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This collection contains materials related to Anton J. Bek, and the School of Music at Texas State University. It includes music scores, photos, clippings and one artifact. Many of the musical scores were created by Bek himself using a record player. He copied the music by ear onto blank sheet music, a process that could take from three to seven days, as there was no music program at that time.

This collection contains materials related to Dr. Flemming' personal and professional history in stage set production and theater arts instruction at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University).

Donald Hazelwood was a professor in the mathematics department at Texas State University. He was active in the Faculty Senate and helped create the Faulty Senate Newsletter in the 1970s. The collection contains Faulty Senate Newsletter and other related materials from the 1970s.

This collection contains biographical information and artifacts related to Empress Zedlar, noted speech therapist and teacher.

Helen Hornsby was one of the first 17 faculty at Southwest Texas State Normal School, teaching from 1903 to 1919. Collection includes materials owned and collected by Helen Hornsby Crawford and her family. Includes topics related to the university, such as Lyndon Johnson, the inauguration of Robert Hardesty, homecoming, and the 50th reunion of the SWT class of 1949.

Norman C. Peterson an alumnus and faculty member at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) as well as an author. The bulk of the collection is made up of Peterson's own works, primarily short stories and poems, which he created and revised throughout his adult life. Also includes journal entries, research, and newspaper clippings.

This collection contains materials related to Retta (Henrietta) Murphy, who was a professor at Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University). Consists of personal items such as her dissertation, diplomas, financial ledgers, and notable two photo albums.

Materials compiled by Susan Houston Reid about Leonard “Deacon” Wright’s firing from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University) in 1954. Also included are three letters from Eleanor Roosevelt to Dr. Ralph Houston regarding her visit to campus to deliver a lecture in 1957.