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[Photograph of Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow]

Description: Photograph of Floyd Crow from the abdomen and up. Text on the back reads: "Floyd Arnold 'Jim' Crow 1893 - 1968...joined Baylor Univ. coaching staff 1919...graduate of Stephen A. Douglas Select School Waco...education Texas A&M College...served in World War I".
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Third Grade Class at Gurley School]

Description: Photograph of the third grade class of 1935-1936 at Gurley School. The teacher is Mary Lou Griffis, who stands to the left of the children. The children in the front row are, from left to right, Doyle Smith, unidentified, Bueford Blanton, Billy Harvison, and unidentified. In the second row: Eugene Ashley, Edward Leonard, Clark McCall, Robert Nelon, Richard Jackson, J. W. White, Walter Angerman, unidentified, and Cecile Moseley. In the third row: unidentified, Wanda Estes, Edna Pauline Reimer, M… more
Date: [1935..1936]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell, April 10, 1889]

Description: Letter from the Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell on April 10, 1889. The letter renews Howell's teaching certification. Included are the envelope the letter came in and a paper detailing rules for conducting the examination of candidates for teacher's certificates.
Date: April 10, 1889
Creator: Texas. State Department of Education.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Oral History Interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson, February 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with B.T. and Itasco Wilson. Both arrived in Kerrville in 1940 to work at Kerrville Colored School (later renamed Doyle School). Itasco as a teacher and B.T. as both teacher and principal. They discuss his parents, particularly B.T. Wilson Sr., musicians they knew, performances given, and awards received over their long careers. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: February 1998
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Wilson, Burtrust Tobias (B.T.) & Wilson, Itasco Woodard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[School Portrait of a Large Group of Children]

Description: Photograph of a large group of young women and children assembled for a group portrait. The group is in front of the corner of a large windowed building. The young women of the group are all wearing light skirts and blouses, and the boys are wearing collared shirts and trousers. A few teachers are standing amongst the group on the right-hand side of the image. There is a handwritten note on the back of the image that reads, "WACO S.S. 6-11-50".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Man Instructing a Large Group of Children for a Group Portrait]

Description: Photograph of a large group of young women and children assembled for a group portrait. The group is in front of the corner of a large windowed building. The young women of the group are all wearing light skirts and blouses, and the boys are wearing collared shirts and trousers. A few teachers are standing amongst the group on the right-hand side of the image. There is a man crouched in front of the group on the far right-hand side of the image. There is a handwritten note on the back of the im… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Children's Bible School Group]

Description: Photograph of a group of children and four adults posing for a group picture. The bible study group is outside in a grassy field. Several large trees are visible in the background. The girls are all wearing dresses and the boys are wearing collared shirts and trousers. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "Daily Vacation Bible School Waco Met. Pres. ch. June 1930. Enrollment 46. Average Attendance 38. Mrs. Marroquín in charge".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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[News Clip: Bomb death trial on live television]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Harry Washburn, who was accused of killing his former mother-in-law by planting a bomb in her car, being televised. The trial was the first murder trial to appear on television.
Date: December 6, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Douglas Select School Football Team of 1908]

Description: Photograph of the Douglas Select School football team of 1908. The team members are: (left to right) standing: Hal Hays, Green, Barton King, Bickham Cartwright, Jimmie Humphries, Prof. Stephen A. Douglas, Marcus Barnes, Andrew Crow, Hugh Eichelberger, Wade Russell, and Jesse McLendon; and sitting: Wady Sims, Arnold Floyd "Jim" Crow, Newton Lacy, and Tom Chapoton.
Date: 1908
Creator: Heilmann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Faculty of Hillcrest Elementary School]

Description: Photograph of the faculty of Hillcrest Elementary School in Waco, Texas. The three rows of faculty include eleven women and one man all wearing mix of light and dark color clothing. On the first row, far left, is Miss Lilla Mayes, next to her is Mrs. Evelyn Riola, fourth from the left is Mrs. Lillian Bailey, and on far right is Miss Marguerite Rast. On the top row is Adrian Gasperson, principal.
Date: September 22, 1954
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Mr. Varner and Class]

Description: Photograph of a teacher, Mr. Varner, and his students. In the image the students and teacher are all positioned on the steps of a building. Mr. Varner can be seen in the center of the photo in the back row in front of the open doorways.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Charles A. Eichelberger and Class]

Description: Photograph of Charles A. Eichelberger and his class at the Columbus Ave. School in Waco, Texas. Handwritten text identifies Eichelberger as being the 1st student on the first row, from left to right. Within the image there is 3 rows of students with their teacher standing to the left of the photo. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: McCall, C. F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[News Script: Old Sisters]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 73-year old retired school teacher from Waco remains hospitalized.
Date: December 21, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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