Archives and Special Collections
The St. Edward's University Archives, founded in 1958 by Brother Philip Odette, C.S.C., houses, collects, organizes, preserves and makes available information documenting the human record of St. Edward's Academy, College, High School, Military Academy, and University from approximately 1871 to the present. Our holdings reflect a unique documentation of a small, private Catholic school in Texas and its struggles and successes toward becoming the institution it is today.
Contact Us
The Archives office is located on the 3rd floor of Doyle Hall in room 311. You can reach our Archivist and Curator of Special Collections, April Sullivan, at aprils@stedwards.edu or (512) 448-8476.
Hours
Monday through Friday, 9am - 11am and 12:00pm - 4:30pm.
What We Have
- Personal collections (documenting the personal lives of faculty, administrators and students)
- Events such as Founder's Day, Commencement, Honors night, holidays, etc.
- Administrative records (such as the Board of Trustees, Academic Council, student government, etc.)
- Student activities (student organizations, on-campus entertainment, recreations)
- Records of the Schools, Departments, Programs and predecessors (such as Humanities, Natural Sciences, College Assistance Migrant Program, New College, Business Administration, Athletics, Maryhill College, etc.)
- Presidential records and correspondence
- Congregation of the Holy Cross records
- Yearbooks, catalogs, directories and student newspapers
- Campus publications
- Alumni records
- Photographs, negatives and slides
- Architectural drawings, blueprints, planning documents & proposals regarding the campus' physical development
- Videotapes
- Audio cassettes (including oral histories)
- 16mm and 8mm films
- Microfilm of the student newspaper "The Echo" (1885-1985)
- Artifacts