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Jesse Kinard Burke Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/25/2023.a022

Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of five black and white photographs belonging to Jesse Kinard Burke. Two photographs are of SHNI's graduating class, two are of students and faculty when Burke taught at an institute for teachers, and one is of the students and faculty when Burke was the superintendent of a grade school.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896 - 1897

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching, and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.

Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permission to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio, or video recording.

Biographical / Historical

Jesse Kinard Burke was born in 1872 to Samuel Dillard Burke and Temintia Webb.

Burke was a member of Sam Houston Normal Institute's graduating class of 1896-1897.

After graduating from SHNI, Burke taught at least a summer session at an institute for teachers (possibly in Brownwood, Texas-evidence by a typed label on the back of a photograph in the collection). Along with teaching at the institute for teachers, Burke taught and later became the principal of the grade school in the same town.

Burke later moved to Ringgold, Texas, and became the superintendent of the schools. Here, Burke met his future wife, Catherine (Kate) Grinnan, and they had a daughter named Margaret, who was born on December 7, 1902and died on October 8, 1983.

Jesse Kinard Burke died in 1956 after his wife Catherine, 80, died on January 7, 1953, in Lubbock, Texas. They are buried together in Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Texas, where their daughter is also buried.

Extent

1 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

This collection is located in the University Archives, Newton Greshman Library, room 400.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The photographs within this collection were donated by Jesse Kinard Burke's family. The donation date is unknown.

Title
Jesse Kinard Burke Photograph Collection
Author
KN
Date
2023/07/18
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Jesse Kinard Burke's family.

Repository Details

Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository

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