Category Archives: Texas Collection

Item Spotlight – “Female Education: Address Delivered at the Annual Examination of the Baylor University by Col. William P. Rogers” (The Texas Collection – Selections)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Eric Ames

Our item spotlight this time around focuses on an antebellum publication that addresses two controversial issues – one directly, one obliquely – from the point of view of a former U.S. Consul to Mexico, an early law professor at Baylor … Continue reading →

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The Brazos River: Impacting Life in Waco, Scholarship at Baylor

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Eric Ames

In support of our colleagues at The Texas Collection and their upcoming event, The Brazos River and the Baylor Achives, we’re reposting a link from last year that shows the awesome power of the Brazos River in flood stage from … Continue reading →

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A Club for Every Interest: The 1906 “Round-Up”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Eric Ames

One of the great joys of my job as Curator of Digital Collections is the opportunity I get to go in-depth with the materials we host as part of the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. They are drawn from every … Continue reading →

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Bonnie and Clyde (and Pat) and The Texas Collection Artifact That Ties Them Together

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Eric Ames

Frank Jasek, the library’s resident bookbinder and preservationist extraordinaire, wheeled the book truck into my office, his face aglow with mischief. “Have you ever seen one of these before?” he asked, gesturing to a large bound volume measuring about a … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Fall of the Soash Empire: A West Texas Hard Luck Story

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Eric Ames

Everything’s bigger in Texas, the hoary old chestnut reminds us, and no group of people understood the Lone Star State’s geographic expansiveness like the speculators who bought up acres of prime Texas land for pennies on the dollar and hoped … Continue reading →

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A Century of Daily Baylor History, Now Online: The “Lariat” Digital Collection

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Eric Ames

If you follow us on Facebook, you’ll recall a few weeks ago that I teased some “big news” was forthcoming. Well, the wait is over, and we’re excited to announce that thanks to the efforts of the Digitization Projects Group, … Continue reading →

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Bringing Cartography, Digitization and Texana Together for a Limited Time Via Our Digital Collections [UPDATED]

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Eric Ames

If you’ve followed our blog for awhile, you may recall a post about the special digitization equipment we utilize here at the Riley Digitization Center, including our large format map scanner, the Cruse CS-285. Well, the “big guy” got a … Continue reading →

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Join the Crowd(sourcing): Turning to Our Readers for Metadata Help

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Eric Ames

One of the most exciting trends in digital collections of late has been the emergence of “crowdsourcing.” The idea is simple: post some images about which you know nothing (or very little) and turn to the collective knowledge of a … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Sierra Wilson, Our 2012 Summer Intern

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Eric Ames

  Welcome to our first guest post here on the BU Libraries Digital Collections blog! We’re excited to welcome Sierra Wilson, a graduate student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying Library and Information Science. Sierra has been with … Continue reading →

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Hidden in Plain Sight: A Springtime Brazos Flood, 1908

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Eric Ames

For residents of early twentieth-century Waco, the Brazos River was a study in contrasts. It provided a reliable source of potable water for myriad daily uses, but its temperamental nature made it prone to violent floods that damaged property and … Continue reading →

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