For our final week of American Archives Month, we took a look at the papers of Sam B. Hall. When long-time Congressman Wright Patman died in 1976, Sam B. Hall, Jr. was chosen in a special election represent Texas’s First District. He held this seat in the House of Representatives until 1984 and was re-elected…
This post was researched and written by Jacob Hiserman, one of our BCPM @ Poage Library graduate student assistants, who uncovered these documents while processing our Alan Steelman collection. Imagine a twenty-two-year old freshman Congressman in one of the House of Representatives’s iconic wooden chairs listening to a speech on an appropriations bill. Could an…
It’s that time of year again; leaves begin turning brown, students sojourn back to their universities, and (at least here in Texas) the weather remains a humid 90 degrees with no sign of abating. School is back in session and here at the Baylor Collections of Political Materials, we’re knee-deep in the papers of former…
It’s summer in Texas and needless to say, it is H O T! We are staying cool inside the Poage, especially in our Book Vault, and we’ve been busy compiling our summer to-do list. Here’s a sneak peak: 1. Welcome new student assistants! This summer we welcome Stephanie, Tori, Scott, and Lauren to Team Poage. …