“Every common bush afire with God”: How Shall We Live Now?
Author: Eric Ames
(ABL) “Every common bush afire with God”: Recognition, Prayer & Gratitude in the ABL’s Archives
‘Every common bush afire with God’: Recognition, Prayer & Gratitude in the ABL’s Archives
(Texas) Research Ready: August 2019
Research Ready: August 2019
(Poage) Dowdy Summer Internship
Dowdy Summer Internship
(Poage) 2019 Summer recap for the Graduate Research Center
2019 Summer Recap for the Graduate Research Center
(ABL) Reflections from a Visiting Scholar: Adventure in the Archives
Reflections from a Visiting Scholar: Adventure in the Archives
In Memoriam: Kent Keeth and Tom Charlton (From the 2019 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
Since 2018, the Libraries and ITS saw the passing of two influential members of the Baylor family, each of whom played an important role in the history of the University Libraries. Kent Keeth, longtime director of The Texas Collection (1973-2003) passed away at age 79, and Dr. Thomas Charlton, founding director of the Institute for Oral History, passed away at…
Poage Library at 40: A New Director and A Bright Future (From the 2019 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
On September 21, 1979, dignitaries from around the nation gathered on a sunny Waco afternoon to dedicate a new $1.5 million 25,000 square feet facility on the Baylor campus. The new library was built to house an office for the recently retired Texas Congressman W. R. “Bob” Poage, his extensive archives, several new political collections, a reading room, and the…
Ecology and Religion Conference Breaks New Ground with “Flightless” Model (From the 2019 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
From September 18-21, 2019, scholars from around the world will gather for the Ecology and Religion in Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. However, unlike traditional academic conferences, nobody will travel by plane or more than 500 miles on the ground to enjoy the international conversation. Avoiding flights matches the spirit of the conference, taking seriously the ecological impact of the time-honored tradition…
Readers and Writers Unite: Welcoming the University Writing Center (UWC) to Moody Memorial Library (From the 2019 ITS & Libraries Magazine)
Baylor University strives to provide its students with a diverse, well-rounded education — one that sets it apart from other learning institutions. One cornerstone of this objective is the nourishing of the written word. Required writing and English classes provide the foundation, but for many students and faculty, help is needed beyond the classroom. For writers — both burgeoning and…