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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 6, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 13, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 11, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 4, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 2009 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: February 10, 2009
Creator: Koe, Crystal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 2009 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: Koe, Crystal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Darris Egger, February 20, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Darris Egger, February 20, 2001

A video interview with Dr. Darris Egger (McMurry class of 1942) in which Dr. Egger discusses his experiences with McMurry. Dr. Egger was an ordained Methodist minister and served in a number of churches in Northwest Texas and North Texas Annual Conferences. From 1970 to 1975 and 1978 to 1984, Darris served as the District Superintendent of the Abilene District of United Methodist Churches. He was the Program Council Director for the Northwest Conference from 1975 to 1978. Dr. Egger also served as Trustee of McMurry University, Sears Methodist Retirement Centers, Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, Butman Methodist Camp, and the Methodist Mission Home in San Antonio.
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: Egger, Darris
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Cyril Stone, February 15, 2001 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Cyril Stone, February 15, 2001

A video interview with Dr. R. Cyril Stone (McMurry class of 1946) in which he discusses his experiences with McMurry. Dr. Stone, an ordained Methodist minister, served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Dr. Stone was a 2000 recipient of the Cross and Flame Award for service to McMurry and the United Methodist Church, and was named a McMurry Distinguished Alumni in 2003.
Date: February 15, 2001
Creator: Stone, Richard Cyril
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 22, 2009 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 39, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 22, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001

Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, a retiree who has lived in Kerrville, Texas intermittently over the years. Mrs. Salter discusses visiting her grandparents in Kerrville, meeting her first husband, Julian "Joe" Garrett, a Canadian immigrant, her involvement with planes, her substitute teaching career, and her work with the Audubon Society.
Date: February 14, 2001
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exhibit of military items]

Photograph of an unidentified exhibit showing military weapons and uniforms. There are several photos posted on the wall around the room and signs on top of them.
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[House with tree and cactus]

None
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Antique car and gasoline pump]

Fotografía de un auto antiguo en un surtidor de gasolina. La mitad inferior del auto es roja y negra y la palabra "Ford" es visible en el frente. La parte superior del auto es de color marrón, con los laterales abiertos que dejan ver los asientos negros del interior. Un cartel en el surtidor dice "Magnolene" seguido de " Aceite de motor para Ford que reduce las vibraciones se vende aquí". A la izquierda de la foto se ve un edificio blanco, con la ventana y la puerta enmarcadas en verde brillante.
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Boot in exhibit case with label]

A photograph of a boot in a display case with the display note reading 'Falconhead Boot, El Paso, Texas'. The boot has Catholic and floral decorations.
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sculpture in Abilene museum]

None
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel for the Fire - Recovering Spirituality by Recovering Mission transcript

Fuel for the Fire - Recovering Spirituality by Recovering Mission

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Our mission is to continue the work of Christ. That means seeking and saving the lost and equipping the saved as ministers of reconciliation. When churches recover that mission, they rekindle the fires of spiritual passion."
Date: February 20, 2002
Creator: Whitsett, Dwight
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implications for Individuals and Congregations transcript

Implications for Individuals and Congregations

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Healing has been a critical component of Christianity: first through the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles, and now through medical missions and ministries for the ill and aging."
Date: February 19, 2001
Creator: Patterson, Patti
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maintaining Christian Values in the 21st Century - 2 transcript

Maintaining Christian Values in the 21st Century - 2

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "It is difficult to practice Christian values in our society. Is the "American dream" a roadblock to maintaining our faith?"
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: Gotcher, David
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spiritually Empowered for Living: Themes From Ephesians - A Vision for Unity transcript

Spiritually Empowered for Living: Themes From Ephesians - A Vision for Unity

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class brings a textual study of Ephesians, paying particular attention to the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church. Paul's vision for the body of Christ, and life lived "in Christ" in first century Ephesians, necessitates rethinking our own calling and cultural context."
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: York, John
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith - Part 2 transcript

Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith - Part 2

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 20, 2001
Creator: Harrell, David Edwin, Jr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Future of the World transcript

The Future of the World

Lecture given Tuesday, February 22, 2000, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Revelation takes on a new significance in a time of millennial madness and an increasing interest in 'spiritual warfare.' What shall we make of it?"
Date: February 22, 2000
Creator: Harris, Randall
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grief - A Survival Guide (What to Do and Say) transcript

Grief - A Survival Guide (What to Do and Say)

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Grievers may face unrealistic expectations from themselves and their friends. Normalizing the grieving experience and learning what to say and how to say it can relieve some complications."
Date: February 21, 2001
Creator: Kay, Steven
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History