Plans proposed by the Abilene Fire Arts Museum and the Abilene Preservation League for a downtown cultural center at the restored Grace Hotel building. It includes information about the building, funding, importance of the project, staffing, and other relevant business plans.
Summarized biographical information about W. A. Minter, Sr. and his son (W. A. Minter, Jr.) including their, employment, activities, and business in the state. A note at the end of the text says that the information was sourced from the Minter family Bible and the obituary of Minter Jr.
Photograph of four member of the North family standing in front of the North's Mortuary building. Jack, Russel, Willena and James North are identified in the photograph and they are all wearing formal clothing.
Program for the Abilene Study Club variety program, including musical performances and a production of the "The Undercurrent" by McMurry College students, held the afternoon of April 9, 1930, at the Hilton Hotel Crystal Ball Room.
A photograph of Dr. David Blackburn (1928-2008), seated at his desk. Dr. Blackburn was chairman of the Fine Arts Division and the Music Department at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, during the 1970s.
Photograph of Dr. Thomas Kim with Hershel Kimbrell, McMurry basketball coach, and an unidentified man looking at a model for the proposed Physical Education Center.
Photograph of Dr. Thomas Kim speaking while a man stands nearby holding an art object. A group of people is seated behind him and art work is displayed on easels in the background.
Letter from the McMurry College Alpha Chi chapter, written to their alumni regarding a donation made in the name of A. V. Hendricks, Jr., an ex-member killed during World War Ii. It includes an enclosed copy of the program from the benefit performance of "My Country" held on December 10, 1945 in the Radford Memorial Auditorium to raise money for the scholarship.
Portrait of Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie wearing a long gown and a large wig of hair on her head; she is standing on a straw floor and is leaning against a large potted plant.
Portrait of Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie wearing a long gown and a large wig of hair on her head; she is standing on a straw floor and is leaning against a large potted plant.
Portrait of two young girls wearing white dresses and sitting on a wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Irma and Etta Younger."
A photograph of Dr. Travis Stovall, visible from the chest up. Stovall served as Superintendent of Schools in Clovis, New Mexico, and received an honorary degree from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, on October 15, 1963.
A letter from Bishop H. A. Boaz, of Houston, Texas, to James W. Hunt. The letter expresses care and concern for Hunt and inquires as to Hunt's recovery after his recent illness.
A photograph of Dr. Roy W. Sonntag helping a student. Dr. Sonntag began teaching chemistry at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, in 1960 and retired in 1996.
A photograph of Dr. W. Norton Jones, Jr., with a student tentatively identified as David Kendall. They are looking at the General Chemistry textbook written by Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones was Chairman of the Division of Science and Mathematics and Professor of Chemistry at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. He taught at McMurry from 1948 to 1975.
Photograph of a student sitting at a table with a book studying, with the photograph taken at a distance from between bookshelves at the library with a wall of windows in the background.
Letter from Mary Katharine Burns to Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie giving thanks for her and the Chanters' "participation in the Third Anniversary program at the Fifth Street USO Club."
A photograph of the John Phillip Sousa Band at the last state meeting of the Texas Confederate Veterans Association. General Charles P. Summerall is the only individual identified.
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