Month: April 2025

(BCPM) “With God’s Help, Let Us Build a Prosperous, Expanding, and Free Agriculture:” American Agriculture Politics from 1958-1961 (Part 3)

by Eric Ames on April 7, 2025 in BCPM at Poage Library • 0 Comments

This blog post was written by History Ph.D. candidate Emma Fenske. This is the final post covering former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, his speeches, the Christian Right, and American agriculture politics from 1958-1961. While it might stand out that a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had such a public religious and pro-America platform…

(Texas) A Historical Journey: Decades of the NCJW at The Texas Collection

by Eric Ames on April 2, 2025 in The Texas Collection • 0 Comments

This post was written by Grace Collins, Summer 2024 Texas Collection Intern Nestled along Bosque Boulevard in Waco, Texas, stands a grand Victorian house on 2900 Bosque, a prominent landmark in the city’s history. This stately home, built in 1926, has been the clubhouse of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs since 1953. Over the decades, various clubs have called…