[Letter from John Marshall to R.A. Terrill, September 8, 1909] (open access)

[Letter from John Marshall to R.A. Terrill, September 8, 1909]

Letter from Texas state representative John Marshall, member of the committee to locate the new West Texas State Normal College, to R.A. Terrill of Canyon City, responding to a letter of thanks for the decision to locate the college in Canyon City.
Date: September 8, 1909
Creator: Marshall, John Wesley
Object Type: Letter
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

[Canyon High School 1907 graduating class]

Photograph of the 1907 class of Canyon High School, consisting of two men and four women The graduates are posed before a studio backdrop. The four women, all dressed in white, are seated in a row, each holding a rolled document tied with a ribbon. The two men are standing behind them and are dressed in suits and ties.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
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

[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
First annual commencement of the Canyon High School, Canyon, Texas, at the Methodist church, Monday night, May nineteenth, nineteen hundred two (open access)

First annual commencement of the Canyon High School, Canyon, Texas, at the Methodist church, Monday night, May nineteenth, nineteen hundred two

Program for commencement exercises for Canyon High School, which involved a single graduate, Vera Evans Odell.
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Canyon, Texas schoolchildren]

Photograph of a group of children posed outside the entrance of the Canyon school. The children are in rows, those in the front row kneeling with the others standing behind them. An adult, standing at the back of the group, may be the teacher, identified as Kate Mills. The school building, partially visible, is a frame structure with a covered entryway.
Date: 1901?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History