St. Mary's University Public History Showcase

Items

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  Fiesta Passion, Fiesta Fashion

  This project provided marketing and communications support to the Institute of Texan Cultures for its exhibit launch of “Fiesta Passion, Fiesta Fashion."
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  Discovery Challenge: Fiesta Edition

  Grajeda developed a project to create a scavenger hunt event linking ScoutSA and Fiesta, which he called the Discovery Challenge: Fiesta Edition. It encouraged Fiestagoers, and individuals who don’t typically attend Fiesta events, to explore their favorite events and seek out the Scout SA Discovery Challenge marker. This project allowed the Office of Historic Preservation to engage with a population of San Antonians who traditionally attend Fiesta events, while also encouraging others who don’t usually go. Historic context and information about these events where provided as clues to find the Scout SA marker. Grajeda developed a logo, promotional materials, and the concept for this event, promoting engagement with the OHP at sites like Oyster Bake and Woodlawn Lake’s Earth Day.
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  Creating and Collecting Oral Histories for the with the Converse Historic Preservation Commission and Schumann-Scheel House Museum

  In this project, Sandoval and Gutierrez worked with the Converse Historic Preservation Commission to conduct and collect oral histories through interviews. They collected interviews with various stakeholders in the Converse community and previous residents of the Schumann-Scheel House. Interviews were processed and transcribed to ensure the content’s preservation and further accessibility for the Schumann-Scheel House Museum.
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  The Rise and Fall of the St. Mary’s University Football Program

  This project explores the St. Mary’s University football program from its origins in 1909 until its final termination in 1941. Through Rattler Newspapers archives, letters from the University to the Provincial House, and photographs courtesy of the National Archives of the Marianist Province of the United States, this project will bring together for the first time this information for public viewing.
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  St. Mary's Student Life Through the Rattler

  The aim of this digital exhibit is to provide context of student life at St. Mary’s. With the use of the Rattler archives as my primary source material, I found that what students care about hasn’t changed much. How students express themselves and their pastimes has changed, but many of the same issues such as campus safety and social justice have remained the same across generations.
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  Pushed Onto a Corner: The Exploitation and Trafficking of Eastern European Jewish Women to Argentina from 1860-1939

  Due to the taboo nature of prostitution in not only Latin American culture but that of Jewish culture as well, the women exploited by crime organization, Zwi Migdal have not had their story told. Their voices, story, and experience deserve to be known. Guzman produced a podcast, "Pushed Onto a Corner" to showcase this research and share it with the public.