Letter from Texas state representative John Marshall, member of the committee to locate the new West Texas State Normal College, to R.A. Terrill of Canyon City, responding to a letter of thanks for the decision to locate the college in Canyon City.

Letter from Texas Lieutenant Governor A.B. Davidson, chairman of the committee to locate the new West Texas State Normal College, to R.A. Terrill of Canyon City, informing him of the decision to locate the college in Canyon City.

Photograph of a group of students and faculty from West Texas State Normal College posing at a picnic in Palo Duro Canyon. The back of the photograph reads: "Dear Mamma: This is a photo of the Normal students, and teachers that attended the picnic at the canyon Sept. 26, 1910. There is crosses on some. Fair, Lortti & I are crossed. We are to the right. Guess you will find us. The man crossed right close in front & in the middle is Mr. Cousins. The one crossed at the top, above us girls is Mr. Lowry. The man & woman crossed on the left & to the top is Mr. Crawford & Miss Evans. The man crossed at the center & near the top is Mr. Allen, the walking geometry. Jessie."

Photograph of spectators gathered for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. Several men stand on a platform facing the crowd. Several people are holding umbrellas and men wearing Masonic regalia are visible in the crowd. Several automobiles and a horse and buggy are parked behind the audience, and a saddled horse is hitched to a rail fence running along a roadway leading to the site. Houses and other buildings are visible in the background. The date of the event appears on the image.

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.

Photograph of a group of male and female West Texas State Teachers College students and some adults posing in an outdoor setting, probably at Palo Duro Canyon. They are seated and standing on rock ledges with a hillside rising behind the group. Most of the women wear dresses and hats and most of the men wear coats and neckties.

Photograph of four unidentified members of the Palm family, two women and two men, posing sitting and standing in front of large boulders on the side of a small body of water. The women are standing in the back and the men are sitting down by the water's edge. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of four unidentified male members of the Palm family wearing light-colored shirts, ties, and hats, posing standing in front of an automobile with a hill covered in shrubs in the background. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of four unidentified members of the Palm family wearing light-colored shirts and ties sitting on top of a large boulder with smaller boulders in the foreground and plants and trees in the background; three of the four men's heads are cut off at the top of the photograph. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of four unidentified members of the Palm family wearing shirts, ties, and hats, sitting with their legs hanging off the front of a large rock; in the foreground the tops of trees are visible below them and more trees and the side of a cliff are visible in the background. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of a several clusters of unidentified members of the Palm family posing sitting and standing on large boulders during a trip to Blue Springs; most of them are clustered in two groups on the left side with several smaller groupings of 2-3 people on the right. There are other boulders and plants in the foreground and the side of a cliff covered with trees and other vegetation is visible in the background.

Photograph of nine unidentified members of the Palm family standing and sitting on boulders on the side of a shallow body of water with large boulders in the background. The three women are wearing dresses and hats or bonnets and the five men are wearing shirts, ties, and hats; a boy wearing a hat is sitting on a rock on the far right. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of unidentified members of the Palm family posing sitting and standing in two large groups in front of large boulders in a canyon; one group of people is standing in several rows in the front and above them a smaller grouping of people is sitting and standing on the sides of several boulders. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of six unidentified members of the Palm family sitting in an uncovered wagon; the three women (left and center) are wearing dresses and bonnets and the men (center and right) are wearing light-colored shirts, ties or bandanas, and hats. The picture was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of several unidentified members of the Palm family sitting and standing in two groups, one in the back and one in the front, on top of several large boulders with trees and other boulders in the background. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of several unidentified members of the Palm family posing sitting on a large tree branch and several more standing on the ground under them; the women are wearing light-colored dresses and hats and the men are wearing shirts, ties, and hats. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of several unidentified members of the Palm family sitting on top of a large boulder and one man standing at the bottom in front of it with trees on the side of a hill in the background. The picture was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of four unidentified members of the Palm family posing sitting on top of a large rock with trees visible in the background; three of them are sitting together at the very top of the rock and one man is sitting further down on the left. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of several unidentified members of the Palm family sitting and standing in three small groups on the sides of boulders with trees in the background; one couple is sitting in the back, a group of four is standing on sitting on the right, and a group of three is on another rock on the right. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of several unidentified members of the Palm family (mostly men) sitting and standing on and between several large boulders with some trees partially visible in the background. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of unidentified members of the Palm family posing sitting and standing in a group on the side of a large boulder with trees visible in the background; the photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of three unidentified people (possibly members of the Palm family) riding in a buggy drawn by two horses up a steep path in a canyon with rocks, shrubs, and other plants on the sides of the path and the bottom and walls of the canyon visible in the background. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.

Photograph of unidentified members of the Palm family sitting and standing in a large group on top of a large boulder with trees on the sides and the side of a cliff visible in the background. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.