This blog post was written by graduate assistant Lauren Lykins, a master’s student in the Museum Studies department November 11, a day set aside every year to honor the veterans of America for their service, can often be an ordinary day for Americans, but for many, it holds a deeper meaning. November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM, World War I…
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(BCPM) “Istook is Mistook”: The Religious Freedom Amendment
This blog post was written graduate assistant Yeshi Lhamo, a master’s student at Truett Seminary. When I first encountered the political slogan “Istook is Mistook,” I became intrigued. It is fascinating how deeply religion and government have been intertwined in debates over policy. One of the most memorable debates of recent years came in 1998 when Representative Ernest Istook introduced the Religious Freedom Amendment (RFA). Supporters saw…
(BCPM) A Summer at the W. R. Poage Library: Dowdy Intern Katherine Beall
This blog post was written by Dowdy Summer Intern Katherine Beall, a master’s student in the Museum Studies Department. This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to be the Dowdy Intern at the Baylor Collections of Political Materials at the W. R. Poage Library. This was an enriching experience that taught me so much about archives. I was given three…
(BCPM) Disabilities Pride Month and the ADA
This post was written by Thomas DeShong, processing archivist at the BCPM Disabilities Pride Month is celebrated each July to commemorate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). This law prohibits discrimination based on disability. Marvin Leath, who represented Waco in 1990, was a key proponent of the ADA. He received constituent correspondence for and against…
(BCPM) “Ladies, Have You Heard?”: Texas Women and the Equal Rights Amendment
This blog post was written by former graduate assistant Aaron Ramos. In today’s political climate, thinking about history through a lens of women’s/gender studies is bound to attract criticism from pundits who claim that this lens of academic inquiry seeks to upset traditional gender roles and needlessly politicize that which seems apolitical. It is true that one aspect of women’s/gender…
(BCPM) The American Controversy over the Ten Commandments
This blog post was written by former graduate assistant Seven Franklin. Beginning in the late 1990s and continuing into the early 2000s, religious liberty once again became a focal point for controversy in American public life. School prayer, sex education, and marriage were prominent topics of discussion. Many Americans believed that a more pointed effort needed to be taken to…
(BCPM) Artesia Hall: A Texan Horror Story
This blog post was composed by graduate assistant Aaron Ramos, a master’s student in the Department of History. “Send us your daughter and we will return to you a lady or send us your son and we will return to you a gentleman.” (Printed along the bottom of Aston Educational Foundation letterhead, of which Artesia Hall was a part.)…
(BCPM) “With God’s Help, Let Us Build a Prosperous, Expanding, and Free Agriculture:” American Agriculture Politics from 1958-1961 (Part 3)
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…
“With God’s Help, Let Us Build a Prosperous, Expanding, and Free Agriculture:” American Agriculture Politics from 1958-1961 (Part 2)
This blog post was written by History Ph.D. candidate Emma Fenske. It will be featured in three parts covering former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, his speeches, the Christian Right, and American agriculture politics from 1958-1961. The Communist Threat Ezra Taft Benson was given approval for his position as Secretary of Agriculture by Church president David O. McKay and…
“With God’s Help, Let Us Build a Prosperous, Expanding, and Free Agriculture:” American Agriculture Politics from 1958-1961 (Part 1)
This blog post was written by History Ph.D. candidate Emma Fenske. It will be featured in three parts covering former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, his speeches, the Christian Right, and American agriculture politics from 1958-1961. Within the Baylor Collections of Political Materials, housed at the W. R. Poage Library, the Hyde H. Murray papers feature three boxes of…