Page 67 and 68: Alcalde Clippings of the Old Main Fire and Ruins, 1982
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of clippings from Alcalde yearbooks on past university Presidents, university history, and events. Also included in the collection are university building photographs, personal photographs from Mary Coburn, and university memorabilia.
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Conditions Governing Access
Original scrapbook is located at the Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville, Texas.
Extent
From the Item: 1 item (Scrapbook: 119 pages)
Language of Materials
From the Item: English
Physical Description
Page 67: Clippings from page eight and nine of the 1982 Alcalde featuring the Old Main fire in the early morning of February 12, 1982 with nighttime photographs of the Old Main building engulfed in flames.
Page 68: Clipping from page nine of the 1982 Alcalde showing a photograph of the Old Main ruins still smoldering with a printed description placed underneath reading 'What was once the beautiful front of Old Main is left as a smoldering skeleton'.
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Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository