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Trinity Washington University Archives

The mission of the Archives of Trinity Washington University is to collect, arrange, preserve and provide access to the records that document the history and life of Trinity. These documents include the official records from the Schools, offices, and departments which constitute Trinity, along with records from student groups, from the Alumnae Association, and from organizations with which Trinity is associated.

The Archives welcomes the Trinity Community to use the Archives, including administrators, staff, faculty, students and alumnae. The Archives also welcomes external researchers. Records created by Trinity’s Schools, departments, and offices before 1970 are open to researchers. The exception to this general guideline includes minutes of the Board of Trustees and minutes of the President’s Cabinet from 1955 to the present.

Records created by the administrative offices of Trinity since 1970 are open to the staff of the creating office and to the president’s office and the provost’s office.

Published materials available in the Archives are open to researchers. These include the following sources:

  • Course Catalogues, 1900 to the present
  • Trinilogue, 1911-2009
  • The Trinity Times, 1926-2008
  • Alumnae Journal, 1927-2002
  • Trinity Magazine, 1995 to the present
  • Trinity Record, 1904 to the present
  • Intercom

Special Collections

Founding Years, 1897-1920

  • Sister Julia McGroarty, SNDdeN, Papers and memorabilia
  • Sister Mary Euphrasia Taylor, SNDdeN, Papers
  • James Cardinal Gibbons correspondence related to the founding years
  • Edward A. Pace, Published sermons, commencement addresses, and selected papers
  • William Kerby, Published sermons, commencement addresses, clippings file and selected papers
  • Manuscript Histories of Trinity College
  • Clipping Scrapbooks providing newspaper accounts of the founding years

Student Life

  • The Dean’s Scrapbooks (up to 1964)
  • Minutes of the meetings of Student Government and Student Council
  • The Wekanduit Society
  • Christ Child Society, Trinity Student Organization
  • Campus Ministry
  • The Trinity Belles
  • Note: Student transcripts from all decades are closed.

Special Events

  • Commencements, 1904-present
  • Presidential Inaugurations
    • Rose Ann Fleming, SNDdeN
    • Donna Jurick, SNDdeN
    • James McGrath
  • Honorary Degree awarded to Elizabeth, Queen of the Belgians, 1919
  • John Paul II’s visit to the Trinity Campus, October, 1979