[Tulia High School, Tulia, Texas]

Photograph of Tulia High School about the time of its completion in 1924. The front of the two story stucco building is shown. It features an arched entryway at the center, rows of windows on both stories, and a tile roof. Some construction equipment and debris are visible in front of the building.
Date: 1924
Creator: Beery Foto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tulia High School, Tulia, Texas]

Photograph of the nearly complete high school in Tulia, Texas. The building is a two-story stucco with a band of brick on the lower part of the building. The roof is clay tile and has a large chimney. One wing has several arched windows. There are a two ladders leaning or standing by the building.
Date: 1924
Creator: Beery Foto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alma Mater the immortal : an allegorial representation of the history and growth of the West Texas State Normal College (open access)

Alma Mater the immortal : an allegorial representation of the history and growth of the West Texas State Normal College

Text of a pageant presented at the tenth anniversary homecoming at West Texas State Normal College on June 2, 1920. A synopsis and the cast members are also included.
Date: 1920
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin, 1896-1970
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Teachers College football game]

Photograph of a football game at West Texas State Teachers College. A play is in progress as spectators watch from bleachers along the side of the field.
Date: 192X
Creator: Britain Studio, Canyon Texas
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Education building under construction]

Photograph of the construction of the education building at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The building is shown from above, looking to the northwest. The first floor of the stone structure is under construction, and workers are visible on top of the building. Construction material and equipment are on the site. Houses, other buildings, and stock pens are visible beyond the site.
Date: 1928
Creator: Britain's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College football game]

Photograph of a football game at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. A line of parked automobiles is at one end of the field, and a covered grandstand is at the right. Campus buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1921~
Creator: Britain, Canyon, Texas
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canadian Academy commencement week (open access)

Canadian Academy commencement week

Schedule of events for commencement week at Canadian Academy, including sermons, debates, recitals, field events, receptions, and the commencement ceremony.
Date: 1907
Creator: Canadian Academy
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fifth annual commencement, Canadian Academy (open access)

Fifth annual commencement, Canadian Academy

Program for commencement ceremony on May 14, 1909.
Date: 1909
Creator: Canadian Academy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
C.B.A. Alumni (open access)

C.B.A. Alumni

A printed invitation from the faculty of the Canadian Academy to alumni, to an event to be held at the school on February 17, 1912. Alumni, current seniors, and faculty are listed.
Date: 1912
Creator: Canadian Academy (Canadian, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canyon : the educational home of northwest Texas (open access)

Canyon : the educational home of northwest Texas

Pamphlet featuring images of West Texas State Teachers College; Canyon, Texas schools, homes, and businesses; and outdoor scenes, including Palo Duro Canyon.
Date: 1928~
Creator: Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lakeview School, Armstrong Co., Tex., 3-5-14

Photograph of a small group of adults and children posed in front of the Lakeview School in Armstrong County, Texas. The wooden frame school building has a pitched roof and a double-door entryway flanked by windows. Projecting from each side of this section of the building are wings. The people stand in a loose group in the entryway, with others seated on the step and on the ground. A note on the reverse reads, "Lakeview - nine miles from town - A two-teacher school which is the centre of neighborhood interests."
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wayside, Tex.

Photograph of the Wayside School at Wayside, Texas. A group of students and teachers are posed in the front of the school. The building is built from textured concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with a deck surrounded by a low railing. The entryway is covered, the roof supported by two square columns. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Wayside - $3000 concrete block, 20 miles from R.R.; 30 miles from Courthouse. Most interested in Farm Demonstration & Community Welfare Club work."
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr, S. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue (open access)

Catalogue

Catalog containing a school calendar, rules and regulations, curriculum, administration, faculty and list of students for the primary college-level school.
Date: 1900
Creator: Clarendon College and University Training School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
"The college and its mission" : founder's day address (open access)

"The college and its mission" : founder's day address

Transcript of a speech given by the president of West Texas State Normal College on the anniversary of the founding of the college.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cousins, Robert Bartow, 1861-1932
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A.B. Davidson to R.A. Terrill, September 2, 1909] (open access)

[Letter from A.B. Davidson to R.A. Terrill, September 2, 1909]

Letter from Texas Lieutenant Governor A.B. Davidson, chairman of the committee to locate the new West Texas State Normal College, to R.A. Terrill of Canyon City, informing him of the decision to locate the college in Canyon City.
Date: September 2, 1909
Creator: Davidson, Asbury Bascom
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Summit School, Amarillo, Texas]

Photograph of the Summit Elementary School in Amarillo, Texas. The front facade of the single-story building is shown, with a second building standing in front of and to the left of the school. A boy is standing in the yard in front of the school. Playground equipment is also visible in the yard. The projecting center section of the school features a decorative band along the elevated roof line. The front entrance consists of three arches flanked by windows. The wings of the building also have decorative elements along the roof line and a tile roof.
Date: 1928~
Creator: Edwards
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Starting to clear away the ruins

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.
Date: 1914
Creator: Fountan, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alice Landergin School, Amarillo, Texas

Photograph of the Alice Landergin elementary school in Amarillo, Texas during construction. The brick building features arched doorways and a clay tile roof. Scaffolding and ladders are against the building and building materials are on the ground. The architect of the building, Guy A. Carlander, and the general contractor, Albert L. Randall, are identified on the photograph.
Date: June 30, 1928
Creator: Gray Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.F. Johnson and others to subscribers to the Canadian College, October 8, 1900] (open access)

[Letter from J.F. Johnson and others to subscribers to the Canadian College, October 8, 1900]

Letter requesting payment of subscriptions for the construction of the Canadian College building.
Date: October 8, 1900
Creator: Johnson, J. F.; Gerlach, George; Hoover, Harvey Edgar; Moody, Robert & Chambers, J. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Canyon City Public School

Photograph of the Canyon City Public School. It is a two story brick building with a covered front entry and a frame bell tower. The chimney at one side of the building features a stepped facade above the eaves.
Date: 190X
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Canyon City, Texas class of 1903]

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.
Date: 1903
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Class of 1905

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.
Date: 1905
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornerstone ceremony, West Texas State Normal College administration building]

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College 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

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

Photograph of spectators gathered in and around a wooden grandstand for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. The grandstand is decorated with bunting, flags, and college pennants. Railroad tracks, constructed to allow delivery of building materials, run to one side of the grandstand, and a stationary train sits on the tracks in the background. A house and outbuildings are also visible in the background.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History