Just after Spring Break, we were anticipating the installation and launch of an exhibit about World War I on the second floor of the library, just outside the Archives of the Big Bend. It all started when we got word about the Smithsonian's traveling poster project, Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service. Then, a question [...]
It's finally time to announce the beginning of a long-awaited project from the Archives of the Big Bend. Digital Collections are now available through CONTENTdm, curated and maintained by our Digitization Lab, housed on the second floor of the library. CONTENTdm makes it possible to securely build and share digital collections to make them accessible [...]
The Archives of the Big Bend is celebrating Women's History month by highlighting the WAC Army Administration Unit on campus during WWII. All images come from the Glenn Burgess Collection. Newspaper article from Sul Ross Skyline. For more photos and information on WACs at Sul Ross see our exhibit in the windows of the Archives [...]
In celebration of Black History month, the Archives of the Big Bend is celebrating the history and accomplishments of the Black Seminole Scouts and their descendants who became residents of the Big Bend. The origin of Black Seminoles began during the mid-18th century. Runaway slaves found haven amongst the Seminole Indians in Florida who were [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
The personal correspondence in one of the Archives's most valuable collections, The Clifford B. Casey Collection, has recently been processed. A subset of Dr. Casey's personal correspondence is his Sul Ross Correspondence, 1931-1973, which primarily documents memos, policies, and correspondence he received while he taught at Sul Ross from 1931-1960. Dr. Casey was still very [...]
