The Council Fire is the student handbook of McMurry University in Abilene, Texas and includes information about the rules and regulations of the school as well as general information about student governance and campus life.
The Galleon literary magazine of McMurry University includes editorials, book reviews, and original short stories, plays, poetry, and artwork. The publication also includes advertisements from local businesses.
A video interview with Dr. Bervin O. Caswell (McMurry class of 1938) in which Dr. Caswell discusses his memories of McMurry. Dr. Caswell was a long-time United Methodist minister in New Mexico and West Texas, and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from McMurry in 1964 and a lifetime achievement award from McMurry in 2004.
A video interview with Dr. R. Cyril Stone (McMurry class of 1946) in which he discusses his experiences with McMurry. Dr. Stone, an ordained Methodist minister, served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Dr. Stone was a 2000 recipient of the Cross and Flame Award for service to McMurry and the United Methodist Church, and was named a McMurry Distinguished Alumni in 2003.
A video interview with Dr. Darris Egger (McMurry class of 1942) in which Dr. Egger discusses his experiences with McMurry. Dr. Egger was an ordained Methodist minister and served in a number of churches in Northwest Texas and North Texas Annual Conferences. From 1970 to 1975 and 1978 to 1984, Darris served as the District Superintendent of the Abilene District of United Methodist Churches. He was the Program Council Director for the Northwest Conference from 1975 to 1978. Dr. Egger also served as Trustee of McMurry University, Sears Methodist Retirement Centers, Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, Butman Methodist Camp, and the Methodist Mission Home in San Antonio.
A video interview with Mable Phillips (McMurry class of 1934), in which she discusses her years as a student at McMurry. Phillips was a longtime public schoolteacher. She had a long career in education, serving in seven school districts in Texas as a teacher and counselor. While teaching at Franklin Junior High, she was named Teacher of the Year, according to an Abilene Reporter-News story in 1962, for the junior high school grades. In 2007 she was named a distinguished alumni by the McMurry University.
Photograph of C. Girvin Harkins behind a podium. Harkins graduated from McMurry College in 1960, and he was named McMurry's 2001 Distinguished Alumnus.
A photograph of a group of five male faculty members after they have cut the ribbons to officially open the Student Apartment Complex, at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, with Dr. Shimp on the far right.
A photograph of Dr. Shimp speaking at a podium during the opening ceremony for the Student Apartment Complex at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. The other four faculty members standing to the left of Dr. Shimp will help cut the ribbon to officially open the apartments.
A photograph of an unidentified man speaking at a podium at the opening ceremony for the Student Apartment Complex at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, with Dr. Shimp standing to the right behind the speaker.
A photograph of five male faculty members, including President Shimp on the far right, cutting the ribbon to open the new Student Apartment Complex at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
Photograph of McMurry University students at a memorial service after September 11, 2001. The woman to the left is Trudy Moseley, who worked at the Jay-Rollins Library.
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