Trinity Digital Collections

- Trustee James H. Calvert
- Calvert, James H.;
- James Henry Calvert served Trinity as a trustee from 1942 until his death in 1981. He was chairman of the board from 1963-1966. As president of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce in 1941, Calvert was instrumental in bringing Trinity to San Antonio...
- Historical Images Archive
- Moving Day 1952
- Trinity moved from the Woodlawn campus to the Skyline campus on May 13, 1952. Students break for refreshments on the Woodlawn campus before leaving for the new campus.
- 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
- James W. Laurie
- Laurie, James W.;
- 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.
- Historical Images Archive
- Monroe G. Everett
- Everett, Monroe G.; College presidents;
- The thirteenth president of Trinity University, Everett was a graduate of Bethel College in Tennessee and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Everett served as Director of the Westminster Foundation for...
- Historical Images Archive
- Monroe G. Everett
- Everett, Monroe G.; College presidents;
- The thirteenth president of Trinity University, Everett was a graduate of Bethel College in Tennessee and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Everett served as Director of the Westminster Foundation for...
- 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
- Commencement Sunken Gardens
- Commencement ceremonies; Brackenridge Park (San Antonio, Tex.)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- George and Margarite B. Parker provided funds for the chapel, the organ, furnishings, and landscaping. Dedicated in the spring of 1966, completion of the chapel marked the beginning of a new era of religious activities on campus. O'Neil Ford and...
- Historical Images Archive
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- George and Margarite B. Parker provided funds for the chapel, the organ, furnishings, and landscaping. Dedicated in the spring of 1966, completion of the chapel marked the beginning of a new era of religious activities on campus. O'Neil Ford and...
- Historical Images Archive
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- George and Margarite B. Parker provided funds for the chapel, the organ, furnishings, and landscaping. Dedicated in the spring of 1966, completion of the chapel marked the beginning of a new era of religious activities on campus. O'Neil Ford and...
- Historical Images Archive
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- Margarite B. Parker Chapel
- George and Margarite B. Parker provided funds for the chapel, the organ, furnishings, and landscaping. Dedicated in the spring of 1966, completion of the chapel marked the beginning of a new era of religious activities on campus. O'Neil Ford and...
- Historical Images Archive
- Lightner Residence Hall
- Lightner Residence Hall; Dormitories;
- With funds raised during Trinity's $50 million Centennial Fund, two new residence halls for women opened in the fall of 1965: the six-story Camille Lightner Honor Residence Hall and High Rise Residence hall. Both were designed by architects O'Neil...
- Historical Images Archive
- George Storch Memorial Library
- Libraries; George Storch Memorial Library
- Photograph is taken with Storch statue in the foreground looking west. The building was used as the main campus library until the new library was opened in 1978. Funds to build the Storch Library were the gift of Louise J. Lips and her son Charles...
- Historical Images Archive
- Architectural Drawing Men's Dormitory
- Dormitories; Architectural drawings; Campus planning
- In 1945, before deeds were signed for the property for the new campus on Trinity Hill, trustees selected Harvey P. Smith and Bartlett Cocke as architects to draw up a master plan for the new campus. Assistance as consulting architects came from the...
- Historical Images Archive
- Architectural Drawing Administration Building
- Architectural drawings; School administration buildings;
- In 1945, before deeds were signed for the property for the new campus on Trinity Hill, trustees selected Harvey P. Smith and Bartlett Cocke as architects to draw up a master plan for the new campus. Assistance as consulting architects came from the...
- Historical Images Archive
- Architectural Drawing Chapel Close Up
- Architectural drawings; Campus planning
- In 1945, before deeds were signed for the property for the new campus on Trinity Hill, trustees selected Harvey P. Smith and Bartlett Cocke as architects to draw up a master plan for the new campus. Assistance as consulting architects came from the...
- Historical Images Archive