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Sam Houston State Teachers College Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/09/2024.a063
Scope and Contents This scrapbook was compiled by Sam Houston State Teachers College (SHSTC), previously Sam Houston Normal Institute (SHNI), English Professor and Librarian Augusta Lawrence. It is comprised of clippings from SHSTC community publications The Ex-Students' News Letter(bulk) and The Houstonian, and additionally contains an essay titled The English Department, a Brief History. The materials span from 1929 to 1940 and...
Dates: 1929 - 1940

Sam Houston State Teachers College Semi-Centennial Celebration and Library Opening Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/20/2024.a069
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains materials spanning March 1929-Febuary 1930 related to Sam Houston State Teacher’s College (SHSTC) Semi-Centennial Celebration, the Dedication and Formal Opening of the Harry F. Estill Library, and the Dedication of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum. It contains newspaper articles from regional newspapers, programs, ads, letters, telegrams, poems, and other paper material.

Dates: March 1929- February 1930

SHSTC World War II Military Personnel Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/25/2024.a073
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook contains 187 newspaper clippings, 63 photographs, 10 personnel/address cards, 9 hometown news releases, 8 postcards, 7 letters, 6 full-page periodicals, 2 graduation invitations, 1 graduation name card insert, 1 daily schedule report, 1 aviation cadet biography, and 1 birth announcement. The materials span from January 1942- July 1945 and focus on Sam Houston State Teachers College ex-students/alumni, faculty, and community members who fought in World War II.

Dates: January 1942 - July 1945