Photograph of the 1,000th person to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree; he is wearing a dark colored robe and holding a paper on top of his mortarboard. An unidentified professor next to him (right) is pointing to something on the paper. They are standing in front of wood-paneled walls with a floor-to-ceiling curtain as well as a statue in the right side of the image and artwork partially visible on the left.

Photograph of the 1,000th student to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. He is wearing dark-colored robes and a mortarboard, standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room. An unidentified faculty member is standing in front of him and shaking his hand.

Photograph of a student wearing commencement robes and a mortarboard, shaking hands with an unidentified faculty member (left). The student is the 1,000 person to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room and several framed certificates and plaques are on the wall in the right side of the image.

Photograph an unidentified faculty member shaking hands with the 1,000th person to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. The student is wearing dark-colored robes with a mortarboard. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room with floor-to-ceiling curtains to the left.

Photograph of an unidentified faculty member with the 1,000th recipient of a North Texas State University Ph.D. degree; they are shaking hands, but turned so that both of them can look at the camera. The student is wearing dark-colored graduation robes and a mortarboard. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room.

Photograph of the 1,000th graduate to receive a Ph.D. from North Texas State University, shaking hands with an unidentified professor, turned so that they can both face the camera. The student is wearing dark-colored graduation robes and a mortarboard; the tassel is partially obscuring his face. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room.

Photograph of a student wearing graduation robes and a mortarboard, standing between two unidentified faculty members, who are facing him. The student is the 1,000 person to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room, in front of a statue on a pedestal that is partially visible in the center of the image.

Photograph of the 1,000th student to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. He is wearing dark-colored robes and a mortarboard, standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room. An unidentified faculty member is standing in front of him and is excitedly waving his hands up.

Photograph of a student wearing graduation robes and a mortarboard, standing between two unidentified faculty members, shaking hands with the man to his left. The student is the 1,000 person to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room.

Photograph of a student wearing graduation robes and a mortarboard, standing between two unidentified faculty members, shaking hands with the man to his left. The student is the 1,000 person to graduate from North Texas State University with a Ph.D. degree. They are standing in the corner of a wood-paneled room.

Photograph of Aaron Weathers (38) tackling Cortez Gent (16) during a game between NT and FAU on September 22. A referee and another UNT player are running towards them. They are playing at Fouts Field and the down marker, the FAU coaches and some of the team, and UNT crowd members are visible on the sidelines and in the stands behind them.

Photograph of Angel Flight, the women's auxiliary to the Air Force ROTC, at Corp Night in 1960. The photo was taken at night, the AFROTC group is on the field with the marching band behind them.

Photograph of Corps. Night for the Reserve Officer Training Corps. The photo is taken from a slightly aerial angle, and shows the Reserve Corps. marching in formation on the field of a football stadium.

Photograph of Karen Harker wearing a Hawaiian shirt and multicolored lei, seated at a table during the 2014 Willis Library convocation. Coby Condrey is visible sitting behind her.

Photograph of the attendees of the Byrd Williams lecture, seated during the talk. Some have notebooks in their laps or laptops, likely for notes. Williams is out of frame.

Photograph of the Byrd Williams lecture attendees looking at displays from the "Proof: The Byrd Williams Family Photography Archive" exhibit. They were housed in the Special Collections room in Willis Library.

Photograph of one of the informational banners that was hung in the Special Collections room while the exhibit "Proof: The Byrd Williams Family Photography Archive" was housed there. It reads "Byrd Williams Photography; Byrd Photo; Byrd Williams III worked for Kodak and several other photography companies in addition to being involved in lens manufacturing prior to starting his business in Fort Worth. Through these jobs he gained the skill necessary to launch Byrd Photo which also included a portrait studio and photo lab. Studio work included work for a wide variety of clients including the city crime lab, architects, and magazines. Customers could have a photography painted over in oils, giving it the appearance of a painting - or oil paintings, based on these photographs.; Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family; Customers who came to Byrd Photo to have their portrait made would invariably be presented with a proof -- a photo print they could see before they placed their order for additional photographs. The Williams Collection is filled with photo proofs like these, but it's filled with proof of another kind as well-- proof of four lives spent in an unceasing attempt to capture our world, …

Photograph of North Texas State University Eagles basketball team, circa 1970s, against UTA. The game was held in the Coliseum, "Super Pit." An Eagles player is seen trying to stop the ball from going into the basket from opponent from UTA.

Photograph of North Texas State University Eagles basketball team, circa 1970s, against Samford Bulldogs. The game was held in the Coliseum, "Super Pit." An Eagles player is seen tossing up the ball towards the hoop as his opponents surround him.

Photograph of North Texas State University Eagles basketball team, circa 1970s, against Samford Bulldogs. The game was held in the Coliseum, "Super Pit." An Eagles player is seen throwing the ball across the court towards the basket as he gets surrounded by his opponents.

Photograph of North Texas State University Eagles basketball team, circa 1970s, against Samford Bulldogs. The game was held in the Coliseum, "Super Pit." The basketball players in the left background are seen chasing after the flying basketball. The players in the foreground are seen reacting to it.

Photograph of North Texas State University Eagles basketball team, circa 1970s, against UTA. The game was held in the Coliseum, "Super Pit." An Eagles basketball player is seen jumping up to throw the ball over his opponent towards the basket.

Photograph of North Texas State University Eagles basketball team, circa 1970s, against UTA. The game was held in the Coliseum, "Super Pit." The players are jumping up to get their hands on the basketball.

Photograph of a football game between North Texas State University and Texas Western. A large bell is on a platform connected to an automobile. Men and women are standing on the platform with the bell. Spectators are standing in the stands behind them.