Waco-Young Men’s Business League: 1912, from the Texas Collection’s Photos (1) As we kick off a new year of digitization excellence here at the DPG, we wanted to take a moment to answer a question we’re getting with increasing frequency: “How can I help?” We’ve got three simple answers! Tell your friends The more people…
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…
On Carroll Field, White Bread, and the Comfort of Electric Power
While working through some exciting new pieces we’re adding to the Baylor University Libraries Athletics Archive (BULAA) in the next few days, I spotted a couple of interesting items in a 1934 program from the Homecoming game against Texas A&M. The first thing to note is the location of the game, Carroll Field. Throughout its…
From the “Lariat” archive, November 28, 1903 edition: “Baylor Takes Thanksgiving Game”
In honor of Baylor’s big win over Texas Tech University on Saturday, here’s a recap of a similar Bears victory from 1903, this time over the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (TCU). At the time, TCU was located in Waco in a campus located “over the Heights” from Baylor, as the article put it….
A True Team Effort: Unveiling the Baylor University Libraries Athletics Archive
On the Friday night before Baylor’s homecoming win against Missouri, a team of Electronic Library staff and graduate assistants unveiled an exciting new project to the 30-year reunion of Baylor football’s 1980 Southwest Conference championship-winning team. The project: the Baylor University Libraries Athletics Archive, a unique partnership between the Electronic Library, Baylor Athletics, and Baylor’s…
Semper (Hi-) Fi: Marine Corps Command and Staff College Utilizes High-Resolution Images from Digitization Projects Group for Officer Training
In June of this year, Lt. Col. Shawn Callahan of the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College contacted the Digitization Projects Group with an exciting request. As part of his planning for a major training course for officers from all branches of the United States military, Callahan was trying to find maps of the…
A new way to connect, coming soon
Welcome to the official blog of the Baylor University Digital Collections! In the coming weeks, you’ll find enhanced content, relevant context, and plenty of useful info on our digital collections here. We look forward to introducing you to our one-of-a-kind content soon!
Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Popular Sheet Music & Black Gospel Music Restoration Project: A Comparison
Amanda Harlan presented at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting, Wednesday, March 24th. She did a comparison of the metadata workflow between two major digital music collections at Baylor University: the Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Popular Sheet Music and the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. She wanted to show the similarities and differences…
New Interviews
Please see http://www.baylor.edu/lib/gospel for some interviews of Robert Darden and Bob Marovich about the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.
Robert Darden featured in documentary
Our own Robert Darden is part of the following documentary. Please click to view the video. Looking for Rare Gospel Vinyl
Update on Copyright and the Collection
As a result of the preservation work of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, these recordings are presented here free for personal, non-commercial use as a contribution to education and scholarship. Baylor University does not own the rights in this collection and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to distribute material in this collection. It…
Ashley Cleveland Supports The Black Gospel Music Project
Ashley Cleveland Performs at Baylor University We thank Ashley and her husband, Kenny Greenberg, for their support of our project.