From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History - 122 Matching Results

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Alan Atchison, UNT, 1969

Description: Photograph of Alan Atchison, affiliate of the University of North Texas. According to newspaper articles, Alan graduated from Sanger High School where he had been very athletic and participated in many sports. He got his degree from Austin College in 1974, and was a coach at Howe High School until 1980. Alan married and went to work for the City of Sherman.
Date: 1969~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Meeting of Denton City Councilmen]

Description: Photograph of a City of Denton officials and City Councilmen sitting around a table and looking over paperwork. From left to right: W.F Brooks Sr., G Emery Taylor, City Manager Homer Bly, Mayor Frank Barrow, City Secretary W.D. Buttrill, Tax Assessor George F. Spuller, and Thomas E. Noel. The men are wearing suits and ties. A large aerial map is visible in the background.
Date: 1961~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

31 Men With Vision

Description: The booklet contains a brief history of Denton County National Bank's conception and first seventy-five years of operation, including photographs of the thirty-one men who petitioned the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. for the right to form a national bank in 1892.
Date: 1967-01~
Creator: Drenner, William E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Denton Public Library

Bedridden Boy Still In School

Description: Newspaper clipping and photo regarding Larry Wayne Shell, a third-grader at Little Elm School. Larry broke his leg and was forced to stay at home. His family installed an intercom wire between the school and his room, so he could participate in the lessons. Mrs. Harmon was his teacher.
Date: February 17, 1963
Creator: Burlage, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library

They Had A Job To Do

Description: Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper clipping of a picture of Misses Gertrude, Hassie, and Nola Doyle of Slidell. The three women grew up on a farm and lived their entire lives working on a farm, never marrying.
Date: October 6, 1963
Creator: The Denton Record-Chronicle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library

Sheriff and Mrs. Pat Gallagher

Description: Photograph of Sheriff and Mrs. Pat Gallagher and Denton Record-Chronicle clipping describing Sheriff Wylie Barnes's recovery of loot from a burglary of Beasley's Jewelry Store in Lewisville, Texas in 1962. A Photograph of Wylie Barnes is included.
Date: 1962?
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

First Stewart's Creek Church

Description: Photograph of several unidentified men and a horse and buggy standing around the First Stewart's Creek Church. A photograph of the church as it appears today in Lewsiville is also included.
Date: 1963?
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library

Looking Back

Description: Three Sanger Courier newspaper clippings regarding the grading of main street in 1892, a tornado that damages Sanger in 1895, and a Sanger fire in 1909. Mr. N. P. Kirkland and family are pictured.
Date: 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library
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