World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives

Abstract

The Alumni Association records are comprised of correspondence, photographs and ephemera dating from the early 1900s to the 1940s. The records consist primarily of handwritten and typed correspondence from former Southwest Texas students during the 1940s, including those serving in the U.S. military during World War II. It also includes one scrapbook from 1972.

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence related to the first band uniforms,the College Star, Homecoming, and the military service of alumni.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence related to the first band uniforms,the College Star, Homecoming, and the military service of alumni.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence related to the first band uniforms,the College Star, Homecoming, and the military service of alumni.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence related to the first band uniforms,the College Star, Homecoming, and the military service of alumni.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence related to the first band uniforms,the College Star, Homecoming, and the military service of alumni.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence related to the first band uniforms,the College Star, Homecoming, and the military service of alumni.

Scope and Contents

Radio script of college program, station KTBC, Jan. 12, 1944; sheet music, "Please Don't Cry: Dedicated to All Our Absent Soldier Boys" by A. T. Rumsey, Austin, Texas, 1944; card embossed with Southwest Texas State Teachers College emblem.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Alumni Association records are comprised of correspondence, photographs and ephemera dating from the early 1900s to the 1940s. The records consist primarily of handwritten and typed correspondence from former Southwest Texas students during the 1940s, including those serving in the U.S. military during World War II. Items such as newspaper articles and military press releases are enclosed with some of the letters. It also includes one scrapbook from 1972.Dudley Dobie served...

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Images include: souvenir cards with images of campus; portrait of Thomas Green Harris and Mrs. Harris; campus building; images of various campus faculty or administrators, circa 1946, including President John Garland Flowers and Dean H.E. Speck.

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Scrapbook includes letters to Lyndon B. Johnson, letters related to events, photographs of meet up with identifying labels, and images of Billy Mac Jones.