Trinity Digital Collections

- Trustee Ruth C. Cowles
- Cowles, Ruth C.;
- 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...
- Historical Images Archive
- National Baptist Convention of America editorial, by Reverend Black, 1968
- National Baptist Convention of America.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
- Editorial written by Reverend Black for the National Baptist Union - Review of the National Baptist Convention of America, in which he addresses actions of rebellion in the black urban community.
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- 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
- Student Christian Center
- Student Christian Center; Student organizations;
- The Student Christian Center was located in a complex of one-storey offices adjacent to the Student Union Building.
- Historical Images Archive
- Guenther Park Students
- Parks; Northrup Hall; Guenther Park
- 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
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center; Fiesta Room
- Completed at a cost of $1.5 million and dedicated in 1973, the Coates Center, joined by a portico to the renovated original student union building, provides a focal point for all campus activities. A $6 million renovation project was completed in...
- Historical Images Archive
- Guenther Park
- Guenther Park; Northrup Hall; Parks
- Photograph of Guenther Park with students leaving 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 in 1946. The...
- Historical Images Archive
- Friedrich Cactus Garden
- Friedrich Cactus Garden; Parks; Student Union Building;
- The cactus gardens in the foreground with the Student Union Building in the background. The cacti were a gift of the Friedrich family of San Antonio. The scope of the gardens were diminished with the construction of residence halls on the lower...
- Historical Images Archive
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center;
- Completed at a cost of $1.5 million and dedicated in 1973, the Coates Center, joined by a portico to the renovated original student union building, provides a focal point for all campus activities. A $6 million renovation project was completed in...
- Historical Images Archive
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center;
- Completed at a cost of $1.5 million and dedicated in 1973, the Coates Center, joined by a portico to the renovated original student union building, provides a focal point for all campus activities. A $6 million renovation project was completed in...
- Historical Images Archive
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center;
- Completed at a cost of $1.5 million and dedicated in 1973, the Coates Center, joined by a portico to the renovated original student union building, provides a focal point for all campus activities. A $6 million renovation project was completed in...
- Historical Images Archive
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center
- Elizabeth and George H. Coates University Center;
- Completed at a cost of $1.5 million and dedicated in 1973, the Coates Center, joined by a portico to the renovated original student union building, provides a focal point for all campus activities. A $6 million renovation project was completed in...
- Historical Images Archive
- Architectural Drawing Student Union Building
- 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
- 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
- Photographs from Andover Newton Theological School, part one, circa 1940s
- Andover Newton Theological School; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Group of photographs from Reverend Black's student days at Andover Newton Theological School in the early 1940s. Reverend S.H. [Samuel Horace] James, Jr., past pastor at Second Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas, appears in photos numbered: 22_g,...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Baptist Ministers Union of San Antonio and Vicinity, 1951-1960
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
- Reverend Black was involved with the beginnings of the Baptist Ministers Union of San Antonio and Vicinity, as Secretary, as part of committees, and as President. This folder contains meeting notes, correspondence, organizational documents such as...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local Politics, News and Community Activity Scrapbook, 1973-1974
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
- Scrapbook includes newsclippings; telegrams , cards, and letters of congratulations from community members and state and local politicians; ephemera from community events, such as Reverend Black's narration of a San Antonio Symphony event honoring...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- ZerNona Stewart Black tribute scrapbook, Health, Inc., 1993
- Baptists -- United States -- History.; Public health -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Scrapbook created by Leslie Foster Community Echoes for tribute event for Mrs. ZerNona Stewart Black, founder of Health, Inc., at the Annual Benefit Musical for Health, Inc, April 30, 1993, at the Mount Sinai Baptist Church.
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local politics scrapbook, 1971-1976
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
- 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...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local politics, church and community news scrapbook, 1976-1977
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
- 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...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers