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Announcement of the Southwest Texas State Normal School for the Annual Session beginning September 9, 1903, and ending May 17, 1904. 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, academic calendar, list of faculty, explanations of courses, expenses and scholarships, and information for those renewing, extending, or raising the grade of their teaching certificates. 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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Margaret Fields oral history interview

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Margaret Fields talks about her early life in New Braunfels and life during the Great Depression. She describes the university campus and the schooling she received at Texas State in the 1930s and 1940s. She mentions places like Old Main; people such as C.E. Evans, Mary Brogdon, Leland Derrick, and John Flowers; and her experiences living off-campus. She discusses the various teaching jobs she took in Comal County and Medina County as well as her work with the state vocational rehabilitation department in Austin and other companies in Houston. She outlines how it all led her to her current job at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.