For our last Staff Spotlight of the summer, we caught up with another new addition to the Baylor Collections of Political Materials: Sylvia Hernandez. Where are you from originally? I am from here in Waco. I grew up in Lorena, went to High School in Lorena, then did my undergrad here at Baylor. What did…
A few weeks ago we sat down with graduate student and intern Malcolm Foley to get his life story and take on the Baylor Collections of Political Materials. In the process, we learned a little about church history and its relationship to archive work. Let’s start with the basics: Name, rank, social security number. I’m…
We’re starting a new series here at the Baylor Collections of Political Materials profiling our students and staff. To kick it off, we sat down with one of our newest additions: graduate student and intern Jeremy Schmuck. Tell us a little about yourself, Jeremy. I’m a native of Pensacola, FL, I have interests in military history,…
Today marks the end of our week-long look at the Bill of Rights. Last Friday, we wrote about Congress Week’s purpose and the Constitution’s continued influence on modern society. In that same spirit, today’s post discusses the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress’s (ACSC) mission to explore and archive America’s legislative branch. The…
If you haven’t heard from us in a while, there’s a good reason for that: we’ve been preparing for the most celebrated week of the year. That’s right, it’s Congress Week! Congress Week takes place during the first week of April and commemorates the 1789 month in which Congress achieved its first quorums. This year,…
Editor’s Note: This post was contributed by Amanda Mylin, Project Archivist at Baylor Collections of Political Materials. The Baylor Collections of Political Materials (BCPM) is excited to introduce our newest tool for searching our collections: the Baylor Archival Repositories Database (BARD). Our finding aids can be located by searching in BARD. Finding aids are created…
We have mixed feelings about October 31st here at the Baylor Collections of Political Materials; it means our Treats & Treasures series goes back into hibernation until next fall, but also that we’ve got our pick of fun, spooky treats (and tricks!) on campus. How are we supposed to negotiate the despair of American Archives…
In the early days of October, sports fans across America start to feel dejected, demoralized, and distraught. This combination can only mean one thing: its baseball postseason, and chances are your favored team is stuck riding the pine until next year. Luckily, there’s still hope! Where baseball season let you down, football season’s there to…
October is American Archives Month, and the mood here at the Baylor Collections of Political Materials can best be described as “ridiculously excited”. American Archives Month began in 1979 with local archivists celebrating their respective collections and repositories. Since then, the merrymaking has grown to include archivists across the nation. The Society of American Archivists…
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…