• The Presidential Welcomes in 1923 and 2008
• Texas Historical Markers
  • Alton W. Birdwell
  • Birdwell Field, Aikman Gym, and the WRC
• SFA Ex-Students During the Birdwell Years

The Heritage Series: Chronological History of the Birdwell Years

• 1917
  • Birdwell named first president of SFASTC
  • Birdwell Visits Nacogdoches in 1917
  • Heritage Essay on the Year 1917
  • The Years of Uncertainty; 1921 Renamed SFA President after college funded
• 1922
  • Birdwell moves with his family to Nacogdoches. “I came to Nacogdoches…arriving in this city the last day of August. There were no bands at the station to meet me,” wrote Birdwell later. Essay: Birdwell Arrives in Nacogdoches in 1922
• 1923
  • SFA Opens on Washington Square on his birthday, September 18, 1923
• 1924
  • SFA Moves to the New Campus; Austin Building Opens
• 1925
  • The College Expands; Rusk Building
• 1929
  • Birdwell Copes with the Crisis of the Depression and the Threat of Closing
• 1936
  • Leads SFA in celebrating the history of Texas; moves Stone Fort to the Campus
• 1941
  • The Coming of World War II and Changes
• 1942
  • Birdwell retires and given title President Emeritus
• 1948
  • SFA celebrates 25th Anniversary and the life of Alton Birdwell
• 1954
  • Dr. Birdwell died on October 25, 1954, at his home on Davis Street. He was 84. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Buildings of the Birdwell Years

• 1923
  • The First President's Home
• 1924
  • The Austin Building
• 1924
  • Aikman Gym
  • The Shack
  • Buildings used on Washington Square
• 1926
  • The Rusk Building
• 1930s
  • The Buildings of the WPA: Wisley, WRC, Gibbs, The Science Building