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The vast majority of these photographs are of a 1958 event at Bishop College, a now-defunct Baptist College founded in Marhsall, Texas. The college later moved to Dallas before being closed in 1988 because of a financial scandal. The campus, purchased in 1990 by Comer S. Cottrell, is now the site of Paul Quinn College. Also included is an earlier collection of photographs of unidentified subjects in Marshall, Texas. Most of these are estimated to have been taken in the 1920's and are likely from the same personal collection as the Bishop College photographs. All photographs in this subseries are black and white.

The black and white proof sheets contain images of portraits (e.g. David Mays, Bill Scott, Dr. Harry Smith, Susie Findell, Randy Fountain, Heather Pastor, Mike Carlson, Randy Lilly, Charlotte Ware, Scott Patterson, Steve Caldero, Bob Smithers among others), President Nixon's commencement address, theatre productions (Journey's End, The Miracle Worker, The Beaux' Stratagem, Thieves Carnival, Of Mice and Men), rehearsals (Kiss Me Kate, The Night Thoreau in Jail) and live performances by the rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. However, there are missing proofs including #'s 29, 32-37, 46, 88, 299, 302, 344, 372-377, 398, 425, 564-565, 574-575, 588-1-588-2, 652, and 763-780. Proof #'s 173 and 181 are complete, however 173 is a duplicate of 172 and 181 has cutouts.

There are several missing negative strips and proof sheets including #'s 1, 13, 88, 175, 180, 190, 230, 280, 291, 416, 455, 564-565, 588-1, 588-2, 621, 666, 682, and 774. There are also negative sheets that are assumed complete, however there is no proof sheet for comparison including #'s 29, 32-37, 46, 299, 302, 344, 372-377, 398, 425, 574-575, 652, 763-773, and 775-780. Proof #'s 14, 50, 69, 117, 154, 163, 180, 248, 311, 333, 438, 454, 456, 493, and 495 are complete, however they also contain one extra strip. Proof #'s 194 and 492 are complete, however they also contain two extra strips. Proof # 496 is complete, however it also contains three extra strips. Proof # 172 is complete, however it is a duplicate of 173.