C.B.A. Alumni (open access)

C.B.A. Alumni

A printed invitation from the faculty of the Canadian Academy to alumni, to an event to be held at the school on February 17, 1912. Alumni, current seniors, and faculty are listed.
Date: 1912
Creator: Canadian Academy (Canadian, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lakeview School, Armstrong Co., Tex., 3-5-14

Photograph of a small group of adults and children posed in front of the Lakeview School in Armstrong County, Texas. The wooden frame school building has a pitched roof and a double-door entryway flanked by windows. Projecting from each side of this section of the building are wings. The people stand in a loose group in the entryway, with others seated on the step and on the ground. A note on the reverse reads, "Lakeview - nine miles from town - A two-teacher school which is the centre of neighborhood interests."
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wayside, Tex.

Photograph of the Wayside School at Wayside, Texas. A group of students and teachers are posed in the front of the school. The building is built from textured concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with a deck surrounded by a low railing. The entryway is covered, the roof supported by two square columns. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Wayside - $3000 concrete block, 20 miles from R.R.; 30 miles from Courthouse. Most interested in Farm Demonstration & Community Welfare Club work."
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr, S. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
"The college and its mission" : founder's day address (open access)

"The college and its mission" : founder's day address

Transcript of a speech given by the president of West Texas State Normal College on the anniversary of the founding of the college.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cousins, Robert Bartow, 1861-1932
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Starting to clear away the ruins

Photograph of a wagon pulled by a team of four horses, on the site of the West Texas State Normal College building. The wagon is loaded with debris left when the building was destroyed by fire in March 1914. A man driving the team is seated in the wagon, another man stands by the team, and a third man stands to one side. The damaged walls of the building are visible and the ground is strewn with rubble.
Date: 1914
Creator: Fountan, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornerstone ceremony, West Texas State Normal College administration building]

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd assemblng for cornerstone ceremony, West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of spectators gathered in and around a wooden grandstand for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. The grandstand is decorated with bunting, flags, and college pennants. Railroad tracks, constructed to allow delivery of building materials, run to one side of the grandstand, and a stationary train sits on the tracks in the background. A house and outbuildings are also visible in the background.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd assemblng for cornerstone ceremony, West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of spectators gathered for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. Several men stand on a platform facing the crowd. Several people are holding umbrellas and men wearing Masonic regalia are visible in the crowd. Several automobiles and a horse and buggy are parked behind the audience, and a saddled horse is hitched to a rail fence running along a roadway leading to the site. Houses and other buildings are visible in the background. The date of the event appears on the image.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laying corner stone of the new West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Tex., Sept. 15, 1915

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.
Date: September 15, 1915
Creator: Lusby, Maidens Stennett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

R. B. Cousins, Pres., W.T.S.N.C., Canyon, Texas

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College Administration Building with a portrait of college president R. B. Cousins superimposed on the upper right. The image shows the front and one side of the building and the surrounding grounds, which include numerous small trees, a road and pathway enclosed by a rail fence. On the reversed is a printed message signed "Britain and Wife," promoting their photographic studio in Canyon, Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Photo Car Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual catalog (open access)

Annual catalog

None
Date: 1911
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas : prospectus (open access)

The West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas : prospectus

Pamphlet that describes the new West Texas State Normal College, including a history of its creation, a list of faculty, the curriculum, policies and regulations, and a description of the Canyon, Texas area.
Date: 1910
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1915 Graduating Class for Wellington High School]

Photograph of individual senior portraits. There are 8 photos of the seniors, 2 men and 6 women.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1915 McLean Highschool Graduating Class]

Photograph of the McLean High School graduating class of 1915. The young men are wearing dark color suits and the young women are wearing light color dresses. All of the seniors either have floral arrangements pinned to their clothing or are holding flowers.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1919 Tulia High School Girls Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1919 Tulia High School girls basketball team. The group is positioned with 3 women sitting down and the other 4 standing up behind. The coach of the team is sitting down in the middle of the first row.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1st Grade Class at the Kress School]

Photograph of a 1st grade class at the Kress School. The children are in two rows with the first row sitting down and the second kneeling.
Date: 1917~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[2nd Class at the Kress School]

Photograph of 4 students in a 2nd grade class from the Kress School. The young girls are standing next to one another in light color dresses.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allenreed School Building]

Photograph of the two story Allenreed School Building.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Auditorum, West Texas State Normal College main building]

Photograph of the auditorium of the recently completed building, taken the day of its dedication ceremony. The view is from the rear of the room, looking toward the stage, which is set up with benches, statuary, potted plants, and a piano. Two men are standing on the stage and one man is standing in front of the stage on the far right.
Date: April 21, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bovina, Tex., Nov. 1914

Photograph of a group of students and a teacher in Bovina, Texas. The group is posed in front of a brick building, probably the school. The teacher is standing in the back row in the center. The photograph is attached to a card and beneath the picture is a handwritten note, "To mama, from John." On the back is written, "John in first grade."
Date: November 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burning of West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas. Mar. 25, 1914

Postcard depicting the fire that destroyed the West Texas State Normal College building on March 25, 1914. The image has been tinted and altered to show huge flames bursting from the roof of the building. A crowd watches the fire from the grounds of the building.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Capstone Ceremony of Pampa Junior High School #2]

Photograph of the capstone ceremony for Pampa Junior High School. A group of men are standing up on a roof of a building and looking down to the crowd below. To the left another group of men are sitting/standing on building materials.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
City public schools of Canyon, Texas (open access)

City public schools of Canyon, Texas

None
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dalhart elementary school students]

Photograph of a group of elementary school students posed on the steps of a brick building. Individuals are numbered on the image, corresponding to names on the verso.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History