This research project required hours of time at the Special Collections Office at the James G. Gee Library.  That is where all the East Texan archives are kept.  I flipped through newspapers printed from 1935 to 1945, taking note of important headlines, the amount of war articles written, political cartoons, propaganda, and the advertisements.  My findings were documented through fieldnotes and snapshots of the newspapers.

Through my findings I discovered that the East Texas campus was impacted just as much as the rest of America.  Young men were overseas fighting, and the rest of America was left trying to do their government mandated patriotic duty.  Rationing effected them heavily, and civilian acts of defense were implemented.  Government propaganda put the fear of the enemy into Americans through posters and political cartoons.  Through all of this, the students tried to get through their studies, and kept their spirits up with recreational activities sponsored by the social groups.