Photograph of a typed letter from Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music's Executive Director and Board President notifying the recipient about the cancellation of the summer event due to the "current imperative for “social distancing”" and issues regarding performers traveling.

Photograph of five El Buen Samaritano food pantry volunteers posing for a photo in front of an El Buen Samaritano truck that has the name, logo and contact information for the food pantry. The logo for El Buen Samaritano is an orange shape drawn to represent a mission-style church with two outlined hands extended toward each other in front of the church.

Photograph of Emily Mirsky in a Google Hangouts call waiting for friends to participate in a game night.

Photograph of early Covid-19 mask policies being followed even on a hike at Lost Maples State Natural Area. The early pandemic saw the use of masks in both indoor and outdoor locations, so masks were very common even in remote parts of state park hiking trails.

Photograph of rope tied to a trash can and two points of a yellow tent over a demonstration of spindle-wheel and weaving at The Alamo.

Photograph of Miriam (Mimi) Beard working from home in March 2020. Beard converted a spare room in their apartment that was used as a studio space into became their workspace.

Photograph of two journal entries by Rita Robinson from March 11 and 17, 2020.

Photograph of a journal entry by Rita Robinson from March 18, 2020.

Photograph of an internal airport that is completely empty besides the airport employees, this was immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic that closed everything.

Photograph of the inside of an airplane row, that is completely empty besides Miller who had a whole airplane row alone. This was immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic that closed everything.

Photograph of a large parking lot in Victory Park, Dallas, Texas. This site was used for Covid testing and we set up immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic closed everything.

Robert Hobbs (husband) and Caira Spenrath (wife) in masks take a selfie in front of a Buc-ee's Beaver statue in the background wearing a Buccee's face mask in New Braunfels, Texas. This was the first "outing" for the couple in an urban space since the beginning of quarantine seven months prior.

Photograph of Robyn Pereira and Jackson King after voting in Austin, Texas on October 16, 2020.

Photograph of a view from the second floor looking over the first floor of the library's main reference desk. Two rows of desks, one for staff and one for library patrons, face each other with space in-between. A woman is shown in the bottom right-hand side of the picture and a man is shown on the other side of the desks using a computer in the center of the image. Bookshelves full of books are also shown, as well as part of the library's interior architectural columns.

Photograph of a brown colored cloth bag with a leather decal with the Gootium logo, a type of messenger-style bag. The yellow round metal button pin reads "I GOT MY COVID-19 VACCINE" in black lettering with the exception of "COVID-19" in light blue lettering. A red check mark is also included on the button's design under the text. A knitted rainbow flag is pinned to the brown bag above the Covid-19 vaccine button. To the left side of the bag are four metal and enamel pins attached to the brown bag. One of the pins depicts a book and four figures next to it, another shows a figure on a horse holding a flag, and the other visible pin appears to be an unknown cartoon character's face.

Photograph of a small whiteboard sign with handwritten text in a variety of colored marker, "It's been quiet without you...Too quiet, even for a library! Welcome back!" Two hand-drawn thought bubbles on either side contain the text, ""Shhh! This is a library!"" and ""We missed you!""

Photograph of bright pink tape overlapped to make an "X" shape over the carpeted ground at Stillwater Public Library. Another "X" marker is shown in front of a table holding a computer, printer, and sign. Rows of bookshelves are visible in the background behind the row of tables.

Photograph of a small white plastic foldable sign standing next to a curb on the outside driveway of the library is shown in the middleground of the image. The sign contains handwritten text in marker and reads "CURBIT CURBSIDE PICKUP; 1) Call (405) 372-3633, Select Option 2. 2) Please have your library card number available. 3) Open trunk or rear window. Please wear a mask. THANK YOU!" The sign also has a black and white outlined images of a car and a book. A small red traffic cone is shown in the foreground of the image. Two parked compact cars and a street are visible in the background.

Photograph of administrators and custodial staff at San Elizario High School preparing packets for students to pick up. Each staff member is wearing protective gloves.

Photograph of a turtle in the turtle pond on the University of North Texas Campus.

Selfie of Katy Allred wearing a cloth face mask and an apron while working at a LUSH cosmetics store in Houston, TX.

Selfie of Katy Allred wearing a cloth face mask in front of archival boxes while working at University of Houston Special Collections.

Video montage created by Katy Allred featuring one-second video clips from each day of 2020. Clips feature Allred's day to day life including her pets, work in retail and in libraries and archives, hobbies, and time at home with her wife and friends.

Photograph of a dog wearing a green t-shirt and tie while lying nest to a laptop with a UNT homescreen display.