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[Photograph 2012.201.B0500.0030]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "At least 50 students in the Altus area will receive scholarships to the Altus Junior college next autumn thanks to the business and civic leaders of the Jackson county seat."
Date: June 9, 1949
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1361.0822]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Temperatures may be freezing outside, but it's always summer inside Western Oklahoma State College's new $500.000 'Natatorium, where workmen are putting final touches on the swimming pool before presentation to the Altus college's regents."
Date: January 22, 1978
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1361.0819]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "GROUND-BREAKING EQUIPMENT at Western Oklahoma State College seems to be translated by this photo into a bit of symbolism that everything "augurs" well for the college."
Date: June 10, 1974
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Emily B. Smith: Educator with Vision

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Emily Blanton Smith, who served as first dean of Altus Junior College and ensured survival of the institution during the Great Depression. Altus Junior College would eventually become Western Oklahoma State College, and Emily B. Smith's legacy is remembered in the city's centennial.
Date: Autumn 1991
Creator: Olson, Glyna & Kelley, Leo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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