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This is an unparalleled collection of correspondence written and received by the Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Featuring materials from the collection of the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University and the holdings of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the letters in this collection …
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s second cousin and brother-in-law, known by his middle name, William Surtees Cook was born on 24 March 1813 at Pilgrim’s Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex. He was the second son and fourth child of John Cook and Elizabeth, daughter of Aubone and Mary Surtees (née Altham). Mary was one of five sisters that …
Featuring works created between the late 1700s and the 1910s, the collection embraces a range of styles, from simple statements to effusive eulogies. Topics covered include religious themes, ancient Greek and Roman myth, daily life, romance, motherhood, and local and national history. Infant mortality, an ever-present specter in …
Since its founding in 1970, the Institute for Oral History has collected over 5,000 interviews. The Institute has created transcripts of all interviews in the collection, and most of these transcripts are available online in PDF.
About half of the transcripts in the collection have been edited and compiled as finished oral memoirs, and …
The Baylor Lariat is the student newspaper of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In 2008, 2010 and 2011, the Houston Press Club named it the best student newspaper in the state of Texas and The Associated Press Managing Editors of Texas named the Lariat the Collegiate Newspaper of the Year in 2010. The Baylor Lariat was officially begun …
The Baylor University Libraries Athletics Archive contains material related to our proud sports history. Materials are drawn from private donors, the libraries of former coaches, institutional partners, and the archival holdings of the university.
Currently, the Archive focuses on Baylor Football, with a special emphasis on the 1980 …
The purpose of this project is to identify, acquire, preserve, record and catalogue the most at-risk music from the black gospel music tradition. This collection will primarily contain 78s, 45s, LPs, and the various tape formats issued in the United States and abroad between the 1940s and the 1980s. Additionally, any ephemera that may be …
The purpose of this project is to identify, acquire, preserve, record and catalogue the most at-risk music from the black gospel music tradition. This collection will primarily contain 78s, 45s, LPs, and the various tape formats issued in the United States and abroad between the 1940s and the 1980s. Additionally, any ephemera that …
The Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Sheet Music is one of the few collections of its kind and size in the country. Acquired by Baylor University in 1965, this collection of approximately 30,000 titles was the life-long pursuit of the avid and well-respected sheet music collector for whom the collection is named. The …
George W. Truett (1867-1944) was a noted Baptist preacher, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Baylor University alumnus. He was the long-serving pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. In 1920, Truett delivered his now-famous "Baptists and Religious Liberty" speech on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. This …
Spanning more than 80 years and dozens of unique topics, the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies Research File collection contains 1,492 items related to the relationship between government and religious institutions in the United States and abroad. With a special emphasis on the evolution of Baptist institutions, the …
As the world’s largest Baptist institution of higher education, Baylor University is uniquely situated to preserve and present materials documenting the Baptist tradition. This collection highlights selections from the Baptist materials collections at Baylor University’s Moody Memorial Library and other materials from partner …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) was a leading British Baptist preacher who earned the nickname "Prince of Preachers" and was preacher at the New Park Street Chapel in London for 38 years. This collection contains more than 200 of Spurgeon’s sermons from his time at New Park Street and covers topics ranging from Biblical …
In May of 1845, southern Baptists meeting in Augusta, Georgia, formed the Southern Baptist Convention and elected William B. Johnson of South Carolina as its first president. Meetings were held every two or three years until the 1870’s when the Convention became an annual gathering. From 1845 until 1897, reports of the meetings were …
The Bob Bullock Political Cartoon subseries contains political cartoons about Bullock by cartoonists from different Texas newspapers. The majority of these cartoons are framed and there are duplicates of many of the cartoons. When a cartoon was published with Bullock in it, he would contact the cartoonist to try to purchase the cartoon. …
The collection contain a part of 6,000 photographs, which visually document Bullock's life from family and childhood through political career and beyond. The Collection contains framed photographs, notebooks, photo albums and unframed oversize photographs.
William Robert Poage served as U.S. Representative from Texas' 11th Congressional District from January 3, 1937 until his resignation on December 31, 1978 (75th-95th Congresses). His service coincided with an era of great influence for Texas and southern congressmen both on Capitol Hill and in the Democratic Party. Following his …
These Iraqi and American propaganda materials were collected by Jeffrey Ward while he was serving in Iraq. The posters have been translated by Mark Long, Baylor professor of Middle Eastern studies.
Robert Bradley Cutler was born on November 8, 1913 in Charles River, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific in World War II. He practiced architecture in New York City, and Boston and Manchester, Massachusetts. He researched …
Jack D. White (1927 - ) is a photographer and former advertising executive whose interest in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led him to collect photographs and slides related to the event.
From the Jack White Collection homepage at Baylor University’s Poage Library: "He is nationally known as an expert on the …
"For ten years, John Armstrong conducted research for his book Harvey & Lee [Arlington, Tex. : Quasar, c2003]. His travels took him all over the country and to several foreign countries gathering materials and conducting interviews. His research resulted in 100,000+pages of documents, dozens of reels of microfilm, many books and …
A collection of materials related to the life and legacy of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Items in this collection vary in scope and origin and range from teletypes of the coverage of Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963 to documents related to the event's subsequent investigations.
William Penn Jones, Jr. (1914-1998) was a journalist and World War II veteran best known for his research into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Jones wrote a series of books entitled Forgive My Grief and was editor-in-chief of The Continuing Inquiry, a newsletter focused on assassination theories. This collection contains a nearly …
In 1963 Jones became involved in investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A fellow researcher, Gary Mack, later explained: "Penn was one of the first generation of researchers who felt the government was behind the assassination - probably a conspiracy involving military intelligence... He always thought LBJ was behind it …
This Lyndon B. Johnson collection was begun in 1973 by George Meyer of Georgetown, Texas, for the purpose of assembling archives and artifacts that represented the private and public achievements of our 36th president. The LBJ collection includes items from Johnson's years as a student at Southwest Texas State University, San …
This collection documents the lives of George Harper Prestridge and his wife, Mary Ann Rebecca Frost Prestridge. According to Herman Prestridge Sandford, a descendant of the letter writers, “The letters tell of the love George and Rebecca shared amid the horrors of the Civil War. They reveal the courage and the suffering of the …
Founded in 1923 with a gift of items by Waco physician Dr. Kenneth Hazen Aynesworth, The Texas Collection is widely acknowledged as one of the premier repositories of Texana in the world. This collection of unique materials from the holdings of the Texas Collection will focus on pieces whose rarity or one-of-a-kind nature prevent their …
The timeless themes of love and war are revealed with startling intimacy in this collection of personal letters written during the turbulent years of the American Civil War.
The letters present a snapshot of the lives of Major J.N. Coleman of the Third Texas Cavalry and his fiancée, Virginia E. "Jennie" Adkins. John’s letters from …
The Phoenix, a student-run magazine of Baylor University, has been a forum for students to publish their literary and artistic work for more than 50 years. Each year, the magazine publishes a variety of original, unpublished pieces produced by undergraduate and graduate students, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drawings, …
This collection of vintage photographs, numbering more than 2,000 and growing, covers a broad range of topics including sports, civic life, historic buildings, Waco and Baylor history, and more. Of particular note are photographs taken by noted Waco photographer Fred A. Gildersleeve, including numerous large-format and panoramic views.
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Dating back to the days of early statehood, Texas has played an important role in the military history of the United States. From hosting World War I and World War II-era military installations to the countless ranks of fighting men she has contributed to our nation’s pursuit of a secure future, Texas has a proud military history. This …
Between 1880 and the Great Depression, the population of the state of Texas grew by 700 percent. This staggering number is in a large part related to the use of promotional brochures and the enticing pictures these publications painted of the Lone Star State, including its year-round growing seasons in the south, ample space for …
Baylor University was founded in 1845 at Independence, Texas. Upon its merger with Waco University in 1885, Baylor began its long association with the city of Waco and has become the largest Baptist institution of higher education in the world. This collection features copies of the known surviving university catalogs for Baylor during …
The Waco City Directories are a rich resource for those interested in individuals, families and businesses located in Central Texas from 1878 to 1923. The directories alphabetically list residents of the city (usually by head of household), occupations, and addresses. Further, entries may also provide information on familial …
The American Civil War goes by many names. The War Between the States, the War of Northern Aggression, the War to Save the Union, the States’ Rights War, and the War of 1861 to 1865 have all been used to describe the conflict that rent the nation asunder. Following the publication in the 1880s and 1890s of the Official Records of the …
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With items spanning seven centuries, four continents and topics local to international, the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections are among the most unique in the world. Professional historians, scholars, researchers, genealogists and passionate amateurs alike will find our collections enlightening, enriching and of the highest quality.
Items in these collections are drawn from some of the finest institutions, including the Texas Collection, Armstrong Browning Library, the W.R. Poage Legislative Library, and the Baylor University Central Libraries.
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