Texas A&M University-Kingsville South Texas Archives

09/11/2026

Do you remember where you were 25 years ago? Like the students pictured, I remember sitting around the TV in a classroom, watching these defining events unfold. Today, we honor the lives lost and the families, communities, and nation forever changed by September 11, 2001. We also remember the firefighters, first responders, and other individuals who showed up from across the nation, including South Texas, and demonstrated extraordinary courage and sacrifice that day and in the days that followed.

Photos from the Kaye Presley Collection, South Texas Archives, TAMUK

09/01/2026

Texas A&I football fans, we need you to help us preserve the legacy of Javelina football! We have 120+ reels of A&I football games that we want to digitize and share online so fans, alumni, researchers, family, and future generations can relive these games.

And tomorrow, your donation can go TWICE as far! Starting at 8am on September 1, the TAMUK Foundation will match online donations 1:1 between $100 and $1000 while matching funds last. That means a $100 gift becomes $200 or a $500 gift becomes $1000. Help us rediscover and share the moments and memories of Texas A&I football!

https://www.givecampus.com/s/bjktc1

Make an impact during Javelina Day of Giving. Help continue the legacy by supporting the future.

08/28/2026

We're preserving history, digitizing collections, and showcasing the stories that make Javelina Nation and South Texas special. Here's our amazing archive team rocking blue for Jav Blue Fridays! We will be at the game and at the Hog Pen with the Library and Advising this Saturday, so be sure to come say hello 👋.

10/21/2025

We had a blast decorating a colleague's truck and participating in the Homecoming parade! We think the centennial was a great year to start a new archives tradition ,what do y'all think? 😁 Anyone get our cool stickers? 😎

09/18/2025

The archives will be at the 2025 Tamalada festival this Saturday! Come say hi and share your favorite memories and traditions of tamales, tamaladas, or any holiday food traditions in the Conner Museum starting at 11am. Have cool tamal-related pictures? We want to see them!

09/11/2025

There's no place quite like the South Texas Archives. Have you visited us yet?

09/08/2025

Did you know? In 1938, over 12,000 pecan shellers, primarily Mexican American women, walked off the job in San Antonio to protest low wages and harsh working conditions. 🌰✨Led by activist Emma Tenayuca, the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike became the largest strike in the city’s history, ultimately leading to a wage increase for the workers. 💪

A2005-001, South Texas Historical Association Records

09/01/2025

✨ Happy Labor Day! Today we celebrate the hard work and resilience of workers past and present whose efforts have shaped our communities and continue to keep them strong. Wishing everyone a well-deserved day of rest and appreciation. 💪

08/30/2025

Fun Find Friday is here! 🥳We discovered some early blueprints from the 1920s to 1930s of the South Texas State Teachers College (later Texas A&I and then TAMUK). The Administration Building (now Manning) was the second building on campus.🥈 It is also where classes, the library, and offices were located in those first years!