Archives of the Big Bend

The Archives of the Big Bend, housed on the second floor of the Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library in Alpine, is an important and dynamic historical resource for the Sul Ross State University and Big Bend region communities.

The collection scope includes the Trans-Pecos of Texas and the corresponding border area of northern Mexico. Holdings include manuscripts; records of businesses, organizations, and individuals; photographs; maps; oral histories; newspapers; books; and the University Archives.

Digital Collections

Digital Collections provide digital access to selected resources from the Archives of the Big Bend’s holdings.

Finding Aids

Finding Aids are documents that describe archival collections. Use CTRL+f to search within finding aids.

ARCHIVES NEWS AND EVENTS

Your Archives would love your ideas about the 250 for the 250th project

As our American Archives Month celebrations draw to a close, we at the Archives of the Big Bend would love to learn more about the history that’s important to you! Next year, our country will celebrate its 250th anniversary. As such, archives, museums, …

Archivist Contreras featured in locally produced podcast

Our Head of Archives, Victoria Contreras, was featured in the third episode of a new podcast from Marfa Public Radio, A Whole Other Country. The podcast is described by Marfa Public Radio as a six-part series reported by Zoe Kurland, …

Electronic Records Day, 10/10

-via Victoria Contreras, Head of Archives- Happy Homecoming, Lobos! Today is also Electronic Records Day (#ERecsDay), and our team at the Archives of the Big Bend would like you to celebrate with us! This year, we invite you to learn about some exciting …

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