This post was written by Jon Snyder, Ph.D., Access Services Coordinator in the Arts & Special Collections Research Center Hymnals and hymnbooks have been intricately tied to the tradition of church music since the early days of the printing press. At Baylor University, the Arts & Special Collections Research Center has assembled an extensive collection of over 1,600 distinct hymnals,…
Month: January 2025
“With God’s Help, Let Us Build a Prosperous, Expanding, and Free Agriculture:” American Agriculture Politics from 1958-1961 (Part 1)
This blog post was written by History Ph.D. candidate Emma Fenske. It will be featured in three parts covering former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, his speeches, the Christian Right, and American agriculture politics from 1958-1961. Within the Baylor Collections of Political Materials, housed at the W. R. Poage Library, the Hyde H. Murray papers feature three boxes of…