Photograph of Lakeside School, located five miles north of Canyon, Texas. The front facade and one side of the frame building are visible. It is enclosed by a wooden fence, and outbuildings are visible in the background. The name of the school and school district number appear on the porch over the front entrance.

Photograph of the Lakeside School building, located five miles north of Canyon, Texas. The white frame building is enclosed by a board fence, and outbuildings are visible behind and to either side of the school. The name of the school and school district number appear on the facade of the porch over the front door.

Photograph of the library at West Texas State Teachers College. Tables and chairs are in the foreground of the image; bookshelves lined the walls, and bookstacks are seen in the back of the room.

Photograph of the library at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, Texas. Library stacks are in the far part of the room, with wall shelves and tables in the foreground.

Photograph of a mixed choir and musicians rehearsing on the stage of the West Texas State Normal College auditorium, on the day of the dedication of the new college building. The visible seats in the auditorium are empty.

Photograph of a man, probably a West Texas State Normal College student, throwing a shot. He is standing within a circle on an outdoor field and the shot is just leaving his hand.

Photograph of Martha T. Bell, an instructor in the home economics department of West Texas State Normal College. Bell is wearing a dark dress and is seated on the exterior steps of a brick building.

Photograph of three Canyon, Texas buildings, the Methodist Church, the Canyon school, and the church parsonage. At the left is the church, a white frame building with a steeple over its projecting entryway. At the center in the background is the two-story brick school building, showing the front facade topped by a bell tower, and one side with a decorative parapet. At the right is a two-story frame residence with a gabled roof, a dormer window, and decorative woodwork on the gables and roofline. Five people, adults and children, are standing on the porch. The house is surrounded by a picket fence. A horse and buggy are hitched to a post near the house. Other buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of Mary Elizabeth Hudspeth, professor of Spanish, Mathematics, and German at West Texas State Teachers College from 1910-1943. She also served as the Dean of Women.The bust portrait shows Hudspeth in profile, looking to the viewer's left. She is wearing a black dress with a lace collar and round eyeglasses.

Photograph of Odus Mitchell, in the process of clearing the bar while pole vaulting.

Photograph of West Texas State Teachers College president Joseph A. Hill and his wife Ola standing before the exterior wall of a building.

Photograph of Joseph Leo Duflot, a professor of Sociology at West Texas State College from 1918-1951. Duflot is wearing a dark suit and tie with a dark hat and stands in front of the college Administration Building.

Photograph of West Texas State Teachers College athlete Odus Mitchell vaulting over the bar on an outdoor athletic field.

Photograph of Robert Bartow Cousins, the first president of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. In the bust portrait, Cousins is wearing a 3-piece suit with a white shirt and a bow tie and faces the viewer's left.

Postcard of a printed photograph of the Canyon, Texas school. The two-story brick building features a bell tower, a portico topped by a railing at the entry, and lintels made from worked stone. Surrounding the school are several newly planted trees. The A large building is visible in the background toward the bottom right of the photograph.

Photograph of a group of Canyon, Texas High School graduates. The seven men and seven women are standing and seated in rows. The men are dressed in dark suits and the women in white dresses. Two older adults stand in the back row.. On the left of the photograph is a piano and stool.

Photograph of two men clearing the high hurdles on the track at West Texas State Teachers College. The college gymnasium is visible at the right, and another building and a water tower are in the background.

Photograph of runners crossing the finish line at an event at West Texas State Teachers College. Five men are at the finish, the lead runner having just broken the line. Spectators line the far side of the track while two men watch from the near side.

Photograph of the conclusion of a footrace. A young man in a team uniform is about to cross the finish line, marked by a string across the track. Another young man is close behind him, and other runners are visible further behind. Spectators line both sides of the track, and a man, possible a race official, observes from on the running surface. The race is probably taking place on the West Texas State Teachers College campus.

Photograph of the conclusion of a race at a West Texas State Normal College track meet. Five men wearing team uniforms are racing to the finish line and a sixth runner is partially visible on the left. A covered wooden grandstand filled with spectators is in the background and other spectators are standing along the track.

Photograph the Snake Dance, an early student tradition at West Texas State Teachers College. A long line of students, joined hand-to-hand, form a spiral on the college football field. Spectators fill the grandstands in the background, and automobiles are parked along one end of the field. Several college buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of students and teachers at a school in Canyon, Texas. Students pose in rows at the entryway of a frame building. The youngest children as seated in the front Two adults are stand in the middle of the group. Some of the children are identified on the reverse: J. P. Hix, Rob Campbell, Vince Reeves, and Nash Hix.

Photograph of West Texas State Teachers College students dancing in a gymnasium. The four couples appear to be wearing period costumes and makeup. Three male musicians, two violinists and a mandolin player, stand to one side.

Photograph of the West Texas State Teachers College building, with a small group of men removing trees from the area in front of the main building. Other groups of people are visible in the background, as are horse-drawn wagons.