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Peabody Memorial Library

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Lee Hill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/09/2022.a002
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection are composed of two boxes.

Box 1 is composed of Charles Lee Hill's scrapbook and photographs of the musical group "The Houstonians."

Box 2 is composed of biographical materials and photographs about Charles Lee Hill's life and music career. As well as biographical materials about his grandfather W.T. Hill's life and time spent in the American Civil War as a Confederate officer.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1948 - 1950; 1983 - 1984; 1986; 1861 - 1865

E.M. Edwards Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/25/2018.a008
Scope and Contents

The materials within this collection are mainly made up of black and white mounted photographs, along with letter correspondence, print-out email correspondence, and a photocopy of a newspaper article.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1898 - 1904; 1932 - 1933; 1948; 2015

May Benson Lyle Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: UAC/25/2023.a004
Scope and Contents The May Benson Lyle Scrapbook contains Fifty-six (front and back) unnumbered pages with forty-nine black and white photographs (one each on the front and back covers of the scrapbook) recording May Benson Lyle's time as a student at Sam Houston Normal Institute from 1905-1908. The images in the scrapbook are of campus buildings such as Austin Hall, Old Main Building, and the Peabody Memorial Library. There are also images of faculty members such as Ida Lawrence, Sue Smither,...
Dates: 1905 - 1908

Old Main

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection is composed of 44 colorized, color, and black-and-white postcards from 1906-2000 depicting Sam Houston Normal Institute, Sam Houston State Teachers College, and Sam Houston State University.

Dates: 1906 - 2000

Old Main, Peabody, and Portraits - Page 21 and 22

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The May Benson Lyle Scrapbook contains Fifty-six (front and back) unnumbered pages with forty-nine black and white photographs (one each on the front and back covers of the scrapbook) recording May Benson Lyle's time as a student at Sam Houston Normal Institute from 1905-1908. The images in the scrapbook are of campus buildings such as Austin Hall, Old Main Building, and the Peabody Memorial Library. There are also images of faculty members such as Ida Lawrence, Sue Smither,...
Dates: 1905 - 1908

Page 21 to 34: Photographs of University Buildings, Grounds, and Student Housing, Ca. 1980

 Page
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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: Ca. 1980

Peabody Memorial Library

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection is composed of five black-and-white photographs of Sam Houston Normal Institute's campus buildings.

Dates: Circa 1919-1924

Peabody Memorial Library and Women's Gymnasium Photographs - Page 23

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection is composed of a single scrapbook. Within the scrapbook are cut-out articles and photographs from bulletins, and scanned photographs. The pages of the scrapbook are loose.

Dates: 1885; 1891; 1916 - 1917; 1929 - 1932

Peabody Memorial Library Interior Shelving Area

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection is composed of thirty-two photograph reprints done by Weston McCoy for the Sam Houston State University Alumni Association for their contribution to the Centennial Memorabilia Collection celebrating SHSU's 100 years.

These reprints feature the early days of SHSU when it was Sam Houston Normal Institute and Sam Houston State Teachers College.

Dates: 1879 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1918

Principle H. C. Pritchett, 4th Principle, Circa 1899-1902

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The materials within this collection are mainly made up of black and white mounted photographs, along with letter correspondence, print-out email correspondence, and a photocopy of a newspaper article.

Dates: Circa 1899-1902