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Scrapbook of newsclippings assembled by Reverend Black, predominantly about San Antonio local politics, city council candidates, political issues involving the East side and West side of the city, Reverend Black's own political campaigns and...
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970 (right) with George Clark, President of Trinity's Alumni Association. Photograph taken in 1955 with San Antonio skyline in the background
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970 (left) and Clint C. Small, president of Trinity's Board of Trustees (1949-1957) at Laurie's inaugural ceremonies on 8 October 1952.
Luther Apelles Johnson served as Trinity's third president from 1885-1889 and later as president of the faculty. He was responsible for developing Trinity's curriculum and for initiating faculty study leaves. His untimely death in 1900 was a great...
Beeson was Trinity's first president (1869-1883). A veteran of the Confederate Army, Beeson had previously served as President of Chapel Hill College in Texas.
On 6 November 1959, the university swimming pool was dedicated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. D. Harold Byrd, Sr. Their son, D. Harold Byrd, Jr. was the principal donor of the $145,000 facility. Pictured in the photograph are swimmers from Trinity's...
Trinity's olympic size swimming pool was a gift to the university by D. Harold Byrd, Jr. in honor of his parents, Col. And Mrs. D. Harold Byrd Sr. Dedication ceremonies took place on November 6, 1959.
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970 (right) with O'Neil Ford, Trinity architect who designed the campus. Photo appears to have been taken in the early 1960s from the top of Northrup Hall looking west with Storch library...
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970. Photo was taken c. 1950 when Laurie was pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, New York where he served from 1942-1951.
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970. Photo was taken about 1968. It was used as a model for his portrait that now hangs in the entry way to the trustees meeting room in Northrup Hall.
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970. Photo was taken in the mid- 1950s when John MacKay, president of Princeton Theological Seminary was a guest speaker on the Trinity campus. In the background of photo is the...
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970 (left) and Henry R. Luce, editor-in-chief of Time, Life, and Fortune Magazines Photo was taken on 7 October 1952 at a civic dinner in honor of Laurie at which Luce was the speaker....
James W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970. Photograph dates from the mid-1960s with Laurie viewing campus with San Antonio syyline in the background.
Ruth C. Cowles served as a Trinity trustee from 1949-1964. As a trustee, Mrs. Cowles supervised much of Trinity's landscaping and furnishings, particularly for the Student Union, the Cowles House at 130 Oakmont Court, other university houses, and...
Named in memory of William H. Bell, late chairman of Trinity's Board of Trustee from 1984-87, the Bell Athletic Center, a three-story structure containing 185,000 square feet, opened in 1992. The building houses faculty and staff offices, the Hixon...