This blog post was written by former undergraduate student Alexis Reese and Processing Archivist Thomas DeShong. Earlier in the spring semester, the Baylor Collections of Political Materials (BCPM) finished the processing of the Lester Gibson papers and opened the collection for research. This was the culmination of several years of labor in assistance with the Lester Gibson family and the…
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(Texas) “Pants Rule”: Baylor women in the 1960s
This blog post was written by Delilah Brezenski, undergraduate student, class of ‘24 Anne Miller, fashion reporter for the Baylor Lariat, wrote a March 1963 article on the increasingly frill-less, masculine-style clothing for women. “Does this look in the clothes of the woman of today really mean that she has lost her femininity?” Miller asked. She concluded that certain ideas…
ABL Archive Workshop
This post was written by Allison Reising, a doctoral candidate in English at Baylor University. On March 14, graduate students from various disciplines gathered in the ABL’s Lewis-Birkhead Lecture Hall for an Archive Workshop led by Dr. Kristen Pond, the ABL’s Margarett Root Brown Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies, and her graduate assistant, Allison Reising. The workshop aimed…
(Texas) Shakespeare’s First folio in a Global Context: Rare Books from the Age of Exploration in The Texas Collection
Shakespeare’s First Folio in a Global Context: Rare Books from the Age of Exploration in The Texas Collection.
(A&SCRC) “It is a woman” – Discovering Nettie Stevens
“It is a woman” – Discovering Nettie Stevens
Artistic Responses to Eclipses: Exhibit in the Arts and Special Collections Research Center (March-September 2024)
This exhibit was curated – and this blog post written – by Jeanne Dittmann Eclipses have made dramatic impacts on human cultures for as long as we have recorded history. Astronomers and mathematicians have been fascinated by the opportunity to predict these celestial events which can cause great consternation as well as great awe by those who experience them, and…
(BCPM) A Brief History of Anti-Violence Activism in the State of Texas
This blog post was composed by Aaron Ramos, master’s student in the History Department. At Baylor University, graduate students in the History Department must enroll in HIS 5370: Advanced Research and Writing. The goal of the course is to provide students with an introduction to researching in archives, the bread and butter of the historian’s craft. This spring, our professor…
(Texas) Shakespeare’s First Folio in a Global Context: Rare Books from the Age of Exploration in The Texas Collection
Shakespeare’s First Folio in a Global Context: Rare Books from the Age of Exploration in The Texas Collection. Editor’s note: This post should have arrived on the blog in November 2023, but due to a scheduling error, it is only now available. We apologize to Prof. McNair for the inconvenience.
(A&SCRC) The First “King of Jazz”: James Reese Europe
The First “King of Jazz”: James Reese Europe
(Texas) Texas Is Wherever Texans Are – Even When It Comes To Blogs
Texas Is Wherever Texans Are – Even When It Comes To Blogs