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[Amelia Earhart and three unidentified women at TSCW]

Description: Amelia Earhart Putnam and three unidentified women at TSCW in Denton, Texas. Ms Earhart is seated at the center, while one is seated at each side and one standing to her left. She was there to present a lecture to students, entitled "Aviation Adventures," Saturday night, Jan. 25, 1936, as part of that semester's drama series. [The Denton Lass-o, January 16, 1936]
Date: 1936-01-25~
Creator: Carruth Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Dr. L. A. Sharp poses sitting at a desk with a candlestick rotary-dial telephone]

Description: Dr. L. A. Sharp poses behind a desk with a candlestick rotary-dial telephone in his hand. There are several bookcases filled with bound volumes with similar titles behind him. He is wearing a suit and tie. Dr. Sharp was Chairman of the Graduate Council of N.T.S.C., now known as University of North Texas, from its inception in 1935 until his death in 1944, and before that had been on the faculty since 1925.
Date: 1939~
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[Dr. L. A. Sharp poses sitting at a desk with a candlestick rotary-dial telephone]

Description: Dr. L. A. Sharp poses with a pen in his hand behind a desk and in front of several bookshelves filled with bound volumes. A candlestick rotary-dial phone rests on the desk beside him, along with what appears to be a desk calendar and metal letter opener. Dr. Sharp was Chairman of the Graduate Council of N.T.S.C., now known as University of North Texas, from its inception in 1935 until his death in 1944, and before that had been on the faculty since 1925.
Date: 1939~
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[Letter to Lota M. Spell]

Description: Mrs. William Williams wrote Lota M. Spell of Austin, Texas concerning the installation of a historical marker at the site of John Simpson Chisum's home. John Chisum was a cattle king in Denton County in the mid-1800s.
Date: 1936-04-25~
Creator: Williams, Mrs. William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Letter to Mrs. Chambers from Texas State Library]

Description: Letter from Edwin Sue Goree, field worker of Texas State Library, to Mrs. W. B. Chambers, Chair of Library Club, Denton County Council, P.T.A., regarding the procurement of school books. Goree replied that the Texas State Library was not able to loan books or further assistance at present but suggested establishing a Denton county library.
Date: September 14, 1934
Creator: Goree, Edwin Sue
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

[Members of the Fidelis Sunday School at Howard Payne College]

Description: Unidentified group of two men and fourteen women pose for a picture on the steps of Howard Payne College. A small banner held by two of the women reads "Fidelis 1935-36." The Fidelis Sunday School Class was held at the First Baptist Church of Howard Payne College (now University). Only students attending the university were allowed to enroll in the specialized training in "real workings" of a modern day church.
Date: 1936
Creator: Carruth Studio
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[Members of the NTSU A Capella Choir]

Description: Members of the North Texas State University A Capella Choir stand on the stairs of an unidentified building in a triangular formation. The women at the front are wearing white blouses and dark dresses. The men behind the women are wearing black robes. Some of these same people appear in the 1939 Yucca, the N.T.SU yearbook. People that have been identified are: Cecelia Cunningham of Denton (1st row, on the right); Harry Wilson Black of Honey Grove (last row, 1st from left); La Rue Cummins of C… more
Date: 1939
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[Members of the NTSU A Capella Choir]

Description: Members of the North Texas State University's A Capella Choir stand on the stairs of an unidentified building. The men choir members are wearing dark-colored robes, and the women choir members are wearing dark-colored dresses with white blouses. This photo is almost identical to C-148, except for some repositioning of the members and their facial expressions.
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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