Photograph of the headstone of James B. Simmons, deceased on December 17, 1905, in the Founders’ Cemetery at Hardin-Simmons University. The photo was taken on Founders Day with vases of flowers surrounding the stone.

Copy negative of letter of congratulations on inauguration as twelfth President of Hardin-Simmons University to Dr. Jesse Fletcher from President Jimmy Carter on April 19, 1978.

Photograph of the Abilene Hall at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. The photograph shows the three-story brick and stone building from across a parking lot filled with parked cars.

Photograph of Behrens Chapel at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Photograph of Caldwell Hall at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. The back of the photo includes notes related to using the picture in the newspaper.

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band trumpet and clarinet sections. There are 11 women in three rows with their instruments.

Group photograph of a few members of the Simmons College class of 1919 at Founder’s Day in 1969. A typed note included with the photo identifies those pictured and one woman who was at the ceremony but not in the picture. Also, the note announces that all of the known living members of the class of 1919 with receive medallions in person or by mail. Standing, left to right: Rev. John W. Williams, Dr. D. M. Wiggins, Dr. Roy McCulloch, Mr. Carroll Spangler, and Wilbur Watson Wimberly. Seated, left to right: Mrs. E. D. Sansing (Isora Ford), Mrs. W. C. Smith (Lorah Amelia Branch), and Miss Theo Muir.

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band clarinet section. There are 11 women posed in 3 rows with their instruments. Martha Daniels Boggs sits in the front row, second from the left.

Photograph of five members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band standing on a triangular shaped bridge in front of the HSU cowboy statue. The women wear “cowgirl” attire, including skirts and cowboy hats and boots.

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band posed in a triangle pattern in front of the cowboy statue. The photo shows 5 women in their Cowgirl uniforms standing on a wooden platform.

Photograph of members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band practicing their instruments together. The women play a variety of instruments, including two clarinets, a trumpet, a tuba, and a trombone.

Photograph of five members of the Cowgirl Band posed in front of a building labeled “Hardin-Simmons.” Each woman crouches down in the dirt on one knee and has her left hand placed on the shoulder of the woman directly to her side.

Photograph of two members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band holding marching band tubas. They both wear matching Cowgirl uniforms which include a light-colored button-down shirt, a knee-length skirt, and a cowboy hat.

Photograph of Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher with his family at the BOD Luncheon at Hardin-Simmons University. On Dr. Fletcher’s right stands in wife, and on Dr. Fletcher’s right, his father (Sr.) and mother are shown.

Photograph of Jesse C. Fletcher, president of Hardin-Simmons University, presenting an award to an unidentified woman at a university-sponsored dinner event.

Photograph of Dr. Rupert N. Richardson and Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher participating in the Phonathon fundraiser. Dr. Richardson talks on the telephone while Dr. Fletch looks off into the distance.

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band flute section. There are 4 women in uniform with their instruments. Each woman holds her flute across the right side of the body.

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band flute section. There are 4 women in uniform with their instruments. Each woman holds her flute beneath her mouth and across the right side of the body.

Photograph of the Founder's Day ceremony in the auditorium of Hardin-Simmons University. Various faculty and staff are photographed in chairs on stage, showing an unidentified man standing behind the podium.

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band French horn section. There are 3 women in uniform posed with their instruments.

Photograph of 5 members of the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirl Band standing in front of a bronco mural on campus. Each woman holds her hat above her head, just as the man in the mural does.

Photograph of the old Main Building at Simmons College in Abilene, Texas. Students can be seen walking on the front steps and sidewalk of the building.

Photograph of the Rupert and Pauline Richardson Library at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Murl Sickbert was the music librarian.

Photograph of a rodeo clown, Danny Green, dodging a stampeding bull in the Seattle King Dome rodeo ring. Typed note in the bottom margin reads, “Rodeo clown at HSU … Danny Green of Prosser, Wash., will be in Abilene as clown for the HSU Intercollegiate Rodeo, April 19-21.”