Photograph of a portion of the "Treasures of UNT" exhibit, including maces used by past university presidents. Next to the mace is a black and white photograph of Alfred F. Hurley holding the mace.
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Photograph of a portion of the "Treasures of UNT" exhibit, including maces used by past university presidents. Next to the mace is a black and white photograph of Alfred F. Hurley holding the mace.
Physical Description
1 photograph : digital, col.
Notes
The exhibit was held in the UNT Archives Reading Room in Willis Library. It was organized to celebrate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the City of Denton in 2007 and featured artifacts from the UNT artifacts collection.
Treasures of UNT officially opened January 24 (Wednesday), 2007. Michelle Mears, UNT archivist (former), said many of the items on display were donated to the Archives by alumni or past faculty members. The exhibit includes a large number of Green Jackets memorabilia from the estate of Beulah Harriss, a physical education faculty member who founded the women's spirit and service organization in 1925. Other items include class rings, maces used by past presidents and Homecoming artifacts.
Preferred Citation:
University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections
Collections
This photograph is part of the following collections of related materials.
Photographing UNT
"Photographing UNT" depicts images of various buildings, events, and ceremonies from the University of North Texas in Denton. Faculty, staff, students, and community members can be seen in the photographs as well.
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.