Pre-1922 • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s

1900-1922 The Search for a New University

• An Introduction: The Search for a New University
  Birdwell on Education, The Final Years of the Old University, The Search for a New University, Being True to the Ghosts
• The Important Year of 1917
  The Important Year of 1917, The Nacogdoches Case: THE TWENTY THREE REASONS, The State Selection Committee, Nacogdoches Gets SFA, Nacogdoches Denied SFA
• The Years of Uncertainty
  The Years of Uncertainties (1917-1923), The President Arrives, The Austin Building Crisis, The Campus, Faculty, The Vista, The Opening on Washington Squaree
• Historical Marker for the University Tradition in Nacogdoches

1923-1929 The Founding Years

• SFA Opens on Washington Square
  SFA Opens on Washington Square, Special Edition of the Daily Sentinel, The First SFA Bulletin, Opening Day, Interviews with First Day Students, Faculty Portraits, Profiles, Welcome Reception, The Demonstration School, and a Photographic Essay of SFA on Washington Square
• SFA Moves to the New Campus
  SFA Moves to the New Campus, The Regents Accept the Austin Building, Aikman-First Benefactor, Traditionals Evolve, Pine Tree Hymn, Karle Wilson Baker, First Faculty Members Talk, The Sub-College, and Photographic Essay
• The College Expands
  The College Expands Essay, The Rusk Building, First Graduates, The Rusk Library, The Rare Book Room, Thomas J. Rusk Literary Society, Early Faculty - Interview with Edna Wilkins, First Class - Gracie Hornbuckle, Commuting from Garrison, The Birdwell Field, and Photographic Essay
• Collegiate Life Developes
  Essay on Collegiate Life in the First Decade, Sunrise Service on the Vista, Religious Activities On and Off Campus, The Karle Wilson Baker Dramatic Club, The Sawyers, on the Vista, 1929 , The Royal Order of Potential Debunkers - 1929-1930, Rusk County student remembers the boarding houses, Nacogdoches–A Pageant, Housing before Dormitories, The Women’s Athletic Association, Portrait of an SFA Student: Baker James Cauthen
• Historical Marker for Pioneering Education in East Texas
• Historical Marker for President Birdwell
• Historical Marker for Karle Wilson Baker
• Historical Marker for the Austin Building
• Historical Marker for the Rusk Building
• Historical Marker for Birdwell Field, Aikman Gym, and the Womens Recreational Center

1930-1941 The Depression

• The Crisis of the Depression
  Essay on SFA during the Crisis of the Depression, The Threat of Closing, Memories of the Depression: Oral History by Dr. Bobby Johnson, SFA and the Public Works Administration, Reflections on the Depression by Lois Patterson, A Demonstration Farm on Campus
• Celebrations at SFA in the 1930s
  SFA Celebrates the Depression dissipates: Homecomings and History, A Brief History of the Alumni Association by Ed Gaston, Stone Fort Museum, Crocket, Victor Fain: Editor of the Pine Log
• The Coming of War and Changes
  Essay: The Coming of War and Changes, Birdwell's Retirement, Gibbs Hall, Growing up at SFA before the war, A New President: Dr. Paul Boynton Appointed, Maude Birdwell, The Home Front During the War, An Interview with the 1943 Stone Fort Editor: Joyce Bright Swearingen
• Historical Marker for the Old Stone Fort
• Historical Marker for the Stone Fort Museum

1942- 1958 The Boynton Era; World War II; 1950s

• The Boynton Administration During World War II
  Essay on the Early Boynton Administration, The WACs Come, GIs Keep in Touch, The Vets Return, Memorial Stadium, J. H. Wisley
• The Boynton Administration: 1948-1958
  Essay on the Boynton Administration in the 1950s, Celebration of SFA's 25th Anniversary, Catching Up with Growth, Sports After the War, Birdwell's Death, Interview with Juanita Boynton, Academic Freedom
• Historical Marker for Dr. Paul Boynton
• Historical Marker for the WACs in Nacogdoches
• Historical Marker for SFASTC in World War II

1958-1976 The Steen Years

• The Early Steen Administration: An Explosion
  Essay on the Early Steen Years, A New Biography of Steen, Walter Prescott Webb at Steen's Inauguration, Reflections on the Early 1960s by Charles Haas, Griffith Park Becomes an Issue, Ralph Steen on East Texas, A Student's View of the 1960s, Building Boom of the 1960s
• Ralph Steen and the Campus Boom Town
  Essay on the Last Decade of the Steen Administration, Interviews with Regents Perkins and Wright, Steen's Building Program, Phase II, VPAA Ashley Remembers Young Faculty Days, Raymond Hall on Integration, Ed Gaston Pays Tribute to Ralph Steen

1976-1990 The Johnson Years

1990-1999

2000-2008

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