Southwest Texas State College

Abstract Collection documents part of the defunct Museum of Art and History. Materials include correspondence, accession records books, newspaper clippings, photographs, artifacts, and financial records. The museum, established on the campus of Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1937, closed suddenly in 1965 after the State Legislature cut off funding for the maintenance and upkeep. The collection was then transferred to the Hays County Historical Survey Committee which intended to create a...