Birdie Cherico Scheid Scrapbook 1922-1934

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Birdie Cherico Scheid Scrapbook 1922-1934

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The scrapbook was assembled by Austin, Texas resident Birdie Cherico and includes memorabilia from her junior high school graduation in 1922 to about a year after her marriage to Mr. Morris Scheid in 1933.

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Austin History Center , Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701.

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Austin High School (Austin, Tex.)

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University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

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