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Charlie Carreon spent her summer working at MACRI, helping bring the stories of Mexican American women in the military to the public. Along the way, she found a passion for exhibits, visual storytelling, and community history! 📚✨
Public historians can strengthen communities! 📚🤝 Explore Public History careers in nonprofits, advocacy, outreach, and community engagement, where history becomes a tool for connection and change.
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🎓 Meet the History Department! Welcome Kristel Puente to St. Mary's! From San Antonio history and Rasquachismo to art, fashion, and community activism, she brings creativity and lived experience into her work. We're excited to have her join our community! 💙💛
Did You Know? Sociedades Mutualistas played an important role in San Antonio's Mexican American communities, providing mutual aid, support, and spaces for community life. 🤝 Learn about their impact on the city's history!
Meet Greta Oelrich, a Public History senior who spent her summer at the Witte Museum learning about cataloguing, conservation, and the surprises that come with opening a random box of artifacts!
Taking it back to 1971–1973 with some gems from the Diamondback Yearbook Archive! The outfits, the campus, the vibes…🐍✨
Your Public History degree can take you in more directions than you think! 🏛️📚 Explore careers in historical research, interpretation, and preservation, and discover how historians bring the past into public spaces. Which path would you choose?
🇬🇶 Did you know Equatorial Guinea has been ruled by only two presidents since independence—and they're from the same family? From Francisco Macías Nguema's brutal dictatorship to Teodoro Obiang's decades in power, we explore repression, resistance, oil wealth, and what declassified CIA documents reveal. 📜🌍
Campus memories never go out of style! 📸 This week's features Diamondback yearbook photos from 1964, 1969, and 1970. Take a look back at the students, traditions, and moments that shaped St. Mary's history.