This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Bailey Edling, a master’s student in the History Department. The collections at the W. R. Poage Legislative Library range in size from several hundred boxes to a single binder. One such binder collection, the George “Cotton” Moffett collection, was recently disassembled and arranged in archival folders. Though…
This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Jillian Higgins, a master’s student in the History Department. Following the 1947 Texas City Disaster that left Texas City in a state of ruin, Milton MacKaye – a freelance and government writer from Iowa – authored a twenty-two-page short story outlining the morning of the tragedy and…
This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Bailey Edling, a master’s student in the History Department. CREEP. To modern readers, this word might mean a myriad of things. It could be an insult, an action, or a song by TLC. Several decades ago, this word brought to mind something entirely different. It was politics…
This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Jillian Higgins, a master’s student in the History Department. As Poage Library staff and students finish the semester and prepare for the holidays right around the corner, we thought there was no better way to celebrate Christmas than with a piece of carpet. Yes, you read that right!…
This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Bailey Edling, a master’s student in the History Department. When researching Texas history, it is no surprise that there is a myriad of seemingly unconnected incidents and historical agents woven together by men and women unfamiliar to the general populace. In movies like Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks…
This blog post was written by Summer 2022 Dowdy Intern Tesia Juraschek. My name is Tesia Juraschek, and I am a rising second-year museum studies student. This summer, I was given the amazing opportunity as a Dowdy intern to work in conjunction with the Poage Legislative Library and the Riley Digitization Center to gain experience…
This blog post was written by former Poage graduate assistant Ricky Shull. Sometimes, when I tell a classmate or friend that I work at Poage Library, I have to explain who Poage was and what kind of materials the library holds. That usually solicits a response along the lines of, “Agriculture? That has got to…
This blog post was composed by graduate student Zach Loflin, a Master’s student in the Museum Studies department. Hello there! My name is Zach Loflin, and I am a second-year master’s student in Baylor’s Museum Studies Department. In my last semester here at Baylor, I decided to complete a practicum in archives to finish out…
This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Ricky Shull, a master’s student in the Journalism Department. It is perhaps the most obvious responsibility of a legislator to vote on and write legislation that will have an impact on their constituents. Members of Congress do much more than write and vote on legislation, and their…
This blog post was written by graduate assistant Ricky Shull, a master’s student in the Journalism Department. Of all the libraries on Baylor’s campus, each one has a unique place and purpose in academia. The W.R. Poage Legislative Library is home to multiple collections all provide unique glimpses into the workings of local, state, and…