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From Sophia "I started a scrap book for my quarantine journal reflecting on past adventures in a new quarantined perspective., I wrote about the irony of the profiting and marketing of cute masks to combat a deadly global pandemic. At least it’s pink!!"

From Sophia "I started a scrap book for my quarantine journal reflecting on past adventures in a new quarantined perspective., I wrote about the irony of the profiting and marketing of cute masks to combat a deadly global pandemic. At least it’s pink!!"

Visual art created by Elliot Ruggero during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Visual art created by Elizabeth Bryant that depict images during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic including the virus itself, President Donald Trump and the CNN news logo.

Artwork created by Heidi Wolfe. "For my piece I have chosen to design some tarot cards based on what is happening with Covid-19 and what has happened. I choose to do tarot cards because they are guides to what could happen to you, so whether you believe them or not you better pay attention if the outcome is bad. The first card I have chosen to design is Justice, while I was reading through my tarot card book the part that stood out to me was “Actions have consequences and cause is followed by effect”, reading that got me to think about how China, when Covid-19 started becoming a thing, hid the fact there was a deadly virus amidst in our world. Their choices to hide it from the world caused it to only spread right under everyone's noses and infect millions of people. To go with these ideas I drew an owl sitting on a fence holding a case file marked with the COVID-19 virus. The owl here it is portrayed as a mysterious being, it holds the file folder between its beak as a symbol to the whole COVID-19 virus being a hidden mystery from everyone, It is also believed, among the Kikuyu of Kenya, that owls were bringers of death, ill-health, and bad luck, it was never a good sign to see or hear them. The rain pouring down onto the owl and fence represents a somber and mellow feeling, rain to many people is related to sadness, and the color blue links to this somber feeling as well."

Collage art "Fierce Legs" created by Briana Cohen

Diary of a Retail Worker online text and video blog created by Dale Bridges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dale Bridges is a fiction writer, essayist, and freelance journalist. His writing has been featured in more than thirty publications, including The Rumpus, The Masters Review, and Barrelhouse Magazine. For several years, Dale was the arts-and-entertainment editor at an alternative newspaper called Boulder Weekly, where he wrote an award-winning humor column titled That’s Irrelevant. He has also won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his feature writing, narrative nonfiction, and cultural criticism. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize on several occasions, and his essays and short stories have been anthologized. His essay, “Off the Grid,” was selected for inclusion in Sundress Publications’ Best of the Net 2012. He lives in Austin with his wife and two cats. He is currently working on his first novel. All content copyright © 2010-2014 Dale Bridges

Project files, video, and photographs documenting the Asian American fundraiser event "Celebration of Love: A Civic Fundraiser for COVID-19." The event was performed online on May 2. The musical performances in the concert featured six locally and internationally known South Asian-American vocalists and musicians - Babna Karim, Raka Bhaduri, Argha Guha, Chandan Zaman Ali, Pooja Paul Choudhury, Shubhro Banerjee, Reshmi Chowdhury. In this difficult time, the concert aimed to give a soothing musical experience, while raising funds for low income Asian Americans in Central Texas as well as the underprivileged people in Bangladesh. Reshmi Chowdhury organized and hosted the fundraiser, which was acknowledged by the Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) Commission and is being archived by the Austin History Center. KOOP aired the music program that aimed to uplift the community spirit and to encourage local artists, without the fundraising content.

Portrait of Laurine Cecil (L.C.) Anderson, the 3rd principal of L.C. Anderson High School from 1896-1928. Copied from 'Prairie View' by Geo. R. Woolfolk.

A man and a woman hold hands on the street while looking up at the photographer above them. The man wears World War II era uniofrm. There are cars and bikes parked at the curb behind them and a sign is visible for Western Union.

Servicemen departing buses and walking south from Bowen Trailways Motor Coaches at 708 Brazos. Moonlight tower visible at corner of 8th and Brazos.

A crowd of people look at a Japanese submarine from an observation platform

View from above of a crowd at a V-J Day (Victory over Japan) Celebration. August 14, 1945

A man with a microphone and a crowd stand outside the Paramount during celebrations on V-J Day (Victory over Japan).

People in the street celebrating V-J Day (Victory over Japan) on Congress Avenue in front of Krugers, Franklins, Goodfriends, and Synder's.

Window display of photographs of servicemen during World War II at Dacy's Shoe Store. A sign reads "Let's back-up these Austin boys by buying more and more defense stamps and bonds, save 10% of your salary."

Display windows of Dacy's Shoe Store containing pictures of servicemen from Austin

Aluminum for Defense collection outside the Texas Capitol building. A large chicken-wire bin holds aluminum cans. The Capitol dome is visible in the background.

Photograph of the midget submarine No. 19 that was involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor while on display at the University of Texas. Note that this is the midget submarine that is on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War.

American troops on parade through downtown Austin. The soldiers are riding in the back of 6x6 "deuce and a halfs" (CCKW350) which are towing 105mm howitzers. The unit is probably part of either the 36th Infantry Division or the 2nd Infantry Division.

Group photo of soldiers in a few styles of uniform, with a few women and a pastor, possibly at Camp Mabry.