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Announcement of the Southwest Texas State Normal School for the Annual Session beginning September 6, 1905, and ending May 15, 1906. San Marcos, Texas

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Contains list of people at the head of the Texas State Board of Education and the local board of directors, as well as a list of faculty. Includes the academic calendar, the second annual report of the Board of Trustees, list of students that attended 1904-1905 and graduates that same year, explanations of courses, and information for students. Also includes short history of the normal school in San Marcos, Texas which mentions the Coronal Institute, and describes the purpose of a normal school.

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The Normal College Bulletin, Volume X, No. 5, July 1921

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Contains list of the members of the Board of Normal Regents, as well as a list of faculty. Includes information for students about the school, buildings, admission process, academic calendar, and course descriptions. Includes list of students from 1920-1921.

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Retta Murphy oral history interview

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In the 1974 interview, conducted by students Bobbie Vaughn and Stan Siler, Dr. Henrietta "Retta" Murphy talks briefly about her family, her education, and her first teaching job at Trinity where she was also Dean of Women. The focus of the interview is related to her experiences at Southwest Texas State, beginning with her arrival in San Marcos in 1919. Dr. Murphy discusses her memories and observations of the History Department, examples of discrimination she experienced as a woman on the faculty, and some memories from teaching troops on campus during WWII. She also talks about President C.E. Evans, President John G. Flowers, Professor Greene, and Lyndon Johnson.