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[Photograph of Group in Front of W. H. Howard Home]

Photograph of a group in front of the home of W. H. Howard (pictured here as the third from the left). Note on the back of the photograph reads, "A. C. and Dorothy Howell. Brother and sister Howard, Maxie, Pearl Howell and grandson. Corpus Christi, Texas, March, 1949, in front of the Howell home."
Date: March 11, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Zellner Hall Now Has Third Floor] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Zellner Hall Now Has Third Floor]

Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping from the Optimist, showing a drawing by R. S. Glenn of Zellner Hall with three floors. The caption reads, "Zellner Hall Now Has Third Floor."
Date: November 3, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Celebrating An Uncommon Commitment: ACU's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary (open access)

Celebrating An Uncommon Commitment: ACU's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary

Two pages of a pamphlet set in a scrapbook for the Abilene Christian University seventy-fifth anniversary academic convocation "Confronting the Critical Issues of Our Time" on August 30, 1980. The schedule of events lists times and locations of presentations, speakers, and luncheon information.
Date: August 30, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Group in Front of the Howard Home]

Photograph of Jesse P. and Maxie Sewell, Pearl Howell, and a man holding a baby boy in front of W. H. Howard home. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "J. P. and Maxie (marked out) Sewell, Pearl Howell, A. C. and Dorothy Howell's son, in front of the Howell Home, Corpus Christi, Texas, March, '49."
Date: March 11, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918]

Newspaper clipping about the Abilene Christian College students who will be featured in the song "A City Set on a Hill" to be presented at the university's Anniversary Celebration. Includes a photograph of six young ladies all wearing the same polka dot graduation garments, holding their purses up at chest height with both hands.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bible Class]

Group photograph of an Abilene Christian University Bible class, showing twenty-one students posed in three rows. Note on the back of photograph reads, "Bible III Class, from 1915-1916, Catalogue."
Date: [1915..1916]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: March/April 1927] (open access)

[Abilene Christian College Calendar: March/April 1927]

Abilene Christian College calendar page for March/April 1927, including a photograph of the exterior of the women's dormitory Daisy Hall.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: November/December 1927] (open access)

[Abilene Christian College Calendar: November/December 1927]

Abilene Christian College calendar page for November/December 1927, including a photograph of the President's Home (Shady Dell) covered in snow.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: Edition Notice] (open access)

[Abilene Christian College Calendar: Edition Notice]

Abilene Christian College edition notice for the 1927 campus calendar, including information about volume and issue numbers, publisher, and copyright.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Cross]

Postcard of a roofline drawing and cross with "Abilene Christian College" printed below. The back of the postcard is blank.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Sikes Rowden]

Portrait of Sikes Rowden, the first boarding student to arrive at Abilene Christian College, who stayed at Old Childer's Home from 1906-1908.
Date: [1906..1908]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Coverdale Bible]

Photograph of the Coverdale Bible c. 1535 (reprint 1838) at Abilene Christian University, displayed at the Margaret-Herman Brown Library.
Date: February 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Boys' Dormitory]

Postcard of an exterior view of the boys' dormitory building at Abilene Christian University. Note below the picture reads, "Boys' Dormitory - Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas (3235-29)."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Lockney Christian College]

Postcard of a Lockney Christian College stone building. The back has a Benjamin Franklin (green) postage stamp in the right hand upper corner and some handwriting on the back, but it is nearly illegible since it appears the postcard was formerly glued to some paper and a great deal of that remains on the back, as well as some of the postcard being removed as it was pulled off the paper itself.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: January/February 1927] (open access)

[Abilene Christian College Calendar: January/February 1927]

Abilene Christian College calendar page for January/February 1927, including a photograph of the Administration Building and Zellner Hall, with two students walking on a sidewalk running in front of the two buildings.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bible Class]

Group photograph of an Abilene Christian College Bible class, showing four rows of students posed on the back steps of a brick building. Handwritten note below the photograph on the cardboard frame reads, "Bible Class 1911."
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Elmdale School Remembrance Handout] (open access)

[Elmdale School Remembrance Handout]

Portraits of Inez Norton and Gertrude Adams on the front of a Remembrance handout for the Elmdale School, District No. 29, Elmdale, Taylor County, Texas, April 26, 1916. Mrs. Adams was the Principle and Ms. Norton was her assistant. The handout includes the names of all the students who attended the Elmdale school at this time.
Date: April 26, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Administration Building]

Postcard of the Administration Building (on the old campus) with, "Christian College, Abilene, Texas" on the front. There is a green Benjamin Franklin 1 cent stamp on the back with, "With love and good wishes from me and mine to you and yours. Hope your work is fine and that you are all well and happy for Christmas, J. P. Sewell. Abilene." Addressed to W.P. Skaggs, Vernon, Texas.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Friendship Club]

Group photograph of the Friendship Club, showing Jesse P. Sewell and eleven other young men sitting or standing around a couch. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "This is the Friendship Club at Corsicana before Jesse P. (went) to Nashville Bible School."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping of Two Student Debaters] (open access)

[Clipping of Two Student Debaters]

Photocopy of a clipping taken from the Thorp Spring Christian College Bulletin of Harry Rhodes "Champion debater, 1915-1916" and Andrew Graham "one of the debaters."
Date: [1915..1916]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Remember When?] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Remember When?]

Newspaper clipping from the Abilene Reporter-News. The clipped article describes a historic photograph and asks readers to submit old pictures to the newspaper as part of a “Keepsake Edition” to be printed. Includes a photograph of the road crew in 1928 beginning construction of North 13th Street from Pine to the new Abilene Christian College campus "on the hill."
Date: May 30, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Cross]

Postcard of a roofline drawing and cross with "Abilene Christian College" printed below. The back of the postcard is blank.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Christian College Calendar: May/June 1927] (open access)

[Abilene Christian College Calendar: May/June 1927]

Abilene Christian College calendar page for May/June 1927, including a photograph of the men's dormitory (McDonald Hall), gymnasium, and Zellner Hall.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 1917 Graduates]

Group photograph of the 1917 graduates of the special course for permanent certificate teaching. Written on white folder of photograph, "(From Left) Bottom row: Gene Kelley, Alex Fisher. Top row: Bertha Glass, Girlie Murphey, Ola Hutchison, ? This was Graduating class from special course for permanent certificate teaching 1917."
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History