Minutes of the Texas State Teachers Colleges Council of Presidents
Collection
Identifier: 2011.09-A
Scope and Contents
This collection, which is not subdivided into series, consists principally of the meeting minutes of the Texas State Teachers Colleges Council of Presidents. It also includes related correspondence and various other related materials such as resolutions and statements. It is organized chronologically, with separate files for each calendar year.
Dates
- 1922 - 1948
Conditions Governing Use
Items in this collection are protected by applicable copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
The Texas State Teachers Colleges Council of Presidents was a committee composed by the presidents, and at various times also the deans, business managers, and other various officials, of the state-supported normal/teachers colleges in Texas. During the timespan represented by these records, from 1922 to 1948, it was consistently comprised of seven member institutions: East Texas State Normal/Teachers College in Commerce, North Texas State Normal/Teachers College in Denton, Sam Houston Normal Institute/State Teachers College in Huntsville, Southwest Texas State Normal/Teachers College in San Marcos, Stephen F. Austin State Normal/Teachers College in Nacogdoches, Sul Ross State Normal/Teachers College in Alpine, and West Texas State Normal/Teachers College in Canyon. Additionally, from 1924 to 1928, South Texas State Teachers College in Kingsville (later the Texas College of Arts and Industries) participated on the Council of Presidents. Noted long-serving presidents on the Council included A. W. Birdwell (Stephen F. Austin), H. F. Estill (Sam Houston State), C. E. Evans (Southwest Texas State), J. A. Hill (West Texas State), R. L. Marquis (Sul Ross and North Texas State), W. J. McConnell (North Texas State), H. W. Morelock (Sul Ross), and Sam H. Whitley (East Texas State).
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Arrangement
All materials ordered chronologically, as they (generally) were originally.
Separated Materials
Originally interfiled with the distinctly separate minutes of the Texas State-Supported Colleges Council of Presidents, which have been removed as a separate collection (2011.09-B).
- Education, Higher -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Minutes of the Texas State Teachers Colleges Council of Presidents
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael Barera
- Date
- November 18, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives, Special Collections, Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce Repository
