John Tarleton Agricultural College collection c.1921-1941

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John Tarleton Agricultural College collection c.1921-1941

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Established by a $100,000 bequest of John Tarleton, an Erath Countypioneer, John Tarleton College opened in 1899 as a private preparatoryschool and college for the youth of the surrounding rural region. Over the past century, Tarleton has grown from a small private college intoa thriving state university with more than 7,400 students. Eighty-one drawings and one map document the work of architecture students at John Tarleton Agricultural College during the approximate years of 1921-1941.

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Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

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"For the last one hundred years, Tarleton State University, a public coeducational institution, has provided a broad-based education. Established by a $100,000 bequest of John Tarleton, an Erath County pioneer, John Tarleton College opened in 1899 as a private preparatory school and college for the youth of the surrounding rural region. During the next decade students could earn a baccalaureate degree. But in 1908, to compensate for declining enrollment and inadequate funding, colle...

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