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[Inez Norton Graduation Announcement]
Graduation invitation for Inez "Rambo" Norton for the 1919 Abilene Christian College commencement ceremony. The cursive text reads, "Abilene Christian College / Class of Nineteen Nineteen / Graduating Exercises / Tuesday morning, June third at ten o'clock / School Auditorium."
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Cecile with Umbrella]
Photograph of Cecile standing underneath a tree in a light colored dress, holding an umbrella. Back of photograph reads, "I love you dearest and I know I have the sweetest and best roommate in ACC - Cecile." Photo is a gift from Velma McCathum Roark in 1980.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Group in Front of Officer's Club]
Photograph the Trayler family, Jesse P. Sewell, Frank Trayler, their daughter, and the general’s father in front of the officer’s club. Note on the back of the photograph reads, “Made at the officer's club where we had lunch with Gen. and Mrs. Carl McDaniel. Left to right - Frank Trayler, Mrs. Trayler, Mrs. McDaniel, Dorathy Trayler in front, Bro. Sewell - the McDaniel daughter - Gen. Carl McDaniel and his father. I baptized the father 52 years ago last Sept. - Nov. 1947, Sacramento, Calif.”
Date:
November 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Model School]
Photograph of two buildings from across a street with “Model School (Grammar Grades)” as a caption. “Miss Malone” at the top of the photograph.
Date:
[1906..1919]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Group in Front of W. H. Howard Home]
Photograph of a group in front of the home of W. H. Howard (pictured here as the third from the left). Note on the back of the photograph reads, "A. C. and Dorothy Howell. Brother and sister Howard, Maxie, Pearl Howell and grandson. Corpus Christi, Texas, March, 1949, in front of the Howell home."
Date:
March 11, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Zellner Hall Now Has Third Floor]
Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping from the Optimist, showing a drawing by R. S. Glenn of Zellner Hall with three floors. The caption reads, "Zellner Hall Now Has Third Floor."
Date:
November 3, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Group Atop Pikes Peak]
Photograph of five individuals to the side of a parked vehicle. The man is wearing a hat and is standing to the far left of the group of women. Note on the back of photograph reads, "Just arrived on top of Pike's Peak Mrs. Lamb seems to be freezing."
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Red Square]
Postcard of Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Two Russian stamps on the back with, "Greetings from Moscow. Very nice visit. Geo. W. Bailey." Addressed to Jesse P. Sewell, 542 E. North 18th, Abilene, Texas, USA.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Woman in Crowd]
Photograph of a woman with a lighter-colored jacket looking at the camera while men and women in dark dress stand behind her talking to one another in a dirt road. Note on the back of photograph reads, "A good date - Go [?] in a group on Sunday afternoon, 1918 or 1919. Happy Rambo entertaining Inez Norton. I'm sorry to be in between and may I say not at my best. Give this to Inez if she would like to have it. I think modern photography can blank me out somehow and just show Inez and Happy. M.K.W."
Date:
[1918..1919]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Churches of Christ Missionary Portraiture]
Black and white poster of Church of Christ missionary workers, showing the portraits of 60 men, women and children, arranged in a 12x5 patter. Each person is identified with notes on where and when his or her missionary work was done. A series of testimonials from the missionaries are located at the bottom on the poster.
Date:
December 30, 1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Celebrating An Uncommon Commitment: ACU's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Two pages of a pamphlet set in a scrapbook for the Abilene Christian University seventy-fifth anniversary academic convocation "Confronting the Critical Issues of Our Time" on August 30, 1980. The schedule of events lists times and locations of presentations, speakers, and luncheon information.
Date:
August 30, 1980
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1930 Basketball Portraits]
Eight portraits on cardboard backing of the 1930 Abilene Christian College men's basketball team: Harrell Cheves, Frank Northam, Lennon Hill, O.B. Hendrick, Rudolph Black, Britt Pippen, Goober Keyes, James Lawrence. Beneath each players photo is a typed description, including name, weights, height, and position on the team. Handwritten note written in the lower margin reads, "Presented by 'C' Association."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Group in Front of the Howard Home]
Photograph of Jesse P. and Maxie Sewell, Pearl Howell, and a man holding a baby boy in front of W. H. Howard home. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "J. P. and Maxie (marked out) Sewell, Pearl Howell, A. C. and Dorothy Howell's son, in front of the Howell Home, Corpus Christi, Texas, March, '49."
Date:
March 11, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918]
Newspaper clipping about the Abilene Christian College students who will be featured in the song "A City Set on a Hill" to be presented at the university's Anniversary Celebration. Includes a photograph of six young ladies all wearing the same polka dot graduation garments, holding their purses up at chest height with both hands.
Date:
1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Gardner Home]
Photograph of the home of Brother Gardner in Sacramento, California. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Home of Bro. Gardner - Sacramento - Nov. 29, '47." The photograph also has three individuals standing next to each other on the left hand side next to one of the trees.
Date:
November 29, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Washington D.C. Monument]
Photograph of an individual next to a monument in a park. An automobile and benches are visible in the background. Note on the back of photograph reads, "Washington, D.C., Made by Bro. Long."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Urlua Zellner with Friends in Tree]
Photograph of Urlua Zellner (face circled in black ink) and three other young women sitting in an oak tree. Notes on the front of the photograph read, "Sitting in a high oak tree" and "Carrie Sessions, Jesse Bouchette, Urlua Zellner, and Ethelyne Coffee."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Bible Class]
Group photograph of an Abilene Christian University Bible class, showing twenty-one students posed in three rows. Note on the back of photograph reads, "Bible III Class, from 1915-1916, Catalogue."
Date:
[1915..1916]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Moody Home]
Photograph of the Moody and Trayler families standing in front of the Moody home on Thanksgiving Day. Note on the back of the photograph reads, “The Moody and Trayler at the Moody house where we had Thanksgiving dinner - 1947 - Sacramento, Calif.”
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: March/April 1927]
Abilene Christian College calendar page for March/April 1927, including a photograph of the exterior of the women's dormitory Daisy Hall.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: November/December 1927]
Abilene Christian College calendar page for November/December 1927, including a photograph of the President's Home (Shady Dell) covered in snow.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: Edition Notice]
Abilene Christian College edition notice for the 1927 campus calendar, including information about volume and issue numbers, publisher, and copyright.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Meeting House]
This postcard has a photograph of the snow covered meeting house and "preacherage" in Madill, Oklahoma. The back of the postcard has a note written from Mrs. J.P. Sewell.
Date:
1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of W.D. Bills]
Postcard with a photograph of evangelist W.D. Bills on it. Flyer states, "Spring Revival at Church of Christ conducted by W.D. Bills Evangelist. April 5th to 14th. You are cordially invited to come and bring a friend. Morning Service 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. Evening Service 7:45 P.M. Song service to be lead by local singer."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History