A photograph of the Quadrangle building before completion - at this stage the barracks were being moved onto the campus - at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. The Quadrangle was made up of old barracks that had been obtained by the college when Camp Barkeley was decommissioned after World War II.

A photograph of the barracks, obtained when Camp Barkeley was decommissioned after World War II, after being moved to McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, taken from above.

Photograph of Dr. Thomas S. Williams. He is posing for his picture in a suit and tie.

Photograph of McMurry's Gold Star Dormitory soon after completion. Students can be seen by the front door.

Photograph of McMurry President Harold G. Cooke holding a shovel at the groundbreaking for the Gold Star dormitory.

A photograph of students clustered on the steps in the inner courtyard of the Quadrangle at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, viewed from above.

A photograph of the inner courtyard and porch of the Quadrangle at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Quadrangle - some science courses taught here. Chemistry? Physics?"

A photograph looking down on the quadrangle of barrack buildings at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. The Quadrangle housed classrooms and offices in the 1940s and 1950s. The buildings were brought from Camp Barkeley when it was decommissioned after World War II. Mid-photograph is the two-story residence of the McMurry president, which was demolished to build the Amy Graves Ryan Fine Arts Center. The long barrack building in the distance was used for music classes.

A photograph of the long barrack used in the 1940s and '50s for music classes at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.

A photograph of two students leaving the Quadrangle at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, viewed from above.