Entire BooksIndividual Chapters
The Romance of Hardin-Simmons University
      by Solon R. Featherston		 Forward
Chapter 1 - Early Education in Texas
Chapter 2 - Early Principles and Policies
Chapter 3 - Colonel J. H. Parramore
Chapter 4 - Sid Richardson_A man with Ideas
Chapter 5 - Dam-It!, He's Dead
Chapter 6 - An Enviable Athletic Record
Chapter 7 - Friends Join a Great Benefactor
Chapter 8 - John G. Hardin, the Philanthropist
Chapter 9 - Pranks Sometimes Teach Lessons
Chapter 10 - Warning: Genius at Large
Chapter 11 - The Development of the Board of Development
Chapter 12 - The Board of Development Gains Momentum
Chapter 13 - Dr. Evan Allard Reiff, Scholar-Builder
Chapter 14 - The Romance of the World Famous Cowboy Band
Chapter 15 - Sequel to the Development of the Cowboy Band
Chapter 16 - The Small and the Great
Appendix
James B. Simmons, A Foundation Builder
      by Robert Stuart MacArthur		 Forward
Chapter 1 - Early Life
Chapter 2 - Student Life
Chapter 3 - Married Life
Chapter 4 - Life as a Pastor
Chapter 5 - His Life as Secretary
Chapter 6 - The Foundation Builder
Chapter 7 - His Connection with Simmons College
Chapter 8 - Simmons College - The Crowning Achievement of Dr. Simmons's Life
Famous Are Thy Halls
      by Rupert Richardson
 Preface
Chapter 1 - Off to College
Chapter 2 - My Transcript and Credentials
Chapter 3 - Simmons College Before I Came, 1890-1907
Chapter 4 - College Years, 1907-1917
Chapter 5 - The Interim, 1912-1917
Chapter 6 - The Golden Age, 1912-1918
Chapter 7 - Bugle Calls and the New Freedom, 1917-1920
Chapter 8 - Some Worthy Beginnings: Good and Poor Endings, 1920-1925
Chapter 9 - Fat Years and Lean, 1925-1934
Chapter 10 - A New Name and a New Outlook, 1934-1937
Chapter 11 - Making the Best of Hard Times, 1922-1940
Chapter 12 - The End of an Era, 1940-1943
Chapter 13 - World War II Years, 1941-1945
Chapter 14 - The G I Invasion, 1945-1950
Chapter 15 - Life in the G I Era
Chapter 16 - Looking Ahead
Chapter 17 - Quality Education
Chapter 18 - Reaching Out: An Era of Activism
Chapter 19 - Our Heritage
Index
Jefferson Davis Sandefer Christian Educator
     
     by Jefferson Sandefer
 Preface
Chapter 1 - Ancestral Echoes
Chapter 2 - Youthful Education and Leadership
Chapter 3 - Stephenville Highlights
Chapter 4 - Pioneering With Simmons College
Chapter 5 - Works Bear Fruit
Chapter 6 - Simmons University
Chapter 7 - Hardin-Simmons University
Chapter 8 - A Donor Friend
Chapter 9 - An Administrator
Chapter 10 - The Future of Christian Education
Afterward
Hardin-Simmons University A Centennial History
     
     by Yvonne Stackhouse
 Preface
Chapter 1 - The Founding of Simmons College with the Aid of Jame B. Simmons. W.C.Friley Becomes first President
Chapter 2 - The End of a Decade of Growth and the Beginning of a New Century Under Presidents G.O. Thatcher, C.R. Hairfield, and O.C. Pope
Chapter 3 - President Oscar Henry Coope, "The Teacher's Teacher"; 1902-1909
Chapter 4 - Sixth President: Jefferson Davis Sandefer and His Family: 1909-1940
Chapter 5 -The Vision Continues Under J. D. Sandefer: Curriculum, The Cowboy Band, The "Cowhand" Statue, and The Six White Horses
Chapter 6 - Sandefer's Administration during World War I and the Depresssion Years
Chapter 7 - Transition Under President W.R. White and President R.N. Richardson: 1940-1953
Chapter 8 - Enrollment, Funding, Buildings, and Student Life in the 1940's and 1950's
Chapter 9 -President Evan A. Reiff, George Graham, and James H. Landes; Biographies, Budgets, and Buildings
Chapter 10 - Curricular and Extra-curricular Life under Three Presidents: 1953-1966
Chapter 11 - The Expanded Vision Contues under President Elwin L. Skiles: 1966-1977
Chapter 12 - Student Life, History of Buildings, and Athletics during the Skiles' Administration
Chapter 13 - President Jesse C. Fletcher: Guiding the School Through New Challenges: 1977-1991
Chapter 14 - Celebrating Centennial under President J. C. Fletcher
Afterward
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hardin: Stewards Who Administered Their Own Estates
A Devotion to a Cause, A Defense of the American Way of Life
     speech by Walter G. Jennings
A Brief Document History of Hardin-Simmons University
     compiled by Rupert Richardson