Tag 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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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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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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Stop the Presses, Start the Scanners: Digitizing Baylor’s News Release Archive

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Eric Ames

It’s hard to imagine given the pervasive nature of the media outlets available today – from the major broadcast networks, cable news networks, blogs, microblogs, social media avenues and more – but there was a time when the concept of … Continue reading →

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Scott Joplin’s “Great Crush Collision March” and the Memorialization of a Marketing Spectacle

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Eric Ames

For most people, the name Scott Joplin brings up a common range of responses: ragtime music, the Maple Leaf Rag, and his opera Treemonisha. But you’d be hard pressed to find someone whose first reaction to hearing Joplin’s name would … Continue reading →

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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Students of Baylor University, 1920

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Eric Ames

Photo of Baylor University students taken on Burleson Quadrangle, February 26, 1920 (Click photo to enlarge) This installment of “Hidden in Plain Sight” features a group photo of Baylor students posed on risers on the Carroll Science Building side of … Continue reading →

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Spring Hats, Julius Caesar and Marriage Proposals: Leap Day Through the Front Pages of the “Lariat”, 1904-1988

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Eric Ames

Today is February 29th, which of course means it’s Leap Day, the extra day added to the calendar every four years to make up for the fraction of an extra day we experience beyond the standard 24 hours. Over the … Continue reading →

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Looking Closer at the Diamond Jubilee, Baylor University, 1920

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Eric Ames

Baylor University was in the mood to celebrate in 1920, for that was the year of its diamond jubilee. Seventy-five years earlier, in the Washington County town of Independence, the university was established and named for Judge R.E.B. Baylor; the … Continue reading →

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