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[Charter of McMurry College - Abilene, TX]
A copy of the 1921 McMurry College charter and incorporation papers filed with the state of Texas.
[Essay on Education]
An essay on the subject of church-sponsored education and the funding of it.
[Letter from Boyd M. McKeown to Miss Elizabeth Hunt]
Letter to Miss Elizabeth Hunt from Boyd M. McKeown, Dean of McMurry College, dated October 15, 1928. The letter congratulates Hunt on her excellent grades.
[Letter from James W. Hunt to Roger A. Burgess]
A two-page photocopy of a letter from James W. Hunt to Professor Roger A. Burgess of Childress, Texas, dated July 22, 1927. The letter provides some information Hunt felt necessary to the completion of a thesis by Burgess, and concerns historical information regarding the plains of Texas and the Estacado.
[McMurry University Alma Mater Song - Original Copy]
A copy of the McMurry University Alma Mater. This copy is marked as the original, written by Everett M. Shepherd.
[McMurry's Position on the Moot Question of the Touchdown]
An essay written by James W. Hunt, President of McMurry College, regarding McMurry's position on a controversial football game between McMurry and Abilene Christian College, in which A.C.C. won the game, allegedly due to a bad call by the referees. The essay refers to comments about the game made by Harold L. (Prexy) Anderson, sports writer for A.C.C.'s student newspaper "The Optimist," and later for the Abilene Reporter-News.
[The Old Quaker Colony: First Settlement on Staked Plains of Texas]
An essay written by James W. Hunt entitled "The Old Quaker Colony: First Settlement on Staked Plains of Texas."
[Opening Convocation at McMurry College]
A photograph of the opening convocation at McMurry College taken from the balcony of the original auditorium.
[Sousa Band at the Last Texas Confederate Veterans Meeting]
A photograph of the John Phillip Sousa Band at the last state meeting of the Texas Confederate Veterans Association. General Charles P. Summerall is the only individual identified.
[Supplement A - Fourth Quarterly Conference, St. Paul's Church]
A five-page handwritten document reporting on the Fourth Quarterly Conference of St. Paul's Church in Abilene, Texas. The document includes a page of minutes, listing those present, and four pages reporting on numerous issues pertaining to the church.
[Supplement A - Third Quarterly Conference, St. Paul's Church]
A three-page handwritten document reporting on numerous issues pertaining to St. Paul's Church for the Third Quarterly Conference.
[Supplement B - Educational Report]
A handwritten document containing an educational report for the members of St. Paul's Church. Of note is a report on early plans and fundraising for a Methodist college in Abilene. That college would become McMurry College (now McMurry University).
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