Poage Library Turns 39: A Pictorial Celebration
“I hope we never complete this library, but make it a living institution with continuous additions.” – Congressman W. R. “Bob” Poage, library dedication speech, September 21, 1979
Month: September 2018
William R. Smith: Family and Politics
This blog post was written by graduate assistant Mikah Sauskojus, master’s student in History. I recently had the opportunity to work with the papers of William R. Smith, a collection containing correspondence dating to his time served as a Texas district judge and then congressman from 1890-1912. These papers offer a glimpse into the tensions…