Joshua Carley, Texas A&M Museum Studies intern at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives (Summer 2021 semester) reflects on his experience with the exhibition Coming Out Together to Share our History: LGBTQIA+ Collections in College Station, Houston, and Beyond. The exhibition, on display at the Cushing Library from July 12 through December 16, 2021, was co-curated by the Cushing Library in College Station and eight institutional partners in Houston.

The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives offers a student internship program. Two of the 2021 Museum Studies student interns discuss their experiences.

This article describes how one Student Worker’s need for new activities during the COVID-19 lockdown spurred a deep dive into the vast world of their genealogy at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives. Have you ever been interested in your genealogy? The Cushing Library has a selection of materials available to you!

What do the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives and the Louvre Museum in Paris have in common? Read this article to learn about our new and sophisticated museum-quality exhibition case, created by the same team that designed the Mona Lisa display and housing the rare 1830 Stephen F. Austin Map of Texas.

This is Part 2 of a two-part essay. Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day, is celebrated in the State of Texas as the day the last enslaved Africans were freed (in 1863). Part 1 focused on the history and significance of Juneteenth; Part 2 focuses on some of the resources on Black life in the United States that can be found at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives.

Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day, is celebrated in the State of Texas as the day the last enslaved Africans were freed, two years and six months after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This two-part essay discusses how archives seek to keep the story and memory of this historic event alive. Part 1 focuses on the history and significance of Juneteenth.

You can view artifacts from Ancient Rome at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives! The Library houses original horse bits, halter pieces, and adornments used in an Ancient Roman chariot dating back to the Early First Century AD.

This article offers an appreciation for one of the great female book collectors in Texas and recalls how her remarkable collection of eighteenth-century English literature found a home at Texas A&M University.

It is not easy to deal with intense emotions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collections housed in the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives contain items that can help us process thoughts and feelings, and help us take action to support one another.

Live to Build a Better World: Despair, Survival, and Hope in Science Fiction’s Response to Environmental Change is an exhibition focusing on a timely topic: environmental changes. Specific themes guide the viewer through over 100 books and 14 movie posters. Tapestries and videos complement the experience. The exhibition aims at raising awareness of the dangers in our changing environments, but also at inspiring a sense of hope rather than despair.

The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives recently acquired a French “Casier Geographique” (geographical locker), from circa 1840, containing maps dated 1827–1840. Learn more about this rare item.