Christmas is a time for family, celebrating and the making and sharing of memories. Many times, those memories are presented as stories told during family gatherings (sometimes for the hundredth time), and oral traditions are an important part of any get-together. One of our most-used resources is composed almost entirely of personal stories and memories: the Baylor Institute for Oral…
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(Digital Collections) Wrapping Up Another Great Year: 2014 In Review
Well, folks, we’ve come to the end of another year of pixels, projects and professional musings here at the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections Blog. And after three years of weekly blog posts, we are excited to report that 2014 was our biggest ever, with 7,591 unique users accessing the blog more than 9,000 times since January 1!…
(Digital Collections) A Christmas Gift To Our Readers: The George W. Truett Megamix 1941!
As our gift to you, our loyal readers, we created this mashup of some of the greatest clips from the George W. Truett Collection’s sermons from 1941, condensed for you into one 3:00 MP3. We hope you enjoy the message, and we look forward to 2014 and another year of providing you with great digital content! [podcast]https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylorlibraries/files/2013/12/Truett_Megamix_1941-1ruzkpi.mp3[/podcast]
Christmas Poetry, from 19th Century Poetess Adelaide Procter
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas from all of us at the Digitization Projects Group! If you’re looking for some inspiring readings for the day, check out the 19th Century Women Poets Collection. Drawn from the holdings of the Armstrong Browning Library, these works contain dozens of poems related to Christmas and its iconic imagery. Click here to read…