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
“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…
(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
(BCPM) Comic Book Banning in the United States: Days of Future Past
This blog post was composed by Aaron Ramos, master’s student in the History Department. The 1950s often evoke images of nostalgia for simpler times in American life. This longing is illustrated through the popularity of the 1950s Americana aesthetic which situates the ideal life amid white suburban spaces where the nuclear family reigns and the American economy booms. However, any…
(ABL) It’s Okay to Talk to Strangers: 2023 Benefactors Day Lecture by Dr. Kristen Pond
It’s Okay to Talk to Strangers: 2023 Benefactors Day Lecture by Dr. Kristen Pond
(Arts & Special Collections) Navajo Blankets: A Collection from The Laboratory of Anthropology
Navajo Blankets: A Collection from The Laboratory of Anthropology
(BCPM) “The Eagles Are Coming!” The Long Battle Between Texan Mohair Ranchers and the Golden Eagle
This blog post was composed by Aaron Ramos, master’s student in the History Department. The W. R. Poage Legislative Library houses extensive amounts of correspondence between U.S. and state officials and the everyday folks they represent. While isolated letters may not offer much on their own, they create a window into the past that can give us an idea of…
(BCPM) Bob Darden’s Editorial Cartoon Collection Processed at the Poage Library
This blog post was composed by Kristina Benham, a former Ph.D. Candidate graduate assistant and current Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the History Department. Over the past several years, Professor Emeritus Robert Darden has donated original works of art by editorial cartoonists to the Baylor Collections of Political Materials at the W. R. Poage Legislative Library. Many of these works were…