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[Sul Ross Normal College]

Description: Photograph of the administration building and another academic building at Sul Ross Normal College, in Alpine, Texas. Both buildings are large, three-story brick buildings with Greek revival architecture, including multi-story white columns around the entrances. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Several groups of concerned people began to work for a college to serve the surrounding counties" (p. 9).
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Marfa High School featuring the J.E. Gregg Auditorium ]

Description: Photograph of a large brick building labeled "J.E. Gregg Auditorium" at Marfa High School. A group of people are lining up to enter the auditorium next to a marquee that says: "Annual Staff Variety Show March 3rd." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "High schools were built in all three towns [ -- Marfa, Aloine, and Ft. Davis -- ] and a new high school was erected in Marfa in 1926" (p. 9).
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Marfa Public High School]

Description: Photograph of a large, three-story brick educational building near Marfa, Texas. The building has architectural embellishments around the windows and along the roofline, as well as Classic revival-style architecture in the front, with two-story columns around the front entrance. There is also a square tower visible at the back of the building. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "With the more important mission of staying alive relieved somewhat, the citizens of Marfa, … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Home Economics Class]

Description: In this photograph, four young women in dresses are standing in a kitchen. The two girls on the right are holding towels. According to related information, the four girls are (left to right): Lillian Frank, Trudy Acton, Jeannette Schultea, and Shirley Neill who are the first Fort Davis High School students to use the new Home Economics building.
Date: October 11, 1951
Creator: Munger, Ray
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Blackwell School

Description: This image was scanned from the negative of the photograph. It shows the buildings of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas. In the foreground, the ground is bare dirt and the buildings are in the background. There are at least three different white buildings with many windows and doors. The building in the middle has the name of the school visible over the door. There are shrubs planted against the walls of the buildings. To the right, there is a flagpole (but no flag), a bare tree, and s… more
Date: 1940~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The New Bethany School

Description: Photograph of the New Bethany School where Ethel Christian taught in 1918-1919. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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