Category Archives: Archives

A Day in the (Texas Collection) Life: Amanda Norman, University Archivist

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Amanda Norman

The Texas Collection turns 90 this year! But even though we’ve been at Baylor for so long, we realize people aren’t quite sure what goes on in a special collections library and archives. So over the course of 2013, we … Continue reading →

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Research Ready: August 2012

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for August: Cego German Evangelical Church Records: These records contain the minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Albert Clinton Horton, America discovery and exploration, American Revolution, Archives, Baptist history, Baptist universities and colleges, Baylor University, Benajah Harvey B.H. Carroll, Cego Texas, church history, Falls County Texas, First Baptist Waco, Fred Gildersleeve, German Evangelical Church, Historic Waco, Jack Jouett, Kentucky history, Matthew Ellenberger, Photographs, Republic of Texas, Research Ready, Southern Baptist Convention, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Texas Cotton Palace, Texas Revolution, Thomas Walker, Virginia history | Leave a comment

The Baylor Bear Facts: Fun and Games at The Texas Collection

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Amanda Norman

The Texas Collection’s holdings include many weighty academic tomes and important archival records. Even the paintings that hang in our reading room tend to the serious side—neither Samuel Palmer Brooks nor Pat Neff look amused in their portraits. But we … Continue reading →

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Geyser City, Waco: Reading a Photograph of the Crystal Palace Pool

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Amanda Norman

An old photo allows us to take a dip into the past…and in no image is that comparison more apt than these views of Waco’s Crystal Palace pool! Such an image almost allows you to see, hear, and feel the … Continue reading →

Posted in Amicable Alico Building, Archives, Artesian Bottling Co., artesian water, Bell Water Company, cellulose nitrate negative, Dr Pepper, Franklin Avenue, Fred Gildersleeve, Geyser City, Historic Waco, J.D. Bell, Natatorium Hotel, Photographs, Waco, Waco ISD | Leave a comment

Research Ready: July 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for July: Andrew Joseph (A.J.) Armstrong papers: The Andrew Joseph Armstrong papers … Continue reading →

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Looking Back at Baylor: Simple Pleasures in Independence

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Amanda Norman

This piece by former Texas Collection director Kent Keeth originally was published in The Baylor Line in November 1978, then was reprinted in Looking Back at Baylor (1985), a collection of Keeth and Harry Marsh’s historical columns for the Line. … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, Baylor at Independence, Baylor Female College, Baylor Line Camp, Baylor University, Christmas, Independence columns, Kent Keeth, Looking Back at Baylor, Margaret Hall Hicks, Rufus Burleson, San Jacinto Day, The Baylor Line, William Carey Crane | 5 Comments

Soaring on Wings like Eagles: Greaver Miller, Rich Field and World War I

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Amanda Norman

The year was 1918. The United States, under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson, had struggled to remain neutral in a conflict that had engulfed the European powers and their colonial empires in war. For three years, Wilson successfully navigated … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, aerial photography, Archives, Army Signal Officer's Reserve Corps, Cooper Texas, Greaver Lewis Miller, Historic Waco, Perry Rich, pilot wings, Rich Field, Richfield High School, U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, Waco, World War I | Leave a comment

Twirling Pitchers: The Early Years of Baylor Baseball

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Amanda Norman

My knowledge of baseball largely comes from six years of watching my brother’s Little League team. I’m not an authority by any means, but I’ve been surprised at how much lingo I managed to soak up. But when I set … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, baseball, Baylor University, Carroll Field, Cleveland Indians, Deadball Era, Denney Wilie, Ernest Dennis Wilie, major league baseball, Oakland Oaks, St. Louis Cardinals | 1 Comment

Research Ready: June 2012

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Amanda Norman

Each month, we post a processing update to notify our readers about the latest collections that have finding aids online and are primed for research. Here’s the scoop for June: William Cowper Brann Collection: The William Cowper Brann Collection contains … Continue reading →

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The Life and Times: Diaries As Research Tools

Posted on June 6, 2012 by benna_vaughan

Worrying about the health of family members? Fretting over school and work? If you are, you may write about these concerns in a diary. People have kept diaries, and have written about the same kinds of subjects, for a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, Baylor University, diaries, George Washington Baines Jr., LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson | 1 Comment