This post was written by Elizabeth Rivera, Laura Semrau, Bethany Stewart, & Heidi Uhey 1925 proved to be a monumental year for Dorothy Scarborough (1878-1935), marking the publication of two distinct and influential works: her best-remembered novel, The Wind, and her first book-length contribution to folkloric studies, On the Trail of Negro Folksongs. Emily Dorothy Scarborough was the daughter of…
Category: Arts & Special Collections Research Center
“Sweet is the work, my God, my King” – A 2025 Update on the Hymnals Digital Collection
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,…
(A&SCRC) Baylor’s Florence Nightingale Letters: How the School of Nursing Came to Hold A Piece of the Legacy of “the Lady with the Lamp” – And How You Can View Them Online
The nursing profession’s ties to Baylor date to 1909, when a diploma program was established at what is now known as the Baylor University Medical Center. Over the past century-plus, nursing education has been an integral part of the Baylor story, through decades of partnership with the Waco campus, the BUMC, and the present-day Louise Herrington School of Nursing in…
(A&SCRC) Square Roots: The Story of the 1880 Grand Square Piano Now on Display in the Arts & Special Collections Research Center
This post was written by music librarian Bethany Stewart, Ph.D. In your first Fall semester foray to Moody Memorial Library’s third floor, you may notice a new tenant: a large and unusually shaped keyboard instrument. In short, our new resident wooden dinosaur is a square grand piano—which yes, is in fact rectangular and not new at all—built in 1880 and…
(A&SCRC) Your Name is Safe, You Can Rest Now
This post was written by Mary Grace Klausmeyer, intern for the Book Arts and Letterpress Lab As May comes to a close, we take time to reflect on Asian/Pacific American heritage month. One Asian-American artist has several works in the Baylor Book Arts Collection. Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder is an artist, writer, and bookbinder based out of San Antonio, Texas. Inspired…
(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…
(A&SCRC) The First “King of Jazz”: James Reese Europe
The First “King of Jazz”: James Reese Europe
(A&SCRC) Spotlight on the Campus Tour of Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition
Spotlight on the Campus Tour of Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition
(Arts & Special Collections) Navajo Blankets: A Collection from The Laboratory of Anthropology
Navajo Blankets: A Collection from The Laboratory of Anthropology