This blog post was written by graduate assistant Aaron Ramos, a master’s student in the History Department. We are excited to announce that the Lane Denton papers are currently in processing! This collection will be of interest to students and scholars of the 1970s. Denton, an alumnus of Baylor University, witnessed many significant events as he represented McLennan County in…
Category: BCPM at Poage Library
(BCPM) Waco’s War on Poverty: The Political Responses of a Community
This blog post was composed by former graduate assistant Emma Fenske, a Ph.D. student in the History Department. On January 8, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson announced a program that would become known as the War on Poverty. In his presidential address to Congress, Johnson highlighted that poverty was a significant problem within the United States, one that need to be…
(BCPM) Introducing Mr. Agriculture! The Opening of the Bob Poage Papers
This blog post was written by Thomas DeShong, the Processing Archivist at the Baylor Collections of Political Materials. In April 2019, I joined the Baylor Collections of Political Materials housed at the W. R. Poage Library. My colleagues gave me a few weeks to wet my feet and explore the collections before I was charged with processing the W. R.…
(BCPM) A 2005 Juneteenth Message from U.S. Rep. (Ret.) Chet Edwards
Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, a day set apart to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved persons in Texas following the end of the Civil War. On June 18, 2005, Representative Chet Edwards visited Cleburne, a small city in Johnson County, to speak at their Juneteenth Festival. His speech, titled “The Story of the Emancipation Proclamation” traced the path of freedom for…
(BCPM) School Desegregation vs. School Integration
This blog post was written by Isaiah Horne, a recent MA graduate of the History Department. Read Isaiah’s previous related blog post on “School Choice:” Its Origins and Long History here. In the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that racial segregation was unconstitutional and “inherently unequal,” thus ushering in a new era…
(BCPM) Family, Politics, and Religion, Oh My!
Hello there! My name is Isaiah Horne. I am a second-year master’s student in the Baylor History Department. Throughout my tenure at Baylor, I have researched the process of school desegregation in Texas. As a result, I spent countless hours, in my first year, at the W. R. Poage Legislative Library. Amid the research process, I fell in love with…
(BCPM) Opening McLennan County Commissioner Lester Gibson’s Papers
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…
(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…
“School Choice:” Its Origins and Long History
This blog post was written by Isaiah Horne, master’s student in the History Department The 1950s and 1960s was an era defined by change, turmoil, and new forms of expression and art. This period of unprecedented economic growth, racial turmoil, international conflict and war, movements for civil rights and independence, the blooming of television, the explosion of Beetlemania, and the…
(BCPM) Taiwan-China Relations Through the Eyes of the Lone Star State
This blog post was written by Aaron Ramos, master’s student in the History Department. 2024 will be an eventful year in the realm of politics. Voters from over 64 countries are scheduled to head to the polls, and their votes will have lasting impacts for years to come. Of particular interest to the folks in Washington, D.C. is the outcome…