Trinity Digital Collections

- Trustees Witt, Miller, Calvert
- Trustees;
- (Left to right) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil W. Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. James H. Calvert. Affectionaly known as ""the three wise men,"" Witt, Miller, and Calvert were instrumental in bringing Trinity to San Antonio in 1942 and...
- Historical Images Archive
- 11th Anniversary Service for Reverend Black, Mount Zion First Baptist Church, 1960
- Baptists -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- 11th Anniversary Service for Reverend Black at Mount Zion First Baptist Church; Listening notes: First 10 minutes - music and service; 10 minutes to 18:42 minutes - music and preliminary words; 18:48 minutes to 23:42 minutes - words by Reverend...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- 1949 Football Team
- Sports;
- 1949 Football team leaving San Antonio for the Shrine Silver Bowl in Mexico City. Trinity defeated a Mexican All Star Team 52-6 on December 15, 1949.
- Historical Images Archive
- Trinity students 1950s
- Students;
- A campus scene in the 1950s with students on stairway in the vicinity ot Storch library.
- Historical Images Archive
- Female students 1950
- Students;
- A group of female students in the mid-1950s put on make up while seated in Guenther Park on the Trinity campus. The photograph was made for public relations purposes. Guenther Park commemorated a gift of land contributed to the Trinity campus by...
- Historical Images Archive
- Guenther Park Students
- Buildings; Students;
- A group of students gather for conversation in Guenther Park with Northrup Hall in the background. Guenther Park was a small park area named in memory of Erhard R. Guenther commemorating a gift of 6.4 acres of land by Pioneer Flour Mills to Trinity...
- Historical Images Archive
- Aerial view of Trinity Campus
- Buildings; Landscape photographs;
- Aerial view of campus taken c. 1960 from Northrup Hall looking west with Storch Library, Mayfield Cottage, Varsity Tennis courts, McFarlin Residence Halls, and University Presbyterian Church in the background.
- Historical Images Archive
- Aerial view Trinity Campus
- Buildings; Landscape photographs;
- Aerial view of Trinity campus looking north with the Sams Athletic Center in the foreground and the Parker Chapel and Murchison Tower prominent in center of photograph. On the lower left, work on the construction of E. M. Stevens field is underway.
- Historical Images Archive
- Commencement Sunken Gardens
- Events
- After moving to the new campus in 1952, Trinity held its summer commencent exercises in the Sunken Garden Ampitheater in nearby Brackenridge Park. The evening event was held there annually until completion of Laurie Auditorium in 1971. This photo...
- Historical Images Archive
- Prof Herff-Beze with students
- Faculty;
- Albert Herff-Beze was Professor, Department of Music at the University of San Antonio(1937-42) and at Trinity (1942-76). One of the most popular members of the Trinity faculty, Beze taught a course entitled Music Appreciation that was always filled...
- Historical Images Archive
- James W. Laurie
- Presidents;
- ames W. Laurie, Trinity's 14th president, served from 1951-1970. Photo was taken in the late 1950s.
- Historical Images Archive
- Jesse Anderson
- Presidents;
- Anderson was Trinity's 6th and last president on the Tehuacana campus.
- Historical Images Archive
- Trinity Flying Class
- Students;
- Aviation class formed in 1939 under the auspices of the civil aeronautics Authority. Dorothy McDonald(pictured) was the first female to graduate in program.
- Historical Images Archive
- Basketball Team
- Sports; Students;
- Basket ball team early 20th century. Trinity had no gymnasium so the team practiced on an out-door concrete slab.
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- Beeson Hall
- Buildings;
- Beeson residence hall for men named after William Beeson, Trinity's first president. Destroyed by fire in early 1930s.
- Historical Images Archive
- William S. Beeson
- Presidents;
- 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.
- Historical Images Archive
- Professor David S. Bodenhamer
- Faculty
- Bodenhamer joined the Trinity faculty in 1883 as an assistant instructor and two years later became the Johnson Professor Mathematics. Later he served as professor Greek, Bible, and astronomy and the Aston Lecturer on Theology and Homiletics. He...
- Historical Images Archive
- First Reunion for Class of 1935 Phyllis Wheatley High School, 1980
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Segregation--Texas--San Antonio--History.;
- Booklet for first Reunion of Phyllis [Phillis] Wheatley High School class of 1935, San Antonio, Texas
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- A Common Goal: Equal Opportunity
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Public health -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Booklet published by the AFL-CIO, with the text of Civil Rights Resolution from the Sixth Annual Convention, San Francisco, December 9-15, 1965, and an address by AFL-CIO Vice President A. Philip Randolph in support of the resolution.
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- John H. Burma
- Presidents;
- Burma was Trinity's 10th president 1921-1933.
- Historical Images Archive