Special Collections
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…
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…
The Maddux Tapestry: Adding Context in Special Collections
This post was written by Lindsey Bonin ’22, the Exhibits Intern in Special Collections & Archives for Spring 2022. When you first walk into the Special Collections & Archives reading…
Vistas from the Past: the History of Landscaping at Trinity
This post was written by Nathaniel Hajovsky ’22, the Exhibits Intern in Special Collections & Archives for Fall 2021. American intellectual culture and literary tradition has always had a deep…
La Pastorela: A Christmas Treasure in Special Collections
San Miguel: Mortales! estad atentos! Un milagro grande lugar ha tenido cercano á este sitio que Dios ha escogido. Translated– Archangel Michael: Mortals! Be attentive! A great miracle has…