Acknowledgements

This online exhibit could not have been made without the help, guidance and advice of the University Archives at Texas State University and Reba Jensen in the digitization lab, who processed and digitized the Oscar Strahan papers. Programing support and customization of this Omeka site was provided by programmer Jason Long.

This online exhibit was written and designed by Eric Robertson-Gordon, Graduate Assistant and student in the Public History program at Texas State University, in the summer of 2019.

Copyright Notice

Texas State University may not own the copyright on all of the material on this website. Some of the material is in the public domain, and some of the material may be owned by unidentified copyright owners. Where possible, we have identified the copyright owners. If you are a copyright owner of any of the material posted on this website, please contact us at UnivArchives@txstate.edu so that we may gather accurate information about our collection.

You may use any material on this website for personal or research use without permission. If you wish to publish or display copies of the materials on this website, you should contact University Archives for permission. You are responsible for securing any necessary copyright permission(s) to use this material. Texas State University cannot be responsible for any copyright violation resulting from your use of the material on this website. To learn more about U.S. copyright law, please see http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/.

Addendum September 2020: Glen McMicken, former SWT Assistant Track and Field Coach, helped decipher some of the writing on the 1907 postcard.

"Strahan graduated from Denison (Iowa) High School in 1909, and I believe that is the Denison High School team on the front. His sister, Jenna, was a 1904 grad from the same high school. 

I believe it should read Missouri Valley, then Wall Lake (birthplace of Andy Williams!), then Vail, and finally Manilla. Those were four high schools in the Denison area, or at least close enough for them to have played."

The transcription has been updated to reflect this information.  Thank you, Mr. McMicken!  --KT, University Archivist

This exhibit was constructed using Omeka S by Texas State University Libraries Digital Publishing Lab Student Employee, Odalis Ipina Hernandez, 2023.