[Administration Building from the north]

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Photograph of the Administration Building and McConnell Memorial Tower from the north, with what is now Sycamore Hall, formerly the Science & Technology Library, to the left. The Administration Building was constructed in 1956, and in 2002 was renamed the Hurley Administration Building in honor of retiring Chancellor and former President of UNT Dr. Alfred F. Hurley. In this photograph, the clock tower, which was named the McConnell Memorial Tower in honor of W. Joseph McConnell, President of North Texas State Teachers College from 1934 to 1951, has a clock face on the north side only. The east, south, and … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. [1956..1974].

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: University Photography Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 20 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the Administration Building and McConnell Memorial Tower from the north, with what is now Sycamore Hall, formerly the Science & Technology Library, to the left. The Administration Building was constructed in 1956, and in 2002 was renamed the Hurley Administration Building in honor of retiring Chancellor and former President of UNT Dr. Alfred F. Hurley. In this photograph, the clock tower, which was named the McConnell Memorial Tower in honor of W. Joseph McConnell, President of North Texas State Teachers College from 1934 to 1951, has a clock face on the north side only. The east, south, and west clock faces were not installed until May 1974, dating this image to between 1956 and 1974.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.

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University Photography Collection

Drawn from the UNT Archives, these photographs depict images of University of North Texas football, UNT alumni and alumni events, and images of the changing and growing University of North Texas campus.

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  • [1956..1974]

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  • June 9, 2014, 12:55 p.m.

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  • April 21, 2020, 8:07 a.m.

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  • 33.212158, -97.148225

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[Administration Building from the north], photograph, [1956..1974]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc288285/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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