Alma E. Anders Collection

Collection

Identifier: UAC/25/2024.a062

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of two paper diplomas and two hard fabric covers for the diplomas. They were awarded to Alma Eunice Anders, a Sam Houston State Teachers College alumni and teacher in the Huntsville public school system, for the completion of her Bachelor of Science program and Master of Arts program in 1946 and 1950.

Dates

Creation: 1946
Creation: 1950

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Biographical / Historical

Alma Eunice Anders was born on February 15, 1903 in Huntsville, Texas. She graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College (SHSTC) with a Bachelor of Sciences in 1946 and went on to get a Master of Arts from SHSTC in 1950. She was a teacher for the Huntsville Independent School District, the public school district of Huntsville, TX. On August 1st, 1968, she married Otha Frank Keefer and became Alma Keefer. She died on October 10th, 1979 at the age of seventy-six.

Her great-nephew Brandon Cooper was Director of Student Activities of Sam Houston State University from 2016 to 2022.