DeStress Fest returns to the Sul Ross Library on Sunday, Dec. 2 through Dead Day, Thursday, Dec. 6 with the Library offering space to study alone or with peers, as well as assistance from librarians and Tutoring and Learning Center personnel. During DeStress Fest students can enjoy hot tea, coffee, and brain food, while taking [...]
A Star is Born on Sul Ross Theater Stage As part of the 2018 Sul Ross Home Coming Office and Door Decorating Contest, the Archives of the Big Bend has adorned its doors with a collage featuring Sul Ross alumni and Bonanza actor Dan Blocker. All images featured in the collage are found in the [...]
The J.J. Kilpatrick Family Candelaria Papers, held by the Archives of the Big Bend, are comprised of documents related to the Kilpatrick and Howard families of Candelaria, Presidio County. Mary Macon Howard (Kilpatrick) was the first Kilpatrick resident of Candelaria when she moved there to teach in the one-room schoolhouse shortly after the turn of [...]
Right about the time that graduating Lobos are ordering their robes in the spring, the librarians sit down to hash out our summer projects: What collections will we focus on rejuvenating? Which databases do we want to try to highlight for fall? What games and lesson plans should we develop for orientation sessions? And then suddenly [...]
The Archives of the Big Bend recently cataloged the Earl Fallis Photographic Collection. You can do a Webcat Search for "Earl Fallis". Limit search to "Archives"and click on the "Catalog Record" tab to get the full description. The album is comprised of photographs related the Big Bend Border Patrol as well as family and friends recreation photos, [...]
Your library recently added the following online resources to support your research: HeinOnline Gun Regulation and Legislation in America This database brings together more than 500 titles dealing with this difficult and important topic. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Links to nearly [...]
We would like to point your attention to some online resources that have been added to the Library’s Databases A-Z list: AAS Historical Periodicals Collection Series 1: 1691-1820 The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection: 1691-1820 presents over 500 titles from 1691 through 1820. Representing over two centuries of print culture from early colonial imports to titles [...]
Another large aspect of archival preservation, especially within the last 20 years or so, is digital preservation. Digital preservation includes both curating born-digital files, and digitization of paper, photograph and print materials. Born-digital files are any sort of file that originated in a digital environment such as .doc, .pdf, .jpg, .tif, .ppt, .mov, .avi, and [...]
In celebration of The American Library Association (ALA)'s annual Preservation Week, happening right now April 22, 2018 to April 28, 2018, the Archives of the Big Bend is highlighting some of its work in preserving Big Bend cultural heritage. A current project is the continuation of processing the J.J. Kilpatrick Family Cadelaria Papers, a historically-rich [...]
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