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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

"A Salute to Huntsville" and "The Estill Library" Articles - Page 8, 1931

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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: 1931

Austin Building/Hall, Photograph - Pages 1 and 2

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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

Austin Hall

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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

General Sam Houston's Original Gravestone - Photograph

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection is made up of twenty-five black and white photographs, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Diploma, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Commencement program, and a signed pillow cover from Lula Myrtle Teague Cox's childhood.

Dates: 1904 - 1906; 1914

'Huntsville... "The Mt. Vernon of Texas" ' Booklet

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The majority of this collection contains materials from the Sam Houston State University KSHU Radio Station. Other materials include a Sam Houston State College Homecoming football program, Delta Zeta photocopied articles, an Alpha Phi Sigma certificate, paper materials from Sam Houston State University (event tickets and the College of Arts and Media magazine), and materials about the City of Huntsville.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1994 - 1999; 1939; 1959; 1964; 1967; 1982; 1992; 2019

Page 49 and 50: Photographs of Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Ca. 1980

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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

Page 51 and 52: Photographs of Sam Houston Memorial Museum [#2], Ca. 1980

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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

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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

Portrait of Sam Houston

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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

"Sam Houston Home" Article - Page 15

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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