Trinity Digital Collections

- Alpha Young
- Young, Alpha; College trustees
- Young served as trustee from 1869-76 and from 1879-81. He also assisted in the construction of Trinity's first building.
- Historical Images Archive
- Trustee Earl Crawford
- Crawford, Earl;
- Crawford, a Presbyterian clergyman, served Trinity as a trustee from 1959-1982. Crawford was pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Wichita Falls from 1950-1978. He was active in civic affairs in Wichita Falls and served in various capacities in...
- Historical Images Archive
- Trustee James R. Carroll
- Carroll, James R.;
- James R. Carroll served as a Trinity trustee from 1967-1985. Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Amarillo, Texas, Carroll was elected moderator of the Synod of the Sun in 1974.
- Historical Images Archive
- Freshman students
- College freshmen;
- Freshman (first year) students wore the traditional beanies or dinks as part of orientation during the 1940s and 1950s.
- Historical Images Archive
- Trinity Flying Class
- Aeronautics; McDonald, Dorothy; Women in aeronautics
- 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
- Varsity tennis courts
- Tennis courts; Seeligson, Arthur A.;
- Dedication of varsity tennis courts on 5 November 1959. Courts given by trustee Arthur A. Seeligson, Sr., longtime supporter of Tennis in San Antonio. In photo foreground John Newman makes first official serve on new courts. Other players...
- Historical Images Archive
- Tennis Team 1898
- Tennis teams
- Trinity's first tennis team on the Tehuacana campus.
- Historical Images Archive
- Trinity Football Team 1900
- Football teams
- This was Trinity's first intercollegiate football team. It's first game was in Waco against Baylor in which Trinity was defeated by a score of 17-0.
- Historical Images Archive
- Students at Football Game
- Football;
- Trinity students attend a football game in Alamo Stadium in 1955. Note first year students wearing beanies with Class of 59 numerals.
- Historical Images Archive
- Health, Inc., 1979-1980
- Public health -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.);
- Folder: Health, Inc., 1979-1980; from the organizational records of Health, Inc., the senior citizen daycare center affiliated with Mount Zion First Baptist Church, co-founded by ZerNona Stewart Black.
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Samuel L. Hornbeak
- Hornbeak, Samuel L.; College presidents;
- Samuel Hornbeak first attended Trinity as a student in 1873 when he was eight years old. (Trinity then had a primary department.) He received a B.A. degree in 1885 and joined the TU faculty in 1891 as professor of science. He later served as dean...
- Historical Images Archive
- William S. Beeson
- Beeson, William S.; College 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
- Photograph of Reverend Black in front of Mount Zion First Baptist Church
- Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.); African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
- Photographer taking photograph of Reverend Black in front of Mount Zion First Baptist Church
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Trinity University Faculty
- College teachers; Johnson, Luther A.; College presidents
- Photo of Trinity University Faculty in 1889. On the back of the original, all the members are identified. President Luther A. Johnson is seated center of first row.
- Historical Images Archive
- James W. Laurie and James Robinson
- Laurie, James W.; Robinson, James;
- Pictured left to right are James W. Laurie, Trinity president, and Presbyterian clergyman James Robinson, pastor of the Church of the Master in New York City and founder of Cross Roads Africa program. Robinson visited the Trinity campus in 1961 to...
- Historical Images Archive
- Communism as a Religion
- Communism and Christianity; Communism and religion; Communism
- Thesis presented at Andover Newton Theological School in 1943, digitized copy supplied by Diana Yount, Trask Library, Andover Newton Theological School, on March 16, 2012 to Coates Library, Special Collections and Archives, Trinity University.
- Special Collections and Archives
- Verna McLean Residence Hall
- Verna McLean Residence Hall; Dormitories;
- Designed by Ford, Powelll and Carson, Inc., The Verna Hooks McLean Residence Hall for undergraduate students opened in the fall of 1985. McLean Hall was the first Trinity residence hall that included facilities for the physically disabled students...
- Historical Images Archive
- Verna McLean Residence Hall
- Verna McLean Residence Hall; Dormitories;
- Designed by Ford, Powelll and Carson, Inc., The Verna Hooks McLean Residence Hall for undergraduate students opened in the fall of 1985. McLean Hall was the first Trinity residence hall that included facilities for the physically disabled students...
- Historical Images Archive
- William Beeson tombstone
- Sepulchral monuments; Beeson, William S.
- This is the tombstone of William Beeson, Trinity University's first president (1869-1882). It is located in the Tehuacana cemetary not far from the original university building.
- Historical Images Archive
- Northrup Hall
- Northrup Hall
- Completed in 1951, the Administration Building was the first building to be constructed on Trinity Hill by architect O'Neil Ford. Following the erection of a three-story east wing in 1962, it was named in honor of Preston Gaines Northrup, a...
- Historical Images Archive