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.

Photograph of a group of children posed outside the entrance of the Canyon school. The children are in rows, those in the front row kneeling with the others standing behind them. An adult, standing at the back of the group, may be the teacher, identified as Kate Mills. The school building, partially visible, is a frame structure with a covered entryway.

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.

Photograph of five men and seven women who graduated from Canyon, Texas High School in 1905. The men are wearing dark suits and ties and the women are wearing white dresses. Three of the women are holding rolled diplomas. Students are identified on the back of the photograph: Bottom row: Aubrey ______, J. P. Hix. Middle row: Isabel Prichard, Loretta Wiggins, Minnie Willard, Annie Buie, Lola Word. Top row: Maud Brandon, Professor Ernsburger, Will Word, ________Wiggins, Roberta Wilson.

Photograph of the 1907 class of Canyon High School, consisting of two men and four women The graduates are posed before a studio backdrop. The four women, all dressed in white, are seated in a row, each holding a rolled document tied with a ribbon. The two men are standing behind them and are dressed in suits and ties.

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 Margaret E. Cofer, a history instructor from 1910-1916 at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The studio portrait shows her in a bust view.

Photograph of a group of men and women, standing in rows on the exterior steps of a building. No identification is included.

Photograph of football players for West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in three rows before a wood wall. They are wearing plain jerseys, football pants, dark socks and shoes. A player in the middle row is holding the football. The coach, dressed in a suit, is seated at the right end in the middle row. The players are identified on the reverse of the photograph: Back row (l to r): John Renfro, Boyce Eidson, G. C. Childers, Honas Carey, _____ Black, J. Pat Ator, Earl Sparks. Middle row: Bill Hale, Harry Starr, Elmer Shotwell, Fats Prichard, William "Sport" Younger, Coach D. A. Shirley. Front row: Ralph Smith, Amos Howard, Raymond Glass, Louis Hicks, J. Mathews.

Photograph of Joseph A. Thompson wearing the baseball uniform of West Texas State Normal College. He is standing in an open field, and wears a baseball glove on his left hand.

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.

Photograph of the ruins of the West Texas State Normal College building after its March 25, 1914, fire. The wall of one end of the building is intact, while the front wall has partially collapsed. People stand in front of the building and on the road leading to it. A horse and buggy are on the road. On the reverse is written "These walls have all fallen in now."

Photograph of temporary buildings, or "shacks," that were used as classrooms and administration offices after the West Texas State Normal College building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Two one-story unpainted frame buildings are visible, with a windmill in the foreground. Two or three men are standing between the two buildings, one of them identified as Dr. J. A. Hill.

Photograph of a wagon pulled by a team of four horses, on the site of the West Texas State Normal College building. The wagon is loaded with debris left when the building was destroyed by fire in March 1914. A man driving the team is seated in the wagon, another man stands by the team, and a third man stands to one side. The damaged walls of the building are visible and the ground is strewn with rubble.

Photograph of student members of the Guenther Literary Society and faculty advisers at West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in rows, most seated, with those in the back row standing. Those appearing in the photograph are, front row, left to right: D.A. Shirley, F.P. Guenther, Sid Reid, Clarence Bell; second row, Bert Mathis, William Younger, Earl Traylor, Clifford Brown, Francis Locke, Carl Boston; third row, Henry Starr; Clanton Reynolds, Lloyd Blake, Raymond Hurn, Robert Heatley; fourth row, Arthur King, Levi Sparks, John Mathis, Ira Allen, Max Richberg, Jeff Wallace, Grady Childress; fifth row, Earl Sparks, Sam Bond, Pearl Boston, Ira Brown, Jason Bolton, William Boston.

Photograph of thirteen women posed in two rows before the wall of a building. One holds a basketball marked "WTSC 13-14" and others are holding a small pennant bearing the words "Canyon Texas." They are similarly attired, wearing bloomers and blouses and low-cut laced shoes.

Photograph of the remains of the main building of West Texas State Normal College after it burned on March 25, 1914. Part of the front facade is visible, showing extensive damage to the walls on all sides.

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.

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.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A large cloud of black smoke is rising from the structure. There a small group of spectators, with a line drawn on the image to one individual, identified as "me." To the right of the structure is a water tower.

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.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning on March 25, 1914. Huge clouds of smoke are rising above the burning building while groups of people stand and watch.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning on March 25, 1914. A large cloud of smoke is rising above the building while spectators watch from the grounds. Pieces of furniture and other objects, probably removed from the building, are scattered around the grounds.

Photograph of members of the first 4-year summer graduating class at West Texas State Normal College. Students are standing in front of an old wooden building that has sunlight shining through the overhead slats of wood. Five of the eight students are identified on the reverse as: Earl S. Sparks, Omar Kirk, Dave Payne, Earl Stanley and Mary Dale.