[Crowd assemblng for cornerstone ceremony, West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of spectators gathered for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. Several men stand on a platform facing the crowd. Several people are holding umbrellas and men wearing Masonic regalia are visible in the crowd. Several automobiles and a horse and buggy are parked behind the audience, and a saddled horse is hitched to a rail fence running along a roadway leading to the site. Houses and other buildings are visible in the background. The date of the event appears on the image.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laying corner stone of the new West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Tex., Sept. 15, 1915

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Marshall to R.A. Terrill, September 8, 1909] (open access)

[Letter from John Marshall to R.A. Terrill, September 8, 1909]

Letter from Texas state representative John Marshall, member of the committee to locate the new West Texas State Normal College, to R.A. Terrill of Canyon City, responding to a letter of thanks for the decision to locate the college in Canyon City.
Date: September 8, 1909
Creator: Marshall, John Wesley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

R. B. Cousins, Pres., W.T.S.N.C., Canyon, Texas

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College Administration Building with a portrait of college president R. B. Cousins superimposed on the upper right. The image shows the front and one side of the building and the surrounding grounds, which include numerous small trees, a road and pathway enclosed by a rail fence. On the reversed is a printed message signed "Britain and Wife," promoting their photographic studio in Canyon, Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Photo Car Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Faculty of Amarillo College

Photograph of seven members of the faculty of Amarillo College. The five men and two women are posed in two rows before a studio backdrop. They are identified as: front row, l-r, Maud E. Tannehill, D.R. Fly, Birdie Brown, back row, R.B. Briney, James D. Hamlin, Herbert Collier, Ashbrook C. Frank.
Date: 189u
Creator: Sherman, Samuel W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Teachers College basketball team]

Photograph of the West Texas State Teachers College basketball team. The studio portrait shows the eleven-man team standing and seated in rows, wearing team warm-up clothing with the word buffaloes lettered on the front. Tea members are identified on the reverse:. Bottom row, l to r: Elvis Ward, Pat Gerald. Middle row: Coach S. D. Burton, Cleatice Crump, Cleveland Jones, J. D. Hazlewood. Top row: Delbert Lowes, R. F. Newman, Clifford Keith, Hatcher Brown, Boyce Bandy, and Buster Brown.
Date: 1929
Creator: Terry Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Odus Mitchell, champion pole vaulter

Photograph of Odus Mitchell, in the process of clearing the bar while pole vaulting.
Date: 192X
Creator: U. S. Slide Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Jennie C. Ritchie]

Photograph of Jennie C. Ritchie, professor of English and Dean of the High School at West Texas State College from 1910-1941.
Date: unknown
Creator: Underwood and Underwood
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual catalog (open access)

Annual catalog

None
Date: 1911
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The buffalo handbook (open access)

The buffalo handbook

A handbook for students of West Texas State Normal College, which includes information about the college and the town of Canyon, a directory, an academic calendar, and advertisements for local businesses.
Date: 1922
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas : prospectus (open access)

The West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas : prospectus

Pamphlet that describes the new West Texas State Normal College, including a history of its creation, a list of faculty, the curriculum, policies and regulations, and a description of the Canyon, Texas area.
Date: 1910
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[West Texas State Normal College commencement announcement] (open access)

[West Texas State Normal College commencement announcement]

Announcement of the commencement exercises for West Texas State Normal College, to be held May 29, 1911. A list of seniors is included.
Date: 1911
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program of the dedicatory exercises of the education building (open access)

Program of the dedicatory exercises of the education building

Program of events held October 19-20, 1928 in connection with the dedication of the new education building on the campus of West Texas State Teachers College.
Date: 1928
Creator: West Texas State Teachers College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Texas Teachers' Association of the Panhandle and plains counties : September 1 to 5, 1924 (open access)

The West Texas Teachers' Association of the Panhandle and plains counties : September 1 to 5, 1924

Pamphlet containing information on a teacher training conference held at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, Texas. Included is a list of officers of the West Texas Teachers' Association, instructors at the conference, and a schedule of events.
Date: 1924
Creator: West Texas Teachers' Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4 Young Boys With a Female Teacher]

Photograph of 4 young boys and their female teacher. All of the boys are pictured standing in a line against the school building. The female teacher is pictured to the left and sitting down.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1915 Graduating Class for Wellington High School]

Photograph of individual senior portraits. There are 8 photos of the seniors, 2 men and 6 women.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1915 McLean Highschool Graduating Class]

Photograph of the McLean High School graduating class of 1915. The young men are wearing dark color suits and the young women are wearing light color dresses. All of the seniors either have floral arrangements pinned to their clothing or are holding flowers.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1917 Ochiltree High School Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1917 Ochiltree High School basketball team. The players are pictured in their uniforms of light color shorts and dark color shirts.
Date: 1917/1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1917 Tulia High School Football Team]

Photograph of the 1917 Tulia High School football team. The photograph page consist of individual photos of the players in their uniforms. Underneath the photos are the positioned played by the player and their name.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1918 Wellington High School Girls Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1918 Wellington High School girls basketball team. The girls are all dressed in a dark color uniform and positioned to their sides standing in a line. The basketball coach is positioned in the middle of the line up.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1919 Tulia High School Girls Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1919 Tulia High School girls basketball team. The group is positioned with 3 women sitting down and the other 4 standing up behind. The coach of the team is sitting down in the middle of the first row.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 Tulia High School Girls Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1920 Tulia High School girls basketball team. They are photographed wearing a dark color uniform and in two rows. The first row is sitting on the ground and the second are kneeling behind them.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Panhandle High School Boys Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1921 Panhandle High School boys basketball team. The team is pictured in their uniforms that consist of dark color tank tops and shorts, knee pads and stripped socks.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1924-Collingsworth-Wellington-APL0033

Photograph of a group of students with their instruments.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History