Ephemera from Texas Southern in the 1930s and '40s

[African Americana]: [Texas]:

[Three Ephemeral Items From Texas Southern University, a Prominent Texas HBCU].

Houston: [1936-1951]. Three items, as detailed below. Overall minor wear. Very good. Item #3343

A trio of interesting items from Houston College for Negroes or the Texas State University for Negroes, now known as Texas Southern University, issued during the Jim Crow era in Texas. Texas Southern was founded in 1927 as Houston Colored Junior College, becoming Houston College for Negroes in 1934. In 1947, in order to avoid integrating the University of Texas Law School, the state legislature created the Texas State University for Negroes, to include a law school, with the college in Houston forming its foundation. The name was changed to Texas Southern University, on the petition of the students, in 1951. The items in the present offering are as follows:

1) Houston College for Negroes and Houston Colored Junior College Commencement Program, June 10, 1936 [caption title]. [Houston: 1936]. Broadside, 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Includes a schedule of events, prayers, musical performances, speakers, and so forth, with a list of graduates printed in three columns at bottom. The commencement address was given by D.J.S. Clark, President of Southern University in Louisiana.

2) Fourteenth Annual Baccalaureate Service of the Houston College for Negroes...June 1, 1941 [caption title]. [Houston: 1941]. Broadside, printed in blue within an ornamental border, 9 x 6 inches. Three holes punched along left edge. Program includes a schedule of events, prayers, musical performances, speakers, etc. The sermon was given by Dr. R.N. Brooks, editor of the Christian Advocate in New Orleans.

3) The Board of Directors of the Texas State University for Negroes...A Distinguished and Beloved Man Passed on When Dr. J.N.R. Score Departed from This World on September 26, 1949....[caption title and first part of text]. [Houston: 1949]. Printed broadside, signed by two officials at bottom, 8.5 x 11 inches. A printed remembrance of Dr. Score, a long-serving board member of the college. The letter reads, in part: "The loss to his nation, state, friends, and family cannot be measured in words."

Price: $450