Photograph of a group of students and a teacher in Bovina, Texas. The group is posed in front of a brick building, probably the school. The teacher is standing in the back row in the center. The photograph is attached to a card and beneath the picture is a handwritten note, "To mama, from John." On the back is written, "John in first grade."
Date: November 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students' Army Training Corps drills]

Photograph of group of recruits from the Students' Army Training Corps at West Texas State Normal College. The recruits are marching along an unpaved path with the college Administration Building in the background. The recruits are led by men are playing musical instruments with the remainder marching in tight formation.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wellington High School, commercial department

Photograph of a classroom in the Wellington High School building. Flat-topped wooden desks and matching chairs are arranged in the room, with a larger desk at the front, below a chalkboard. A second classroom is visible through windows in a partition separating the rooms. The architect for the building was Guy A. Carlander.
Date: March 12, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tulia High School]

Photograph of the newly built Tulia High School. It is a two-story stuccoed building with a clay tile roof. The front entrance is arched. There is a automobile parked at the front of the building. Several very small trees have been planted along the front of the building.
Date: 1924~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Homemaking class at West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of women in a sewing class in the Home Economics Department of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The women are seated at large tables or at sewing machines, working on sewing projects. A woman standing at the back of the room may be Home Economics Professor Anne Wood.
Date: 1921~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Public school, Dalhart, Texas

Photograph of Dalhart school building in Dalhart, Texas. This three-story building is built primarily of brick. The brick is used in many decorative ways on the walls of the building. The pitched roof has a dormer window at the front of the building above the entry and decorative eaves. On the side of the building is a stairway leading to a small covered entryway. On the same side is a cylindrical fire escape leading to the second floor. Photograph is printed as a post card
Date: 191X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Joseph L. Duflot]

Photograph of Joseph Leo Duflot, a professor of Sociology at West Texas State College from 1918-1951. Duflot is wearing a dark suit and tie with a dark hat and stands in front of the college Administration Building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canyon : the educational home of northwest Texas (open access)

Canyon : the educational home of northwest Texas

Pamphlet featuring images of West Texas State Teachers College; Canyon, Texas schools, homes, and businesses; and outdoor scenes, including Palo Duro Canyon.
Date: 1928~
Creator: Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flag Day celebration, West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of students and faculty of West Texas State Normal College standing in a star formation around a flagpole on the grounds of the main college building. A smaller group stands in a circle within the formation. Several automobiles are parked along the street in the background. A two-story frame house and windmill and a part of Randall Hall, a college residence, are visible in the near background. In the distance are farm houses and other buildings.
Date: May 4, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canyon Public Schools: Course of Study and General Regulations, 1922-1923 (open access)

Canyon Public Schools: Course of Study and General Regulations, 1922-1923

Listing of general regulations and curricula for elementary through high school grades for the 1922-1923 school year in Canyon, Texas.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins of the West Texas State Normal College building]

Photograph of the ruins of the administration building of West Texas State Normal College in 1914 after a fire burned it nearly to the ground. Parts of the walls and a chimney are all that remain. A water tower stands in the background.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dalhart elementary school students]

Photograph of a group of elementary school students posed on the steps of a brick building. Individuals are numbered on the image, corresponding to names on the verso.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College main building]

Photograph of the front facade of the main building of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. A long concrete walkway leads to the front steps of the building. There are three people standing at the base the steps. Several small trees line part of the walk and a planted area in the near foreground, where a hose and water sprinkler are visible.
Date: 191X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
"The college and its mission" : founder's day address (open access)

"The college and its mission" : founder's day address

Transcript of a speech given by the president of West Texas State Normal College on the anniversary of the founding of the college.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cousins, Robert Bartow, 1861-1932
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A plume of smoke rises from the building, and the walls are still intact. Spectators are clustered around the building, as are horses and buggies, automobiles and bicycles.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College building under construction]

Photograph of the construction of the new main building at West Texas State Normal College. The steel frame of the three-story building is in place, and work on the exterior of the lower level is underway.
Date: June 2, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Texas Teachers' Association of the Panhandle and plains counties : September 1 to 5, 1924 (open access)

The West Texas Teachers' Association of the Panhandle and plains counties : September 1 to 5, 1924

Pamphlet containing information on a teacher training conference held at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, Texas. Included is a list of officers of the West Texas Teachers' Association, instructors at the conference, and a schedule of events.
Date: 1924
Creator: West Texas Teachers' Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girl's dormintory, Goodnight Baptist Industrial Institute, Goodnight, Texas, Geo. Burnett, architect, Amarillo, Tex.

Photograph of an architectural drawing of a dormitory building for Goodnight Baptist Industrial Institute in Goodnight, Texas. The front of the building at the top near the roof has signage that reads, "1910, Girl's Dormitory." The building has a front porch with four square columns and a railing around the second story balcony. The roof has a decorative parapet.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History