Archives
Obsolete Media: An internship
My name is Chris Junginger, and I am a junior majoring in Latin and Museum Studies. Over the fall semester, I interned in the University Archives as an obsolete media…
Willa Cather Collection
“Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in…
Conmemorando a la Comunidad
Conmemorando a la Comunidad: Latinx Experiences at Trinity University is a digital humanities project created during the summer of 2023 as a partnership between The Mexico, the Americas, and Spain…
San Antonio Archives Bazaar
In celebration of American Archives Month the San Antonio Regional Archivists (SARA) is hosting the first-ever San Antonio Archives Bazaar. The event will take place on Saturday, October 7th, 2023…
Texas Heritage Project
The Texas Heritage Project & Coates Library This post was contributed by Acacia Oyler ‘23, the AIT Intern in Special Collections & Archives for Spring 2023. As many students know…
Theater Posters & the Archives
Sometimes it feels like the university archives are bursting at the seams with print material from past events held on campus. When I was interviewing for the position one of…
Pranks, Hoaxes and Homo Sapiens
Have you planned a prank for April Fool’s Day? The San Antonio Zoo has a long history of pranking the city. On April 1, 1939, the San Antonio Light newspaper…
Tigers in a Winter Wonderland
In the meadow, we can build a snowman And pretend that he is LeeRoy Tiger… Do the colder temperatures have you dreaming of a snow day? We took a deep…
Highlights from the Dicke Collection of Fine Art Books
This fall, much of the buzz on campus has been about the new Dicke Hall, a center for the study of the humanities at Trinity. But did you know that…
Did you see that: Is it the supernatural, or just your archival staff working?
Fall is my favorite time of year. Some might think it’s because I can finally look seasonably dressed in my black outfits and purple lipstick. But no! It’s because October…