Coates Library Digital Collections

Coates Library Digital Collections is a portal to online exhibits that are unique to Trinity University. The collections feature images, audio, video, and text on a variety of platforms. Items include digitized projects using Omeka, preservation using Preservica, archived websites, select films and movie footage, public history, and oral histories.

Explore Our Collections

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

Browse materials documenting Trinity University’s history. This collection reflects the broad range of subjects in our physical holdings and is presented in a variety of formats.

DIGITIZED PUBLICATIONS

The University Archives uses Preservica to host its digitized publications. Here you’ll find the Trinitonian newspaper, the Mirage yearbook, the On Trinity Hill news briefs, and Courses of Study Bulletins.

WEB ARCHIVES

Since 2013, the University Archives has used Archive-It to capture snapshots of Trinity University’s website and various related pages. Crawled pages from the internet archivemake them available to the public.

MOVING IMAGES

In partnership with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, select historic film and movie footage from the University Archives is available online.

EXHIBITS

Browse student-created digital exhibits highlighting material from our Special Collections and Archives.

ORAL HISTORIES

The Trinity community has online access to oral history collections conducted in partnership with Special Collections and Archives.