Moving Speeches, Moving Images: The Chet Edwards Collection Adds Video

It was a little over two years ago – though it seems like yesterday! – that we met with former U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) as he prepared to deposit his congressional papers with the Poage Legislative Library. We gave Rep. Edwards a tour of the Riley Digitization Center (described in this blog post) and…

“Unquestionably the Most Elaborate and Complete, of Any Which I Have Seen” – An Update on the Browning Letters Project

If it’s Valentine’s Day, it must be time for another update on our most love-centric undertaking, the Browning Letters Project! Two years ago, we announced the unveiling of the first phase of the project, wherein 1,400 letters digitized from the collections of Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library and Wellesley College were placed online for the…

Twilight of an Icon: Floyd Casey Stadium in Transition

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. – Isaac Asimov   At what point does a building pass from eyesore to fond remembrance, from something we tolerate to something we reminisce over, long for, mourn? Is there a hard and fast shift, or does it happen over time, after the glow…

A Christmas Gift To Our Readers: The George W. Truett Megamix 1941!

As our gift to you, our loyal readers, we created this mashup of some of the greatest clips from the George W. Truett Collection’s sermons from 1941, condensed for you into one 3:00 MP3. We hope you enjoy the message, and we look forward to 2014 and another year of providing you with great digital…

Project Update: The George W. Truett Sermons Collection Hits Milestone

After a year of devoted attention from myself and Audiovisual Specialist Stephen Bolech, we’re excited to provide an update on the George W. Truett Sermons Collection: all of Dr. Truett’s extant sermons from 1941 have been digitized, transcribed and added to the collection! The 36 sermons from 1941 include 31 Sunday services (or 60% of…