The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 5, 2008 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 2010 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2008 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 2008

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 2008 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 2008

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 5, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 5, 2010 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 2010 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 2010 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nineteen Nuns from The Sound of Music, 1970 #2]

Photograph of nineteen unidentified nuns from "The Sound of Music," the 1970 Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Three groups of six nuns each are seen praying on the left, middle, and right. One nun is standing and facing the audience.
Date: [1970-10-05..1970-10-07]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Actors in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Skip Latson (Judd) holds a one-piece pajama over his head. Tyleen Gregson (Laurey) looks at him with her mouth agape and her hands on her hips. On the other side, Vickie Winner (Aunt Eller) sits on a crate, holding a cowboy hat, watching, and laughing.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Actors in Oklahoma! #2]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" David Snook (Andrew Carnes) is wearing overalls and a fake beard while holding up a rifle to Phil Jarosz (Ali Hakim) who wears a suit and bowler hat. Mollie Burton (Ado Annie) stands laughing on a crate behind the men.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dance Ensemble from Oklahoma!]

Photograph of dance ensemble from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!"
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Actors in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Bondey Mays (Will Parker) holds Phil Jarosz (Ali Hakim) by the jacket, leaning him over. The two are alone onstage.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Couple Dances in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Phil Jarosz (Ali Hakim) dips Mollie Burton (Ado Annie) down in a dance.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actor Singing in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Bondey Mays (Will Parker) holds a cowboy hat over his chest and sings toward the audience.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Farmer Threatens Young Man in Oklahoma! #2]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" David Snook (Andrew Carnes) puts a gun up to Phil Jarosz's (Ali Hakim) neck. They are surrounded by the rest of the Oklahoma! cast at the social scene.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pam Six and Becki Bennet from The Sound of Music, 1970 #2]

Photograph of Pam Six (Mother Abbess) standing on left and Becki Bennett (Maria Rainer) sitting on right from the 1970 "The Sound of Music" Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. The set in the background depicts Nonnberg Abbey.
Date: [1970-10-05..1970-10-07]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Actors in Oklahoma! #2]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Skip Latson (Curly) sits on a crate, and Tyleen Gregson (Laurey) sits on his lap.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Actress in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Mollie Burton (Ado Annie) sits on a crate, wearing a dress, with one hand on her heart, singing to the audience.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Confrontation in Oklahoma!]

Color production photograph from Abilene Christian University's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" Bondey Mays (Will Parker) grabs Phil Jarosz (Ali Hakim) by the collar and lowers him down.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bret Hunter to Lewis Fulks] (open access)

[Letter from Bret Hunter to Lewis Fulks]

Letter from Bret Hunter to Lewis Fulks at Abilene Christian Univerisity. In the letter, Hunter is congratulating Fulks on his production of "Oklahoma," the 1968 ACC Homecoming musical production.
Date: November 5, 1968
Creator: Hunter, Bret
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Farmer Threatens Young Man in Oklahoma!]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian College's 1968 Homecoming musical, "Oklahoma!" David Snook (Andrew Carnes) puts a gun up to Phil Jarosz's (Ali Hakim) neck. They are surrounded by the rest of the Oklahoma! cast at the social scene.
Date: [1968-11-05..1968-11-09]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Sound of Music Wedding Scene, 1970]

Photograph from act 2, scene 3 of "The Sound of Music," the 1970 Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Stage shows Becki Bennett (Maria Rainer) and Mike Dudley (Captain Georg Von Trapp) getting married surrounded by the Captain's seven children and the nuns from Nonnberg Abbey.
Date: [1970-10-05..1970-10-07]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry F. Thompson to Lewis Fulks] (open access)

[Letter from Harry F. Thompson to Lewis Fulks]

Letter from Harry F. Thompson, Director of Theatre at Hardin-Simmons University, to Lewis Fulks, Abilene Christian College. In the letter, Thompson is complimenting Fulks on the renovation of Sewell Auditorium and his 1964 Homecoming musical production of "My Fair Lady."
Date: November 5, 1964
Creator: Thompson, Harry F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History