Tag: history
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…
American Archives Month
Every October the archival community and repositories across the states celebrate American Archives Month. This is a way to spread awareness about the importance of archives and the value of…
Documenting San Antonio’s 1921 Flood
When a historian sets out to tell the story of an event, they typically begin by looking at primary sources: newspapers, diaries, letters, photographs–any sort of item that records what…
Valentine’s Day Postcards
Trinity bricks are red, Mountain laurel smells sweet, When it comes to Valentines, You can’t be beat! People began sending cards to their Valentines in the eighteenth century; these were…
Ada Colbert: The Earliest Known Native Student at Trinity
Here in Special Collections & Archives, we are often asked questions about Trinity “firsts”: who was the first woman to achieve tenure? Who was the first donor? What was the…