Local History and Genealogy Resources

Digitized items about San Antonio from our Special Collections, including guidebooks, maps, and more.

Browse our digital collection of vintage San Antonio postcards.

1877-2003 in print, 1861-1918 on microfilm

Print volumes of the 1904 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for San Antonio, available in the Special Collections reading room.

Microfilm copies of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for San Antonio, covering 1885 to 1951.

Search our catalog for books related to San Antonio history.

Magazine of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

Microfilm copies of the San Antonio Light dating from 1882 to 1992.

Browse all archival collections related to San Antonio in the Coates Library Special Collections & Archives.

The personal papers of the Reverend Claude William Black, Jr. and his wife, ZerNona Stewart Black, document their civil rights, community activism, and Baptist ministry activities, predominantly from the 1940s through 2008, in San Antonio.

Collection of primary source materials related to the devastating 1921 flood in San Antonio, Texas, assembled by historian Dr. Char Miller.

The W.B. (William Buckhout) Tuttle Papers consists largely of blueprints, correspondence, land leases, maps, newspaper articles, and reports related to the San Antonio engineer and civil servant. The majority of the material relates to personal and family history, as well as military history of San Antonio and Texas.

The T.M. (Thomas Moore) Paschal Papers consist of letters, legal documents, bills, advertisements, programs, and newspaper clippings, spanning from 1851-1921. The material in this collection covers a wide range of subjects including Paschal's law practice and public service as a US Commissioner, District Attorney, District Judge, and Congressman; land deals in the United States and Mexico; San Antonio civic affairs; and Paschal's inventions.