Box

Correspondence, Documents, and Photos

• 1892-1956 (Creation)

7 folders

1/1: Biography

• Copy of a handwritten declaration from Texas A&M President, L. S. Ross, April 26, 1895.
• Typed copy of Alva Mitchell's biography.
• Name and address of Alva Mitchell's youngest son, Ralph Howard Mitchell.

1/2: Articles

• Article in the Houston Post, "Men Prominent in Affairs of the A. & M. College of Texas," 6 copies, December 31, 1911.
• Article in the Battalion, "Who's Who: Professor A. Mitchell," March 13, 1923.
• Article in the Texas A&M System News, "Board Resolution Pays High Tribute to Alva Mitchell," 6 copies, June 1956.
• Article in the Texas A&M System News, "J. Wheeler Barger Resolution Passed by Board," June 1956.

1/3: Miscellaneous Articles

• Commencement program for A&M College's graduation ceremony that summer, 1 original, and 1 photocopy, July 5-7, 1892.
• War Department Army Training School Certificate for a course in Auto Mechanics, taken by Wendell Harold Mitchell, November 1918.
• United States Railroad Administration certificate for discharged soldiers, belonged to Wendell Harold Mitchell, December 1918.
• Copy of Governor Richard Coke and President Thomas Gathright's inaugural speeches from the 1876 inauguration of Texas A&M, 1951.

1/4: Photographs of Alva Mitchell's classmates from the Class of 1894, all photos are signed by the cadet they were a portrait of, 11 photos.

1/5: Photograph of the Corps. of Cadets standing in formation in front of the Academic Building, 1 photo.

1/6: Photographs of students, the campus, and President Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade during the President's visit to the campus in 1937, 20 photos.

1/7: Photographs of students around different areas of the campus, possibly with Professor Mitchell during his days as a lecturer, 11 photos, Undated.