Photograph of military personnel performing drills in a field at Simmons College in Abilene, Texas. Anna Hall can be seen in the background.

Photograph of two female student sitting in their dorm room. Typed note pasted to the frame in January 1951 reads, “A girl’s room at Simmons College about 1905.”

Photograph of two male students reading at a table in their dorm room at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. The dormitory building has been tentatively identified as Cowden Hall.

Group photograph of students at a Simmons College picnic with horse-drawn wagons. Mary has been identified with an arrow in black ink. Handwritten note on the frame reads, "Simmons College Picnic -- About 1905 or 1906 -- At Clack's Pasture, Abilene -- Note the sunbonnets! -- The arrow points to Crazy Acting Cloud Cowden, I think. -- Where is Mary? Maybe in the wagon on the left-?"

Photograph of several art students working on independent projects in the Art Room at Simmons College, circa 1906. The walls of the room are heavily decorated with framed drawings, pennants, and masks.

Photograph of the 1905 Academy Band on risers in front of a brick building, showing each student holding his or her instrument.

Photograph of the Chemistry Department at Simmons University during the 1905-06 academic year. Students in smocks and aprons can be seen working with science equipment at long lab tables.

Photograph of two mail carriers and the Postmaster standing in front of the U.S. Post Office in 1905 in Round Rock. From left to right: Bob Carlson, father of Carlo and Leon Carlson, unidentified, and Postmaster Robert Hyland, 1897-1911. Each mail carrier stands in front of a horse-drawn hack, which they would drive all around the countryside to deliver mail, and which are identified by signs reading "US Mail Route No. --". Both carriers hold bags of mail, and Carlson also holds a metal cash box. The post office behind them is a limestone building with double front doors, arched glass windows, pillars, and a covered porch.

Photograph of the old post office building. Two wheel rural route mail hacks delivered the mail and one is pictured on the left with the horse on the right. Postmaster Robert Hyland has on the derby hat.

Photograph of male students of Goodnight College in Goodnight, Texas in front of the boy's dormitory. Students of various ages stand in a loose row, with several seated on the ground in front and a small group further back, before an open door. Several others appear in the five windows of the building's second story. The dormitory is a two-story wood frame building built in an "L" shape. Two of the students, Earl Paine and Bill Hill, are identified on the image.

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.

Three photographs stitched together showing an enormous crowd gathered to greet President Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Texas and Pacific Railway Station. The crowd contains men and women, all wearing hats. The men wear suits and the women wear dresses or blouses and skirts. The train station is on the left side of the frame and on the right side, in the background, are several buildings including a drug store, a pharmacy, and a saloon. People are seated on rooftops and telephone poles. Throughout the photograph are telephone and electricity poles and on the far left side of the photograph is a train.

Photograph of at least a hundred people gathered on the steps of a large stone building. Women in white dresses and hats and children take up the first couple of rows. Behind them are many men, mostly dressed in suits, ties and hats. There are two signs and one banner held up that read, "The Best Thing That Ever Happened for the Mfg'rs. Clobbers and Retailers", "2nd Anual Picnic & Barbecue, Grocers & Butchers, Ass'n." and "Grocers and Butchers Association. Behind the group are six tall pillars and open windows with people leaning out of them. On the bottom right-hand corner of the mat is printed, "Photo by C.L. Swartz, 108 West Fifth St., Fort Worth, Texas."

Photograph of a man named Wilson standing at the top of a cliff called "Hell's Gate." Vegetation and a dirt path are visible below him.

Photograph of a man standing at the top of a cliff over a forested area. A horse is grazing at the base of the cliff.

Portrait of Garnet Lawrence as a toddler, wearing a light dress and sitting on a wicker chair.

Photograph of the Guymon School class of 1905. The class members are identified as (left to right) Maude Denny, Pearl Beck, Ethel Hurleman, Jennie McGuillan, Jim McGuillan, Ressie Jackson, Orville Odair, Mrs. Ray Houser (teacher), Perle Curtis (Florence), Ada Bradshaw, Hattie Jackson, Jewell Hunt (Dean), unknown, T. Rae Reck, and Ceceil Crumley.

Photograph of the Wilmarth house in El Paso, Texas. The building has a raised porch with a walkway, railing, and columns wrapped around the side of the house. The yard has bare dirt.

Photograph of Harold King smoking a cigar and sitting in a buggy. He is wearing a light-colored suit with a bowtie and a hat. Several cars are parked outside of a building behind him on the right side of the frame.

Photograph of two men on the front steps of a large brick building. A sign above the building's entrance says, "Post Office and Court House."

Photograph of two houses located at 100-102 East 17th Street in Austin, Texas. The house on the right belonged to the Haschke Family. A woman and child stand by the gate of the picket fence. Another person stands on the balcony.

Photograph of Frank Caldwell on a forest trail. The photograph is a cyanotype.

Photograph of the Taylor County Courthouse in Abilene, Texas. It is a two-story building with an additional two stories in a clock tower. An individual is sitting by the bushes in front of the building.

Photographic print of nine men and women kneeling around a stone with "D. Rugeley" painted on it in white. Another women is standing partially out of the frame at the left. According to a paper taped to the back of the image, the picture was probably taken at the site where John DeForest Rugeley was killed (Sept. 1862) at Woodbury, TN during the Civil War. Rugeley was in Co. B of Terry's Texas Rangers and was from Matagorda County. Rugeley's sister Minnie married Col. Philip E. Peareson and moved to Richmond in 1867. See paper on back of photo for additional family information. Substrate has been cropped close to image at bottom, right, and top sides. Substrate at left side is missing several large pieces. An 8.5 cm x 5.5 cm triangle is missing from the image at the center top. Upper right corner of image is missing. 4 cm semi-circular area is missing from image near bottom of right edge. Small triangular area is missing from image at bottom left.