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[Letter from J.F. Johnson and others to subscribers to the Canadian College, October 8, 1900] (open access)

[Letter from J.F. Johnson and others to subscribers to the Canadian College, October 8, 1900]

Letter requesting payment of subscriptions for the construction of the Canadian College building.
Date: October 8, 1900
Creator: Johnson, J. F.; Gerlach, George; Hoover, Harvey Edgar; Moody, Robert & Chambers, J. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Public School, Canyon City, Tex.

Postcard of a printed photograph of the Canyon, Texas school. The two-story brick building features a bell tower, a portico topped by a railing at the entry, and lintels made from worked stone. Surrounding the school are several newly planted trees. The A large building is visible in the background toward the bottom right of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tulia H.S. chemistry lab

Photograph of the Tulia High School chemistry lab. The room has counters with built-in sinks and drawers below. On one wall is a large glass-fronted cabinet holding bottles. Next to the cabinet is a glassed-in fume hood with a vent pipe going into the wall. The ceiling is gridded using wood slats.
Date: 1924~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Our first mascots at WT

Photograph of of two bison calves that were the mascots for West Texas State Normal College in 1922. The two calves are standing in a wooden enclosure.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Johnson Street Elementary School third grade class, Amarillo, Texas]

Photograph of a classroom of third grade students at the Johnson Street Elementary School in Amarillo, Texas. Most students are seated at desks, with a few standing along one side wall. A woman is standing at the back of the room. The room has large covered windows at the back of the room and a chalk board along one wall. A teacher's desk is visible at the front of the room. Names of students are written on the reverse of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual catalog (open access)

Annual catalog

None
Date: 1911
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Teachers College basketball team]

Photograph of the West Texas State Teachers College basketball team. The studio portrait shows the eleven-man team standing and seated in rows, wearing team warm-up clothing with the word buffaloes lettered on the front. Tea members are identified on the reverse:. Bottom row, l to r: Elvis Ward, Pat Gerald. Middle row: Coach S. D. Burton, Cleatice Crump, Cleveland Jones, J. D. Hazlewood. Top row: Delbert Lowes, R. F. Newman, Clifford Keith, Hatcher Brown, Boyce Bandy, and Buster Brown.
Date: 1929
Creator: Terry Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Canyon, Texas students and school]

Photograph of a group of students and faculty at Canyon, Texas. Some of the group are standing on a wooden fence while others are standing or sitting on the ground. Behind the group is the first school building in Canyon, Texas. Three members of the Brooks family, Maybelle, David, and Raymond, are identified.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Clarendon College, Clarendon, Texas

Tinted postcard of the main building of Clarendon College in Clarendon, Texas. The three-story brick building facade has two recessed sections and three projecting sections. The doorway is built into a tall tower with pilasters on each side. The roof of the tower has a crenallated parapet and the near the top of the tower is a sign that reads, "Clarendon College." To the right of the building is a windmill and a water tank. Small trees are growing on either side of the building.
Date: 190X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[High hurdles race at West Texas State Teachers College]

Photograph of runners in a high hurdles race at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, Texas. Four men are on the track, the lead runner just clearing a hurdle. There are a few men are along the sidelines in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

White Deer Gym, Oct. 1929

Photograph of the newly built brick school gymnasium in White Deer, Texas. The front facade of the two story building is seen. In the foreground is a L-shaped concrete walkway leading to the door and two sawhorses and construction debris.
Date: October 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fairview School, Armstrong Co., Tex.

Photograph of of the Fairview School in Armstrong County, Texas. The school is a wood frame building with a pitched roof. In front of the school, students are posed in groups according to age, most seated on the ground, with a few standing. An adult male, probably a teacher, stands near the center rear of the children.
Date: November 18, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Robert L. Campbell's graduation class, Canyon High School

Photograph of a group of Canyon, Texas High School graduates. The seven men and seven women are standing and seated in rows. The men are dressed in dark suits and the women in white dresses. Two older adults stand in the back row.. On the left of the photograph is a piano and stool.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

R. B. Cousins, Pres., W.T.S.N.C., Canyon, Texas

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College Administration Building with a portrait of college president R. B. Cousins superimposed on the upper right. The image shows the front and one side of the building and the surrounding grounds, which include numerous small trees, a road and pathway enclosed by a rail fence. On the reversed is a printed message signed "Britain and Wife," promoting their photographic studio in Canyon, Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Photo Car Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[West Texas State Normal College commencement announcement] (open access)

[West Texas State Normal College commencement announcement]

Announcement of the commencement exercises for West Texas State Normal College, to be held May 29, 1911. A list of seniors is included.
Date: 1911
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the fire that destroyed the main building at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The fire has spread throughout the building, and the roof and upper story of the front facade have collapsed. Heavy smoke rises from the building.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas

Postcard featuring a halftone reproduction of a photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College, viewed from the front down a walkway lined with small trees. The front of the postcard also includes text in the margins showing the growth in registration from 1911 to 1913, describing the climate and altitude, and giving the date of the fourth summer session of 1914.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Runners approaching the finish line]

Photograph of a footrace held at an unidentified location in the 1920s. Photographs shows six men in different uniforms nearing the finish line. Many of the spectators are in uniform. Two of the runners appear to be wearing a West Texas State Teachers College uniform. Event may have taken place at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tulia, Texas school]

Photograph of the school in Tulia, Texas. The three-story brick building has a pitched roof with several dormer windows, including a large dormer atop the projecting center section of the building's front facade. The condition of the building suggests that it was unused at the time of the photograph. A playground slide is in the foreground, and other buildings are visible in the distance..
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Classroom at Johnson St. Elementary School, Amarillo, Texas]

Photograph of students seated at desks in a classroom at Johnson St. Elementary School in Amarillo, Texas. The students have books on their desks. A man wearing a dark suit is standing at the back of the classroom. The image is marked "High 4th.".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College basketball players]

Photograph of five basketball players for West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. They are standing in a group beneath a basketball goal, all wearing dark shorts and white tops with "Buffaloes" printed on the front.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Views bulletin (open access)

Views bulletin

None
Date: 191u
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clarendon schools]

Photograph of Clarendon, Texas school buildings. The three-story building in the foreground served as a junior high school when constructed. It is built of brick and has a decorative parapet, with other decorative elements on the front façade. Part of the high school building, built in a similar style, is visible in the background.
Date: 1922~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin of the Amarillo Teachers Club of the Amarillo public schools, Amarillo, Texas (open access)

Bulletin of the Amarillo Teachers Club of the Amarillo public schools, Amarillo, Texas

None
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History