Courage, 2005-2006
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of background materials, such as descriptions of the event and proposals for themes. Also includes materials used and saved from each theme, such as newspaper clippings and press releases, posters, calendars of events, etc. Each year's theme also featured a book, and these are kept with the series. Each series various in documentation; after 2017, the documentation is limited.
Dates
- 2005-2006
Creator
- From the Collection: Texas State University (Organization)
- From the Collection: Texas State University--San Marcos (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Biographical / Historical
The 2005-2006 Common Experience engages students in a campus-wide discussion of 'Courage' as it is examined in the Summer Reading book If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien.
The themes and emotions that O'Brien explores in the context of Vietnam are the themes and emotions of human life: friendship, patriotism, duty, sacrifice, leadership, innocence and experience, good and evil, humanity and inhumanity. Arguably the central theme in much of O'Brien's work - a theme he explores with passion and honesty - is Courage. Courage offers a relevant, challenging, and inspiring theme for the 2005-2006 Common Experience.
--from Common Experience Webiste
Extent
From the Collection: 8.33 Linear Feet (Foldered items and books in six letter hollinger boxes, one legal hollinger box, and one carton; posters in one flat 11x17 box and two flat 16x20 boxes. )
From the Collection: 4.45 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
- Lee, Spike (Speaker)
- O'Brien, Tim (Writer of accompanying material)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Alkek Library Room 580
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
univarchives@txstate.edu
