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Announcement of the Southwest Texas State Normal School for the Annual Session beginning September 9, 1908, and ending May 18, 1909. 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 fifth annual report of the Board of Trustees, list of students that attended 1907-1908 and graduates of past years, course descriptions, and information for students. Also includes short history of the normal school in San Marcos, Texas, and describes the purpose of a normal school. Has an appendix about the summer session.

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President's Report to the Board of Regents, February 1974

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Generally published each quarter, these reports include status of faculty and staff, policies, budgets, facilities, curriculum, and enrollment. Contents of reports vary over time and reflect the sate of the institution.

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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.