Descriptive Summary
University of Texas at San Antonio. Office of University Communications
University of Texas at San Antonio. Office of University Communications Photographs, 1972-2001
1972-2001Materials are in English.
UA 16.01.01
29.3 linear feet (about
22,000 items)
Archives and Special
Collections Department, Library, The University of
Texas at San Antonio.
The Office of University Communications at the University of Texas at San Antonio was formed following the dissolution of the News & Information Office circa 1988. The News & Information Office, and later the Office of University Communications, was responsible for all official UTSA photography, with contract photographer Gil Barrera also taking photographs for the University from 1972-1978. University photographers from 1973-2008 were John R. Poindexter, Mark McClendon, and Patrick R. Dunn. As of February 2008, University Communications is overseen by the Office of the Vice President for University Advancement and comprises three departments: University Publications, Public Affairs, and Web & Multimedia Services.
This collection spans the years 1972 through 2001 and includes photographs, negatives, contact prints, and slides depicting the University of Texas at San Antonio. Included in the collection are photographs of people (students, faculty, and staff), buildings and campus grounds, colleges, events, and objects.
Historical Note
The Office of University Communications at the University of Texas at San Antonio was formed following the dissolution of the News & Information Office circa 1988. The News & Information Office was responsible for all official UTSA photography, with contract photographer Gil Barrera also taking photographs for the University from 1972-1978. Additionally, contract photographer Tommy Hultgren took photographs of campus life (students, student activities, and other subjects) for the University in 1996. See below for a list of official university photographers.
As of February 2008, University Communications is overseen by the Office of the Vice President for University Advancement and comprises three departments: University Publications (responsible for publishing the UTSA magazine
Sombrilla), Public Affairs (responsible for publishing UTSA Today, http://www.utsa.edu/today/), and Web & Multimedia Services. List of University Photographers, 1973-2008- 1973-2003: John R. Poindexter
- 1994-1997: John R. Poindexter and Mark McClendon
- 1997-2003: Mark McClendon
- 2003-2008: Mark McClendon (Office of Public Affairs) and Patrick R. Dunn (University Publications)
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the years 1972 through 2001 and includes photographs, negatives, contact prints, and slides depicting the University of Texas at San Antonio. Included in the collection are photographs of people (students, faculty, and staff), buildings, campus grounds of UTSA's three campuses (1604, Downtown, and the Institute of Texan Cultures), colleges, events, and objects. The collection was transferred to the UTSA Archives in 2003, about three years after the Office of University Communications (including Public Affairs and University Publications) began taking strictly digital photographs.
The collection is divided into six series: News & Information Office, Public Affairs Office, Office of University Communications, Portraits, Subjects (including the subseries Athletics, Campus File, Campus Life, Offices, Special Events, and University Center), and Assorted Photographs.
Organization of Collection
[Series 1. News and Information Office, 1974-1988](series1)- 1.1. Contact Sheets and Prints
- 1.1. Negatives
[Series 2. Public Affairs Office, 1988-1990](series2)- 2.1. Contact Sheets
- 2.2. Negatives
[Series 3. Office of University Communications, 1990-2001](series3)
- 3.1. General, 1990-2000
- 3.1.1. Contact Sheets
- 3.1.2. Negatives
- 3.2. Special Projects, 2000-2001
[Series 4. Portraits, 1976-2000](series4)[Series 5. Subjects, 1972-2000](series5)- 5.1. Athletics, 1982-2001
- 5.2. Campus File, 1975-2001
- 5.2.1. General, 1975-2000
- 5.2.2. Aerial Photographs, 1976-1998
- 5.2.3. University Center (1604 Campus), 1995-1997
- 5.2.4. Downtown Campus, 1993-2001
- 5.2.5. Institute of Texan Cultures, 1976-2000
- 5.3. Campus Life, 1980, 1990-2000
- 5.4. Colleges and Other Academic Programs, 1977-2000
- 5.4.1. Colleges, 1984-2000
- 5.4.1.1. College of Business (COB), 1984-2000
- 5.4.1.2. College of Fine Arts and Humanities (CoFAH), 1989-2000
- 5.4.1.3. College of Sciences and Engineering (CoSaE), 1984-2000
- 5.4.1.4. College of Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS or CoSaBS), 1992-2000
- 5.4.2. Other Academic Programs
- 5.5. Offices, 1972-2000
- 5.5.1. Administrative Offices, 1978-1998
- 5.5.2. Other Offices and Non-Academic Programs, 1976-2000
- 5.5.3. Office Pictures, 1972-1992
- 5.6. Special Events, 1987-2000
- 5.6.1. General, 1990-2000
- 5.6.2. Commencement, 1987-2000
- 5.6.3. Fiesta at UTSA, 1991-1998
- 5.6.4. Homecoming, 1991-2000
- 5.7. University Center, 1985-1986, 1996
[Series 6. Assorted Photographs, 1973-2001](series6)
Access Restrictions
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.
Usage Restrictions
Permission to publish items from this collection must be obtained from the UTSA Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], University of Texas at San Antonio: Office of University Communications Photographs, UA 16.01.01, Archives
and Special Collections, University of Texas at San Antonio Library.
Acquisition Information
Received from the Office of University Communications in 2003 (Acc. 2003-66).
Processing Information
Processed by UTSA Archives staff, 2005, and Angela McClendon, Manuscripts Archivist, February 2008.
Index Terms
Personal Names
Dunn, Patrick R.
McClendon, Mark.
Poindexter, John R.
Organizations
University of Texas at San Antonio. Office of University Communications.University of Texas at San Antonio. Downtown Campus.University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures.University of Texas at San Antonio--Buildings.University of Texas at San Antonio--Faculty.
University of Texas at San Antonio--History.
University of Texas at San Antonio--Students.
Subjects
Photographs--20th century.
Universities and colleges--History.
Locations
San Antonio (Tex.)--History--20th century.
San Antonio (Tex.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Genres/Formats
Black-and-white negatives.
Black-and-white photographs.
Color negatives.
Color photographs.
Contact sheets.
Slides.
Materials related to this collection may be found in the Gil Barrera Photographs of the University of Texas at San Antonio (MS 27).
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. News & Information Office,
1974-1988
Includes photographs produced by the News & Information (N&I) Office. The N&I Office was the original office of photography at UTSA, with a staff of writers and photographers. Photographs were originally taken only for educational purposes, such as slideshows for faculty presentation, but branched out into other areas in later years.
Arranged into two subseries by format: Contact Sheets and Prints and Negatives, and chronologically therein.
1.1. Contact Sheets and Prints
11-91974 March-1980 September
21-91980 October-1983 November
31-121983 November-1988 January and undated
1.2. Negatives
47News & Information negatives, 1974-1978 and undated
48News & Information negatives, 1979
49News & Information negatives, 1980
50News & Information negatives, 1981
51News & Information negatives, 1982-1984
52News & Information negatives, 1985-1988
2. Public Affairs Office,
1988-1990
Includes photographs produced by the Public Affairs Office, a branch of the Office of University Communications.
An item-level paper inventory of the photographs in this series was included with the deposit of the photographs and is available at the UTSA Archives.
Arranged into two subseries by format: Contact Sheets and Negatives, and chronologically therein.
2.1. Contact Sheets
313-191988 March-1989 September
41-41989 September-1990 July
2.2. Negatives
53Public Affairs negatives, 1988-1990
3. Office of University Communications,
1990-2001
Arranged into two subseries: General and Special Projects, thereafter by format, and chronologically therein.
3.1. General
3.1.1. Contact Sheets
45-191990
August-1994 November
51-81994 November-2000 June and undated
3.1.2. Negatives
54University Communications negatives, 1990-1992
55University Communications negatives, 1992-2000
593.2. Special Projects, 2000-2001Special Projects was the designation given to photographs formerly classified as "Special Events." See subseries 5.6, Special Events, for related materials dating from 1987 to 2000.
4. Portraits,
1976-2000
Predominantly photographs of UTSA faculty and staff, portraits were commissioned by individual departments for a variety of purposes, often upon the arrival of new faculty members. Some photographs of students, primarily graduate students, are included here; however, student photographs were most often classified under "Campus Life" (see: subseries 5.3). Note that many photographs of coaches and athletes are classified under "Athletics" (subseries 5.1).
Arranged alphabetically by last name of portrait subject, and chronologically thereafter.
61-13Acosta-Burkholder
71-12Burr-Eisenberg
81-11Ekard-Guajardo
91-11Guentzel-Jordon
101-12Kadapakkam-McGiffert
111-12McIntyre-Riley
121-12Rine-Spruce
131-12Staffel-Whittier
141-4Wickam-Williams
5. Subjects,
1972-2000
Photographs in this series span across multiple incarnations of University Communications (News & Information, Public Affairs, and general Office of University Communications).
Arranged into seven subseries, alphabetical by subject: Athletics, Campus File, Campus Life, Colleges and Academic Programs, Offices, Special Events, and University Center.
5.1. Athletics, 1982-2001Includes photographs of athletes, sporting events, and other subjects related to athletics. Athletics: General folders contain photographs of Athlete Mug Shots (individual athletes), coaches, and trainers, as well as photographs of UTSA mascot Rowdy the Roadrunner, press conferences, Roadrunner Club plaques and meetings, awards banquets, halftime presentations, signage, the training room, and a conference trophy and championship rings. Photographs in which two or more sports are combined (e.g., baseball and softball), are also filed under "General." Sports in this series include, but are not limited to, baseball, men's and women's basketball, cheerleaders, dance team, golf, Roadrunner Band, soccer, softball, tennis, track and cross country, and volleyball. Also includes photographs from the annual UTSA Women's Walk (also referred to as the UTSA Walk for Women's Athletics).
Arranged alphabetically by sport, and chronologically thereafter.
Processing Note: while housed in University Communications (and the N&I Office before it), Basketball was the only sport to be housed separately from other Athletics photographs. They have been divided by the UTSA Archives into the aforementioned sports.
145-16Athletics: General, 1982-1991 September
151-19Athletics: General, 1991 November-2000 and undated
1520Baseball, 1992161-8Baseball, 1993-2000
Basketball, 1981-2000
169General, 1984-2001 and undated1610-16Men's Basketball, 1982-1984 February171-13Men's Basketball, 1984 October-1988 October181-11Men's Basketball, 1988 December-1993 January191-11Men's Basketball, 1993 January-2000 October and undated201-10Women's Basketball, 1981-1988 January211-13Women's Basketball, 1988 February-2000 October and undated
2114-15Cheerleaders and Dance Team, 1985-1999
221-5Golf, 1985-1999 and undated
226Roadrunner Band, 1992-1997227-9Soccer, 1986-1990
2210-18Softball, 1992-2000
2219-22Tennis, 1982-1987
231-6Tennis, 1988-1999237-23Track and Cross Country, 1982-1997
241-2Track and Cross Country, 1998-2000 and undated243-19Volleyball, 1983-2000
2420-24UTSA Women's Walk, 1989-1996
251-2UTSA Women's Walk, 1997-2000
5.2. Campus File, 1975-2001Includes photographs of campus buildings, building construction, and other aspects of the physical UTSA campus.
Arranged into five subseries: General (all locations), University Center (at 1604 Campus), Aerial Photographs, Downtown Campus, and Institute of Texan Cultures.
5.2.1. General, 1975-2000Primarily includes photos of the 1604 (main) campus, but could also include photos from other campuses.
253-211975-1993 April261-201993 April-2000 and undated271Slides, undated5.2.2. Aerial Photographs, 1976-1998272-81976-1998 and undated5.2.3. University Center (1604 Campus), 1995-1997279-121995-19975.2.4. Downtown Campus, 1993-20012713Architectural renderings, undated2714-191993-1997281-51997-20015.2.5. Institute of Texan Cultures, 1976-2000286-71976, 1990-2000288Slides, Exterior and Back 40, undated
5.3. Campus Life, 1980, 1990-2000Campus Life photographs depict a range of student activities and events, occasionally serving, according to University Communications, as a catch-all for photographs that didn't fit into other categories. Some subjects depicted in Campus Life include Best Fest, Bonfire, Fish Camp, the campus bookstore, campus computer lab, student ambassadors giving tours, a political discussion under the UTSA Sombrilla, students in a lecture, students at an archaeological dig, Career Day, pep rallies, orientation, the annual Faculty/Staff Picnic, and classroom scenes. There is some overlap between Campus Life and Special Events (subseries 5.6), with Campus Life's depicting such events as Commencement, Fiesta, and Homecoming.
Photographs of special events were separated by the Office of University Communications into their own category and can be found in Special Events (subseries 5.6).
An item-level inventory of the photographs in Campus Life is available at the UTSA Archives.
289General, 19802810-21General, 1990-1993 March291-18General, 1993 March-1995 April301-20General, 1995 May-1998 July311-13General, 1998 July-2000 August and undated3114-17Student Faces, 1997-1998Includes photographs labeled "Student Faces," from a single binder labeled "Undergrad Insert Portrait, 1998."
5.4. Colleges and Other Academic Programs, 1977-2000Includes photographs of a variety of people and events, commissioned by various colleges and academic programs. Occasionally includes photographs of campus buildings and building construction.
Arranged into two subseries: Colleges and Other Academic Programs.
5.4.1. Colleges, 1984-2000
Arranged into 4 subseries, alphabetically by college: College of Business (COB), College of Fine Arts and Humanities (CoFAH), College of Sciences and Engineering (CoSaE), and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS or CoSaBS).
5.4.1.1. College of Business (COB) 1984-2000Some subjects depicted in this subseries include the Leadership Challenge, visiting speakers (including Stephen Covey, Red McCombs, and Cyndi Taylor Krier), business classes in session, the Frost Lecture Series, Ethics Symposium, and various aspects of the collaboration between the College of Business and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).
3118-21General, 1984-1991 June
321-19General, 1991 July-1999 February
331-4General, 1999 March-2000 July and undated
335-14Center for Professional Excellence (CPE), 1993-2000
3315-16Tourism program, 1992-1999
5.4.1.2. College of Fine Arts and Humanities (CoFAH), 1989-2000Some subjects depicted in this subseries include the Madrigal Dinner (see also: Music Department, Other Academic Programs (subseries 5.4.2.), scholarship presentation, and the Scholars/Donors Dinner.
3317-201989-1996 August
341-71996 October-2000 and undated
5.4.1.3. College of Sciences and Engineering (CoSaE), 1984-2000
348-191984-1994
351-71995-2000 and undated
5.4.1.4. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS or CoSaBS), 1992-2000
In addition to events related to Women's History Week (see folders 35:18-20), some subjects depicted include archaeological digs, a conference hosted by the Center for the Study of Women and Gender, and visiting speakers (including Judge Albert Pena and Joe Bernal).
358-17General, 1992-2000
3518-20Women's History Week, 1993-1997
5.4.2. Other Academic Programs, 1977-2000Includes academic programs that existed either independently or under various colleges. All offices, academic and non-academic, were filed alphabetically in a single file while housed at the Office of University Communications.
Arranged alphabetically by title of academic program and chronologically therein.
361Alliance for Education, 1992-1993362Architecture, 1993, 2000363Behavioral and Cultural Science, 1986364Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), 1984, 1987365Center for Studies in Business, 1978366Education, 1987-1999367Environmental Studies, 1978-1979368Foreign Language, 1980-1987369-11Honors Program, 1988-1996 and undated3612-23Music Department, 1977-1998 and undated3624-25Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP), 1984-19893626Science and Mathematics, 1981, 19845.5. Offices, 1972-2000Includes photographs of offices not classified as academic departments or programs, or offices whose status as academic or non-academic could not be determined.
Arranged into three subseries: Administrative Offices, Other Offices and Programs, and Office Pictures. Arranged alphabetically by the name of each office therein, and chronologically thereafter.
5.5.1. Administrative Offices, 1978-1998371-3Dean of Students, 1978-1985374-8President, 1986-1997 and undated379Provost, 1993-19983710-12Vice President of Academic Affairs, 1985-19913713Vice President of Administration, 19873714Vice President of Advancement, 1992, 19943715-16Vice President of Business Affairs, 1986-19963717Vice President of Downtown Affairs, 1992-19933718-21Vice President of Student Affairs, 1990-19973722Vice President of Student Development, 19905.5.2. Other Offices and Non-Academic Programs, 1976-20003723Academic Technology, 19963724-25Admissions, 1981-19993726Alumni Affairs, 1991-1993381-12Alumni Programs, 1992-2000 and undated3813Center for Educational Development and Excellence (CEDE), 19963814-15Community Relations, 19943816Community Services: Center for Economic Development, 1985-19963817Community Services: Extended Education, 19923818-20Community Services: Minority Business Development Center, 1992-1998 and undated3821Community Services: Small Business Development Center, 1990, 19963822Community Services: Upward Bound Program, 1990-19913823Conflict Resolution, 1997-19983824Continuing Education, 1976-1980391-4Development, 1985-1999395Employee Training and Development, 1982396FACTT Center, 1993397-9Gifted and Talented, 1980-19863910Historically Underutilized Business Office (HUB), 20003911Information Technology, 19933912Library, 1994-19963913Orientation, 1995-20003914Personnel Service, 1987-19903915Physical Plant, 1979-19873916Police Academy, 1987-19903917-18Police Department, 1978-19923919Research Development, 1992-20003920Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), 1979, 19903921Student Life: Campus Activities Board (CAB), 1992 and undated3922-27Student Life: Student Activities, 1985-20003928-29Student Life: Student Affairs, 1991-1995401-2Student Life: Student Affairs, 1996-2000403Student Life: Student Government, 1997404Student Life: Student Representative Assembly (SRA), 1977-1992405-6Student Services: Career Services, 1993-1998407Student Services: Disability Services, 1992, 1999408Student Services: Health Services, 1987409Student Services: Minority Affairs, 19944010Student Services: Student Placement Center, 19895.5.3. Office Pictures, 1972-1992Includes photographs of various campus offices and staff members, either in or outside of their offices. Also includes photographs of office equipment. There are a number of photographs of the Office of Media Resources in this subseries.
4011-14Contact Sheets, 1972-199256Negatives, 1972-19925.6. Special Events, 1987-2000 and
undatedIncludes photographs of campus events not covered in Campus Life.
Contains four subseries: General, Commencement, Fiesta at UTSA, and Homecoming.
5.6.1. General,1990-2000Some events depicted in this subseries include the Student Leaders Luncheon, Mayor's Challenge Cup, building groundbreakings and dedication events, Honors Program reception, President's Speaker Series, Fall Lecture Series, Spring Lecture Series, Staff awards, Associates Dinner, various receptions and luncheons with visiting dignitaries (senators, governors' wives, one British ambassador), scholarship presentations, the Annual Family Picnic, Student Honors Dinner at Bluffgate, the UTSA Faculty/Staff Picnic (see also: Campus Life, subseries 5.3), Madrigal dinner and performance (see also: Music Department, under Other Academic Programs (subseries 5.4.2), the Final Four Event at the Alamodome (1998), new student reception, Balloon Fest opening ceremonies, Hispanic Mother/Daughter Reception, Silver Anniversary Gala (1995), tours of campus, Faculty Honors Convocation, Faculty Welcome Breakfast, President's Young Scholars reception, press conferences, Diez y Seis de Septiembre parade, several events at the home of UTSA President Samuel Kirkpatrick, and Women's History Week (see also: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, subseries 5.4.1.4).
4015-24 1990-1992 February411-17 1992 February-1994 September421-18 1994 September-1997 February431-17 1997 March-2000 June and undated
5.6.2. Commencement, 1987-200043181987-1989441-13 1990-2000
5.6.3. Fiesta at UTSA, 1991-19984414Fiesta (general), 19914415Fiesta Under the Stars reception, 1994, 19964416El Rey Feo, 1998
4417-185.6.4. Homecoming, 1991-20005.7. University Center, 1985-1986, 1996
Arranged chronologically.
4419-201985-1986451-21986, 1996
6. Assorted Photographs,
1973-2001
Includes photographs with no category designation indicated on the negative sleeves or contact sheets.
Arranged into two subseries by type: General and Copy Negatives, and chronologically therein.
6.1. General
453-4Photographer unknown, 1973-1975
455-201973-1999 March 16461-41999 March 23-2000 and undated
6.2. Copy Negatives
465-71977-1996 and undated