Lori Atkins – Mary and Jeff Bell Library Blog

The von Bluchers of Corpus Christi

Post author:Lori Atkins
Post published:February 26, 2021
Post category:Books & More Today's Special

In August of 2020 Bell Library, Special Collections and Archives was awarded funds made possible by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s Tex Treasures grant for fiscal year 2020-2021 (Grant # TXT-21011). The funds were to cover the employment of a graduate student to help process the Charles F.H. von Blucher Family papers. It is a rewarding experience to be organizing these papers. Working with Andrew Karnes, Graduate Assistant, we…

A Night at the Dragon Grill

Post author:Lori Atkins
Post published:October 23, 2020
Post category:Books & More Library Randomness Today's Special

A night at the Dragon Grill was top entertainment for the people of Corpus Christi from the 1930s through the 1950s. The luxury, splendor, and glitz one expects to find in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or New York City could be found first on North Beach then later in the heart of the city. It was “Doc” Linn’s Dragon Grill. There were three Dragon Grills over the years as Doc continued to upgrade the establishment. It was known as the…

COVID 19 Archiving Project at Mary and Jeff Bell Library

Post author:Lori Atkins
Post published:April 24, 2020
Post category:News @ Your Library Service for You Things to Do

When the illness first began, we read about it on news sites and watched shows talk about the COVID-19 virus affecting China in horrendous ways. But we did not quite gather that it was zooming towards us and the rest of the world at breakneck speeds. Then it was here, and life changed within a few days. We were confined to our homes except for a few essential employees. The grocery stores were wiped clean of paper and canned goods,…

Alston Cobourn takes count of the Hector P. Garcia archive collection in the special collections and archive storage room.

Some of The Lesser Known Collections held by TAMU-CC Special Collections and Archives

Post author:Lori Atkins
Post published:October 18, 2019
Post category:Behind the Scenes Service for You

We have wonderful resources here in the Special Collections and Archives Department at Bell Library. There are the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers, Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Papers, the Dan E. Kilgore Collection, the wonderful Fuentes home films, the Blucher maps of surveyors of Corpus Christi back in the day, a photo collection from Doc McGregor and the Galvan family music collection. Besides these stellar, awesome collections, we have just as interesting and unique smaller collections that continue to tell the stories of Corpus Christi’s historical, cultural, and commercial development.…

Meet Our Newest Director of Special Collections & Archives

Post author:Lori Atkins
Post published:June 28, 2019
Post category:Hello, from the Staff

Greetings from the Special Collections and Archives at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi! My name is Lori Atkins and I am just beginning my third week as the new Director. It is a blast, and exciting and sometimes late at night, a little scary. Only in that there are so many…wonderful projects ongoing and some needing to be started and other collections brimming with historical and culturally significant materials that aim to steal one’s attention. Thousands of photographs live here at…