Trinity University Acquires the Claude and ZerNona Black Papers

This is the first blog entry for the Claude and ZerNona Black Papers acquisition by the Special Collections and Archives in the Elizabeth Huth Coates Library, Trinity University.  I was hired as a project archivist for the collection in February 2012, and have been busy packing up the collection at the donor's home (I'll have more on that in the following posts -- an adventure in itself!).

I have posted a of couple images of the Trinity University press release from February 28, 2012, as it introduces the significance and the breadth of the collection. One important aspect of the collection is that it fills an historical need for primary resource material about the civil rights movement not only in the city of San Antonio but in the southwest region of the United States.

My entries in this blog will serve in part as a kind of travel diary, on the processing journey of this very large archival collection. It will also provide an opportunity to share discoveries along the way, so that the vigorous activity and influence of both Reverend Black and his wife, ZerNona, will become more widely known.

I look forward to posting here, so check back often!

-- Donna Morales Guerra, Project Archivist for the Claude and ZerNona Black Papers

Trinity University press release from February 28, 2012