https://history.coateslibrary.com/files/original/17a8412556daa363d4c0826a5b312ec3.png f0f57a386d455f074bbbfbdd518fd544 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Matias Papers Subject The topic of the resource David Matias Description An account of the resource This collection contains materials related to the poetry and playwriting of David Matias, an alumnus of Trinity University who died at an early age of AIDS. Much of his work deals with issues of identity, coming out, and his illness. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matias, David, 1961-1996 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elizabeth Huth Coates Library Special Collections, Trinity University Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in this collection are the intellectual property of Coates Library and Trinity University. Please contact the library for permission to reproduce or reuse these materials. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Unto Thee Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excerpt, Unto Thee Description An account of the resource This excerpt of the undated play Unto Thee captures the tense moment when the doctor and nurse are lamenting the stigma that society places upon death and illness. In a poignant moment of insight, the Nurse says “Life for so many is living unhealthy, living incomplete” and that “Real people are not always happy. Pain is there like the sky.” Since there is no date on this play, it is difficult to know whether this dialogue is a reflection of Matias’s life view following his own diagnosis