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Group Photograph, 1921

 Item

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collections is comprised of personal photographs, a Sam Houston Normal Institute panoramic class photograph, a newspaper article clipping, SHNI Manual Training Building postcard, a report on plant foods for quail in Southeast Texas, two German language related books, and S.R. Warner's diploma and license of instruction from the College of William and Mary.

Dates

  • Creation: 1921

Biographical / Historical

Benjamin Carroll Tharp taught biology with S.R. Warner at Sam Houston Normal Institute from 1917-1919. He was the second full faculty member in biology.

Tharp was born in Pankey, Texas (a town which no longer exists, but was a part of Grimes County) on November 16, 1885. He graduated from SHNI in 1909 and was awarded his Master of Arts in Botany from the University of Texas (UT) in 1915. He left SHNI to earn his PhD in botany at the University of Texas. After he was awarded his PhD in 1925, he stayed on at UT to teach botany until his retirement in 1959.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints : Black and white photograph with a white border.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

"Grace [,] Mrs. Tharp [,] Tharp [,] Roeman [,] M.J. [,] Mrs. Roeman" are written on the border at the bottom of the black and white photograph in cursive and black ink. "Mrs E. 1921" is written on the back of the photograph in cursive and black ink. The group is standing and sitting on the porch of S.R. Warner's apartment housing.

Repository Details

Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository

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