Texas State University Special Collections and Archives

4 item sets

• ARCHIVES-People Who Made Texas State
  
• ARCHIVES-R.H. Bing
  
• ARCHIVES-RIO Suite
  
• Interpreting History
  
  A space to highlight student work produced in connection with courses at Texas State University

15 items

• A Bill to be Entitled
  
  Photograph of a hand-written document on a piece of lined paper. The top left of the page is torn and missing. The text continues on to a second page.
• Book-it Brigade, moving the first four books from the old library to the new library.
  
  Photograph of students in the Book-it Brigade line, holding one of the books used in the symbolic book move to the new library.
• Chemistry professor Dr. Charles Willms, standing by a chromatograph.
  
  Photograph of a man in a long white lab coat with dark pants and bowtie, standing ext to a large machine with dials and switches. He appears to be talking to a person off camera while pointing to one of the dials on the machine.
• Editorial staff of the yearbook, Pedagog, in the Main Building library, 1903-1904.
  
  Photograph of an interior of a building with bookshelves in the background. Six people are sitting at a large table, one person is standing behind the table and three people are sitting on the floor in front of the table. The women are wearing long skirts, long-sleeved shirts, and their hair is pinned on top of their heads. The men are wearing suits with bow ties. Books and papers are on the table and floor.
• Glass Bottom Boat No. 3, Aquarena Springs
  
  Photograph taken of the inside of a glass-bottom boat that is floating in the water. The boat has a roof and there is a striped awning hanging down about from the roof. The sides of the boat are open, and the seats face toward the center of the boat where the glass bottom is visible. At the center of the photograph is a boat captain at the wheel, and there are four people looking down into the bottom of the boat.
• Glass-bottom boats on Spring Lake, circa 1950s
  
  Photograph of two glass-bottom boats floating on Spring Lake. The foreground is the lake, with trees on the hill behind the lake, and a few clouds in the sky above.
• Main Building and Quadrangle, circa 1940-1945
  
  Photograph of the quadrangle, showing the main walkway through campus with buildings on either side, Three buildings are on the left, with a water tower above them. In the center is the Main building with a light-colored roof. On the left are two buildings. The walkway in the center of the quad is lined with trees and there are two 1940s-era cars parked under a tree.
• Main floor and reference desk, Alkek Library, circa 1990
  
  Photograph of the interior of the Alkek Library reference area. In the center is the reference desk with two seated librarians assisting a patron. In the background, about a dozen people are gathered around a table (perhaps receiving information or waiting for a printer). In the foreground, three patrons are working on computers.
• Main library entrance, 1960
  
  Photograph of part of a building labeled "Flowers Hall." The building has a large two-story arched entrance consisting of doors at the entry level and large glass windows above. There is a person walking in front of the building with long hair, a white shirt, and bell bottom pants.
• Photograph of the 2015 “Book-it Brigade,” held as part of the Alkek Library’s 25th anniversary celebration, September 23, 2015
  
  Color photograph taken outside on a sunny day with people lining the path from the quad to the Alkek Library. A woman near the center of the frame is holding a book and has an excited look on her face. Several people are looking at the woman holding the book.
• Portrait of four of the first five African American women to enroll at Southwest Texas State College (now Texas State University), Registrar’s Office, February 4, 1963
  
  Photograph of four African-American women in an office. All four women are wearing skirts or dresses; two are standing, two are sitting in chairs alongside a desk. They are looking at the camera and smiling. In the background is a bookcase filled with books.
• RIO Suite, Alkek Library
  
  View of the RIO Suite on the third floor of the Alkek Library
• Scene from “The Misanthrope.” Performed October 22-27, 1963.
  
  Photograph of six actors on stage, dressed costumes reflecting 17th century France. Women are wearing long gowns. Men are wearing long jackets, short trousers, and knee socks.
• Submarine Theatre, Aquarena Springs, circa 1950s
  
  Photograph of a man and three children looking out of a large window. On the other side of the window is a woman wearing a bathing suit and a diving mask. She is holding a hose that bubbles, and there are fish behind her in the background.
• View of the Alkek Library, 2016
  
  Color photograph of the Alkek Library, taken on a sunny day with some white clouds in the blue sky. In the foreground are planters with trees and foliage that break up the large sections of pavement.