On September 21st, 1979, the W.R. Poage Legislative Library was born. Thirty-six years later, Baylor Collections of Political Materials continues to uphold the vision of the library’s founders: to pay tribute to W.R. Poage, a Baylorite “whose long career in government service on the state and national level epitomized genuine statesmanship”. Our facility began as…
The Baylor Collections of Political Materials is getting a new email! Our staff can now be reached at bcpm@baylor.edu. Email is a great way to contact us for: – research requests – organizing class visits – donating materials – touring our exhibits – just saying hello! You can stay up-to-date about what’s going on at…
Every so often an item from our archive catches our attention and demands to be shared. Today, that item is a pink and ivory folder from the United States Department of Agriculture titled Packet for the Bride. This folder comes from our John Dowdy collection and includes ten individual booklets about various domestic subjects. This…